A Great City
A capital of an empire that lasted a thousand years. Constantinople is Babylon the Great. The Byzantine Empire lasted a thousand years and its capital was Constantinople. At the start there were the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire. At the end there was the tenth dynasty of Islam. All the pieces fit.
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A Storm and Thunder
A Russian astronomer claimed John Chrysostom wrote the Apocalypse in 395 based on astronomy. This John was in Ephesus at the beginning of 401. He could have said, “there are seven kings: five are fallen.” At the time, five of the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire had fallen. Really.
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A Dynasty
A suggestion that “the heads are seven successive dynasties” can be found in Sir Isaac Newton’s Daniel and the Apocalypse. The seven dynasties of the Roman Empire are listed here. The ten dynasties of Islam are listed here. Both are a fit with history. The Byzantine Empire started with the fifth dynasty of Rome and ended with the tenth dynasty of Islam.
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A Prophecy
A number to connect them. Can’t trust anyone’s interpretation. Only numbers and history can confirm the fulfillment of prophecy. There are 60 different English translations of the bible but they all agree on numbers like a thousand years. They also agree on “ten horns” and “seven heads”. Numbers and history won’t mislead you like interpretation.
A Fit with Numbers
a thousand year empire starting with the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire and ending with the tenth dynasty of Islam. The first beast, Rome, whose deadly wound was healed was replaced by the second beast Islam. The Byzantine Empire fits with all the numbers you can trust. You can’t trust interpretation.
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A Beast
a horn that will hate the whore. Constantinople fell to the tenth dynasty of Islam. Ten is just a number but it fits. So does seven. Rome had seven dynasties. Rome and Islam are the two beasts of the Apocalypse and the last two beasts of Daniel. Not proof but you can’t ignore the numbers that fit.
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A Horn
a dynasty. A premise. Seven a key word in chapter 17 counting angels, vials, heads, mountains, and kings. Good luck counting kings. Historians count dynasties and Rome had seven. It also had seven hills along with Constantinople, the New Rome. Lots to consider here. Just check the numbers.
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A Fourth Beast of Daniel
a second beast of the Apocalypse. The “ten horns” tell us that. Is the third beast of Daniel the first beast of the Apocalypse? Let’s see if it fits. Babylon, Greece, Rome, and Islam were all problems for the temple. Rome and Islam were problems for the Christians. So far a fit. Just need to identify the seven heads and ten horns to be sure.
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A Whore
a hatred thereof. The Ottaman Empire, the tenth dynasty of Islam, ended the Byzantine Empire by attacking Constantinople where they reigned with Christ a thousand years. It started with the fifth of the seven dynasties of the Roman Empire. Check the numbers: a thousand, 666, ten, seven, and five. Numbers can verify your interpretation.
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A Beginning of an Empire
a tenth dynasty ended it. Constantine started the fifth dynasty of the Roman Empire. Constantinople fell to the tenth dynasty of Islam. The Roman Empire had seven dynasties. The beast had seven heads and ten horns. Here are three numbers; 1000, 10, and seven that tie history to prophecy. There are more like 666.
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