A Third John
A place called Patmos. This is all we know. Everything else is speculation or interpretation. Is yours better than the others? Is your bible better than the others? Do they have anything in common? Numbers. Somehow they get the numbers right. We also have logic and reason to make sense of them.
A Bible
A version of each translation. Before the printer, no two bibles were alike. Now no two translations are alike. And there are way too many. About 60 English translations. Each translation has more than one version. So the “Word of God” is subject to translations, revisions, and interpretation. For the most part they agree on numbers.
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A Connection With History
A prophecy fulfilled in history connected with numbers. Bible translations, versions, and interpretations vary considerably but somehow agree on numbers and colors so they can be reliably used to connect prophecy with history. Historians don’t always agree on numbers but they do get close enough.
A speculation on the Apocalypse. J. Massyngberde Ford may have been the first to suggest John the Baptist wrote the first version of the Apocalypse. Others had already suggested multiple writers. “Studies in the Apocalypse” by R. H. Charles suggests it was first written in Hebrew and later translated into Greek.
A Word to the Wise
A final chapter. These sayings are faithful and true. The translators not so much. They couldn’t agree so we have 60 different English translations with many more revisions. Lord, to whom shall we go? Good question Peter. Not everyone has been properly inspired so some of us must rely on numbers and maybe colors. This is where the translators actually agree.
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A Prophecy
A number to connect them. You can trust numbers. Interpretation not so much. We have way too many bible versions because translators can’t agree on the Word of God. Somehow they all agree on the numbers. Use them and history to confirm the fulfillment of prophecy.
A Version of God’s Word
A searchable bible. That’s the good news. The bad news is we can’t agree on which version to use. We have 60 different translations just for the English language. The differences too often are significant. Is there anything we can agree on? Yes. Numbers and colors. A way to tie history to prophecy.
A Bible
a different interpretation. Would you believe 60 different English interpretations? They can’t agree on the Word of God. Who or what can you trust? Numbers? Numbers in the bible somehow survived all the translations. All the versions. All the interpretations. Numbers can help us connect history to the prophecies.
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A Guess
based on what? What would be a literal interpretation? Have you looked at all 59 English translations? Few have. Most know they don’t agree so a literal interpretation is limited to a particular version. You can’t trust the translators or anyone’s interpretation. What can you trust? Numbers.
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