A Fulfillment –
A history is necessary to confirm the fulfillment of a prophecy. The future can be anything you want it to be to satisfy your interpretation. History and the numbers that connect it to prophecy can confirm the accuracy of your interpretation. Only the prophet knows the future. We can only know history.
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A Soupy Sales –
A kid that never grew up. Who could forget White Fang and Black Tooth? Today it would be racist. Was I too sick to go to school? I got to stay home and watch Soupy. Who is at the door? Thanks for the memory. Old enough to remember.
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A Witness –
A Church History that includes six of the seven churches that John wrote to but Eusebius never associates them with the Apocalypse. Victorinus doesn’t even mention them. Is it possible there is a version of Apocalypse that doesn’t include the seven churches? It could be a reasonable explanation for what we are looking at.
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A Number –
A reliable connection between prophecy and history. Your interpretation not so much. All the different translations of the bible seem to agree on numbers. Especially a “thousand years” when they reigned with Christ. Not the “reign of Christ” which will get over 5 million hits on the internet. Not so much with the bible. 0 Bible results for “”reign of Christ”.” Something to think about.
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A Light Before The Dawn –
A drive thru the night. My brother and I had a regular mattress in the back of the old station wagon. I took the first leg in the evening and was able to sleep a few hours before and after midnight. On my second shift I was driving “in the light before the dawn”. A favorite line in a song. It was the first time I witnessed the sky getting lighter and will never forget it. I often ride my bike at this time.
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A Witness –
A view of what was. We don’t know what the Apocalypse looked like in the third century. Victorinus knew and we know what his commentary looked like. It didn’t include the seven churches John wrote to. It did include the seven churches Paul wrote to. There is a reasonable explanation for this. He is not the only witness.
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A Reliable Word –
A consistent interpretation. Numbers are one of the few things all 60 English translations of the bible agree on. They all agree on “a thousand years”, 666, “ten horns”, and “seven heads” . Can we find historical events that have all these numbers in a meaningful way? Start with the biggest number. A thousand years.
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A Hot Chili –
A hot spicy one with no tomatoes. Just 80/20 hamburger, dark red kidney beans, white onions, chili powder, chicken broth, and extra crushed red pepper. I make spaghetti on the side because she can’t take the heat. It’s the best thing for a sore throat when you are coming down with a cold.
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A Recapitulation –
A reinforcement, a necessary theory in understanding the Apocalypse first introduced by Victorinus of Pettau. It holds that the visions are not necessarily in chronological order and possibly a repetition of other visions. Many interpretation errors are a result of assuming the chapters are in chronological order.
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A Fulfillment –
A historical event. Only history can confirm the fulfillment of a prophecy. Based on your interpretation. Can it be trusted? Can your bible translation be trusted? Can 60 different English translations of the bible be trusted? They don’t agree on the “word of God”. Do they agree on anything? Maybe numbers. Maybe colors.
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