<aside> <img src="https://prod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/49de0235-e8bc-4eca-bf20-2a9d6d267a02/b047bd39-2b00-497b-87c1-fe4a570db8c7/10A803A6-B6B6-45F1-9EEE-FE6168C88494.jpeg" alt="https://prod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/49de0235-e8bc-4eca-bf20-2a9d6d267a02/b047bd39-2b00-497b-87c1-fe4a570db8c7/10A803A6-B6B6-45F1-9EEE-FE6168C88494.jpeg" width="40px" /> "Fractals from the Past: Shadows from the Future"

Hindsight refers to the understanding of an event's significance after it has occurred. This understanding often eludes us during the actual event. However, the past is not always an accurate predictor of the future. It merely provides a hint of what's to come. The old is reflected in the new, and the new is hidden in the old. The past is merely a shadow of better things to come. It might take time, sometimes a lot of time, to fully understand current actions and their implications.

The tabernacle of Moses serves as an example. Each piece of furniture adhered to a unique pattern, with specific dimensions for the courtyard, inner sanctums, and curtains. Everything was measured and functioned according to a plan. Each piece symbolized something to be understood in the future, something that would only become clear in the fullness of time.

Our perceptions do not always align with God's reality. Often, the reality of a thing casts a long shadow when faced with God's light. The things we currently hear and see were prophesied long ago through the prophets serving the Crown. We draw our conclusions from their visions and test the spirits to weigh the revelation. These things happened to them as symbols or types and were recorded for us, upon whom the ends of the age have come, as stated in 1 Cor 10:11 (Interlinear).

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Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, ‘It might have been.’ - Kurt Vonnegut I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect - Sophocles It's so difficult, isn't it? To see what's going on when you're in the absolute middle of something? It's only with hindsight we can see things for what they are - S.J. Watson To paraphrase Oedipus, Hamlet, Lear, and all those guys, "I wish I had known this some time ago - Roger Zelazny How you look at it is pretty much how you'll see it - Rasheed Ogunlaru Everything was such a damned nice idea when it was an idea - Tim O'Brien The historian is a prophet looking backwards - Friedrich Von Schlegel It has been a mistake living my life in the past. One cannot ride a horse backwards and still hold its reins - Richard Paul Evans Before, you are wise; after, you are wise. In between you are otherwise - David Zindell It is easy to be wise after the event - Arthur Conan Doyle I think there is no difference between love and infatuation. If it works out, we call it love; if it doesn’t, we shrug our shoulders and say it was infatuation. It’s a hindsight word - Deborah Meyler People change, though, especially after they are dead - Margaret Atwood The problem with comprehension is, it often comes too late - Rasmenia Massoud

We go through the present blindfolded... Only later, when the blindfold is removed and we examine the past, do we realise what we've been through and understand what it means - Milan Kundera When we're in the story, when we're part of it, we can't know the outcome. It's only later that we think we can see what the story was. But do we ever really know? And does anybody else, perhaps, coming along a little later, does anybody else really care? ... History is written by the survivors, but what is that history? That's the point I was trying to make just now. We don't know what the story is when we're in it, and even after we tell it we're not sure. Because the story doesn't end - James Robertson Washington's task was to transform the improbable into the inevitable - Joseph Ellis In life as in history the unexpected lies waiting, grinning from around corners. Only with hindsight are we wise about cause and effect - Penelope Lively Jesus replied, No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God - Luke 9:62