A Key
to understanding the Apocalypse. No interpretation required. Only history can fulfill prophecy and numbers are the only way to get historical events to fit with what has been prophesied. All the numbers, not just a few, must fit a historical scenario.
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A Fourth Beast
with ten horns. The Dome of the Rock is preventing the third Temple and is considered to be the abomination of desolation so Islam must also be considered a beast by Daniel. The ten dynasties of Islam are also a good fit. Numbers do not require interpretation.
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A Beast
according to Daniel. Babylon, Media, Greece, and Rome are the usual suspects. Why Media? Babylon, Greece, and Rome had something to do with the Temple but not Media. It is easy to see why messing with the Temple might make you a beast. The abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel is a good clue. So we need a fourth beast with ten horns to replace Media.
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A Connection With Daniel
that will improve our understanding of the Apocalypse. A bible search for “ten horns” ties the fourth beast of Daniel to the second beast of John. Beasts are a significant part of both Daniel and the Apocalypse so Daniel is the place to go to understand what makes a beast a beast.
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A Capital
of a Christian empire that lasted a thousand years. The Byzantine Empire started during the Roman Empire that had seven dynasties and ended with the tenth dynasty of Islam. Constantinople had many waters (17:1), was a mystery (17:5), had seven mountains (17:9), is fallen (18:2), had trade by sea (18:17), and can be found no more at all (18:21). Only history can fulfill prophecy. There are many more historical events that fit the Apocalypse as well as these. Find them here.
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A Russian Astronomer
dated the Apocalypse astronomically to 30 September 395 and named John Chrysostom, who at the time was on his way to Ephesus, as the author. He was in Ephesus the first three months of the year 401. At this time, five of the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire had fallen.
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A Brother
was in Ephesus at the beginning of the fifth century replacing seven bishops. Jerome was finishing the Vulgate which would become the official bible of the Church. There are no reliable copies of the Apocalypse prior to the fifth century. So we don’t know what it looked like prior to Chrysostom who was at the right place at the right time.
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A Reasonable Explanation
as to when it was written. We all know it was written by John. Which John? We have three to choose from. John who bare record. John to the seven churches. John who is our brother. To say they are all the same John is not reasonable. You have to consider the possibility that they are different.
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A Prophecy
of things which must shortly come to pass. John the Baptist was talking about the first coming. John who bare record. The first Apocalypse. The second, John to the seven churches was written by John the Apostle. The third John is John Chrysostom. Really.
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A Record
that ties John the Apostle to John the Baptist who bare record of the word of God. From Acts 19 we know John the Baptist had followers in Ephesus that did not know Jesus. When John was preparing the way, he didn’t know Jesus was the Lamb, a word found 27 times in the Apocalypse. John the Apostle didn’t use that word.
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