A Big Piece
of the puzzle. Babylon the Great. No other city can claim all these characteristics. Constantinople has many waters (17:1), is a Mystery (17:5), has seven hills (17:9), is fallen (18:2), is famous for trade (18:11), and can be found no more at all (18:21). The capital of a Christian empire where they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.(20:4) – The Byzantine Empire
A City
with all the characteristics of Babylon the Great. It had many waters, it is a mystery, it had seven hills, it is fallen, it had trade, and it can be found no more at all. No other city had all these characteristics. Only Constantinople.
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A Treasure Hunt
one clue leads to another. One thousand years leads to Constantinople and Babylon the Great which leads to 666. Next step is to identify the ten horns and the seven heads. The numbers are trustworthy and need no interpretation. Let’s see what fits with “ten”, the next number.
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A Sea of Glass
mingled with fire. Greek fire was used to defeat the Muslim attack on Constantinople. The Sea of Marmara was like a sheet of glass. The year was 666. “2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.” An amazing fit.
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A Missing Date
in history. Nothing happened. So what was going on just before or after that date? Gibbon has something in 668 but it requires a calculation. “Forty-six years after the flight of Mahomet from Mecca, his disciples appeared in arms under the walls of Constantinople.” His 46 years is interesting. If you put 46 in an Islamic calendar converter, you get 666.
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A Mystery
and that is just one of the characteristics of Babylon the Great. It had many waters, it is a mystery, it had seven hills, it is fallen, it had trade, and it can be found no more at all. No other city had all these characteristics. Only Constantinople. A great city.
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A Big Number
and a literal interpretation is where to start. There is only one where they reigned with Christ. The Byzantine Empire and it comes with Constantinople, its capital, which is a perfect fit for Babylon the Great. If the big pieces fit, it won’t be hard to get the little ones to fit.
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A Sea Of Glass
cannot be found in history but it can be found on the Sea of Marmara which on a calm day is like a sheet of glass. Greek fire was used to defeat the Muslims attacking Constantinople. The year was 666. This fits nicely with Revelation 15:2. Check it out.
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A Summary
of historical events that seem to fit. The thousand years is the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople its capital is Babylon the Great. The seven heads are the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire and the ten horns are the ten Islamic dynasties. Big pieces that fit.
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A Great City
is fallen, is fallen. A great city can be found no more at all. The Walls of Constantinople did not stop the tenth dynasty of Islam. The ten horns shall hate the whore. 1453 the Fall of Constantinople. Constantinople can be found no more at all. It fits.
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