a prophecy 

A Fulfillment 

A history is necessary to confirm the fulfillment of a prophecy.  The future can be anything you want it to be to satisfy your interpretation.  History and the numbers that connect it to prophecy can confirm the accuracy of your interpretation.  Only the prophet knows the future.  We can only know history.  

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a connection with history 

A Number

A reliable connection between prophecy and history.  Your interpretation not so much.  All the different translations of the bible seem to agree on numbers.  Especially a “thousand years” when they reigned with Christ.  Not the “reign of Christ” which will get over 5 million hits on the internet.  Not so much with the bible.  0 Bible results for “”reign of Christ”.”  Something to think about.  

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a number 

A Reliable Word 

A consistent interpretation.  Numbers are one of the few things all 60 English versions of the bible agree on.  They all agree on “a thousand years”, 666, “ten horns”, and “seven heads” .  Can we find historical events that have all these numbers in a meaningful way?  Start with the biggest number.  A thousand years.  

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a prophecy 

A Fulfillment 

A historical event.  Only history can confirm the fulfillment of a prophecy.  Based on your interpretation.  Can it be trusted?  Can your bible translation be trusted?   Can 60 different English translations of the bible be trusted?  They don’t agree on the “word of God”.  Do they agree on anything?  Maybe numbers. 

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a speculation 

A Reasonable Explanation 

A question not addressed.  Why does John introduce himself three times?  He was asked to “prophesy again”.  That could be another John.  That’s two.  Why not three?  Multiple writers have been suggested by multiple commentaries.  Both John the Baptist and John Chrysostom have been suggested.  

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a number 

A Color 

A guide to interpretation.  You can trust numbers and maybe colors to be reliably translated.  Not so much with the other words.  The “words of God” are seen differently by the many different translators.  Who can you trust?  Historians.  What can you trust?  Maybe numbers.  Historians have trouble with dates but they do get close enough.  

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a necessary question 

A Reason Or Cause 

A first principle.  Ask why the Apocalypse was written.  You are free to speculate if you don’t get a reasonable answer.  Your speculation should be consistent with what is known or settled.  Ask for guidance, look in the bible for clues, and don’t ignore history.  The future is for prophets only.  

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a missing word 

A Kingdom of God 

A reference to the millennium.  The word “kingdom” cannot be found in Chapter 20 .  It is not the “reign of Christ”.  They “reigned with Christ”.  A thousand years has a beginning and an end.  The Kingdom of God will not end.  Way too many think the thousand years will begin with the Second Coming.  They need to check history.  

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