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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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King of Impunity: High Court sentences Acting Police IG Gilbert Masengeli to Six Months in Jail for Contempt of Court



High Court Judge Lawrence Mugambi has sentenced Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli to six months in jail for contempt of court.
Masengeli had disobeyed court summons a record seven times, earning him the dubious distinction of being the only person in Kenya's 60-year history on record for ever doing so.

“Mr Masengeli is ordered to surrender himself to the Commissioner General of Prisons to serve his sentence. In the event he fails to surrender himself to prison, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior must take steps to ensure he is committed to prison to serve his sentence,” ruled Justice Mugambi.
The police boss was required to appear in court to explain circumstances surrounding disappearance of three people in Kitengela. They went missing on August 19.

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