a history recorded 

A Reliable Source – 

A reason to believe in the bible.  Only history can confirm the fulfillment of prophecy.  Only numbers and colors can reliably connect history and prophecy.  Do all the different bibles agree on anything?  Numbers and colors.  They don’t need to be interpreted.  Unlike many other words that seem to demand it.   

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a repeat 

A Recapitulation – 

commentary on the Apocalypse by Victorinus who introduced the theory of recapitulation.  Without it misinterpretation is likely.  The visions of John cannot be understood to be in chronological order.  Each vision should be considered independent of the others.  Some are a repetition of others.  Recapitulation is a necessary tool in understanding the Apocalypse.  

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a color 

A Sea – 

A location.  The color of the horses is a clue from whence they came.  Start with the Red and Black seas.  The white sea is a little tricky.  The Mediterranean and Aegean seas are also known as the white sea.  Like numbers, colors are translated accurately.  No room for interpretation.  The translators all agree on numbers and colors.  

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a prophecy 

A Revelation – 

A book of what is to come.  Only history can verify what has been prophesied.  History based on numbers.  Not on interpretation.  You can only trust numbers.  Numbers do not have to be interpreted.  Start with the big numbers like a thousand and it might lead you to the Byzantine Empire that fits with all the other numbers.  And colors.  

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a misinterpretation 

A Premillennialist – 

A thousand year “Reign of Christ”.  They “reigned with Christ” is what is in the bible.  That is a big difference.  Look for a thousand years where they reigned with Christ.  They did the reigning in a Christian empire that lasted a thousand years.  Like the Byzantine Empire.  It’s the only one.  Check it out.  It fits with the other numbers.  And colors.  

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a translator 

A Bible – 

A version of each translation.  Before the printer, no two bibles were alike.  Now no two translations are alike.  And there are way too many.  About 60 English translations.  Each translation has more than one version.  So the “Word of God” is subject to translations, revisions, and interpretation.  For the most part they agree on numbers.  And colors.   

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a woman 

A Mystery – 

beast that was, and is not.  The beast that was had seven heads and the beast that is to come has ten horns.  History will verify the fulfillment of prophecy.  Only history can.  Just look for it but don’t use your interpretation.  Use numbers.  They are not misleading.  Nearly all the bible translations agree on the numbers.  Not much else.   

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