A Holy Place
spoken of by Daniel. What is in the holy place now? Does the Dome of the Rock make Islam the fourth beast of Daniel? If the king of the north is responsible for it, that would make Mohammed the king of the south and Fatimah his daughter. Muawiyah is the king of the north and his dynasty built the Dome of the Rock. Can this be connected to the beasts of the Apocalypse?
A Beast
according to Daniel? What do Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome have in common? The temple. The first was destroyed by Babylon. Persia helped build the second. Greece desecrated the second which was destroyed by Rome. Are there any other candidates? Islam’s Dome of the Rock is preventing the third. What else can Daniel tell us?
A Thousand Year
period where they reigned with Christ. It was a Christian empire and that would be the Byzantine Empire. Does it come with two beasts, seven heads, and ten horns? Let us start with the two beasts. What makes a beast a beast? Daniel knows beasts. What can he tell us?
A Book
that directed John to prophesy again. The time was near not for the second coming but for the first coming. Today the time is near for the second one. What was prophesied should be clear now and only history can verify that but you can’t rely on your interpretation. You can only rely on numbers and maybe colors that don’t need interpretation. So let us start with numbers and historical events that might fit what appears to be prophesied. Is there a thousand years where they reigned with Christ?
A Thousand Years
with the first resurrection and the second death. Constantine, the rider of the white horse, had started the thousand year empire and Augustine, Chrysostom, and Jerome were prominent members who would reign with Him.
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A Critic
of the commentary by Victorinus and took it upon himself to modify it. What did he change and why did he change it?? His wealthy friend Paula and his travels resulted in an impressive collection of books for Jerome. His letters show that he was a very important man at the beginning of the 5th century. It was a time when the bible was being defined.
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A Commentary
on the Apocalypse from the 3rd century that does not include Antipas or the seven churches. Since Eusebius and Victorinus both have the same problem, they must have been looking at a copy of the Apocalypse that did not include them. John the Baptist knows the Lamb, a word found 27 times in the Apocalypse but he did not know Antipas or the seven churches. Just the seven spirits mentioned by Victorinus.
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A Glaring Omission
in the History of the Church by Eusebius that has not been addressed by people who should know. Eusebius doesn’t mention Antipas in his Church History but the word ‘martyr’ can be found 355 times. He does mention Carpus and Papylus, two martyrs of Pergamus but he does not mention Antipas. He mentions six of the seven churches but never associates them with the Apocalypse.
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A Revelation
that will allow you to play along at home. You won’t have to search old books at old libraries. You can search online like I do now. Some of my sources:
Tertullian 240 AD (does know churches and Antipas but not Patmos)
Victorinus 304 AD (does not know churches or Antipas but knows Patmos)
Eusebius 340 AD (does not know churches, or Antipas but knows Patmos)
Somebody made it available for all to see. Go ahead and check it out.
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A Premise
that the only reason the Apocalypse is in the bible is because someone believed it was written by John the Apostle. That person is Jerome who defined the bible we have today. His authority was Pope Damasus I. His Vulgate would later become the official bible of the Catholic Church. Before this you won’t find a complete copy of the bible and certainly not a complete copy of the Apocalypse. We have to trust Jerome. Many wanted his ear and his ability to translate.
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