A Mystery And Likely To Remain So
A perfect fit in history. Constantinople. No other city has all these characteristics: many waters 17:1, mystery 17:5, seven hills 17:9, merchants 18:11, is fallen, is fallen 18:2, and can be found no more at all 18:21. Constantinople was the capital of a Christian empire that lasted a thousand years.
A Beast With Ten Horns At The End
A 666 number to mark its beginning. The great city of Constantinople is also a perfect fit for Babylon the Great. The seven dynasties of the Roman empire started the Byzantine empire and the tenth dynasty of Islam ended it. All of this can be found in history but the great city can be found no more at all.
A Rainbow
A covenant between God and man. Constantine from the Aegean white sea is the rider of the white horse. He started a Christian empire that would last a thousand years. Its capital, Constantinople is a perfect fit for Babylon the Great. Can be found no more.
A Great City
A fit with Babylon the Great. Constantinople is fallen, is fallen, and can be found no more at all. This is a mystery and likely to remain so. It had seven mountains, many waters, and many merchants. Constantinople is the only city with all these characteristics. Why it is being ignored is definitely a mystery.
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A Mystery Babylon
A sack of Constantinople in 1204. Is fallen again in 1453 to Islam. “Babylon is fallen, is fallen”, a prophecy fulfilled in history. That includes a thousand year empire where they “reigned with Christ” and its capital Constantinople. Babylon the Great is still a mystery and likely to remain so. In the end it will be revealed.
A Connection With Numbers
A prophecy fit with history. Early in the fifth century five of the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire had fallen. The beast that was was not. And yet to come are the ten dynasties of Islam that attacked and destroyed Constantinople, Babylon the Great, seven heads, and ten horns.
A Misleading Attribute
A single characteristic that was no mystery. Peter knew all about Babylon. The real mystery was Constantinople that only had six hills until Theodosius II extended the walls to include the seventh one thus making it the New Rome. Babylon the Great is Constantinople.
A Mother Of Harlots
A “mystery” and likely to remain so. Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine Empire that lasted a thousand years where they reigned with Christ. It can “be found no more at all”, had “merchants”, had “many waters”, and “is fallen, is fallen”. No other city has all these characteristics.
A great city that can “be found no more at all”. Constantinople is the “mystery” and likely to remain so. It has all the characteristics. No other city has them. “Many waters”. “Seven mountains”. “Is fallen, is fallen”. “Merchants of the earth”. It has all the numbers. 1000, 666, 10, and 7. Count them. You can count on them.
A Christian Empire
A “reign with Christ”. The Byzantine Empire has all the parts. It started with the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire and ended with the tenth dynasty of Islam, the Ottoman Empire. Constantinople, its capital, is a perfect fit for Babylon the Great. There are other parts that can’t be ignored.
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