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"Belief" has got nuthin' to do with it, it's a simple matter of accomplished fact.

When did a third of the ships at sea sink?

Substantial portions of Revelation were fulfilled in 70AD.

Substantial portions? If you really believed God's word, you'd believe it all passed. 70 AD may have been a type, there have been mant through history, but the prophesies of Revelation have not passed.

An important point to remember is that most of the references to "the Earth" in Revelation are not Kosmos (the "world" or universe) but rather Ge (the LAND). Thus, if you wat to read Revelation the way that John wrote it (regardless of the English translations), it is generally appropriate to read Revelations as concerning judgments upon THE LAND -- of Israel.

That could be. But when were the elect delivered before the antiChrist and awed the world with their teachings? Revelation says the kingdoms of the earth will be no more. After 70 AD there were many kingdoms that ruled the earth and even the land of Jerusalem if you want to push the locality argument.

Not "the world". THE LAND of Israel. Some examples...

I agree "erets" can be as small as a field.

I could go on like this for hours....

No point in cutting and pasting longwinded articles, I don't read it, I just delete it. No need to go on for hours, answer the kingdom question and and the ships at sea question and the elect question, then we'll go from there.

But when were the elect delivered before the antiChrist and awed the world with their teachings?

The AntiChrist would have been the Roman Emporer who instigated the persecution of the Christians if Revelations is any sort of prophecy. Furthermore, it does seem quite amazing to me that Rome would finally become a Christian nation after having so persecuted the Christians. Amazing coincidence that Revelations describes a great tribulation for the Christians only to have Christ finally win the battle and destroy the "Beast."

I don't read it,

So you enjoy your ignorance. If I were you I wouldn't admit you are so averse to at least examining what others have to say and then continue to want to engage in discussion. Such proves that you are a waste of time. Your mind is shut tighter than a drum.

When did a third of the ships at sea sink?

The account of the sea disaster is a matter of record, especially as told by Josephus. He reports that after the Jewish defenders were defeated in the northern part of Palestine, they took to the sea. Some small battles were fought on the sea of Galilee but vicious battles were fought on the shores of the Great Sea and Vespasian drove them into the sea. There they were overtaken by monstrous storms that caused them to have many wrecks.

Now as those people of Joppa were floating about in this sea, in the morning there fell a violent wind upon them; it is called by those that sail there "the black north wind," and there dashed their ships one against another, and dashed some of them against the rocks, and carried many of them by force, while they strove against the opposite waves, into the main sea; for the shore was so rocky, and had so many of the enemy upon it, that they were afraid to come to land; nay, the waves rose so very high, that they drowned them; nor was there any place whither they could fly, nor any way to save themselves; while they were thrust out of the sea, by the violence of the wind, if they staid where they were, and out of the city by the violence of the Romans. And much lamentation there was when the ships were dashed against one another, and a terrible noise when they were broken to pieces; and some of the multitude that were in them were covered with waves, and so perished, and a great many were embarrassed with shipwrecks. But some of them thought that to die by their own swords was lighter than by the sea, and so they killed themselves before they were drowned; although the greatest part of them were carried by the waves, and dashed to pieces against the abrupt parts of the rocks, insomuch that the sea was bloody a long way, and the maritime parts were full of dead bodies.... (Flavius Josephus, THE JEWISH WAR)

Substantial portions? If you really believed God's word, you'd believe it all passed. 70 AD may have been a type, there have been mant through history, but the prophesies of Revelation have not passed.

No, we are currently in the first part of Revelation 20 ("the Kingdom is in your midst"), and the latter parts of Rev.20, plus Revelation 21 and 22, are yet to come.

But Revelation chapters 1 through 19 are, for the most part, fulfilled.