The Prophecy Books

This is an incredible work. Dr. Morris has provided a treasure of clear, concise explanations concerning the nations of the world while at the same time providing nothing less than a theological masterpiece.

Dr. Morris' years of study concerning biblical creation, the flood, the book of Job, and other areas has culminated in a work that produces timely instruction for a population living at the precipice of Christ's coming.

A highly readable, and enjoyable text which can be read in just a few evenings. Prepare to use a highlighter in this one: there are a lot of fascinating points.

I like to spend a significant amount of my evenings reading the Bible and watching CNN. I also read many religious and secular books. Knowing Morris writings for several years, I've decided to order this from Amazon.com.

Yes, I am a product of brand of late post-modernism that tries to value at once both the reason of modernity and religion of pre-modernity, by connecting directly to the source of true knowledge and wisdom, Jesus Christ, simply through Bible reading and prayer. He is the LOGOS, the creator of space, matter/energy, time, life, mind and reason.

What does this have to do with the book "God and the Nations"? A lot, in my view. By reading the Bible, I became convinced that History has a begining and an end. What's more, there is a pattern in History, a sign of rational and moral design. So far, there is nothing new with this insight. Hegel and Marx would say the same thing. Francis Fukuyama would probably agree.

Historians have long realized that to understand History we cannot rely simply on political history, but we have also to take in to account social, economic and cultural history. I agree, although even this enlarged perspective seems to be insuficient. To understand History, we have to take in to account the presence of a divine providence in History (As someone put it, History is His Story). Other wise, we won't understand it. Even Samuel Huntington's "clash of civililations" is not able to account for what is going on in the world today.

With his characteristic lucidity and above average intelligence, Henry Morris leads us to the identification of the spiritual patterns in the emergence, decline and death of nations. My reading of the Bible has led me to pretty much the same conclusions, although I think that God cares also a lot about questions of justice and the environment that Morris somehow seems to overlook.

Anyway, it seems pretty clear from the Bible that God indeed judges the nations according to the way they deal with His Word, His mandates, His People of Israel and His Son. I agree.

As a Portuguese, I cannot help to notice that the emergence of our nation was closely linked to the defense of christianity in Iberian Peninsula, and that our times of historical glory coincided with the spread of the christian message. Of course we did lots of shameful and sinful acts in between, and we face God's discipline, as does any nation. It is interesting that a few decades after we expelled the Jews (around 1494), we lost our independence to Spain, and we lost our naval fleet, along with the Spanish, when the Spanish Armada was defeated in 1588.

Morris could have mentioned this, although he doesn't go this far. England and Holland, that were far more hospitable to the Jews and to the protestant reformation became the leading naval powers. All historians recognize that the defeat of the Spanish armada was instrumental to the progress of the christian reformation.

Another decisive point in human history, was the defeat of the Habsburg Catholic pretensions in 1648, after the Thirty Years War, and the Peace of Westphalia, whose art. 28º for the first time mentioned the right to "free exercise of religion" and paved the way to the liberal revolutions and to american constitucionalism.

The I World War was also very important to assure a western mandate over Palestine, and the II World War marked the begining of end of the jewish gentile dominium, which will only come to an end when Israel assumes control of the Temple Mount.

CNN tels the rest of the story, with the latest developments in Iraq and the war against terrorism, both instances where hatred to God, His People and His Son provide the relevant background.

I must admit that I have dificulties whith eschatology in general and the book of Revelation in particular. I've followed Morris on this topic with special caution. I didnt' clearly understand the future role of America, although I got some bad feelings about it. Morris position on the death penalty also raises some doubts. A criminal defendant has a right to a fair trial and to a proportional punishment. The death penalty is, undoubtly, proportional to a crime of homicide. No one can claim more rights to hemself than the rights he is willing to respect in others. However, it should be aplied only if the criminal system can assure a truly fair trial...
Morris' diagnostic and proposed remedies, as simple and naive as they may seem to be to much of the "sofisticated" audience of CNN or to the readers of Time Magazine or Foreign Affairs, are right on target.

This book will take you through ancient prophecies of the days in which we live. Without resorting to Nostradamus and other lightweight seers, Marion Kremers gives a convincing overview of why you should read and study the Bible for yourself.
Included are many historical features such as timelines of recent Middle Eastern political history.
The reader will gain a lot of insight into why the Old Testament prophetical writings especially are essential for a thorough understanding of the hurting world without the Lord God of the Jews, post 9/11, in which we live today.

The best book that I, and many others have read. An excellent study of the Bible, ancient prophacies thru current affairs! Once you read the book you'll want to keep it around to help understand the precise timing of our creator.

WOW! I had never read the book of Daniel, other than the stories (lion's den, etc). This book really made me get into the meat of the word. I learned so much about the Bible. I had never realized the prophecy that was in Daniel, and I was just amazed by what I learned. This is definitely my favorite of the IIS books so far.

This is the first book I read in the International Inductive Study Series, and it is my favorite! If you are not a regular student of God's Word, this is a great tool to get you into the Bible in just 15 minutes each day. The assignments are short and simple, yet Kay causes you to ask questions that will impact your understanding of the text. I knew that Daniel was prophetic, but I had no idea that there was so much more in this book than prophecy. This man Daniel was precious in God's eyes, and I want to be like him! But the prophecy portion of the book is amazing, too. I highly recommend that you get a "feel" for the content of Daniel before moving to something like Revelation. When you read and understand the prophecies of Daniel, and you realize that this book is indeed a blueprint for biblical prophecy, and when you realize that history has followed this blueprint to the letter, you'll most probably find yourself on your face, praising God for His wonder and for His magnificent Word.

I started this book with a little scepticism, but Weiland has done such a fine job of making his points clearly and fully referenced, so I ended up convinced by him. I checked ever reference to make sure there was no twisting of the sources, and found no problem. The evangelist has done a superb job of explaining exactly what the problem with our modern world is, how we have come to this pass and how we can get out of it. It is written in an essentially American context, but readers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as well as other English speaking nations, can be sure that the same problems and remedies apply to them. As he says, to win a war you have to know who you are, and who your enemy is. I cannot fault this book. It should be in the hands of every thinking Christian, and we should realise, as the Puritan fathers who built America did, just who we are. This message should be preached from every pulpit, in every English speaking nation. Perhaps then we may be able to stop the rot and recover the Godly society we once had. BUY THIS BOOK AND READ IT !

One of the finest books ever written on the doctrine of Christian Israel. The author combines biblical, archaeological and historical evidence to make his case and prove his claim of who modern day Israel is, and where these people are today. With one Scriptural reference after another he completely destroys the commonly taught fallacy of a "Spiritual Israel" and proves that God continues to have a plan for physical Israelites under the New Covenant.

Because of the author's painstaking and thorough research into his subject, the reader is treated to, not only, a complete education of the Christian Israel question but will gain a greater knowledge and understanding of the single primary factor that has contributed to the terrible confusion and disarray Christendom finds itself in today. And, he shows how this condition has resulted in a devastating moral decline, not only in the U. S., but throughout all of the so-called Christian nations.

Along with proving the true identity of Israel, Mr. Weiland, faithfully supplying those passages of scripture that clearly support his claims shows how Israel was:
to continue as a nation before God forever; how Israel was to become a great and mighty nation; how Israel was to become a vast multitude of people; how Israel was to become a multitude of nations; and how Israel was to become a blessing to all nations of the earth. And, for good measure he details how Israel is to have a new home . . . a new land, carved out of a wilderness, one that is to be inhabited by a people, gathered from many nations, who would live securely without walls, bars or gates . . . to be bordered by an eastern and western sea.
He continues his exciting revelations by explaining how Israel would be known by the blessings and curses of God...how Israel would be devoured by strangers when disobedient to God and points out how this is Israel's present condition having been brought about, primarily, as a result of this very blindness to her true Identity.

The author finishes this excellent work by answering the question "does it make any difference?" by listing several reasons why it does:

Without this truth, [of Israel's identity] much of the New Testament will not be understood correctly.
Without this truth most of the Old Testament prophecies will not be interpreted accurately.
Without this truth our fight against immorality and lawlessness will not be effective.
Without this truth our fight to save Christianity from her enemies will not be won.
Without this truth Christianity's efforts in reaching the lost of the world for Christ will not be as productive.
Because of the depth of detail and research by its author God's Covenant People ... makes an excellent teaching tool not only to introduce this doctrine to the uninformed but also to strengthen the convictions of those already committed to this doctrinal truth.

An attractive book of 14 chapters, in excess of 700 quotations with footnotes, over 30 early American and European testimonies, and more than 40 Biblical, archaeological and historical proofs of Israel's modern-day identity.

This is a must read for anyone that is interested in the Middle East in general and Israel in specific.

Probably not the most accepted political view, but in order to gain insight into how this region works, a nessasary one to study.

This member of Knesset is one of the up and coming power-brokers in Israel, read what he has to say and you'll come out enlightened to a new perspective.

Benny Alon has been in past years one of the most courageous political leaders in Israel. I personally witnessed his courage when in a demonstration against the disastrous Oslo agreement he marched forward against a hostile mounted police force.
He is currently the leader of the Echud - Leumi party.
As a religious Zionist he believes in the Biblical promise to the people of Israel. And he has proposed a peace plan by which the greatest share of the Arabs of Judea and Samaria are connected politically with Jordan.
He is a strong visionary leader , and his proposal for the future of Israel is close to the one given by the Bible.

This is one of the best books to describe your dreams and explain their meanings. Very easy to understand. It has eased a lot of concerns.

My sister gave me a copy of this book several years ago because I have complained so often about my bizarre and vivid dreams. A week after I received the book, I had an unusual dream that my next door neighbor was in my house while I was sleeping. The dream seemed so real that I wasn't sure if it actually happened, or if I dreamed it! The next morning I looked up "neighbor" in the Gong Hee Fot Choy Book of Dreams. It stated that a dream about a neighbor indicated that the dreamer would soon receive flowers. I thought that was ridiculous, as I was not in a relationship at that time, and there was no reason for me to receive flowers. But later that day when I arrived at my office, there were a dozen red roses on my desk. I couldn't make out the name on the card, but after a little investigating with the florist, I discovered that they had been sent by a fan of a reality show that I was on the year before. Wow! I love this book and sleep with it next to my bed!

Picked this up on a whim and was very glad. I found myself chuckling the entire time. Similar humor to Lamb.

I love this book! The first time I came across it, it was hidden in a corner in a bookstore. It cried out to me. I had to take it home. I laughed so hard that I cried, more than once. I loved it so much I gave it away. Which is an extraordinarily difficult thing for me to do. But it wanted to be shared, and I can't deny a book its destiny. My brain, however, is not so capable of release. I had to buy it again. And read it over and over and over. Until I gave it to my boyfriend, before we were dating. And still, I read it at his house. When he forgot and gave it back to me, I cruelly didn't correct him. (It came back to me! It must be fate!) Now, there's a new edition out, with comments by the authors. I have to go get it.

I'm obsessed. It's unhealthy. I know. Come join me. It's the best apocalypse you'll ever survive.

Crowley and Aziraphale have been locked in the battle between good and evil since, well, at least the beginning of time. In fact, it's been so long that it's become more of a debate then a battle. Actually more of a conversation. Aziraphale is an angel, and part-time rare bookseller. It's a front; he really collects the books for himself. Crowley is sort of a fallen angel; well, as the book says "an angel who did not so much fall as saunter vaguely downward". So he's a demon, ish. Mostly he's an instigator. These two have been enemies for so long that they've become pretty good friends.

But that's all going to end. Everything is going to end. Next Saturday. That's when the apocalypse has been scheduled for. The final battle between good and evil. What's an angel, or demon, to do when it comes time to end the world, but they really don't want to?

The apocalypse is aided and thwarted, alternately, by angels, demons, and an assortment of other ridiculous, hilarious, pitiful characters. Newton Pulsifer, Witchfinder, armed with a stickpin. Anathema Device, Witch and owner of the only accurate book of prophecy to ever be written, until she lost it. Agnes Nutter, author of said book, semi-illiterate, or maybe just a really bad speller, and dead. The Chattering Order of St. Beryl, satanic nuns who really just like to wear black. Dog, who was, or is, or should have been a hellhound. Adam, the anti-christ, depending on how the day goes. There's a lot more, but I don't want to ruin the fun. Let's just say that good, evil, and prophecy are all ideas that leave a lot of room for interpretation. And I'll never leave music in my car for too long again.

Reviewed by: Carrie Spellman

Jordan's work is always a marvel. The thesis of his larger body of work is that a theologian and commentator must pay attention not only to what happens in Scripture, but the minute details of how it is written. He has a breath-taking command of Scripture, particularly the Old Testament and Leviticus in particular. I still hope he will one day give us a full commentary on Leviticus.

Daniel is one of the most notorious books in Scripture to interpret, and Jordan faults the methods most theologians use to read it. His reading sticks very close to the text, and solves most of the problems quickly and without stretching very far. This is a book of upheavals, mostly the assumptions of the readers. His exposition of Daniel 7 is especially subversive. He argues that we see Daniel 7 absolutely backwards. We look at Daniel 7 through the lens of Jesus, or Daniel's future. Daniel would not have read it this way. To understand what Daniel meant, we must look at the text like Daniel would have. Daniel would have looked backwards, at what had been written before, particularly Ezekiel. The result is staggering, but one which makes good sense of the text.

One of my favorite arguments he made was that Israel was judged and brought into the nations because God was advancing His Kingdom in those governments, and that the kingdoms of the world would, until the coming of Christ, serve as the guardians and protectors of God's Kingdom and His people. He shows that Israel fell into sin because it refused to accept this fact. There is also a lot of inter-Biblical studies. Jordan correlates what Daniel was doing with what was happening in Jeremiah, Ezra/Nehemiah. The way he did this enabled me to see more clearly exactly how many of those Old Testament books relate to one another.

The commentary does many things well, and is not challenging to read. He provides translations of the book at the beginning of each chapter, and renders it in a way that it would originally been read out loud, as the book was intended to be read, which was very helpful.

I was not sure I followed his chronology argument completely, and more background may have helped there. That, I think is the largest problem with the commentary (and it's one that a second or third time through will probably fix as well). Jordan is building his method from a ton of ground work that is not readily available outside his Ministry's website. He has written extensive essays, books, monographs, and papers establishing things which he assumes here and that many readers may pause about, wondering why the author seems to move too quickly to a conclusion or assumption that he has amply demonstrated elsewhere (over thousands of pages of work), but which are not easy to get a hold of. I have long hoped that these would be compiled into books and published more widely. Perhaps with this wide release, that will begin to happen.

Jordan really is one of the best Bible commentators in the world today, and he is always a pleasure to read. We are blessed to have him. He takes the Bible seriously as history and as literature, and over-emphasizes neither. His bio on the back of this book states he is currently working on a commentary on Zechariah. Let us hope that commentary emerges soon!

If you are interested in the major foundations for his body of work in general, and for this book too, the reader will want to check out his "Through New Eyes." Athanasius Press has also started a commentary series on the whole BIble that employs the method Jordan developed there. There is one commentary on Ecclesiastes there, and they will be publishing a commentary on James in the near future as well.

Publisher's description:

Called by some as the "very best Bible teacher on the planet" and one of the most studied interpreters of the Bible alive today, Jordan has completed his commentary on the Book of Daniel. Jordan unravels the imagery of God's prophecies revealed in Daniel - events that were dawning in Daniel's lifetime. There are no "historical parentheses" or "gaps", no leaps of thousands of years into the future. (Hardback, 723 pages)

Review from the blog of David P. Field:

"The Jordan is not the boundary; the Jordan runs through the center." (p.518)

Although an aside referring to the borders of the holy land in the Old Testament, I suspect that Jim Jordan rather enjoyed writing that sentence. He knows full well that his way of handling Scripture is regarded by many as bizarre to the point of unbelievable ("If the reader balks at this analysis" (93), "The reader may be dubious" (185), "I am certain that some readers are dubious" (701)) but he is also convinced that his approach is much nearer the mainstream of historic and orthodox Christian interpretation than minimalist GHE proponents could imagine.

So, after several years of knowing it was coming, at last we have James B. Jordan's The Handwriting on the Wall: A Commentary on the Book of Daniel (Powder Springs, GA: American Vision, 2007)

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The approach of the book is marked by

1. Immersion in and informed reference to the rest of the Hebrew Scriptures. The use of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Ezra-Nehemiah, Esther, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Zechariah is astonishing and enriching at every turn. Use of or comment upon other books along the way are unfailingly stimulating and this applies to NT books as well, not least to Revelation which is greatly illumined by this work on Daniel.

2. Confident deployment of redemptive-historical paradigms which have themselves been recognized through close and repeated study of the whole Bible. In particular, theologico-spatial zones, old creation /new creation eras, and prophet /priest /king roles feature heavily and often have real power to unlock or clarify the subject in hand.

3. The closest of close structural analysis of the sort that comes from multiple readings. Chiasms and parallels and other patterning devices are attended to with great care and in such a way as positively informs the interpretation rather than being mere observations along the path.

4. Seriousness about chronology. This is one of the characteristics of Jordan's work overall, since he sees emphasis on "ideas" at the expense of history as revealing and strengthening the gnosticism of much contemporary Christianity. The detailed chronological work lying behind his interpretation of Jeremiah and Ezekiel and his resolution of some of the Daniel "difficulties" is awesome.

5. Interpretative weight given to what still gets called "inter-testamental" history. Inter-testamental history is redemptive history and Jordan emphasizes that God speaks to and about that period in the patterns of Daniel 1-6 and in the prophecies of Daniel 1-7.

6. Attention to numerics: word-counts, significant numbers, and the meaning of numbers. There is work here to compare with Bauckham's work on Revelation.

7. Typology. This is not a "typological" commentary as such because although half of Daniel is narrative, half of it is apocalyptic prophecy. But when you attend to redemptive-historical patterns and to literary structures and sequences and to the importance of history as Jordan does, then, in some sense, all your work will be typological. At the macro-historical this means that Daniel is one of God's major interpretative words for the entire second phase of the first creation. The first creation has a former days and a latter days and then gives way to the new creation. Daniel tells us about the last centuries and decades of the latter days of the old world.

8. Cheerful (and sometimes curmudgeonly) unfashionableness. Early dating, traditional authorship, defense of biblical chronology, unashamed constant reference to Christ (how could it be otherwise?!), impatience with "unbelieving scholarship", utter lack of interest in being respected and consistent resolve to be useful. This may be a difficult example for young scholars (like those in Daniel 1!) to follow but it is thoroughly refreshing.

9. Theological creativity at level "Genius". I thought I knew Jordan's work reasonably well but over and over and over again there are "aha!" moments. In my copy now there are almost more sentences and paragraphs marked than unmarked!

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The proportions of the book are:
Introductory - 116 pages
Daniel 1-6 - 210 pages
Daniel 7-12 - 302 pages
Appendices - 95 pages
This is just right. The introductory chapters cover the "covenant historical", the "revelation historical" and the "immediate historical" contexts of Daniel, as well as studies in "Death and Resurrection in Daniel" and "In the Land of Shinar". These chapters themselves amount to an orientation to the reading of Daniel and are very helpful indeed - and packed with insights.

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The argument of the book is yours, in detail, for the reading.

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The flaws of the book are few and far between. There are minor irritants: (1) quite a few typos - apart from the mix-up with the lettering of the appendices, I've caught 20 or so; (2) slightly quirky vocabulary such as his pleasure in using the correct but rare "invest" and "investiture" for besiege and siege and his use of "voice" for verb-stems; (3) no indices (though a searchable pdf version of the commentary comes with the book).

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The importance of the book cannot be doubted.

Of course, different readers will find different proportions and different parts of the argument more or less persuasive. For myself, I'm going away to think about the whole idea that the Empires of the 6thC BC through to AD70 were the environment, protector, and location, if not locus, of the kingdom of God, with the image, for example, as representing a new tabernacle-temple development. I think I'm with Jordan on this. His radical proposal on Daniel 7 - involving Ezekiel, the High Priest's double visit to the Holy of Holies on the day of atonement, and taking more seriously the fact that it is the saints who receive the kingdom - has much to commend it. I know too little to evaluate Jordan's chronological arguments, I still worry a little about those 62 weeks, and, after just one reading, I'm still lost in chapter 11. I'm going back for a second and third look at these things.

But that itself is a commendation. This is a book which is worth a second and a third look. In many ways The Handwriting on the Wall amounts to Through New Eyes vol 2., taking further, as it does, several of the massive contributions of that work, the best of all biblical theologies. It is an amazing piece of work, the fruit of many years of research and meditation, at once learned and devout, firmly orthodox and stunningly creative and itself a biblical theology in its own right. No careful reader will come away from it anything other than enormously enriched, stimulated, edified, and expanded.

More later perhaps but I'd rather go back and enjoy The Handwriting on the Wall a second time than keep blogging about it after only one reading. What a book!

If you've read the Harvest, you know you've got to read The Harvest Volume II. As usual, the prophetic insight and revelation that Rick Joyner imparts is nothing short of astounding. This book contains critically important prophetic insight, revelation, and warning that every Christian should be aware of. Rick warns against the mistakes that I as a prophetic psalmist see being made commonly in the churches, and he gives encouragement by giving us glimpses of what God is building, and tells us how we can be a part of it. A must-read book for Christians who really love God.

I like this book because it covers a lot of subjects,and covers them good.Rick writes about the time we`re in and the time we`re heading towards.Visions concerning the end-time-revival(which I personally like very much!)come together with teaching(for example:how to go through the storms of life without going shipwrecked).A very comprehensive book and well worth the reading. Buy it and get stirred up!

I have found volume two to be as exciting and rewarding as HRAY MAH Jesus Christ is Coming! which is volume one of the three book series.

I was drawn deeper into scripture and easilly into the understanding of the Simplicity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. My thirst was quenched within the Holy Word.

This writer has brought fresh knowledge to the scriptures so that I as an individual could discover for myself within the Word of God and in my own favorite translation ( KJV ) is mine.

I feel so renewed into the Gospel as it was ment to be read and understood so even a small child could comprehend it. That is what this book has done for me.

The revealing of the End Times is upon us!

I have now learned to watch and pray what Jesus asked His followers called Christians to pray and seek: Remarkable how simple it was!

Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. Amen and Amen

I recommend this book highly.

HRAY-MAH GODS WORD TO A MAN VOLUME TWO

I found his writing style easily opened the scriptures so that I could understand and check from my own bible exactly what was being shared and revealed as I read his first Hray Mah book. I found the warning to be exactly as it was given and the closeness of the Lord's Return is at hand. No christion writer I have read before has so deeply touched my thoughts and brought me with a deep thirst to seek the Living Word from scripture on my own reading as this author. The Fruits of the Spirit flow in gentleness in his writings, and he asks every reader to test his Fruits of the Spirit exactly as Jesus told us to do.

THIS BOOK IS FOR THOSE CALLING THEMSELVES AS
CHRISTIANS IN THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZRETH.

I agree: Jesus is Coming!


I am looking forward to reading all his other books. Clearly, this is Christianity as it was really meant to be: Simple and direct...and based only on Jesus Christ of Nazareth as our Lord Savior. Amen!

I have also bought Mr. Vincents' book titled:

NINE MONTHS PLUS ONE DAY
Nine Months Plus One Day: By Robert William Vincent

This story brought me to wonderful warm tears. It reminded me of the wonder of motherhood and the mysteries within. I was amazed that a man could write in such depth to touch gently the within of a woman. It was fantastic! I became attached to the baby telling the story as if it were my own and within my own womb. I felt once again the warmth of motherhood and the feelings which pregnancy brings
upon a mother and her bonding with the child growing inside. I laughed at the humor and was awed at the depth I was drawn to perceive. The author's ability to comprehend is dramatic and his perceptions right on.

The illustrations are child-like perceptions that of themselves also depicted a story. Mr. Vincents' use of art he created is heartfelt.

I recommend this book to all women and especially to
all carrying a blessing. I believe this book could easily
be used as a tutor for teenage children for sharing how and why children are conceived and arrive into this world. In a true and comforting way of sharing the answers all children one day ask of their parents.

I admit, I have now read it at least four times through and still find warm tears and joy arrive each time. Wow!

Nine Months Plus One Day: By Robert William Vincent

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NINE MONTHS PLUS ONE DAY