a beast 

A Temple – 

A revelation in Daniel.  What makes a beast a beast?  Daniel knows beasts and abominations.  Jesus wanted us to pay attention to them.   An abomination is something that you do to the holy place.  The Temple.  Only a beast would mess with the Temple.  With only two Temples, how do you get four beasts?  

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a number of questions 

A Reason for Prophecy – 

A search for understanding.  Why, Where, Who, When, and What?????  The answers should make sense.  All the questions must be considered.  For the most part we are limited to speculation which should be consistent with what we do know.  The first question is Why.  Why was the Apocalypse written?  

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a fit with history 

A Number – 
A connection with prophecy.  Different interpretations have led to over 60 different English bible translations.  They all seem to agree on numbers.  They all agree on a thousand years, 666, ten horns, seven heads, and five are fallen.  Numbers can be used to connect history with prophecy which is the only way to verify the fulfillment of prophecy.

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