A Prophecy Fulfilled
A sea of glass. They used Greek fire on the Sea of Marmara that was like a sheet of glass to defeat the attack of Islamic attackers. The city was Constantinople, the capital of a Christian empire that would last a thousand years. The year was 666. The Byzantine Empire survived this and many other sieges.
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A Historian
A calculation. Go ahead, pick an Islamic calendar converter and put 46 in it. You get 666. 46 is the number Gibbon used. 46 years after the Hijri year Constantinople was attacked. A date is a mark. Gibbon notes the problems with dates. Also noted is the Greek fire used to defeat the attackers.
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A Fulfillment of Prophecy
a victory over the beast. Constantinople used Greek fire on the Sea of Marmara, like a sheet of glass, and the year was 666. The problem with dates was noted by Gibbon. His 46 years gets you 668 but put it in an Islamic calendar converter, a calculation, and you will get exactly 666. An amazing fit with Revelation 15:2.
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A Mark
a bible passage fulfilled. A sea of glass mingled with fire. They used Greek fire on the Sea of Marmara, which was like a sheet of glass, and the year was 666. Historians stay away from the year 666 but there is no doubt as to what was going on at that time. Islam was attacking Constantinople.
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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 Yoke
according to Gibbon who understood the threat of Islam. He also understood dates and a way to get to 666. He knew the significance of Greek Fire. Was he aware of Revelation 15:2? Did he know about the Sea of Marmara on a calm day? A sea of glass mingled with fire.
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A Fit
with history, Greek Fire, and the Sea of Marmara that included a thousand year Christian empire and a leading candidate for Babylon the Great surviving the first attack by the second beast. Here the Sea of Marmara was like a sheet of glass. This “huge armada proceeded on a smooth sea” and the “fire-ships of the Greeks were launched against them” The year was 666. Revelation 15:2
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A Fit
with Revelation 15:2. Constantinople used Greek fire to defeat Islam and the year was 666. The Sea of Marmara was like a sea of glass. “the Sea of Marmara was like a sheet of glass” See what Gibbon has to say about the date 666.
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.
Watch for more pieces that fit. Blessed is the one who looks.
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A Fire
to devoureth their enemies. Greek fire came out of the mouths of the beasts mounted on their ships. Fire proceedeth out of their mouth in Revelation 11:5. It fits.
Watch for more pieces that fit. Blessed is the one who looks.
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