The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

of the vain. Mirrors and other beauty paraphernalia are her ritual emblems. Organized in her honor, the prostitution community, whose harlots were called heteras, which were popular in Corinth, was where unmarried men went for sexual pleasures. Occasionally married men, with the disapproval of the society, also visited their altars. These priestesses of Aphrodite’s temple were set up in brothels and were properly called courtesans. They were easily recognized as such by their style of dress, which was skimpy and alluring to be ever ready to meet the sexual needs of the men of the community. Aphrodite gave birth to a son, Eros, called Amor or Cupid, which means “desire.” Her cult required her priestesses to copulate with her worshippers and temple patrons for her to procreate their harvest in the earth. She is the old Asian goddess Ishtar from ancient Mesopotamia. Because of Eros’ origins, his worship is an extension of Aphrodite’s. Eros, the fertility god of erotic love, is also called Cupid, and is celebrated for inspiring lustful desire every February 14, Valentine’s Day. He is strangely connected with Ares (the war god), and the gods of fear (Phobos) and alarm (Deimos). Animalism is her prime instinctive, as her behavioral motivations correlate with the beasts she is known for traveling with. Aphrodite is also dubbed the goddess of promiscuity. Aphrodite is the goddess worshipped and copulated with by the homosexual Greek poet Sappho. See Sappho, Lesbos, Diana, and Astarte. 76. Apocalypse—A) Revelation. B) A term used for the last-day events predicted or experienced on earth according to the Bible. These are generally of a doomsday, last days, or cataclysmic nature. Revelations of this sort tend to permeate apostolic doctrine, which emphasizes finalization, transition, and renewal. 77. Apocalyptic Numbers—Contrasted with sacred numbers (see definition), apocalyptic numbers are those in the Bible that refer to a particular time in history and the span of prophetic events appointed to it. Apocalyptic numbers are tied to the onset of God’s judgments as He begins His program of unraveling His creation to replace it with the new one. These numbers count off the embedded codes God submerged in creation to see that it obeys His command to decompose at His appointed times, whether by acts of man or God. Seen most in apocalyptic writings, these numbers are: four, to reflect global impact; seven, to indicate what will occur is activated by the Lord’s spiritual authorities; six, to show that it is on account of man and the fallen angels that usurped his place in