A Great City
is mystery Babylon the Great. No other fits like Constantinople. It has a thousand years, seven heads, ten horns, and two beasts. It was started by the Roman Empire and ended by Islam. You can verify all the numbers. Numbers and history is all you can trust.
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A Great Whore
can be found no more at all. Constantinople is that great city. It has all the characteristics: many waters, seven hills, trade, is fallen, is fallen, and can be found no more at all. It is still a mystery and likely to remain so. The exegetes can’t find her.
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A Beast
having seven heads and ten horns. This was the Roman Empire when Constantine moved the capital to Constantinople. The beast that was and is not was replaced by the beast with ten horns. They shall hate the whore. Constantinople fell to the tenth dynasty of Islam after a thousand year reign.
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A Historian
places the attack on Constantinople. “Forty-six years after the flight of Mahomet from Mecca, his disciples appeared in arms under the walls of Constantinople.” Put 46 into an Islamic calendar converter and you get 666. It is the mark of the beast. The number of his name.
A Year
with no history but everyone knew Constantinople was the target of the Arabs. They were ready to attack and the Christians were ready to defend themselves. In addition to the walls, they had Greek fire. Some historians could not be trusted with dates according to Gibbon. This was the first siege of Constantinople by the Arabs.
A Fit
with Daniel and the Apocalypse. No interpretation required. Just numbers and history. Everything is connected to Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire. Just count the dynasties. Let the historians do that. They don’t have an agenda. Everyone else does.
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 Historical Fact
as early as the fourth century. Bishops were being bought and sold. People from Ephesus journeyed to Constantinople to a bishop that could be trusted. John Chrysostom was asked to clean up the mess. It was the beginning of the fifth century. He reluctantly agreed.
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A Thousand Years
but it happens just like Constantinople is missed. It’s a mystery that can be found no more at all. Preconceived interpretations have led to major errors. The biggest is the “reign of Christ” which cannot be found in the bible. Still many look for the return of Christ before looking for a thousand years. More can’t look past Rome to Constantinople which is a better fit for Babylon the Great.
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A Number
or I should say the word number. Found it in Daniel and it referred to years. I then searched history to find out what happened in the year 666. Nothing. I did find Islam was getting ready to attack Constantinople the capital of a Christian empire that would last a thousand years where they reigned with Christ. Not a bad start.
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