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Apocalypse Doesn't Mean What Most People Think It Means. So How Did It Become Synonymous with the End of the World?

Mention the word apocalypse and most people picture the same scene: cities reduced to rubble, fire falling from the sky, horsemen galloping across a dying Earth, and a final battle that brings human history to an abrupt, terrifying end. Hollywood loves that version. So do many preachers. The Greek language doesn't. The word apokalypsis , from which "apocalypse" is derived, simply means an unveiling, a disclosure, a revelation. Before it became associated with catastrophe, it described the act of pulling back a curtain so that something hidden could finally be seen. That raises an uncomfortable question. If apocalypse originally meant revelation, how did it become almost exclusively associated with global destruction? The answer lies not in a conspiracy but in centuries of interpretation. The Book of Revelation is arguably the most misunderstood book in the New Testament.  Written towards the end of the first century, it emerged during a period when Christians lived under ...
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Kenyan Special Forces Kill Al-Shabaab Fighters in Garissa


Kenyan Special Forces (SOG) have neutralised Al-Shabaab militants en route to Fafi Constitncy in Garissa. 

The highly-trained soldiers eliminated 5 militants and captured 4 fighters who are currently undergoing interrogation. They recovered 2 PKM, 1 RPM, 6 AKs, and a number of IED-making materials. 

Additionally, mobile phones and SIM cards were also recovered. A quick exploitation of the phones has so far provided important leads on a number of local Al-Shabaab facilitation networks.

The intelligence-led operation caught the Al-Shabaab fighters by surprise as they crossed into kenya to establish a temporary camp in the Fafi area of Garissa.




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