A Calendar
A calculation according to 29 versions of the bible. Fifteen versions have count. A calculation is required to convert a date from one calendar to another. We have at least three calendars to consider. Julian 44 BC. Islamic 622 CE. Gregorian 1582 CE. Lots to consider when considering the year 666. A mark. A beginning.
A Reason to Live
A meaning for life. A test of wills. Don’t bury your talent. Learn what you can. Teach what you can. You will need help. Ask for it. Seek the truth. You will find it. Knock and it will be open unto you. The Truth will not only set you free, It will make you happy. It will help you pass the final test. We are being tested. You may not find that word in your bible.
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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 Search for Truth
A “love of truth seeks a holy leisure“, a Thomas quote of Augustine. Few have the time to devote to pure research and those who do need to share what they have learned. The internet makes this possible. Knowledge shall be increased. Search engines allow others to find what has been discovered.
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A Beast With Seven Heads
A dynasty. Rome had seven. Islam had ten. A thousand year Christian empire started with the fifth dynasty of Rome and ended with the tenth dynasty of Islam. Saladin fits the little horn. The “ten horns” ties the fourth beast of Daniel to the second beast of the Apocalypse. There are many other parts that fit.
A Problem with the Churches
A strange commentary by Victorinus. He mentions the churches Paul wrote to but not the ones John wrote to. This is hard to believe but it would be consistent with both Eusebius and Victorinus looking at the Apocalypse John the Baptist wrote and that would not include the seven churches.
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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 Holy Place
A daily sacrifice taken away. So what is in the holy place now preventing the third temple? The abomination of desolation. The Dome of the Rock. Placed by the fourth beast of Daniel. Islam. Rome, the third beast, destroyed the second temple.
A First Coming
A kingdom at hand. The time was near. John the Baptist knew the Lamb, a word used 27 times in the Apocalypse. He wrote the first one. Later John the apostle added Jesus and the seven churches. He knew about the followers of John the Baptist in Ephesus. There must be a third John.
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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.
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