Daniel 7:5 and the Probability of a Comet in Ursa Major with Three Ribs - Devouring Much Life?

Part 6: Daniel Chapter 7 Probability of a Bear with three "ribs" in its mouth

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Review

For new and old readers, please review the previous parts:

Part 1:

Daniel's Vision of Beasts At The End Times

Part 2:

Daniel 7: Winds Stirring Up the Great Sea, and the Lion With Eagles’ Wings

Part 3:

Daniel 7: The Beast Like A Bear

Part 4:

The Bear with A Comet In Its Teeth?

Part 5: Three or Third

Introduction

This article will focus on Chapter 7 and the second beast, which has been correlated to Ursa Major, the Great Bear in the previous analysis. Various translations of rib include tusk, fang, or rows of teeth, which at first are confusing.

This is because the “rib”, is a Chaldaism, an ancient Aramaic idiom, which has dual meanings, “to ascend” and “rib”. The Sumerian “TI” pictogram symbol also means “rib, arrow, and life”, alluding to the Genesis story of Adam’s rib.

Celestially, in context to Leo and Ursa Major, a comet would ascend and look like a rib or arrow. The “Comet of 2020”, C/2020 F3 NEOWISE, happens to cross through the mouth of the bear in July 2020. This article will also look at what happened on Earth in 2020, the same year the Four Horsemen began their ride.

(source: Night Cafe - AI rendered)

Daniel also states there are three ribs. Let’s reference the English Standard Version (ESV),

And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side. It had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’

Daniel 7:5, ESV¹ [emphasis added]

Strong’s Concordance #8532 is תְּלָת t^elâth (Chald.), tel-awth, denotes “three” or “third”². Note that #8532 is also a Chaldaism or idiom, which is a figurative expression.

Traditional interpretations say the ribs represent conquered kingdoms but maybe Daniel is describing something else in his vision - a third comet or a comet with three tails?

• What other comets were discovered and anticipated?

• What was special about Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE?

• What happened on July 19th, 2020 on Earth?

Hypothesis: Daniel’s vision of three ribs may reference three rare comet tails in the mouth of the bear.

How Special is the Comet of 2020?

Pete Lawrence, from Sky and Night Magazine wrote in an article, “What made Comet NEOWISE so special?”,

F3 Neowise is one of those rare comets that did the opposite and actually got better as it passed perihelion, brightening and putting on something of a show…

F3 Neowise tracks below the Plough [the Big Dipper, Ursa Major, the Great Bear] during the last half of July and this famous asterism can be put to good use in order to find it. By looking at the chart below, it’s possible to estimate where the comet will be in relation to the Plough, and to use sections of the pattern as a cosmic ruler.

Compared to the expanding fan-shaped dust tail, the ion tail is very thin and very straight. In the case of F3 Neowise at the time of writing (mid-July) the ion tail is present but much fainter than the dust tail.³

In the following sections let’s begin looking at the probability of this celestial event. Then further analyze Daniel’s reference to three ribs, which may be describing the tail of the comet.

What is the Probability?

In its name, “NEO”, means Near Earth Object, while “WISE” is the name of the telescope that discovered it. Coded in the name “C/2020 F3”, the “3” tells observers that it was the 3rd comet discovered in a half month period. The “2020” and “F” indicates it was discovered in the later half of March 2020. The “C” specifies that it is not a periodic comet and has an extremely long multi-thousand year period. In this case it has been estimated to be about 6800 years.

This means it has a probability of

1/6800 = 0.000147

This is already rare, yet it passes through Ursa Major’s mouth which is shown below using a screenshot of Stellarium the night of July 19th, 2020. The cross hairs in red shows the location of the comet’s head while its tail is shown in the photograph on the left. As the comet moves up it also brightens and its tail will move up and to the right into the mouth of the bear.

What is the probability of this occurring? Ursa Major is not one of the 12 major constellations. The Great Bear is 1 of 48 total constellations in the Mazzaroth.

1/6800 x 1/48 = 1/326,400 = 0.0000031

Third vs. Three

In Daniel 7:5, the word for three, tel-awth, could also have been interpreted as “third”. C/2020 F3 was the third comet discovered in the 2nd half of March 2020. However, it doesn’t seem like this fits Daniel’s vision.

Furthermore, Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE was the third anticipated long-period comet of 2020. Unfortunately, Both Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) and Comet C/2020 F8 (SWAN) fragmented, fizzed and faded away.⁴ Fortunately, Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) delighted astronomers and sky watchers. This leaves us with the question on what was so special about F3 NEOWISE that could correlate to the number three in Daniel’s vision?

The Triple Tail of Comet NEOWISE: A Rare Cosmic Trifecta

When Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) illuminated the night skies in July 2020, it gave scientists a rare glimpse at a structural phenomenon: a triple tail.

While most bright comets sprout a twin-tail system when they approach the sun, highly sensitive astrophotography and spectroscopic instruments revealed that NEOWISE possessed three structurally and chemically unique appendages like three ribs.

Here is a breakdown of the three tails that made Comet NEOWISE an unforgettable cosmic anomaly:

1. The Dust Tail (Golden-White) - The most visible, broad, and curved component of the comet, which sweeps through the sky like a broom.

2. The Ion Tail (Electric Blue) - A thin, razor-straight, and highly turbulent stream like a spiraling arrow.

3. The Sodium Tail (Faint Red) - A rare, ghostly third tail sandwiched between the dust and ion tails like hot steam from a boiling pot.⁵,⁶

Could these three tails be the vision of three ribs? All three are in the mouth of the Great Bear on July 19th, 2020.

Earlier we calculated the probability of Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE entering the mouth of Ursa Major. Most comets have 1 to 2 tails and a third distinct tail is very rare. Let’s estimate a three-tailed comet to be 1 out of 100.

1/6800 x 1/48 x 1/100 = 1/32,640,000 = 1 in 33M or 0.00000003

As probability approaches 0, it implies that this sign is extremely rare, or mathematically impossible. There is a one in 33 Million chance that this sign could occur, especially in our lifetime.

Now let’s look at what happened the very next day on Earth.

The Mid-2020 Pivot: Inside the WHO’s July 20 Briefing

On July 20, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confronted a critical inflection point in the COVID-19 pandemic as global cases surpassed 14.3 million (World Health Organization 2020)⁷. The WHO reported deaths of ~600k. The briefing shifted focus from emergency lockdowns to sustainable, long-term global management.

The WHO released a critical framework for reopening borders. Instead of blanket travel bans, they urged nations to adopt a data-driven approach: Prioritize local risk assessments over total isolation, scale up border surveillance and contact tracing, and implement targeted quarantines based on regional case numbers.

The WHO then announced two dozen injection candidates were in trial. ⁸, ⁹

They did not report that injection trials were resulting in serious injury and death.¹⁰ The WHO acknowledged airborne risks, but did not reveal the gain-of-function lab origins.

“Arise, Devour Much Flesh”

Remember the dual meanings for “rib and to arise” as well as the correlation to “rib, arrow and life”, where words potentially had a deeper meaning. The figurative meanings of these words seem to bridge much of the research between the Book of Daniel, Revelation, and ancient mythology.

Remember, the arrow was the most effective delivery mechanism in ancient cultures of snake venom as a toxin. The Signs of the Four Horsemen introduced Sagittarius, The First Horseman, who carried a bow, which denotes in Greek toxon, rooted in the origins of the snake venom used to poison arrow tips. Also, in Greek Mythology, the god Apollo, fired arrows carrying plagues upon mankind.

On July 20th, 2020, the fear campaign was escalated with the hope of a solution through trials of an injection. However, it was a false hope as many discovered and are still discovering.

Daniel saw that the beast like a bear was told to do the following.

and it [the beast like a bear] was told, ‘Arise, devour much flesh.’

Daniel 7:5, ESV

In Daniel 7:5, devour denotes devastate. Flesh denotes bodies or mankind (Daniel 2:11).

devour, of beast in vision, Daniel 7:5 (accusative of thing), absolute Daniel 7:7; Daniel 7:19; hence figurative of kingdom, devour, devastate, Daniel 7:23 (accusative of earth).¹¹

Daniel 7:5 flesh (as devoured by beast); emphatic בְּשְׂרָא Daniel 2:11 flesh = mankind¹²

The beast was commanded to devastate mankind. It destroyed, devoured, and depopulated life through biological warfare.

In Closing

The three ribs may be correlated to the three tails of the comet.

• What other comets were discovered and anticipated?

  • Comet C/2020 F3 means it was the 3rd comet discovered in the 2nd half of March 2020, but this 3 does not seem to match the vision.

  • Two other long period comets were discovered but faded leaving C/2020 F3 as the third long period comet of 2020. However, the other two comets were not in Ursa Major.

• What was special about Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE?

  • There were three tails of the comet. Three distinct colors of red, white, and blue with three different shapes.

  • All passed through the teeth of the Great Bear - a “one in 33 Million” chance of occurring

• What happened on July 19th, 2020 on Earth?

  • The very next day on July 20th, 2020 the WHO issued a COVID-19 Situation report.

  • Deaths and case counts were highlighted, while 12 injection candidates were in trial.

This sign has become so profound in its interpretation that it doesn’t seem possible. Only the Creator God has the omnipotence to give Daniel a vision of the future.

¹⁵ “As for me, Daniel, my spirit within me was anxious, and the visions of my head alarmed me. Daniel 7:15, ESV¹³

This is only the second beast of four total in Chapter 7 that would have made Daniel anxious and alarmed. Not many things seemed to alarm Daniel. I believe Daniel understood the future sign could mean the potential devastation of mankind.

Pray for discernment and get right with Jesus. Do not comply with the beast(s).

Next, the beast like a leopard…

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