Banning offense doesn't protect us—it imprisons us, here's the three-headed beast responsible.

Author: Alan R. Jones
Date: June 7, 2025

Abstract

This paper argues that the three rivers in Daniel—Ulai (Dan 8), Euphrates (Dan 9), and Tigris (Dan 10)—associated with divine figures, likely Christophanies, form a typological motif informing Jesus’ walking on water (Matt 14:22–33; Mark 6:45–52; John 6:16–21).

Full typological arc:

Genesis 1:2 - Spirit hovers over chaos waters
Exodus 14 - Israel passes through on dry ground (Philo's Moses typology)
Psalm 74 - Yahweh crushes chaos monsters
Daniel 8, 10 - Divine figures appear over rivers
Isaiah 45 - Cyrus conquers by Euphrates
Job 9, 38 - Yahweh treads on sea
Gospels - Jesus walks on water
Acts/Epistles - Church confronts principalities (Eph 6:12)
Revelation 21:1 - "No more sea"

I am convinced that we could save billions of wasted hours arguing if we simply used absolute terms only to define absolute concepts. Concepts like “Fact” and “Truth”.
An "established fact" should be no different from any other "fact", in fact there is only one kind of fact. And the truth is that facts are rare, and we should not use fact in place of either consensus or theory. There have been a great many ideas throughout our history that have been held by the majority but have been far from true.