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Present

Poets are prophets because the future speaks to the present through them; divine speech is not confined to chronological time because God is past, future, and present.

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Iliad embassy speech as interpreted in the 2026-01-21 lecture

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Odysseus builds persuasive force by moving Achilles through vivid contrasts and time: feast versus desert, present Hector, past Peleus, and future victory, riches, marriage, and Greek glory.

2026-01-21 lecture model of prophecy and time

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Poets are prophets because the future speaks to the present through them; divine speech is not confined to chronological time because God is past, future, and present.

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The Poem That Gives Birth To Civilization

2026-01-21, day precision · claims

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A source-grounded reading of Homer as civilizational engine: the Iliad trains Greeks to fight with speeches, poetry projects movies onto the world, language controls time and space, and the poet becomes the flame through...

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