A Julian Calendar
A Hijri marked the beginning of Islam in 622 of the Gregorian calendar which didn’t start until 1582. Before that, the Julian calendar was in effect. The common year, 44 BC, has the Hijri in 666 of the Julian calendar. Most bible translations calculate this number. A sea of glass mingled with fire is an interesting fit.
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A Calculation
A significant difference. Fifteen English bibles count the number 666. Twenty eight calculate it. Too bad they don’t agree. It forces us to choose who got it right. How do you count a number? Calculating a number makes more sense especially if you are dealing with a date and different calendars. Our best clue is Daniel referring to number of years. We have to consider whether or not the year 666 fits with the other numbers.
A Problem with Dates
A history of Rome by Gibbon. Go ahead, pick an Islamic calendar converter and put 46 in it. You get 666. 46 is the number Gibbon used. 46 years after the Hijri year Constantinople was attacked. A date is a mark. Gibbon notes the problems with dates. There are other ways to get to 666. Stay tuned.
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A Year
A date, a beginning, a start, a mark. Nearly every product sold today has a date marking its beginning. The word “number” in Daniel refers to years. Historians are good at ignoring what may have happened in the year 666 but we do know Islam was getting ready to attack Constantinople about that time.
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A Great Sultan
A fit with Daniel. Saladin came out of the Fatimid Caliphate, the fourth of ten Islamic dynasties, and would start the fifth, the Ayyubid dynasty. We also have the Battle of the Horns of Hama and the Battle of the Horns of Hattin. Saladin was involved in both of them. He not only beat the crusaders, he beat Richard the Lionheart. It’s a fit.
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A Baby Killer
A moral compass lost. The bishops are silent. Abortion is not a preeminent issue if you don’t speak out. The teachings of the Church have not been changed. They are just being ignored. We now have to rely on the laity. The bishops have failed us. To hell with the bishops. Save the Church. Save the Truth.
A Gender Gap
A baby killer elected by mothers. Where are the men? Where are the fathers? Where are the families? Where are the religious leaders? We have lost our moral compass. The marxists have won. Racism and climate change will finally be addressed. Your health care is protected. The baby killers are protected.
A Dome of the Rock
A desolation. What is in the holy place now? The Dome of the Rock is preventing the third temple and that makes Islam a beast different from all the others. The “ten horns” are the ten dynasties of Islam. Counted by Islamic sources. The Ottoman Empire, the tenth dynasty, ended the thousand year Christian empire, The Byzantine Empire, in 1453.
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A 7th Century Bishop
A 4th beast of Daniel, Islam, was first suggested by Sebeos. Tom Holland in his book, “In the Shadow of the Sword“, references Sebeos who believed Islam and not Rome to be the 4th beast of Daniel. Rome was not diverse from all the beasts that were before it. Islam was. It had ten horns.
A Fit with Daniel 11
a fit with the Apocalypse and Matthew:
Mohammed, the king of south
Fatimah, his daughter
Muawiyah, his commander, the king of the north
Abd Allah ibn Mas’ada al-Fazari, a raiser of taxes
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, placed the abomination that maketh desolate
What is in the holy place now?
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