Thief in the Night
by
William Sears
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[Third believers Cutoff]
This prophecy.. foretells that from the slaying (or cutting off) of one-third of men (from the truth) there would be prepared: (24:2)

"...an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year." (Rev 9:15) (24:3) see

When this time had elapsed, the Messiah would come; Christ would return. (24:4)

In 1453 the capital of the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church fell to non-Christians, and students of prophecy took this to be symbolic fulfilment of the one-third being cut off.... (24:5)

In prophetic measure.. a year would be 360 days, a month 30 days, and a day 1 day. The hour was discounted. This gave.. 391 days.. (24:7)

Constantinople fell in 1453.. 1453+391 equals 1844! (25:1)

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