Today is September 22, and if you know anything about the Lord of the Rings then you know that this is Bilbo and Frodo's birthday. Let's incorporate Young Gandalf into Matty's Paradigm.
Young Gandalf
D.E.F.U.N.C.T.
Disillusioned Exhausted Failures who Unfortunately Now Corrupted Themselves. A new 12-step program for Clergy whose careers didn't survive contact with a prophet.
The Analytical Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon
The first word I found in Davidson's Lexicon was "Jediael." That's when my troubles began. The religious establishment isn't going to accept a wizard, a soothsayer, or someone having a spirit of divination.
The Life of Isaiah
The information that we have suggests that Isaiah was an old man at the time of his death. He saw Jerusalem dwindle in prosperity and fall from powerful to vulnerable.
The Earthquake in the Days of Uzziah
The Bible gives us an account of an event which may have been an extraterrestrial impact. The impact wasn't in the Holy Land, but it was so severe that there were world-wide earthquakes.
Lifted up to His Destruction
A meteorite barreling down from the skies on collision course with the Earth would make us get down on our knees to pray. Evidently it caused Uzziah to run, panic-stricken, into the temple and try to avert the judgment of God.
Two Years Before the Earthquake
Amos prophesied the coming judgment of God two years before an earthquake. How did he know that it was coming? Amos was a herdsman and probably spent his nights outside. Did Amos see something in the heavens?
September 22nd
SciPop wants you to believe in an extraterrestrial impact: a meteor hit the Earth. Amos saw it coming. Uzziah tried to stop it. Isaiah began his prophetic ministry standing in its smoking ruins.