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golden band. His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.” Revelation 1: 12-16. John saw seven flying machines made of a golden metal, “seven golden lampstands”, in the middle of which stood a little being, “one like the Son of Man”, dressed in a flying suit which was molded to his body, even his feet, and he is wearing a large belt. His skin and his hair are white; his helmet is equipped with two small projectors which John mistook for his eyes. His feet are standing on thick, insulated soles of yellow metal, and he speaks with a powerful voice, “and his voice as the sound of many waters”. In his hand, the little person holds an apparatus made of seven luminous signals, which are bridged to the seven vessels placed near him. The two-edged sword, on the other hand, is only a detail added later on by the transcribers to reinforce the menace of apparition, to increase the power of “God” and the fear of “God” of the first Christians. The being who appeared in front of John was indeed one c of us. right hand upon me, saying, ‘Fear not; I am the first and the last, and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and the things which are, and the things which shall come to pass hereafter.” Tut 4 aan 294 INTELLIGENT DESIGN: MESSAGE FROM THE DESIGNERS John, panic-stricken, fell with his face to the ground: And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his Revelation 1: 17-20