A River Runs Through It
A city with “many waters” needs more than a river. It needs merchants who need a place to park their boats. Rome was not a mystery and the Tiber river is no place to park your boat. Constantinople was and is a mystery and likely to remain so. She didn’t have seven hills until Theodosius II extended her walls in the fifth century to include a seventh hill.
A Fit With Daniel
A connection with “ten horns”. John knows Daniel who knows beasts. The beasts of John are the last two beasts of Daniel. All four beasts of Daniel had something to do with the Temple. Babylon destroyed the first one. Greece desecrated the second. Rome destroyed the second. Islam is preventing the third.
A Dynasty
A number that fits with history. Good luck with counting kings. Way too many. Dynasties not so much. Most historians get exactly seven. Most agree the Roman Empire was a beast of Daniel but aren’t aware that it had seven dynasties nor are they aware of ten dynasties to go with the “ten horns” of Daniel.
A Sixth Dynasty
A time when “five are fallen” and the “Valentinianic dynasty” was the sixth dynasty of Rome, Chrysostom was in Ephesus. Whether or not you can count dynasties or kings of the Roman Empire, you can agree it was a beast, one of the four beasts of Daniel. Seven dynasties have been clearly identified by historians.
A Dynasty
A beast. What makes a beast? The temple. Don’t mess with the temple. Daniel’s beasts did. Babylon destroyed the first temple. Greece desecrated the second. Rome destroyed the second. Islam is preventing the third. Enter the Dome of the Rock. What is now in the holy place spoken of by Jesus?
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A Temple
A beast of Daniel. Something to do with the Temple. Babylon destroyed the first Temple. Greece desecrated the second Temple which was destroyed by Rome. Islam is preventing the third Temple with the Dome of the Rock. This is what makes a beast a beast of Daniel.
A Common Trait
A distinctive difference. “Ten horns” connects the beasts of John and Daniel. John has it, not he, with “two horns like a lamb”. This beast is a religion. All four beasts of Daniel had something to do with the temple. Babylon, Greece, Rome, and Islam. Daniel has the clues to identify the beasts of John.
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 New Jerusalem
A city coming down from God with a river running through it. The walls have twelve gates. Rome has it all. Rome is the New Jerusalem. The center for Christianity just as Jerusalem is the center for Jews. See the map. The walls with twelve gates and a river running through it. Three gates is each direction.
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A Fund Raiser
like Marcial Marcel. See a Scandal at the Vatican. Also like Bernardin and McCarrick. The great fund raisers of the Church. That was not all they had in common. They weren’t just clerics. Money makes the world go round. It also goes to Rome. Follow it.
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