A Vulgate –
A canon that included the Apocalypse. Before Chrysostom, Jerome, and Augustine, it was not clear if the Apocalypse belonged in the bible. At the beginning of the fifth century these three were major players in the Church and the bible was being defined. It is clear now.
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A Reliable Connection –
A translation problem, with so many different bibles, is further aggravated by interpretation issues that force most prophecies into the future. Numbers are the only way to reliably connect historical events to what has been prophesied. Start with a big number like a thousand years. There is only one where they reigned with Christ. The Byzantine Empire.
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A Fulfillment Of Prophecy In History –
A number to connect them. A reliable way to find historical events that seem to fulfill what has been prophesied. There are way too many different interpretations of too many different translations of the bible to confirm any fulfillment of prophecy. Numbers may be the only way to connect history with prophecy.
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A Word of God
A test of your bible. Does it have the word ‘test’? If not, do you know what you are doing here? You are being tested. From a bible that does contain the word ‘test’, you are being refined, purified, and tested. Those with insight shall understand. Words have meaning and they can be mistranslated.
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A Third John –
A companion in tribulation. Chrysostom was in Ephesus replacing seven corrupt bishops. He could have gone to Patmos for the word of God. He must have known about Jerome who was translating the bible and that many believed the Apocalypse didn’t belong in the bible unless of course it was written by the Apostle. He could find out.
A Translation Issue
A beast. Your bible could have as many as 296 beasts or as few as 87. There are 20 translations that consider the beast in Revelation 13:1 a ‘he’ and 37 translations call it an ‘it’. This is a significant difference. Daniel 7:7 can help us here. The fourth beast is an it in all 52 translations. It has ten horns just like the beast in Revelation.
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A City Of God –
A bible defined. Augustine didn’t want another bible but Pope Damasus did for almost the same reason. A lot of confusion about what was in the bible. Augustine finally writes about the Apocalypse in chapter 7 of Book 20 in his City of God well after Jerome finished his Vulgate which would become the official bible of the Church.
A New Advent –
A place for letters to and from Jerome. Not only were his letters preserved but also his Vulgate and the Apocalypse. Was he more important than the pope? Letters from Pope Damasus who asked him to translate the bible, from Augustine who didn’t want another bible, and from Theophilus who was responsible for the exile of Chrysostom, all suggest he was.
A Fit With Daniel
A king of the south, Mohammed, and his daughter, Fatimah, along with one of his commanders, Muawiyah, who will become even stronger is a good fit with Daniel. Some of the bibles use the word princes (25) instead of the more believable words like commanders (11) as we shall see in a following post.
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A Turn Of The Fifth Century
A major player. Jerome was finishing his Vulgate and Augustine was starting his City of God. Chrysostom was in Ephesus replacing seven corrupt bishops. The Church was in good hands. Jerome and Augustine exchanged letters. Chrysostom, who was exiled, exchanged letters with the pope. The Apocalypse was in the bible. These dots can now be connected.
