a great city 

A Babylon The Great – 

A mystery, 

Constantinople, the capital of a Christian empire that lasted a thousand years. 

had seven hills 

had many waters 

had many merchants 

was a mystery 

is fallen 

is fallen 

can be found no more at all 

started by the Roman Empire with seven dynasties 

ended by the Ottoman Empire with ten dynasties 

was attacked in 666 AD 

a prophecy 

A Revelation – 

A book of what is to come.  Only history can verify what has been prophesied.  History based on numbers.  Not on interpretation.  You can only trust numbers.  Numbers do not have to be interpreted.  Start with the big numbers like a thousand and it might lead you to the Byzantine Empire that fits with all the other numbers.  And colors.  

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a little book eaten 

A Prophecy Again – 

A second Apocalypse that includes the seven churches and Jesus. John the Apostle ate the little book John the Baptist who bare record wrote to prepare the way. Eusebius and Victorinus are not aware of the seven churches. Their copy was written by the Baptist. Is there a third John? Chrysostom whoalso am your brother was in Ephesus at the beginning of the fifth century when Jerome was finishing his Vulgate. 

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a misinterpretation 

A Premillennialist – 

A thousand year “Reign of Christ”.  They “reigned with Christ” is what is in the bible.  That is a big difference.  Look for a thousand years where they reigned with Christ.  They did the reigning in a Christian empire that lasted a thousand years.  Like the Byzantine Empire.  It’s the only one.  Check it out.  It fits with the other numbers.  And colors.  

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a whore 

A Mystery And Likely To Remain So – 

A great city with many waters and merchants, It has fallen, has fallen, and can be found no more at all. The ten horns shall hate the whore. It is Constantinople. It has seven hills. New Rome. The capital of a Christian empire that lasted a thousand years. The Byzantine Empire started with the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire. 

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a beast in the making 

A Temple – 

A beast in the eyes of Daniel. Babylon destroyed the first Temple. Greece desecrated the second. Rome destroyed the second. What is preventing the third? The Dome of the Rock. Enter Islam, the fourth beast of Daniel and the second beast of the Apocalypse. It has ten horns and they shall hate the whore.

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