A Necessary Characteristic
of Babylon the Great. Constantinople is the fulfillment on that prophecy. No other city can satisfy what has been written. It is a mystery to this day. Likely to remain so until the end when all will be revealed. The future will make history clear to all. Today it can be found no more at all.
A Number
a big number like a thousand. All bible versions agree on a thousand years. A thousand year empire where they reigned with Christ is easy to find. The Byzantine Empire. The problem for most is that it doesn’t say “reign of Christ” which gets over six million Google hits. With the bible you get zero hits. How do you explain this?
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A Puzzle
and it takes many pieces to get the big picture. They have to fit. Numbers and some colors are the only things that all the different bible versions agree on. All 59 English versions. For the most part they also agree on the words following a number or a color. Like years, heads, horns, and horse. All you have to do is figure out what a head, horn, or horse is.
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A Good Thing
that helps make sense of what we experience. What makes an explanation reasonable? It fits. It is consistent with what we already know. A piece of the puzzle must fit to be part of the big picture. There must be a reason. A good one. Look for it.
A Cottage Industry
sometimes referred to as a conspiracy theory. Speculation can be a good thing especially when it includes a reasonable explanation to something that doesn’t make sense. Making sense of what we experience is an important part of learning.
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A Risk
worth taking. Weighing the risks is part of living. Being aware of the consequences is part of wisdom. Death is the ultimate consequence. Not the first one. The second one. Be not afraid of them that kill the body. Be afraid of who can kill the soul. The one who promises eternal life. Be careful. Be kind.
A Fourth Of The Earth
was given to the rider of the pale horse. Death is the rider. We are all going to die. It is just a matter of time which may now be near two thousand years later. Is the cure worse than the disease? Be not afraid. Be reasonable. Be kind.
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A Location
when applied to seas. Few are aware that the Mediterranean sea is the white sea for the Turks. The colors become significant locations west, south, and north of Patmos where the Apocalypse was written. It can help us identify the riders of the white, red, and black horses.
A Prophecy
a prediction of what is to come. A pale horse and death its rider can’t be identified without first identifying the riders of the white, red, and black horses. Like numbers all 59 English versions of the bible agree on colors. They must be significant and the color of the seas should be considered.
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A Good Thing
suggested by Augustine.
“What then, Brothers, shall we keep silence? Why then read it if only to keep silence about it? Or why hear it if it is not to be explained? But also, why explain it if it is not to be understood?”
