And the reason is because Daniel is an older apocalyptic, prophetic text that was heavily influenced on early Christian literature.

因为但以理书是更古老的，有关天启预言的文本,对早期基督教文学有深远影响。

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It makes him a skeptic about revealed religion.

不是的这使他对天启教产生了怀疑。

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Size matters here; and this -the two-handed engine -- is big, and it works, and it's able to put an apocalyptic end to all corruption and in fact it's able to put something like an apocalyptic end to all life.

大小在这里很重要,这个双手引擎是非常大的，它工作着，还能够启示一切腐败的终结,实际上它能够给所有生物带来天启的结束。

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The word "revelation" is just the Latinized, English version of the Greek word apocalypse.

启示录“一词源自拉丁语，希腊语“天启“的英文翻译。

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Then finally you get to the Revelation of John,The Apocalypse.

最后是启示录，天启。

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And apocalypse just means opening up,revelation.

天启意思是打开，启示录。

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