A Beast That Was Not
A beast that is yet to come. From a Christian point of view, the Roman Empire was a beast until Constantine made the world safe for them. It wasn’t long before a different kind of beast came along to take peace from the world. Islam with ten dynasties. A beast that was diverse from all the others.
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A Recapitulation
A vision not in chronological order. In chapter 9 and 11 we have the beast coming out of the “bottomless pit” and in chapter 20 the beast is being cast into it. Victorinus was the first to suggest this theory of recapitulation. The bottomless pit is also consistent with the beast that was, is not, and yet is. The two beasts are really the same.
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A Problem With The Temple
A reason for Daniel who knows the difference. Some bibles have way too many beasts and others have a problem with identifying them. The real ones had something to do with the Temple. Don’t mess with the Temple. Jesus provides a clue with the abomination of desolation in the holy place. What is in the holy place now?
A Common Beast
A second beast of the Apocalypse. John knows Daniel knows beasts. The beast which he saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. The “ten horns” also ties them together. Numbers tie history to the fulfillment of prophecy.
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A crown upon each head. There are way too many kings to count so counting dynasties might be more interesting. Just looking for numbers that fit. This is not proof. A reasonable explanation is all that can be expected. Rome had seven dynasties. Good luck with counting kings.
A Great City
A mystery and likely to remain so. Chapter 17 has it all. Seven heads and ten horns. Seven mountains. A beast that was, is not, and yet to come. Five fallen kings. In chapter 18, this great city has merchants, has fallen twice, and can be found no more at all. Constantinople has it all. No other city comes close.
A Dynasty
A thousand years. Rome, the third beast of Daniel and the first beast of the Apocalypse, had seven dynasties. The thousand year empire was started by the fifth dynasty of Rome and ended by the tenth dynasty of Islam which is the fourth beast of Daniel and the second beast of the Apocalypse. Connect the dots.
A Great City
A beast that was, is not, and is yet to come. Constantinople can be found no more at all. It comes with two beasts. It started with the Roman Empire and ended with the Ottoman Empire a thousand years later.
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A Temple
A beast in the making. Why only four? What makes a beast a beast per Daniel? The Temple. Don’t mess with the Temple. Babylon destroyed the first one. Greece desecrated the second. Rome destroyed the second. Islam is preventing the third. The Dome of the Rock.
A Temple
A beast in the making. Babylon and Rome destroyed the first and second Temples. They are beasts. Greece is also a beast based on the desecration of the second Temple by Antiochus IV Epiphanes. What is in the holy place now preventing the third Temple? The Dome of the Rock making Islam the fourth beast.
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