Posted by Baron Greenback [12.253.230.83 - 12-253-230-83.client.attbi.com] on 26 July 2002 at 02.25.27 ZuluTime:
In Reply to: Strictly biblically speaking... posted by Baron Greenback on 26 July 2002 at 02.04.53 ZuluTime:
The horseman's army is 200,000. The third army was that of the beast, and while it is described as innumerable, the exact amount of damage the army of the beast does, in combat, is 1,600 furlongs (a furlong is a unit usually used for horse races, equivelant to 1/8 of a mile), over 260 days, so it could be estimated that the army consists of at least 200,000 (as they are reputed to be larger than the army of the horsemen), but not much more so, as the damage done was extremely minute (even if we do assume that the bible meant 1,600 furlongs squared, it's still an area about the size of New York) (Again, no conspiracy theories). A good estimate would be 400,000; however, going with the reference to 1/3 26 times in the book of revelations alone, we'll go ahead and say 600,000. Just trying to be accurate.