Hello, John and Doves,
"From the east" is an interesting phrase.
In Isaiah the Nevi we read,
I will call a swift bird of prey from
the east--a leader from a distant land to come and do my
bidding. I have said what I would do, and I will do it.
[From biblehub.com--Isaiah 46:11 NLT]
It brings to mind a bright spring or summer morning. What
did Gandalf say before the Battle of the Hornburg?
"Look to my coming, at first light, on
the fifth day. At dawn, look to the East."
Now, if 2012 was year Zero [named after Zero, of course😝],
then 2017 becomes year 5!
It is written,
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even
unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
[From biblehub.com--Matthew 24:27 KJV]
Certainly, the part where Gollum falls into the Crack of
Doom with The Ring in hand is comparable to the battle at the
end of the Millennium, when The Enemy is vanquished forever.
It is written also,
7 When the thousand years are over,
Satan will be released from his prison
8 and will go out to deceive the nations in the four
corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to gather them for
battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. 9
They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded
the camp of God’s people, the city he loves. But fire came
down from heaven and devoured them. 10 And the devil, who
deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur,
where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They
will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
~Blessings,
Mike