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A Muslim named Abraham saw me at the hotel and knew where I could stay. Somehow I trusted him but soon realized it was a scam. I could have been taken as a hostage a number of times but there I was in his brother’s house being interrogated by a third man. This was the most interesting part of my visit to Jerusalem. After only two nights at a house in their neighborhood I had to leave. The money was not a problem and well worth the experience.
A New Jerusalem
A new earth with no more sea. Just a river. It is here now. Just as Jerusalem was the center of the Jewish religion, Rome, the New Jerusalem is the center of the Christian religion. See the map. A river and twelve gates. Three in each direction.
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A River Runs Through It
A map of Rome showing three gates in each direction and a river running through it. New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven. Just as Jerusalem was the center of the Jewish religion, Rome, the New Jerusalem is the center of the Christian religion.
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A Book
A City of God includes his analysis of the Apocalypse well after Jerome’s Vulgate. Did Augustine wait for it? They did have some issues. Jerome also had some issues with Victorinus but may not have realized that Victorinus may have been looking at another version, the first version written by John the Baptist which did not include the seven churches. In his commentary Victorinus called them the seven spirits.
Watch for more pieces that fit. Blessed is the one who looks.
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A Thousand
two hundred and threescore days . The Kingdom of Jerusalem . “After the subsequent Third Crusade, the kingdom was re-established in Acre in 1192, and lasted until that city’s destruction in 1291” . Another fit.
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