John Cothern brings a rare combination of technical precision, real‑world experience, and decades of disciplined study to his work on biblical prophecy.
He is a United States Air Force Radar Repairman (30351) trained in Identification‑Friend‑or‑Foe (IFF) systems, precision radar landing systems, and the computer architectures that support them — fields where accuracy is non‑negotiable and lives depend on the details. He trained with the base judo team, Just for fun.
John is also a licensed Emergency Medical Technician (UCLA), a licensed insurance agent (Farmers Group), an advanced open‑water scuba diver, a skydiver, and a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast. His background reflects a life spent in high‑pressure environments requiring calm judgment, technical mastery, and disciplined thinking.
Professionally, John has worked across multiple industries. He is a master goldsmith, former CEO of U.S. Casting Jewelry Manufacturing, and spent eight years with Zale’s as a custom jewelry repairman and manufacturer. He also holds degrees in construction management, giving him a strong foundation in engineering, systems, and project leadership.
John grew up in Oregon, where he learned hunting, fishing, trapping, taxidermy, and photography — developing his own film and prints in the darkroom. These early experiences shaped his eye for detail and his respect for craftsmanship.
For many years, John has served as a Bible teacher, focusing on clarity, accessibility, and non‑confrontational, evidence‑based study. His mission is simple:
To help ordinary people understand biblical prophecy without fear, confusion, or speculation.
Today, he dedicates his time to creating a freely accessible, global archive of prophecy studies hosted on Microsoft servers, ensuring anyone, anywhere, can learn at their own pace.
Understand most links will work but this is 10 years worth of work and sometimes things just happen but the answers are interlinked so you’ll probably find another link somewhere else when I built another table
I don't know if this falls under teleology or enormity, but what always amazes me is how the scale of the universe greatly exceeds what the human brain is capable of truly understanding, and yet the universe is still comprehensible. Our mental capacity compared to God is like a single molecule compared to the entire universe. But that tiny amount is enough for us to discover amazing wonders because of how the universe is designed.
Thanks, as a former human physiology college teacher I had long ago placed my undergraduate and graduate school “facts” in a cellar buried deep in my (and everyone else’s) immensely complex brain and renewed the faith of my childhood and marveled that it bloomed so much that when I had the opportunity to retire at the age of 47, I took it and became a Lutheran Pastor. Now in retirement from ministry, I take my 2 vocations and share them with anyone who will listen! What a great life!
"Enormity — Buckle up—this one gets weird. According to thermodynamics and quantum mechanics, it is overwhelmingly more probable that you are a single brain that just fluctuated into existence a second ago, complete with fake memories of this conversation, than that the entire 93-billion-light-year observable universe (with its galaxies, planets, and 10^30 living creatures on Earth alone) actually exists."
So interesting. Can ONE say that this "universe" did not exist until that ONE was born (fake memories and deep history included), and that this universe will cease to exist once that ONE "dies" (whatever THAT means)?
AND . . . how do I know that you're not part of a "fake" universe?
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John Cothern brings a rare combination of technical precision, real‑world experience, and decades of disciplined study to his work on biblical prophecy.
He is a United States Air Force Radar Repairman (30351) trained in Identification‑Friend‑or‑Foe (IFF) systems, precision radar landing systems, and the computer architectures that support them — fields where accuracy is non‑negotiable and lives depend on the details. He trained with the base judo team, Just for fun.
John is also a licensed Emergency Medical Technician (UCLA), a licensed insurance agent (Farmers Group), an advanced open‑water scuba diver, a skydiver, and a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast. His background reflects a life spent in high‑pressure environments requiring calm judgment, technical mastery, and disciplined thinking.
Professionally, John has worked across multiple industries. He is a master goldsmith, former CEO of U.S. Casting Jewelry Manufacturing, and spent eight years with Zale’s as a custom jewelry repairman and manufacturer. He also holds degrees in construction management, giving him a strong foundation in engineering, systems, and project leadership.
John grew up in Oregon, where he learned hunting, fishing, trapping, taxidermy, and photography — developing his own film and prints in the darkroom. These early experiences shaped his eye for detail and his respect for craftsmanship.
For many years, John has served as a Bible teacher, focusing on clarity, accessibility, and non‑confrontational, evidence‑based study. His mission is simple:
To help ordinary people understand biblical prophecy without fear, confusion, or speculation.
Today, he dedicates his time to creating a freely accessible, global archive of prophecy studies hosted on Microsoft servers, ensuring anyone, anywhere, can learn at their own pace.
Understand most links will work but this is 10 years worth of work and sometimes things just happen but the answers are interlinked so you’ll probably find another link somewhere else when I built another table
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A great summary, I would add math to the list because as Wigner and Einstein both commented, the real mystery is how the world can be comprehensible.
I don't know if this falls under teleology or enormity, but what always amazes me is how the scale of the universe greatly exceeds what the human brain is capable of truly understanding, and yet the universe is still comprehensible. Our mental capacity compared to God is like a single molecule compared to the entire universe. But that tiny amount is enough for us to discover amazing wonders because of how the universe is designed.
Thanks, as a former human physiology college teacher I had long ago placed my undergraduate and graduate school “facts” in a cellar buried deep in my (and everyone else’s) immensely complex brain and renewed the faith of my childhood and marveled that it bloomed so much that when I had the opportunity to retire at the age of 47, I took it and became a Lutheran Pastor. Now in retirement from ministry, I take my 2 vocations and share them with anyone who will listen! What a great life!
"Enormity — Buckle up—this one gets weird. According to thermodynamics and quantum mechanics, it is overwhelmingly more probable that you are a single brain that just fluctuated into existence a second ago, complete with fake memories of this conversation, than that the entire 93-billion-light-year observable universe (with its galaxies, planets, and 10^30 living creatures on Earth alone) actually exists."
So interesting. Can ONE say that this "universe" did not exist until that ONE was born (fake memories and deep history included), and that this universe will cease to exist once that ONE "dies" (whatever THAT means)?
AND . . . how do I know that you're not part of a "fake" universe?