A History Of Interpretation
A hijack of the Apocalypse. How does a commentator become a prophet? Simply by interpreting the Word of God. Historians are less likely to have an agenda which makes them more trustworthy and possibly inspired by God. History can be used to interpret prophecy but only after it has been fulfilled.
A Historian
A history of the Roman Empire by Gibbon. 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.
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A Sea Of Glass Mingled With Fire
A Greek fire was used and “the Sea of Marmara was like a sheet of glass”, The year was 666 and it was the first siege of Constantinople. It was a “victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name”. A fulfillment of prophecy in history.
A Clue From Daniel 9:2
A search for the word “number” suggests years in Daniel. So what happened in the year 666? Nothing. History does have the first siege of Constantinople by the Arabs about that time. It was not the first major battle between the Christians and the Muslims. Gibbon notes his problem with the dates and in a way suggests 668.
A Church History
A problem with the churches. Eusebius mentions six of the seven churches of the Apocalypse but never associates them with the Apocalypse. He doesn’t mention Antipas. All this would be consistent with an earlier version of the Apocalypse written by John the Baptist. Victorinus has a similar problem.
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A Prophecy Revealed In History
A connection with numbers and colors. All the different translations have something in common. In spite of their differences they agree on numbers and colors. They somehow survived all attempts to interpret the Word of God but they have been symbolized which may not help.
A Sea Of Glass Mingled With Fire
A Sea of Marmara was like a sheet of glass, In 666 Constantinople used Greek fire to defeat the Arab attackers. 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.
A Connection With Colors
A prophecy revealed in history. Follow the seas to the end where “there was no more sea” They are connected: Red, Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara, Black, Azov.. You may find the “sea of glass”, the pale sea, and the white seas. The Red and Black seas are easy. The white and pale ones not so much but there are clues.
A Number
A connection between history and prophecy that can be trusted. Your interpretation? Not so much. Your translation? Not so much except for numbers and colors. Somehow they have survived what translators do to the Word of God. Some things are sacred.
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A Significant Location
A connection with colors and numbers. The red and black seas are easy. The white and pale seas are not so obvious. The Aegean and Mediterranean seas aka the white seas help. The Pale of Settlement and the Sea of Azov are interesting. Colors like numbers can be used to connect history with the fulfillment of prophecy.
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