Posted on by apocalypse2blog

a beast is a beast is

A Beast

 is a beast.  That is four.  Daniel had four.  John had two but they had “ten horns” in common.  So what makes a beast a beast?  Only Daniel can tell us that.  Most agree on Babylon, Greece, and Rome.  What do they have in common?  The Temple.  The first destroyed the first.  The second desecrated the second.  The third destroyed the second.  The fourth must be preventing the third.  That would be the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place.  So what is in the holy place now?  
Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.
Home

Posted on by apocalypse2blog

not proof but

A Fit

 with other pieces of the puzzle.  You need a lot of pieces that fit to get a clear picture of what you have.  That is why you start with the big pieces.  Little pieces are way too easy to find and they will always fit your interpretation especially in the future.  So there is no proof.  Just historical pieces that seem to fit a literal interpretation.   More pieces are better. 
Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.
Home

Posted on by apocalypse2blog

666

A Mark

 a beginning, a date stamp, which is the most common mark there is, and nearly everything made has it.  To get the date right we must look at the Proleptic Julian calendar and 44 BC.  The Gregorian calendar didn’t start until 1582.  We must also look at 622, the beginning of Islam and the beginning of the Islamic calendar.  666 of the Julian calendar marks the beginning of Islam.  The Hijra. 
Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.
Home

Posted on by apocalypse2blog

Revelation 15:2

A Telling Verse 

that ties it all together. 

“2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.”  

The Sea of Marmara was like a sheet of glass and Greek Fire was used by Constantinople to defeat the Arabs and the year was 666.  


Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.
Home


Posted on by apocalypse2blog

666

A Year 

to look at.  So what happened in the year 666?  Nothing.  Historians are really good at staying away from that year.  So you have to look around that year.  You will find a lot.  The second greatest religion was attacking the greatest religion.  So pay attention to this. 
Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.
Home

A Year 

Posted on by apocalypse2blog

the biggest number

A Thousand Years 

is where you start.  It is not where I started.  I just assumed it didn’t exist.  So I started with 666 like everyone else and it led me to the thousand years.  How?  I searched Daniel for the word number and it referred to years.  That led to Constantinople, a city with seven hills, and the capital of a Christian empire that lasted a thousand years.  Really?  Am I the first one to stumble across this?  
Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.
Home


Posted on by apocalypse2blog

history is

A Reliable Method 

to verify the fulfillment of prophecy.  It may be the only way.  If your interpretation relies on the future, how can it be any better than any other interpretation that relies on the future?  We have history.  Let’s use it.  So how do you use history without some kind of interpretation?  Some words like numbers and colors do not require any interpretation.  That is where you start.  You don’t have to interpret history even though many are trying to rewrite it. 
Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.
Home


Posted on by apocalypse2blog

it takes time but

A Careful Reading 

of Eusebius and Victorinus will show that they were not aware of Antipas or the churches in the Apocalypse.  Eusebius spends a lot of time on martyrs and even mentions two from Pergamus but does not mention Antipas.  He mentions all but one of the churches in the Apocalypse but never associates them with the Apocalypse.  Victorinus has the same problem.  He mentions all the churches Paul wrote to but never mentions the churches John wrote to and doesn’t mention Antipas.  So what were they looking at?  The first version of the Apocalypse written by John the Baptist.  It didn’t have Antipas, the churches, or Jesus. 
Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.
Home


Posted on by apocalypse2blog

just search for

A Lamb 

of God.  John the Baptist didn’t know Jesus was the Lamb until John saw the Spirit descending, and remaining on him. That is why you will find the word ‘lamb’ (29) more times than the word ‘Jesus’ (14).  Jesus was added along with the churches and Antipas by John the Apostle when he was told to eat the little book and prophesy again.  Acts 19 confirms followers of John the Baptist in Ephesus and John the Apostle would have to deal with them.  
Watch for more pieces that fit.  Blessed is the one who looks.
Home

A Lamb