A Necessary Thing
to make sense of what we know. There has been a lot of confusion over the Apocalypse. Who wrote it? When? Why is it in the Bible? To address what we don’t know, we must try to make sense of what we do know. We may be able to come up with a reasonable explanation.
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A Major Player
who wrote about the Apocalypse. What he wrote is not as significant as when he wrote it. Augustine addresses the Apocalypse in chapter 7 of book 20 in City of God which was completed as late as 426 ce. Well after Jerome completed his Vulgate in 410 ce. John Chrysostom was in Ephesus in 401 ce. Can you connect the dots?
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A John
a servant of God who knew the Lamb but not Jesus. John the Baptist who bare record knew the time is at hand for the first coming. That is why you find the word “lamb” 27 times in the Apocalypse. The name “Jesus” only 12 times. Added later by another John.
A Fact
that demands some kind of explanation. Have you heard one? Probably not. A reasonable explanation is there were three different Johns connected with the Apocalypse. John the Baptist, John the Apostle, and John Chrysostom. It fits with history. Really.
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A Critical Piece
of the puzzle. The Roman Empire had seven dynasties. “There are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is.” John Chrysostom could have said that and Nikolai Morozov thinks he did based on astronomy. This is the third John of the Apocalypse. Based on history and numbers.
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A Fit
in chapter 17 of the Apocalypse. The numbers are 10, 8. 7, 5, 2, and 1. They locate a specific time period in history if you know how to count dynasties and make them fit with two beasts. Only historians can be trusted with this task but don’t ask them to identify beasts. There are way too many kings to count. Only numbers can be trusted.
A Historical Fact
as early as the fourth century. Bishops were being bought and sold. People from Ephesus journeyed to Constantinople to a bishop that could be trusted. John Chrysostom was asked to clean up the mess. It was the beginning of the fifth century. He reluctantly agreed.
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A Cottage Industry
that is out of control. Private interpretation of what is written too often is predicting the future because they do not know how to read the past. Your interpretation belongs in the future only because it doesn’t fit in history. Chances are you are not a prophet and need to limit yourself to history.
A Warning
that you can’t believe what you find on the internet. Duh? So what can you believe? A reasonable explanation when there is no alternative to a situation that demands an answer. What is a reasonable explanation? Something that is consistent with historical events.
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