Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
-- Daniel 2:37-38
Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
-- Revelation 12:12
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
-- 1 Peter 5:8
The final decade of the 19th century was known as the "Gay Nineties." Back in the 1990s, I used to joke that that decade would be remembered by the same name, for entirely different reasons.
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We've gotten used to using the number 2020 as shorthand for the current dystopia -- but there are less than two weeks left in the year, and I daresay the dystopia is going to last a bit longer than that. Get ready for the second coming of the Roaring Twenties.
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