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"Please, sir," I asked, "if you think I am able to understand it, can you
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tell me one more thing? Is the time that is still to come longer than the past that has already gone by?
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I know how long the past has been, but I don't know the future."
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"Come here and stand at my right," he commanded, "and I will show you a vision and explain its meaning."
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So I stood by him and looked, and I saw a blazing fire pass by in front of me, and when it was gone, I saw that smoke was still there.