We now return to the Sunday night movie my half-brother Vinnie Because you deserted your post an enemy force was able to penetrate security free Serpentor and injure three good men You're confined to quarters until court martial Don't do it Hawk.  This is the show where we review every vintage gi joe toy from 1982 to 1994 this time we are looking at falcon or is it lieutenant falcon or is it falconi or Falcone he's definitely a green beret though except when he's wearing a black beret The most important thing about this character is that he was the half-brother of Duke Except for when he wasn't the animated character was voiced by Don Johnson Once and then the other times somebody else this version of falcon was in the supersonic fighters Now that's a very special set of action figures where hasbro helpfully provided Technology for kids who didn't know how to go pew pew and bang bang They needed electronics to do this for them. This figure was released in 1991 maybe or 1992 I'm not really sure let's find out or maybe we won't hooded cober commander 788 presents falcon This is lieutenant falcon gi joe's green beret from 1991 or 1992 either way it was discontinued by 1993. This is the third vintage version of falcon There's some confusion about when this figure was released yo joe.com has it on the 1992 page But says it was released in 1991 the ultimate guide by mark balomo has it in the 1991 chapter The official gi joe collector's book also lists it as a 1991 figure and the card back Advertises 1991 figures and includes the 1991 sonic fighters with the supersonic fighters as if they're one set based on the catalog The supersonic fighters were released in 1992 the 1991 catalog says they are coming Soon and they are in the 1992 catalog. So, which is it? My best guess is that it was released late in 1991 too late to be included in the 1991 catalog and carried over to 1992 this figure was designed by ron rudat for hasbro It was designed for release in 1987 and just recolored for this release I refer to this figure as falcon because that's what he was called in 1987 when he was first released, but really this figure is lieutenant falcon and indeed he is a lieutenant Sometimes the rank was added to his code name falcon version one was released in 1987 The figure had a camouflage uniform and a green beret He looked really great. He was one of the best figures that year falcon version two was released in 1988 It was part of the night force subset It used the same mold as version one, but in different colors since version three from the supersonic fighters used the same mold as version one All three figures are the same except for the coloring green beret refers to us army special forces The members wear a specific headdress the green beret the 10th special forces group was formed in 1952 the special forces branch of the u.s. Army was established in 1987 the same year the first falcon figure was released green berets became pop culture icons through movies and music the song the ballad of the green berets by sergeant Barry Sadler was released in 1966 the john wane movie the green berets was released in 1968 the novel first blood by david morrell was published in 1972 and it was turned into a movie starring Sylvester Stallone in 1982 by the time the first falcon action figure was released in 1987 most American kids would know what a green beret was falcon version three was in the supersonic fighters subset That was one of the sonic gi Joe sets. They all had sound making gimmicks. The first of those sets was the 1991 sonic fighters. They had huge backpacks with sound effects speakers that group was followed by the 1991 or 1992 Supersonic fighters. They had more huge backpacks with sound effects speakers the supersonic fighters cards include the sonic fighters in the Cross-cell portion, so they may be considered a second wave of sonic fighters with a slightly different name also in 1992 There was the talking battle commanders. They had more huge backpacks this time They were screwed into the backs of the figures. They had speakers with sampled voice and sound effects There were two vehicles with these sonic labels both released in 1992 the desert Apache was labeled sonic fighters And fort america was labeled supersonic fighters also in 1992 the gi Joe headquarters had a sound making device There was going to be another sound playing set called battle scan in 1993 but that set was canceled and the 1993 line was renamed battle core falcon was the main character in the 1987 gi Joe animated movie He was voiced by Don Johnson The original plan was that he would be related to hawk in some way that changed to make him duke's half brother The idea of making falcon related to another Joe came from buzz Dixon Writer and story editor for the series and the movie he wanted to make falcon the son of hawk But the decision was made by higher ups to have him related to duke I have the full card back for this figure Unfortunately, most of the front of the card is ripped off because of the way this figure was packaged It was difficult to remove the plastic blister without ripping off most of the front of the card And that's exactly what happened here. There's the gi Joe logo at the top with the supersonic fighters logo next To it it's partially ripped and partially covered by a Bradley's price sticker also partially ripped The supersonic fighters card backs had this really gross salmon colored background With these circles that were supposed to represent sound waves We have the card art with falcon doing such a crazy scream that it looks like his jaw is Unhinged not only is most of the art torn away. It's also partially covered by this promotional sticker The card promises four battle sounds including laser pistol machine gun Laser rifle and pistol. We will test those out looking at the back of the card We have this cross cell with this partition for the sonic fighters that also includes the supersonic fighters Then we have this other section with the rest of the figures that were available at the time We have a single flag point and we have the file card that is unfortunately also in that salmon color We will take a closer look at the file card later in this video unlike most file cards of the era This file card has a description of some of the accessories and I will refer to this when talking about those accessories I have a modern falcon figure. This is part of the gi Joe classified series of six inch action figures released this year This is based on the version one falcon figure not version three But we can look at it to see an up-to-date representation of this character This action figure is somewhat controversial. So let's take a look at it and see if we can figure out why Let's take a look at the box and this box is one of the no plastic boxes Which can be a good thing or a bad thing these boxes give a lot more packaging real estate for the artwork And if the artwork is good, then it gives us more good artwork But if the artwork is bad or mediocre, there's just more bad or mediocre artwork I wouldn't say this is bad, but it's definitely not my preference. We have a pose here on the front of pouty falcon And we have some colors with a lot of blues in it Does not show a lot of the details of the figure Which is important because this figure is highly detailed But you don't get that from the packaging artwork one of the reasons we praise the classic card art Is because it made these lumps of plastic look more life-like And unfortunately this card art and some of the other card art in the classified series Takes these somewhat life-like figures and makes them look less life-like. So we have pouty falcon on the front We have a photo of the action figure This is in the gi joe classified series and this is vincent our falcon falconi or falcon This is a reversion to the previous spelling of the last name We will get to that when we talk about the vintage figures file card on the side of the box We have falcon parachuting to the ground looking less pouty This is number 64 in the classified series and on the back of the box We have more photos of the figure and accessories There are these symbols that represent his specialties and those symbols are copied on the side of the box This one means he is really fast like the flash. This is four r2 d2s This means there's a footnote and this is two balloons. They should be red and there are 97 more of them But they wouldn't fit in the frame. Let's take falcon out of the box I have previously opened this figure to take a look at it and I put it back in the box So this is not a fresh unboxing, but I can show you how it was boxed The figure comes in this cardboard tray It was originally tied to the tray, but I've clipped those ties so I can take the figure out inside the box There is also another box that contains the accessories Here is classified falcon out of the box This figure is obviously based on version one from 1987 In my opinion version one is a far superior figure for reasons I shall discuss Let's start by looking at the accessories and the first one we need to look at is the hat The green beret includes a green beret It is in green plastic obviously It is in a soft flexible plastic which I like I prefer that And I don't really have a problem with this. It's a good color. It's a good shape It fits on the head really well It has a black beret flash with a yellow stripe just like the vintage figure In fact, this is a really good representation of the beret on the vintage figure But on the class side figure, of course, it is removable on version one It is not next we have the backpack and this backpack is pretty nice. It has a lot of detail It is a communications backpack with an antenna And it has a rope here a couple canteens It also has a removable knife and that knife Has a gray handle and a silver blade The knife will slide into this sheath on the side of the backpack And this of course mirrors the backpack on the vintage figure Which was also a green communications backpack with two canteens A rope molded on and a knife that would fit on the side The next accessory is the shotgun and this is where we start to have a problem It doesn't look like the vintage shotgun, which was black and more of a traditional shotgun But that's not the problem. This shotgun is gray in color with brown furniture It has a two piece folding stock and some green shotgun shells on that stock so far so good Unfortunately, there are two major problems with this shotgun at least my example of it The shoulder brace on this folding stock is very loose and in fact will just pop off It is not on there securely at all And I've tried to put it on there more securely so it won't fall off Because it comes off so easily. My only option is to keep this folded The other problem is this right out of the package It was very bent as if it were stored in a tight location and it is permanently bent like this I've tried to fix it. I've tried various ways to straighten it out so far nothing has worked So I have a apparently permanently bent shotgun for falcon Those are all the accessories that were separate from the figure the figure itself has some accessories that are on it You could remove them, but they're not really intended to be removed. We will look at those But first let's look at the articulation. This figure has standard classified articulation So two points of articulation at the neck and at the head So good range of motion butterfly joints at the shoulders Up at the shoulder swivel at the shoulder swivel at the bicep double jointed elbows Swivel at the wrist and up and down hinges on both wrists hinge at the rib cage And ball joint at the hip for an ab crunch and a swivel at the hip Legs split apart there is a swivel at the thigh cut that is really tight on this one But you can get it to move double jointed knees He has a swivel at the boot cut and he has hinged and rocker ankles Let's look at the figure itself I have some problems with this figure and you may have already spotted some of them Let's start with the head and this head is not great. This is what most people complain about His lips are very red. This may be some of jinx's lipstick he has on his lips The lips are bad, but that's not my biggest problem with this head. The hair is fine. So hey, that's one thing The face is kind of ugly, but that is okay. That's not really a huge problem Not every face has to look attractive But this face just doesn't seem to be very well sculpted for one thing the eyes look uneven The right eye seems to slide more down the skull than the left eye. They're not symmetrical And it's just kind of odd and a bit off-putting. Also, how old is he supposed to be? He has deep lines around his mouth. He has sunken cheeks He looks much older than you would expect him to be as a lieutenant green beret I don't always agree with popular complaints about action figures But this is one instance where I do agree. I just don't think this is very good. So let's move on He has a green bandana that wraps around his neck and has a tie in the front That is a separate piece and I do like that He has his load bearing equipment this piece that goes over his shoulders and connects in the back That also connects to a belt that is in a lighter green than the uniform Kind of a pale green but not the tan color that was on the vintage figure So it's a bit of a subtle contrast on the right side shoulder He has this silver and blue device that we have seen on other gijo action figures Which we assume is a communications device, I guess He has a brown painted knife on the right strap and a couple pouches on the left strap This knife is molded on and not really removable and I don't really like this This is a trend we are starting to see with classified figures with having these Sculpted on weapons that are not removable, which is totally understandable on a three and three quarter inch figure But on a six inch scale figure I feel like these accessories ought to be removable and not just decorative the straps are attached to a belt That is in the same lighter green color the belt has some pouches on the side and one in the front It has a silver belt buckle with a bit of paint over spray And there is an extension under the belt for the shirt So the uniform shirt is kind of attached to the belt to look like it's tucked under the belt I guess that's the only way they could do that I understand what they were going for and they were trying to copy a detail that was on the vintage figure But this is a very risky choice For one thing if there is any color difference between this plastic and the plastic on the action figure That's not going to look right also since this shirt tail is part of the belt piece If the belt piece moves the shirt also moves and that can also look rather awkward the uniform is in a dark green color He has rolled up sleeves. He has a green watch on his left wrist with painted watch hands That's a nice touch the dark green uniform has a brown camouflage on it And that's the same on the top and the bottom half of the uniform. He's got some pockets on the legs He's got a texture pattern on the legs. I do like that texture pattern He has some jungle boots with a lighter green canvas color on the sides And that's pretty close to the color on the straps He has gray boots under those boot covers I don't know if it's coming out well on this camera, but I can barely see the camouflage pattern There's not much contrast between the dark brown and the dark green and I understand not everything needs to be high Contrast I get it, but with such a low contrast camouflage. It's almost like there's no camouflage at all It's a waste of a paint spray that doesn't really show up on the figure very well Contrast this with the version one camouflage, which had a lighter base green color an actual olive green color With darker green camouflage on it. This looks so much better And it looks like the tiger stripe camouflage used by real vietnam era green beret soldiers This looks great And this one i'm afraid the colors are just too subtle to really pick up on the camouflage to summarize I have multiple problems with this figure. I do agree with the criticisms of the face The accessories are mostly good, but I have a serious problem with my shotgun that so far I have not been able to fix I think the version one figure is superior to this modern six inch figure And that's unfortunate because falcon is a popular character And this was a great opportunity to give us a really cool figure And I think it just fell short Let's take a look at falcon's accessories and he came with a few neither of these weapons fit in his hands Very well, and i'm not going to force it because I don't want to break the thumbs The first is this machine gun. It is in black plastic It has a simple design and kind of generic looking the file card says it's a 5.56 millimeter X a r2 automatic assault rifle. I don't know what else to say about it It's kind of a basic looking gi jo machine gun next We have this laser rifle and this is an unusual one. It is in black plastic It has a grip on the top and an arm brace that looks really strange It has a scope, but how would you use it with the grip on the top? The card calls this a scatter blast laser rifle with laser tracking sensors Both of these weapons are probably a little too similar and neither is like his original shotgun Next he includes a figure stand in black plastic. This is one of the things I love about 90s figures They included figure stands 1980s gi jo figures did not include figure stands Next we get to the backpack this sonic backpack. It is in blue plastic It has a black rotor with curved blades and those blades will spin It has a lot of technical detail and it has four gray buttons and two red lights I guess this is supposed to make him fly But the rotor is probably too small to lift him and there's no tail blade or counter rotating blade So even if it did lift him he would spin around in the air Each of these four gray rubbery buttons will make a sound and they will make these lights light up on the top I don't know if that's coming across very well on my camera, but those will light up This button makes a laser sound This button makes a gun sound This button makes a machine gun sound And this button makes another laser sound The card says these sounds are laser pistol machine gun laser rifle and pistol I can identify the machine gun and maybe the pistol But which one is the laser rifle and which is the laser pistol? And why these sounds the figure doesn't come with any kind of pistol laser or otherwise Let's look at the articulation on falcon. He had the articulation that was standard for gi jo figures in 1991 and in 1992 And indeed in 1987 when falcon was first released So he could turn his head from left to right and look up and down He could lift his arm up with the shoulder and swivel at the shoulder all the way around He had a hinge at the elbow so he could bend his arm at the elbow about 90 degrees He had a swivel at the bicep so he could swivel his arm all the way around This was an o-ring figure not allowed to move at the torso a bit He could move his legs apart about so far. He could move his leg at the hip about 90 degrees and bend at the knee about 90 degrees Let's look at the sculpt design and color of falcon. Once again He uses the same mold as version one and version two just in different colors looking at the head He has a green beret, which is appropriate. He has a black beret flash Which unit is this supposed to be on the version one file card? The beret flash looked like the fifth special forces group with some kind of badge on it This one is just black. Also. He has black hair instead of the brown hair on version one looking at the chest He has a light gray uniform with a black digital camouflage pattern He has a black scarf around the neck tied in the front He has a communications microphone on the right shoulder on the version one figure This would have worked with his radio backpack. I guess the huge helicopter backpack could also have a radio in it He has black straps on the chest and he has a green knife on the right side strap and a green pouch on the left side strap He also has this green device on the left side looking at his arms He has light gray sleeves rolled up over his elbows He has a black watch on his left wrist He has no camouflage on the sleeves, which looks a little odd But I guess they had to cut some paint somewhere on the waist piece He has a black belt with black pouches on the belt He has a shirt tucked under the belt His uniform is light gray with a black camouflage pattern moving on to his legs He has gray legs with a black camouflage pattern. He has pockets on the outside upper legs He has a molded on flashlight on the front of the right pocket The camouflage goes right over it so it doesn't stand out well This is a detail that is totally lost if it isn't painted We finish with some light gray boots that are the same color as the uniform So really they are unpainted boots. The colors are quite different from version one I like the version one figure better as it looks more like a vietnam era camouflage uniform Despite this, I like the version three colors. They aren't loud or obnoxious The gray and black pattern looks like an urban camouflage I don't even mind the unpainted boots I do mind the camouflage pattern going over the flashlight on the leg It's like they're intentionally trying to cover up that detail And the camouflage pattern should continue on the arms as well Overall, I'd say I like these colors more than the night force version Let's take a look at falcon's file card.  It has a portrait of falcon with his dislocated jaw scream It has his codename as lieutenant falcon and he is a green beret His file name is vincent r falcon, which is different from his version one file card Which had his file name as vincent r falconi or falcon looks like they dropped the e Was that a typo or were they just trying to make his real name match his codename? His primary military specialty is infantry. His secondary military specialty is medic His birthplace is fayetteville, north carolina and his grade is o2 first lieutenant Fayetteville, north carolina is near fort bragg the base for army special forces command If falcon is really from the fifth special forces group Then he would be based in fort campel, kentucky. The first file card does specify He was with the fifth sfga blue light counterterrorism unit There's an asterisk by the serial number and at the bottom it says lieutenant falcon's security number has been specially modified To prevent breaches and gi joe security. Maybe they also very slightly changed his name for that purpose too This top paragraph says a second generation special forces trooper lieutenant falcon has snake eating and jumping out of airplanes in his blood A qualified expert in all nato and soviet bloc's small arms He can field strip clean and reassemble most common military pistols submachine guns and assault rifles in complete darkness and not wind up with Left over parts specially trained to maintain and modify all of the sonic fighters innovative and highly advanced weapon systems Lieutenant falcon is also cross trained in demolitions medicine and languages in parentheses spanish rance arabic and swahili the first paragraph rewords the version one file card It's like when you had to write a book report, but you weren't allowed to directly copy the text So you just changed the words around a bit the second paragraph has a quote It says falcon knows that the only kind of respect that's worth having is the kind that's earned Sorry, it's in all caps. So I assumed it's yelling It's the kind that's earned and not handed out with rank When you go stepping out into bad guy country with falcon You can depend on him to pull his own weight and put his butt on the line When the worst possible scenario becomes a bone chilling reality He leads by example and to a grunt in the field. That's the best kind of leadership bar none This file card is not badly written It does have some promo for the sonic fighters and it cribs some notes from the version one file card And it has some odd differences from the version one card like the spelling of the name But other than that it's pretty well done The file card is nothing like the character in the cartoon that character had a different personality and background And the card has no mention of a relation to duke looking at how falcon was used in gi jo media He first appeared in animated form in the 1987 gi jo movie. He was voiced by don johnson The movie is quite divisive and i'm not a fan of it. In the movie falcon was portrayed as irresponsible He brought a date to gi jo headquarters who turned out to be zirana in disguise He also left his post before cobra infiltrated the base. There were two important relationships for falcon He was romantically interested in jinx though. She didn't really show an interest in him until the end of the movie Also, he was revealed to be duke's half brother The original plan was for falcon to be related to hawk in some way either a brother or a son This was changed to make him the half brother of duke. This was a choice of the writers of the movie There's no hint of this on the file card The version one file card says he's second generation green beret If he were hawk's son that would make hawk the first generation green beret There's no mention of special forces experience on hawk's file cards That's about the only thing he didn't do after facing the possibility of court marshal falcon was sent to the slaughter house Where he met sergeant slaughter and the renegades when duke defended falcon from serpentor's spear and Went into a coma falcon changed his attitude and became the hero of the movie after the movie The animated series produced by sunbow was cancelled There was a gap before deke took over production and started a new series falcon was in that series But not very much online sources say in the deke series He was voiced by actor scott mcneil, but i have not been able to confirm that He didn't have many appearances and he's mainly known for two episodes the greatest evil parts one and two In those episodes falcon gets addicted to a drug called spark Sold by the evil drug dealer headman g. Ijo and cobra combined forces to combat their common enemy falcon was most known for being Selfish irresponsible and a drug addict. He just couldn't catch a break in the cartoon falcon fared a bit better in the comic book series published by marvel comics Which is surprising in the comic He didn't have a relation to duke and he wasn't the focus of the story like he was in the movie He first appeared in issue number 60 that also introduced chuckles fast draw and law and order They were deceived into thinking they were members of gi joe in a plot to fire a missile at cobra island They helped hawk defeat the plot so hawk made them official gi joes I guess they got to skip the joe qualification process This issue was surprisingly like an episode of the animated series a bunch of characters were introduced in a one-off story And they were officially adopted on the gi joe team because of their proximity to the action This is also the issue that was drawn by todd mcfarlane I wish I could say it has aged well and looks better in hindsight, but no it's still pretty bad Some of the panel compositions are awkward and hard to follow Some of these stylistic choices are just strange in issue number 73 falcon led a team that infiltrated cobra island Later when the cobra civil war broke out falcon's team were the first boots on the ground He had a few appearances here and there and turned up again in issues number 108 through 111 During the war in the fictional middle eastern country of truciel abysmia He wasn't related to duke But he was present with duke when several joes were mowed down and killed by the saw viper It was falcon who put a stop to the massacre with a well-thrown knife That was it falcon was never a main character and didn't have much to do in the comic book series But his few appearances were more positive than the animated show looking at falcon overall I like this figure. I don't like it as much as the first version But I like it more than the second version the colors give it an urban camouflage look with striking contrast I really like the digital camouflage the accessories I mostly can do without the giant backpack was the selling point of this figure and the other figures in the supersonic fighters line But it is ridiculously oversized and all to have an electronic sound maker That doesn't do any better than you could do yourself See this is a review of version three It's not a full review of the classified falcon figure But I have looked at it for this video and I've got to say I prefer a version one of falcon to the classified figure I prefer a version two and version three of falcon to the classified figure so many missed opportunities I wish the whole thing had been done a little better The character of falcon is the big question mark in his debut He was irresponsible and selfish and he was related to duke He was duke's half brother in a couple of his later animated appearances He was a drug addict and still related to duke that is in stark contrast to the character as portrayed on the file card And in the comic book that character was really made for animation The character on the final card is second generation special forces Highly disciplined and skilled and that's pretty much how he was portrayed in the comic book I'm going to go out on a limb here. This isn't usually how my judgment falls on these things But I'm going to say that the flawed character in animation Is more interesting than the character on the file card or in the comic book the falcon You got as a toy and in the comic book series was a super soldier guy With lots of combat experience exactly the kind of guy you would want on the gi joe team In animation he was none of that which makes it less plausible that he would be on the team In fact, there's some implied nepotism there But the character is at least more interesting and you can do more with that kind of character He has room to grow. This does not mean I now like the 1987 animated movie. No, I'm still not a fan I'm just saying that you can do more with a character as flawed as that falcon Then you can with the character that we saw on the file card and in the comic book That character was just a bit more bland coming back around to version three of lieutenant falcon I think this is a fine figure I would do away with most of the accessories and maybe give him one of the shotguns from version one And then you've got a pretty good figure. That was my review of lieutenant falcon version three from the super sonic fighters I hope you enjoyed it next week I will not have a new review because I will be in augusta georgia for joe fest I hope you will come out and see me there in the meantime Please give this video a thumbs up on youtube subscribe to the youtube channel share this video with your friends You can find me on social media on facebook and twitter and I have a website HCC788.com cobra convergence seven is coming up very soon So you will want to check hcc788.com for updates as we get closer to the event in july special Thanks to my friends on patreon. I could not do these videos without their help if you like these videos Please consider supporting the channel on patreon You can get some special perks like early access and you can get your name in videos like the names you see Scrolling on the screen right now. I will see you in georgia next week And I will see you after that for cobra convergence seven until then remember only gi joe is gi joe He's my half-brother vinnie


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Gunshots ring out. One of your companions falls with a scream and a splash of blood.  You don't know them. You haven't met them. You don't understand them. But they are firing on you, and if you don't charge them, you're going to die. She finished the drawing and turned back to the students, still smiling nervously. She hoped that would cover for the fact that she'd been late that morning. Again, why was it so hard for her to come to class? The schoolroom was claustrophobic and fetid, yes, but they needed her so badly. But it's not just about whens. Sometimes it's about wheres. The inside of a cell may be. Who can tell me about the inside of a human cell? One of the class started describing something. They went on and on, in elaborate detail, and Ms. Kumalo nodded and encouraged them on. As they spoke, she drew that on the board as well, the amorphous shape, the spheres, blobs, and ripples of organelles lining it, the pills that were mitochondria swirling around within it. And as they finished, she nodded and turned from the board. Now imagine you are that cell. Barton blood and protein, feeding and metabolizing it into energy and mass, occasional splitting into a second cell once you're large enough. You're part of a vast, complex whole, a whole you have no knowledge of or ability to comprehend. Sometimes it moves you. Sometimes it gives you what you need, sometimes it does not. You do not know. You do not think you care. But suddenly, into your membrane, a shape. A shape you do not know, that knows the secret backdoors into your body. It told you it was a protein, but it lied, and now it is within you. It has gripped your very nucleus, propped into it, unspilled your genetic code. The most private part of you, the part you protect, and fight to keep safe, it has taken that part, and laid it bare, and it has altered it. Suddenly the creature you were is lost. Your old functions have died. And all that remains is the desire, the need, to make more of yourself. But no. Not more of yourself. More of it. All those smiling faces, they were enjoying her lesson. That was what kept her going, through all this, bringing them joy. But there's more to life than just wears and whens. Sometimes there's watts. Things like the smiling. No can tell me about the smiling. Every single one of the class raised their hands. As she knew they would. But of course, she spoke anyway. She was much too far along not to. The smiling is a hungry forever, where everything is upside down, and everything has eyes. Where things watch you, things that you will never understand, can never understand, and their smile is everywhere, in every desk and every dead end, and etched on every face. You want anything, in the smiling. You are nothing to them, and they are everywhere and everything. Fear is your only friend, and you run, run as fast as you can, and you don't get anywhere. It's insidious, it invades you, and they watch from on high as you fight and run and plead.  You don't know if your mind is yours or theirs, or if there's even a difference. She could feel her breath starting to get short, feel herself starting to shake. Those memories were bombarding her, drowning her. The memory of those not-claws vivisecting her personality, of cowering into the corner and realizing in weeping horror that there wasn't anything but them.  And then, bang. There's a shock, a shock that defends your soul. And it's over. You don't know how or what, or why, any more than you know anything about them. There's no cause, nothing to analyze, it just ends. You don't know when those smiles stopped happening. You don't know when your body and your mind started being yours again. It just ended. But it didn't end. Not really. There will always be smiles. And they will always want something from you. She heard the things the townsfolk said. But no ones there. They'd cry and in response murmur. Oh, let her go anyway, if it makes her happy. Nothing never did really recover. She never understood them. Why would they say the classroom was empty when there were so many smiles waiting there?


How to choose a good computer by Ethan Rhyman.  So let's start off with AMD CPUs So the CPU is like your computer's brain, and it's also the CPU stands for central processing unit the AMD CPU I'd recommend looking for Ryzen CPUs whether it's a desktop or a laptop because Ryzen is AMD's current most advancing CPU line and Ryzen 5000 is the newest series so if possible go with a Ryzen 5000 series processor and Ryzen is most is in most laptops as of right now And this will be the same with every CPU but always look for the CPU gigahertz speed or GHZ speed and Unmost AMD Ryzen processors or basically any AMD Ryzen Processor I'd say go between 3 gigahertz and 5 gigahertz Somewhere in the middle of there is gonna be good for most tasks and then another thing to look for is the core count now You can kind of think of cores as mini CPUs inside of one CPU So if you have four cores think of it as four tiny CPUs inside of that one CPU for most tasks like web browsing word processing and stuff like that between four and eight cores is gonna be good if you need more advanced power like video editing or Advanced web development or game development or app development Basically anything that has a higher workload go with 16 or even more cores, which will help improve your speed Also be doing more demanding tasks look on the higher side of the gigahertz speed somewhere between the like the higher 3.9 gigahertz up to 5 gigahertz will do good for most tasks like that Onto the Intel CPU Intel is another brand of CPU just like AMD is for Intel CPUs look for their core series processor. You're gonna see these like core i3 i5 and i7 and i9 As of right now the Intel core i5 and core i7 are some of the best ones that Intel make They are currently the ones that will run pretty much everything the i3 is okay It's just slow for most more advanced tasks and even the i3 just doing simple web browsing can get Chugged it down So yeah, that's why I recommend going with the Intel core i5 and i7 if you need more power Go with an Intel i7 or even an i9 because those will provide more power And you can still get both of those in laptops and desktop PCs And just like on the AMD processors you can look for gigahertz speed between 3.5 and 5 gigahertz Intel processors tend to have a higher gearhertz speed Which is why I'm saying 3.5 to 5 gigahertz that should hopefully get you around for basically any task And if you're doing more advanced stuff look on the higher end like the 4 gigahertz market and 5 gigahertz Depends on what CPU you're getting but the i7 and the i9 are mostly gonna get you up to that 4 and 5 gigahertz mark and for cores on Intel processors 4 to 16 cores Just like AMD is gonna get you for most tasks if you're doing higher demanding tasks 18 and more I'm sorry not 18 8 and more cores will do you just fine on things like that 16 I would recommend for as the minimum for a lot more advanced tasks On to RAM RAM or random access memory is a small amount of storage on your computer The RAM is where your programs that you're running in your operating system will store files that it needs at that moment because RAM is a lot faster Than regular storage, which is why it loads whatever it can and whatever it needs into RAM because then it'll make your computer faster in most cases And yeah, it's where program files are loaded into when running apps in games For RAM on most computers I'd recommend in this day and age 12 to 16 gigabytes of RAM as a minimum if you can go more than 16 in your computer That is an amazing Great, that's a great thing if you can get more than 16 because it's pretty easy to get more than 16 It does make it more pricey but 16 gigabytes at this time as of me recording this is pretty much the minimum for most tasks If you're using Google Chrome Google Chrome does use a lot of memory So I say 12 to 16 gigabytes of RAM should be your minimum on Google Chrome For more demanding tasks like video editing I would say go between 16 to 32 gigabytes of RAM if you can get more if you're doing like 4k editing 8k editing or any other kind of demanding tasks. That's not video editing either Definitely go with 16 to 32 if you can get more than 32. That's great And if you have a tighter budget you can go with 8 gigabytes of RAM It's just not your computer is not gonna last as much longer performance wise It's just gonna get it's gonna turn into a slower computer over time That's why I'd say going with 16 to kind of future-proof your computer for the next few years Storage I'd recommend between 512 gigabytes of storage and one terabyte now one terabyte you can think of it as a thousand thousand gigabytes and One terabyte will last you quite a few years worth of files And it's not it's not like an infinite amount of storage. It's an okay amount of storage Which is why I'm recommending 512 to one terabyte the computer that I'm using has one terabyte of storage and I've had it for just over a year and Storage is going okay. I mean I delete files every now and again. I reorganize them One terabyte is what I definitely recommend if you can afford it And if you can't even afford a computer with 512 gigabytes of storage 256 gigabytes is okay. It's just not gonna you're gonna need to do a lot more file management With 256 gigabytes of storage and if you can get more than one terabyte that is great Again more than one terabyte. It's gonna be pretty expensive But if you're doing more demanding tasks like video editing you're gonna need to store all of your files If you need them on your computer definitely go with one more than one terabyte of storage Operating system on most PCs you're gonna find windows on there And as of right now windows 10 and windows 11 are most common at this time a lot of people don't like windows 11 But you're still gonna find if you're buying a new computer windows 11 is going to be on most of them windows does have some downsides downsides like viruses Are more common on those because windows is so popular. It's more. It's more of a thing for Hackers and people who make viruses to go on windows because the majority of the people are there It's not like someone is gonna make a virus for Linux because not many people use Linux But and also windows is not the most stable operating system, but it's okay for most things Linux is an option. I have used Linux in the past It can be more complicated and most apps that you would want to use on windows and Mac do not work on Linux But again, if you want a more secure operating system different Linux district distributions are pretty good Battery power though, this only goes if you're using a laptop, but I'd recommend going between five and ten hour battery life Most of time that'll last you an entire days of work and again You're probably gonna plug it in throughout the day Which is gonna last you a decent amount of time But if you're planning to have your laptop plugged in pretty much the entire day I'd recommend going with more performance over battery life because if you're only on the go a few times And you don't really need the more battery life. You're just gonna have your laptop plugged in I'd recommend getting more performance because it'll last it'll be a lot more performance for whatever you're trying to do And again, if you're keeping it stable Then one spot plugged in all the time I mean if you need a desktop a desktop would be better for it in that case But if you still want a laptop Definitely go with more performance over battery life and depending on what programs you're using on your computers That can affect the battery life And another thing to keep in mind when buying a PC is always choose a good brand There are a bunch of knockoff brands out there that are make computers But a lot of the time they're not gonna be as good of quality as ones from reputable brands like Dell HP Lenovo Dell and HP and Lenovo are some of the best Laptop brands that you can find but if you're looking for desktop HP I buy power Dell ASUS and NZXT are good desktop computer sellers and again if you need like more proof For a good computer brand most of time if it's so if it's sold in Best Buy or other computer stores like Micro Center It is most likely going to be a good brand other things to keep in mind when buying a PC For laptops, I'd say you're gonna look at pricing between $500 and $600 again, they can be more expensive than that You can find ones cheaper, but the majority of the time good quality ones are gonna be in that price range and desktop computers A good price range look at is $900 to $2,500 and that's gonna get you a decently good desktop computer if you're looking to do gaming or heavy loader or heavy load tasks Expect a higher price because it's gonna have more Heavy components inside so it's gonna be cost more to make them And if you do need more support ask a person at the computer store most of the time They'll give you a good idea of what you need, but always keep in mind that they might be paid To recommend you a different computer rather than other one Let's move on to Apple computers. My favorite are Apple computers And that's why I've used an Apple computer for basically my entire life On to CPUs for Apple computers at this time Apple is doing a transition from Intel processors to M1 processors And M1 is their own CPU It's actually just called the M the Apple M series processors or M the Apple M series CPUs And for most tasks, I'd say an M1 at this time is a great option for any task I have an M1 Mac mini and it's basically been able to handle 4k video editing And simple tasks, but if you are looking for much more performance And you're still looking for a Mac at this time, they do have the M1 pro and M1 Macs available in the Mac book pros RAM wise 8 to 16 gigabytes is currently offered as of January 2022 on the M1 Mac mini the M1 iMac and the M1 Mac book air I think that just because the max can go up to 16 is because that's maybe a limit of the M1 processor But I have 16 in my M1 Mac mini and 16 gigabytes like on PCs is going to be the minimum for most tasks 8 gigabytes does work fine. I've seen But if possible go with 16 gigabytes of RAM In the M1 pro Mac book pro That's a bit of a time twister the M1 pro Mac book pro can have up to 32 gigabytes of ram in it and the M1 Macs Mac book pro can have up to 64 gigabytes of RAM Storage what amount of storage do you think you need for your Mac? Well, it's pretty similar to PCs Um 512 to 1 terabyte again are great options if for a cheaper Mac you can get 256 gigabytes That's that'll be okay But just like on a PC you're going to need to have more advanced file management and not storing as much on your computer More than one terabyte is available on pretty much every Mac computer Um, and it's great for video editing and heavier tasks because you can store them right on the computer with more storage Um, the more storage you can the more you can store which is basically the same on any storage and ram and stuff like that The more storage you have the more files you can store Other notes for Mac computers Expect prices to be higher, but Macs are more stable and overall better than PCs And I guess you're just paying that what we call the Apple tax You're getting a more advanced computer for a higher price The macOS operating system is great for everything but gaming Apple's really not had ever the best gaming support But some steam games do support Mac But other games you're not really going to get many Like triple A games on a Mac because they don't really most of them are over on windows And another thing to keep in mind is Apple provides a free suite of office apps called pages numbers and keynote I'm actually using keynote for this video And honestly, I like the Apple iWork as I still call it it used to be called apple iWork I like this suite of apps. I really um think that they're in my opinion are better than microsoft office But you can still download microsoft office if you want these are just included free on your computer And if you have an ipad or iphone or any other apple device Using iCloud your apple devices will sync amazingly together by this I mean any photos you have stored in iCloud photos can sync between your ipad your iphone and your mac Text messages phone calls facetime all work between these devices And basically anything else that you can do on your iphone almost anything you can do on other devices will sync Same if you copy and paste if you copy something on one device Using handoff it can um you go to another computer So if I copy something on my ipad and I go and I do command um And I command v on my mac it'll actually paste what was um what I had copied on my ipad So thank you guys for watching. I hope you guys enjoyed it If you did if you did like this presentation give it a like and subscribe I'm if this video turns out well I may do a few more of these other how to buy other things like that Other tech things like this and I hope you guys enjoyed You can find me at ethanryman.com or here on my youtube channel And we'll have a great rest of your day and goodbye


We have with us Malcolm Poynton, the global CCO of Chail, you know, they've done most of Samson's award-winning work and yet they're not an in-house agency. Hi, thank you so much for joining us. Anita, great to be here with you today. You know, we've noticed over the years, Samson's, a lot of Samson's work has been focused on improving the lives of people with developmental disabilities, differently abled people. Was that a very strategic plan or it just happened to fall in place over the years? Did you really want to go in that direction always? I think it comes from perhaps a couple of factors. One is that Galaxy, part of Samsung, which is the mobile brand that most people will know, really centers itself around openness. And of course, openness brings with it a fantastic opportunity to really open opportunities to all people in the world. And, you know, there's dimensions of it that are to do with the product, in terms of an open ecosystem, but there are other parts that are to do with making opportunities for people through what the technology can enable. And so I think that, you know, openness comes to life in many, many ways. One of the most powerful ways that I think we all recognize is, you know, technology with purpose can make a big difference in this world. And it's something that really separates Galaxy and Samsung from its competitors, is this commitment, which has been ongoing for more than 10 years, to really enable people in the world through technology. So use technology with purpose behind it to create a more open world. And the best part about Samsung and the work that it does with this line is purpose connects with the brand very, very well. I'm like a lot of other brands which just do it maybe for the sake of doing, and without any brand, real brand connect. So that's one thing, which is fantastic. Another thing is you're a fantastic example of agency, an in-house agency, which came out of the shadow of the mother brand, and are working with so many more non-competing brands. Tell me at this point, what is the breakup of business between Samsung and, you know, the business that comes from outside of Samsung? Yeah, look, I think we have an incredibly healthy balance of business. Globally, for sure, I would recognize that that balance is different in different countries, depending on our relationships in those markets. But definitely the global balance is very healthy. And I think like any strong agency, we do still have a lot of pride and a lot of attention around our foundation client. And that's a very appropriate thing. I mean, at the end of the day, we are very blessed to be on a journey with one of the world's biggest brands, probably, I would say, contributing the most of any of the big brands to our global society. So that is always going to be very important to us. And with having said that, please, which are the other global brands that you're working with?  And we also work with brands such as Little Caesars, who are growing and spreading across markets. And that keeps us really busy at the same time. More locally, perhaps, within India, you know, we also work with Asics. We work with JK Tires and, of course, these Complement, Samsung. And there are many other brands such as MG Garages that we work with as well. I was going through this article by an international publication where you had shared the 10 best global campaigns that you are putting for that can. And five of them were from Samsung. So would you really say that, you know, Samsung gets the best out of Chail still? Absolutely. And I would say that for me personally, this really matters, right? I think, you know, we do our best work on our biggest client, is what I encourage of all of our teams. And I think that's a responsibility we have to this fantastic brand that we are a partner with Samsung. And I think, you know, for me personally, if I go back in time, it's what I've always encouraged at M&C Saatchi, our best work came on British Airways. Saatchi and Saatchi in Australia, our best work came on Toyota, our biggest client. You know, Ogilvy, when I led in the UK, our best work came on our biggest clients, which were Unilever with Dove or with Hellman's. And our second biggest client was just Cancer Research UK. And this is true of the journey we've been on with Samsung, is that, you know, we put more work into the world for Samsung that gets more recognised than any other agency, because we really believe in the brand and we partner with the brand so closely that we're able to ensure that we do our best work on our biggest brand. At the end of the day, I think that's the best for business. And you know, you have a proven track record, I think, at Ogilvy or Saatchi and Saatchi. You really won lots of awards there. But I really want to understand from you, how would you differentiate Chail from the other big agencies that are competing at Cannes? What is that USP really? Yeah, I love that question for a couple of reasons. A few reasons actually. I think, first of all, of all the global networks, we're the only global network that's born the century. We don't have the legacy behaviours of traditional agencies entwined in media buying operations and dependent on that. So we are incredibly agile and we can shape shift around whatever is changing in the market. So that's one aspect that differentiates us. The second that I think is really exciting for us is we're a network from the east, not from the west. And I think that our attitude and our thinking is very different because of that. And I think we're more open to what the industry would call different kinds of approaches in thinking. And again, just a couple perhaps from traditional media, we will think in any space or direction that's going to connect a brand better with the consumer. And I think the third thing is the way that we've grown up with our foundation client, Samsung, it means that across the network, mobile and innovation and connecting brands with Gen Z is in our DNA. We're not trying to find out how to do it, it's what we do. And I think that's a really unfair advantage in many cases because it's just naturally running through who we are. In fact, I was going to just ask you that, unlike the other network agencies which are headquartered in London, Paris, the west basically. And you are the only one, I think one of the rare agencies which is actually headquartered in Asia. So does that really give you a competitive advantage with regard to as far as tapping this booming Asian market is concerned? Yeah, I think yes it does. I think it also brings with it something that I would say is incredibly important and that is a level of energy and excitement around opportunities that is different than how people are when they come through the training that they do in our industry in the west. And I think it's actually quite fundamentally different how our teams approach things with our offices in China, India or Seoul, especially our three big offices who produce a lot of our fantastic work in the world. We think of how we solve the problems just very differently. And I think because of the things I said previously, we're unencumbered by this traditional give me 30 seconds of film, give me an outer home poster. And we're very much in touch with what is reaching and connecting with this generation that are so important to us today. And let's hear a little bit about the Indian market and what it means to you. Well the India market is really important to us because as I say our three biggest markets are India, South Korea and China. But I think there is something also really important to us around India and it goes far beyond the conversation that most people have around Samsung which is mobile. It goes to all things that Samsung contribute. And when I look back at the contribution of the brand in India and the commitment to India and I think of the amazing things that we've done from tech school for girls, from servicing the rural part of India to things like Good Vibes with the world's first interfaceless app for deaf-blind people, these things could only be in India. And I think things like building those service fans to service the rural community, it's in step with the government's objectives to support those people. When I think of tech school and the fantastic work we've done that's around educating the women in India in technology which again is another government focus. So I think what is special in that sense is that while we strive everywhere in the world to make sure all of our work and particularly Samsung's work contributes to society in India it manifests in a very special way. But we don't really have any entry from India this year, I can. Is there a specific reason why? So I think things changed in the last short term cycle for us and I'm really, really excited by the program that we have Solved for Tomorrow in India which really is a reality show that's happening today to solve the things for tomorrow and it just so happens that that hasn't been wrapped up and framed in a way that would come to can but I think the contribution to society in India is significant. And so this show, reality show, Solved for Tomorrow brings in young contenders to pitch innovation ideas in a way that's kind of a mashup between Shark Tank and perhaps also an internship in a big organization like Samsung to then invest in those winning ideas that will help solve for tomorrow in India. And so for us this has been a huge program and it's hugely important. Of course these things take a while to put together and configure in a way afterwards which you would then take to a show like PAM but it's been a really exciting project and I think it shows a consistent commitment in what we're doing in India. And you have a new CCO in India because I think we're really looking forward to what he does next year. Yes, exactly. And just one last question. In the first global network CCO of Chail tell me that was in 2015 if I'm correct. In the past many years how have you seen Chail evolve? Yeah well we've evolved in really interesting ways because I think again unlike other networks there are certain parts to how we evolve that are different. So I think we've evolved at the speed of mobile innovation at the speed of GenZ culture and I think that's a very different thing to others in the industry but what that's brought with it is that we've evolved our creative product and we've really evolved from kind of like having a mighty strength in the soul that we do with creativity to then seeing that journey spread and we've elevated and managed to achieve the same things with India, with China, with Brazil with the Netherlands, with Spain, with BNB with McKinney in the US and so really we've brought a lot of our offices offerings up to this level which has had a significant impact on inspiring back the next office and the next office. So I think that evolution is continuing but it's happened actually incredibly quickly compared to our competitors in the industry so I think that's the main evolution that we see is that our creative continues to evolve and our capabilities continue to evolve so we continue to do firsts in so many areas like something we mentioned earlier this advanced AI with then galaxy products to suppress sounds for people with ASD or things as sophisticated as what we've done with the NKPA in Korea for knock-knock where we're enabling emergency calls. Big favourite here today. Thank you, yes. So I think these are demonstrations and we look at fast frame in the Netherlands which help their Olympic athletes achieve gold using Samsung technology. So I think these things are showing our constant evolution at the cutting edge. We're not talking about AI, we're implementing AI. We're not talking about mobile innovation, we're creating mobile innovation and I think that's typical of how I see our continued evolution but important with that is that it's in deep collaboration with clients and we talk about something called Connect Plus which actually brings different disciplines together to do that and again that's another aspect of how we are different we have specialisms in different parts of the world and we collaborate so seamlessly across those to enable great things to happen. Looking forward to such great work and hoping that you continue to improve lives of people all around. Thank you so much. Thank you, it's my pleasure and here's to all the things that we can contribute in the future.


Okay I'll come back everybody to our second lecture on BC 308 revelation and Daniel We are going to get started looking into Daniel So let's you know all of us I have a virus with us because they're going to read the Read through all the prophetic text in Daniel Each class and then we'll take time to understand that So Daniel chapter 2 We are all familiar with the background of the story, but just to review it at this time Daniel is serving in The courts of King Nebuchadnezzar So one day Nebuchadnezzar wakes up he says I know I had a dream, but I don't know what the dream is So he calls all the wise men in his coach He says I want all of you To find out what is the dream? I had a dream. I want you to find out. What is the dream? And I want you to tell me the meaning of the tree So it's a double challenge because first of all the King He probably doesn't remember the dream properly. He knows he had a dream So the double challenge you're to tell him what the dream is and you also tell them meaning and If you don't you're going to be killed Advanced take the seriously You better tell me better get to work and tell me what my dream was and what is the meaning of the dream? so None of them are able to do it And the King's order is if you don't do it, you're going to be killed So it's a very very difficult situation and said this time the Daniel You know close to the commander-in-chief and says just give me one night Come back You know don't carry out the execution of anyone now and that night Daniel goes along with his friends They pray and God speaks to Daniel and God reveals In a dream he reveals to Daniel the dream and the meaning of it So and then the Daniel goes and he presents that to the King So we're going to focus in on the me the dream and the meaning of the dream be able We will read this that part. So we're going to read Daniel chapter 2 versus 31 to 40 let's say 45 Daniel chapter 2 31 to 45 We will you know, I just like to Invite people students in the class If each of us can just take turns and read two verses each, right? Anybody can start home. There's no particular order My two verses each Daniel chapter 2 31 to 45 Let's read it quickly and let's try to understand it. Please anyone can start You Oh King We are watching and behold a great image this great image whose splendor was excellent stood before you and its Form was awesome This image is head was of fine gold its chest and arms of silver It's very and thighs of bronze It's leg of iron its feet partly of iron and partly of clay You watched while a stone was cut out with Without hands Which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and it and broke them in pieces Then the iron the clay the bronze the silver and the gold were crushed together And became like shaft from the summer Trashing from summer stretching floors The wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and spilled the whole earth This is the dream now we tell now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king You oh king are a king of kings for the god of heaven has given you a kingdom Power strength and glory and wherever the children of man dwell Or the beast of the field and the birds of the heaven He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all You are this head of gold But after you shall arise another kingdom in birth to yours Then another a third kingdom of Bronze we shall rule over all the earth and the fourth kingdom shall be As strong as iron as much as iron breaks Into pieces and shepherds everything and like iron that crushes that Kindle will break in pieces and crush all the others wish 41 Whereas you saw the feet and those partly of porters clay and partly of iron the kingdom shall be divided Yet the strength of the iron shall be in it just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay So the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men But they will not adhere to one another just as iron does not mix with clay And in the days of these kings the god of heaven will set up a kingdom Which shall never be destroyed and the kingdom shall not be left to other people It shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms And it shall stand forever Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountains without hands And that it broke in pieces the iron the bronze the clay the silver and the gold The great god has made known to the king what will come to pass after this The dream is certain and the interpretation is sure Amen. Thank you. Thank you So let me just share So this is an amazing You know a start to what we are going to see it in the book of daniel and And I'm just going into I'm just putting the image down the sharing the image that's in the notes. So Daniel receives from god The dream and the interpretation And so he tells the dream it says king you saw a big image You know, yes, somebody has You know created this big this drawing Which is useful And each part of this image was made of different metal Interesting okay The head was gold This is the end of chapter two of study two the chest part was silver the thigh part thigh was of Brock brass or bronze The feet the legs were of iron and the feet Was a mix of iron and clay Right, so he says king you saw this image And I can have any strain. This is so we call this prophetic imagery meaning god is speaking through the image He's giving messages giving a message Through the image. So when we you know there are times when god will speak to us In dreams or in visions and he gives us images He gives us pictures and the pictures have meaning and this is a beautiful example And so king never goodness is seeing this image and you know, we can try to imagine this Okay, you know in the dream. He sees this image gold silver bronze Iron and very strange the feet and the toes are a mix of iron and clay But there is meaning to all of this And then he sees this huge round rock coming from the heavens It is not It is not cut out with men's hands meaning it is something heavenly You know just something outside of this realm earth realm.  He remembers. He has a dream now Of course, he forgot what the dream is but if you if you think this is what he had a dream This is the dream he had And everything in this dream is having a message. It's it's has meaning So god gives daniel the interpretation of us. What was the interpretation? Each part of the image What does each part of the image represent? As you can see as daniel interpreted each part of the image is representing a kingdom or We can use the word empire right, so The gold part represents one kingdom one empire next Part the the Chest silver represents another empire because he says after you was 39 After you will arise another kingdom. So another empire The the waist made of brass of bronze represents another kingdom another empire And The feet of iron represents another empire which will arise after this So what does daniel say what or what is god speaking? Through this image He is giving a sequence He's giving history and in advance if you would like to say that way He's telling the king and he's through through this dream. Of course revealing it to the people Here are the coming kingdoms And there's going to come one other kingdom After this then there'll be another kingdom Then there will be another king now what we understand about the the Kingdom that was of iron is the reason he's using iron is it's going to be very strong you know, he says here was 40 as strong as iron It's going to crush all others meaning this particular kingdom the iron king is going to be very strong very powerful Then after that what's going to happen after that this Part of this iron kingdom will get mixed with the rest of the people of the earth Is what he's saying because that is representing the toast that means This iron kingdom is is in in in one way is going to disintegrate. It's going to become small small small pieces And it's going to be mingled with people from every other part of the earth That is the toast here was 42 Almost 41 42 The kingdom shall be divided it's become very You know species and it's going to be mixed Was 43 it's going to mix with all the other people and very significant was 44 in the days of these kings that means This this disintegrated broken down mingled kingdom and there are kings or leaders there at that time At that time Was 44 god of heaven will set up his kingdom on the earth So now he's talking about a fifth kingdom Which is a kingdom from heaven You know All right Yeah, or I should say maybe the sixth one because if you look at that the feet and the toes as another separate kingdom starting from Babylonians Babylonian Legion Persian the Greeks the Romans another kingdom Then in that time God's kingdom will be set here upon the earth now As I had mentioned earlier The interpretation is contained right here within the same chapter Right now. It's only a high level. It's meaning he's not given the names of these kingdoms That will come later in the later chapters But this dream Daniel chapter two Is like the framework for everything that is going to be revealed in the coming chapters in Daniel So as we go through the remaining chapters We are all and adding more details to each part of the stream Telling us, you know, which kingdom these kingdoms are What's going to happen during those kingdoms and so on so right So chapter two is like the outline. I'm giving you the outline and I will start adding the details As we go into the future chapters Right. So in this diagram that I'm that you're seeing on the screen I've I've mentioned the names of the empires Babylonians meets purges and all that is not given in this chapter The only detail that we can say is in In verse 38 it says you are this head of gold. So head of gold. We know you are Okay, Babylonian. That's that is given to us The others are not given in this chapter. It will come in the future chapters But in chapter two, he says What do we know these are all representing kingdoms Which are going to come one after the other The first kingdom has been identified Head of gold. It's you Babylonia Never goodness. It's you Babylonia kingdom. It's you other kingdoms names not given. It's just saying, okay It's coming like this what we know is legs of iron it's going to be very strong kingdom very powerful kingdom Then that is going to be broken down into many many small pieces It is going to be mixed with all the other people of the earth meaning people is going to become a very mixed area And it is in that time that god will set up his kingdom on so that detail is given to us So the kingdom have been on us is going to take place right now This is getting ahead of myself, but I just want you to think about this right um The roman empire and we will talk more about this the roman empire Like we've mentioned in the introduction They started somewhere around 16 bc And they continued up to about 14 15 ad now in between they were divided And and and one part the eastern part of it. I think yeah, uh Dismant like so one part of it lasted only till about 450 ad But the other part of it continued till about 1458 which we have given in the introduction That's the roman empire which is this very strong empire So the roman empire is of special interest to us why because daniel said After that empire that will be broken down into small small small pieces And it will be mixed with every bit people from all other parts of the world It will get mixed And if you look at what is so the roman empire Existed all around the mediterranean From ron italy which is modern-day italy it extended west to Almost all the way to the what is modern-day spain Covered a major part of europe modern-day europe And it came across into asia which included a little bit of turkey Covered alongside the mediterranean which included you know, which includes israel and Nations around it and part of northern africa. So that was the roman empire at its Heights it covered all that region around so For us today That region is of very of great interest why because daniel said That region that roman empire would then be broken into small small small parts And it will be mixed with all other people from the All other kinds of races of people will all be mixed And that is what we are seeing primarily across the across europe and in these regions When you look at europe today We have what is called as the european union But what it is? What is it made of? So all these little little little countries so-and-so small countries all broken yeah, lots of countries and These countries have people from just all in almost all parts of the world The seed of men like people from everywhere living across europe and across what was The former roman empire So we are actually seeing Versus 41 40 to 43. We are actually seeing it happen before our eyes That's what daniel said It will be the toes the the feet will be iron mixed with clay What used to be parts of the former roman empires now small small small Countries lead led by different leaders And it's all mixed there are people from almost different parts of many different parts of the world living in all these areas And so we are living in the time of daniel chapter 40 times of the two versus 42 43 And we are now ready for this 44 Because he said In the times and the days of these kings kings represents leaders leaders were heading up You know kingdoms or territories countries In the days of these kings When you're seeing this happen, that's the time The god of heaven is going to come And set up his kingdom here on So it's very very interesting And that's why we look at what's happening around europe and there are more details are going to come in the future chapters that we go into all right So this chapter two is like an outline for all that is going to be revealed to us in the coming chapters Let me pause before we go forward and see there are any questions on chapter two Any questions on chapter two everyone This together Okay, john john's question um, this is iron and clay have anything to do with democracy um My my response to that would be you know, it's a very good question. Good question, right? My response to that would be it is better to stay with the okay So this actually sparks a thought that I that I need to highlight When we interpret text let's pick up on the biblical typology that's being used All right, so example What does a mountain represent? What does a mountain represent? What will we think so? Think of a huge Sorry John something very huge now Based on what we are seeing in this text What when you see mountain, what will it represent? Based on what is given in the text? So he says, you know, he says verse 35 The stone became a great mountain What then what does he say about the mountain? verse 44 God will set up Kingdom So in our minds, we should start making in our our catalogue mountain So this is biblical typology, right? We're using bible itself to create a catalogue of what do different images mean Mountain what can it mean in the bible in the bible? It can mean a kingdom How do we know because verse 35 That stone became a great mountain What is the mountain? God will set up a kingdom. What's what? So a mountain represents kingdom. So we started kind of making our catalogue, right? So similarly We Look at the texts And in the text, what does I and what would I what does iron represents? And what is clay represents? In the text. So how did he interpret in verse 41? as strong as iron iron representing strength and something that has a lot of It was was 40. I'm looking for spotty like iron that crushes So he's talking iron according to the context of text is representing strength and very you know very strong influence What does clay represents? Yeah, according to the text verse 43 iron mixed with clay and in the text the clay is representing people from All races That is what's 43 You see the iron mixed with ceramic clay. They will mingle with the seed of man All right So the text is itself is giving us that What that image represents? Kingdom, sorry mountain image represents kingdom iron represents strength influence clay represents seed of man meaning people of all races Okay, so we can start creating a catalog in our minds. Okay This is prophetic imagery When god is giving us these kinds of images Biblically This is what they represent now keep in mind that sometimes one image could have multiple meanings, right? That they're looking at the text the texture So according to the text Iron is signifying something very strong in its influence in the way it controls things Clay is just talking about different races people So my response to that question would be We will stay with the meaning given to us in the text and You know, I'm sure that And there are other people who are interpreting these things. They could say okay represents, you know Communism iron iron could represent communism and play can represent democracy and You know, they may they may say some things generally, you know But it is outside of the text of scripture. And so we shouldn't go with that It's okay to listen the people will say lots of things But if you stay with the text of scripture The text itself is giving us a meaning All those images iron means this clay means this mountain means this Each part of the image means this so we will stay with that The meaning given to us in the text itself Yeah Good any other questions I just want to make sure whether I'm understanding things, right? So inverse or you said 43 and 44 all the time that we are living in right now and the kingdom That's gonna come. I think Yeah, when verse 44 the god the god of heaven will set up a kingdom. It's it talks about the future I believe until that I'm right. So When it says inverse 44 The kingdom shall not be left to other people and it says it shall break in pieces and consume All these kingdoms. So what does this line means like Whether the kingdom of God the heaven is going to be broken in pieces And what are the kingdoms that it's going to consume? What what's the interpretation of this verse 44 that's Okay, so Again, just think about the dream. There's this big rock coming and it's crushing the image That means it's crushing all these previous kingdoms And these previous kingdoms are removed Right, they will not so just these And the kingdom shall not be left to itself break in pieces consume all these kingdoms So the kingdom of heaven is going to be so powerful That all these other kingdoms will be Taken out of the way. They will not even be remembered. It's gone So that is basically so if you ask me what it is, it is the millennial reign of Jesus Christ. So when the Lord Jesus Sets up his kingdom on the earth He's going to rule and reign for 1000 years on the earth That is this kingdom that's coming from heaven Which you know, we will see in revelation later on Chapter 20 he will rule and reign for 1000 years. That means his kingdom Will supersede all these other kingdoms And as as a prophet of the increase of his governments And his dominion there will be no end So that's how great this kingdom will be it will supersede all these other kingdoms All other previous kingdoms kingdom of Christ. That's what he's saying and was Any other questions on Chapter two Yes, baby Yeah, yes, best. Um, I was Thinking about like most of these prophecies in daniel talk about these four kingdoms The babelonian Meda persian greek roman then about the kingdom of god So I was wondering like In history like we do see the rice and fall of other empires But that's never mentioned So is it because of uh Was there scope Not like the other empires. Is it because of that or Any any particular reason why these four kingdoms are specifically mentioned? Yeah, good question. Um, my response to that would be because of the Geograph geography on which These prophecies are focused so Um As daniel's prophesying he's speaking primarily about the kingdoms that um Came one after the other around the mediterranean So he did not prophesy like like he said there were many other empires and kingdoms and other parts of the other regions of the world They came and went but His main focus was on this region Now even within this region, we know that subsequent to the roman empire In this region, there were much other smaller kingdoms that came and went the um The celestia northern southern kingdoms then came the ottoman and then the turps and then um We see more recent world history and You know the adept nations were established and so in that part of the world but I think the prophecies are Concerning primarily primarily the region around the mediterranean that where the actual all this biblical context is and He's speaking to us about what will happen there and we also see in scripture that there is a gap from the roman empire end of the roman empire And then the transition goes to the end of the age So that gap Because he's not talking about all the empires that came on after the roman empire That gap Is because the focus Then changes to you know what we refer to as the church age So right now we are in the church age So remember around the time of the roman empire came the messiah Jesus Christ the lord jesus came The church was born The focus then changed now to the church age. So that's a gap of about 2000 years and then At the end of the church age After the church is taken out of the way raptured The focus then changes back to israel which is uh, what we refer to as Daniel 70th week So the church age the scriptures call it the times of the gentiles Focus has gone changed from What's happening in and around israel to what's happening around the world in preaching the Gentiles with the gospel The times of the Gentiles the church age End of the church age focus shifts back to israel The last seven years that's referred to as Daniel 70th week or and the time of jacob's trouble or And it's it's it's a focus on israel and then with that and the You know all of the prophecies all prophets will be fulfilled and we are then ushered into the millennium So for these two reasons one is The geography that's involved It's primarily what's happening around the Mediterranean second Is because of the dispensation of the timeline of what the the time is happening uh the prophecies deal with primarily Gods working with the people of israel and how they are being affected And so there's this big gap of About 2000 years During which time we know that you know a lot of other things were happening in the Mediterranean, but the focus is on Uh, the church is a different dispensation. So I would you know look at it from both these perspectives Sure, thank you best Okay, any other questions all right, so Um, so chapter two is kind of giving us, you know, like it's almost like an introduction or an outline to what's going to come uh, we skip chapters three and uh We then just pick up one prophetic parts um which Is in the end of chapter five um so Let me show the notes. So, uh, you know, I'm skipping the The the events That were taking the took place, you know chapter uh, three four five and the Jumping into the prophetic portion of chapter five Just to give us a context here So by the time we come to chapter five um The kings in the Babylonian empire have coming up on So we were there in chapter two when there was nebuchadnezzar Uh, then his son came on And there were others who reigned and we now come to belches are who's the grandson of nebuchadnezzar so that's in chapter five so transitions have happened short and brief periods belches are who's a grandson of nebuchadnezzar is now in charge of the Babylonian empire Daniel is still there And we now pick up things in daniel chapter five versus 24 till verse 30 and daniel five 24 to 30 so we're going to Read that the passage daniel five are 24 to 30 It's another prophetic portion that we will read and uh, let's do the same thing. Let's uh Take Two verses each Different ones can read it Then we will look at what the prophetic is here verse 24 Then the fingers of the hand were sent from him and this writing was written And this is the inscription that was written many many tekel uparsin This is the interpretation of each word many god has numbered your kingdom and finished it Tekel you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting Paris your kingdom has been divided and given to medis and persians Some record Verse 29 Then balances are gave The command and the globe daniel with purple and put the chain of gold around his neck and made a proclamation Concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom That very night balances are king of the challenge was slain and there is the man he received the kingdom being about 62 years old Okay, thank you so very interesting prophetic portion So just the background some was familiar belch is I was having a big, you know celebration big party And in his you know all of his important people at this court And he was actually using the vessels that they had brought out of the temple In jerusalem, and so it was all of this was going on And while this was A strange hand comes There's a hand that comes and writes certain words we're going to become We have this inscription recorded for us And everybody's seeing it the king is shocked And I say hey, okay, wise men come what is happening? Please what is this meaning? What are these letters? What are these strange things written? What does it mean? Wise men are not able to interpret it and somebody remembers daniel so king In the time of your grandfather nebuchadnezzar daniel the wise man Interpreted it. We need to ask him So they bring daniel and again, you know, this is god doing his work through daniel and daniel is prophesying He's interpreting what was written in the inscription And he's prophesying no This is just a note here that Just as god in in chapter two god was using images He used the image of This big structure Of a person with different parts metal parts and the rock and the mountain here very interestingly god is using inscription or writing or letters and Each word is meaning something So here again something for us to learn God can speak to us through images God can speak to us through words But every word is having big meaning And the interpretation is coming. So, you know, there's a message behind each word And daniel is able to present that to the king basically what he's saying is king Your kingdom, you know, you have been found wanting God has made you and, you know, you found lacking And your kingdom is going to be divided And this time he specifies the next kingdom So in chapter two, he specified Goal represents you, Babylonian He said your kingdom will be given to another kingdom, but he didn't tell us the name of that But in chapter five, he's telling The means and the versions Your kingdom is going to be given that is verse 28 Your kingdom is going to be given to the means and the versions So he specified this word, the meaning of that inscription And what is, you know, so interesting as verse 30 That very night The prophecy was fulfilled The means came and over through The calendars, the Babylonians Over through them So two things just to point out Here in chapter five, God is speaking through inscription of words So sometimes when God is speaking to us We also pay attention to words that are highlighted for us It may be just two or three words or four words or five words But there is a big message behind those words that are being Impressed or given to us In this chapter Daniel is identifying the next kingdom, the means and versions they come They will take over He did not give a timeline, but it happened immediately In this case, it has immediate fulfillment and I've just given some, you know Just that background of the historical information About what happened to whatever history people have been able to reconstruct 539 BC, the Babylonian empire fell to the meets And Therias was appointed To be in charge at that time So we've covered two portions of prophetic texts What we are going to do next week is pick up from chapter seven So at chapter six, we are not going to look at it It's an historical event which we are familiar with Chapter seven onwards is prophetic text after prophetic text every chapter And it is all adding more and more details to the outline that was given to us In chapter two and it'd be very interesting because so much from so much Is unveiled to us in in these coming chapters Daniel chapter seven on Okay, so we'll pick up chapter seven next week We hope we close today any thoughts any comments any questions so I hope everyone's following and you're all saying that Daniel can be understood. It's not very difficult step by step little by little we'll be able to unravel The prophetic text given to us in Daniel Let's close in press and we could pray with us as a class and dismiss us, please Father we want to thank you for this time of learning We pray your god as we continue to learn from This book or god we pray that you would Reveal yourself to us and help us to understand it In the in the right context and help us to understand in the right way We pray your god that This all these learnings would be beneficial But our personal walk with you and also The people whom you're ministering to we pray and ask for your grace to rest upon us god We thank you according to Jesus name we pray Hey Thank you. Thank you everyone. Amanda See you again next week by now