I have read Revelations, along with the bible in its entirety throughout my youth, cover to cover. I'm a former Marine myself. I have felt what many would refer to as "god." Try this on for size... I'm the point in my platoon, we have a dismounted patrol the next morning through the most fucked up part of Fallujah. That morning, I have a calm over me, I knew that something would happen but I would survive and my buddies would be ok too.. Strange, but i had zero fear. Went on the patrol, boom, IED goes off. 2 40mm mortars sitting in a 55 gal drum of gasoline (accelerant). Now, only the nose cone of one of the mortars exploded, giving me some shrapnel in the right thigh that I still carry today. Now, was that god warning me? Fuck if I know. Maybe the frequency we operate on is slightly behind the physical world? People have premonitions of things like this all the time, must be GOD right? That answer is not good enough for me, and this coming from somebody who cheated death and had this "godly" sensation prior and right up to the event. This universe is mysterious, put your damn bible down and start your real study of our history and our place in the cosmos.

Respect to both of your boys, mam, and Semper Fidelis.