"OUR ORDINATION: Sir Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1747 About the times of the End, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition."

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Source: Sir Isaac Newton (1718). “Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. ...”, p.316

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Isaac Newton

Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer

Isaac Newton was a mathematician and physicist known for formulating the laws of motion and universal gravitation, pivotal in the scientific revolution.

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