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HOW ALEXANDER THE GREATS CONQUEST DOES NOT FIT INTO DANIEL 8

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The scriptures below mark the point in time the Antichrist breaks the peace treaty, captures Jerusalem, he and the False Prophet set up the abomination of desolation, the mark of the beast is implemented, the two witnesses begin protecting the Christians in Israel and those in Israel who believe in Jesus during that time period, this is when the Antichrist's real intentions are revealed, which causes infighting among those who followed him in the beginning and turn on him when they realize what he is really up to, which marks and constintutes the great tribulation period. These events occur about 3 1/2 years after the Antichrist emerges on the scene, puts Israel on the back burner through a phony peace treaty between many nations on Israel and he becomes the leader of and uses the authority he wields to lead the growing Progressive, Darwinian Atheist cult, Communist, anti-Christian conquest against the Christians throughout the world. The 2300 days are the total number of days the Antichrist is on the scene, which begins about 3 1/2 years before this point in time in the Book of the Revelation. The fifth trumpet occurs well after the 2300 days begins.
Rev. 6:12 And I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. 14 And the sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; 16 and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; 17 for the great day of their wrath has come; and who is able to stand?”
Leviticus 26:
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

There are 2 sevenfold punishments: the 7 Trumpets & 7 bowls of wrath.

the 1st abomination results in the 7 Trumpets: this is related to the Dan 7 Leopard being given dominion. The 'locusts' of the 5th Trumpet are the people of the prince to come destroying the city & sanctuary. The 'locusts' of Joel are selling Israel to the Greeks: Joel 3:6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.

The 6th Trumpet at Rev 9:13-21 for all intents and purposes will look like Rev 13, living image, and the end of the world. Due to how this is timed, we can know that this is when the Pope will be revealed as the false prophet - to the Leopard king. This time frame will not last longer than a year, a month, a day. This is strictly speaking the time of the great tribulation that gets cut short (but it also gets cut short at the 7th Trumpet too).

When the mighty angel/ ruler of Tyre swears the oath to heaven, confirming the covenant, this is the start of the Daniel 7 4th beast kingdom.

When this covenant is broken after 1260 days, at the 7th Trumpet, this causes the 7 bowls of wrath. This is the real Rev 13 material. The 42 months here is cut short to 70 weeks.

150 + 396.25 + 1260 + 3.5 + 490 days (70 weeks) = 2299.75 days/ 2300 days.

Again, the 6th Seal is where the abomination occurs, then 1 month later (Zechariah 11:8), at the Feast of Tabernacles is the start of the Trumpets as punishment for worshipping the Leopard king of Daniel 7:6.

Why is Israel worshipping the Leopard king? The Leopard king just defeated the Bear (Russia/ Iran). Israel thinks that this the defeat of Gog and now they have the messiah.

The 2nd set of 7 punishments (the 7 bowls of wrath) is due to worshipping the Dan 7 Little Horn at the 7th Trumpet.
 
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Jesus said the sins of some precede them, of which you are an example.
I'll let God be the judge of that. But it is not a sin to warn you that you should test your "visions" by the word of God. You really need to do that because I'm seeing all kinds of flaws in your "prophecies" and prophetic interpretations.

It would be more safe for you if you just threw your thoughts out there tentatively, as opposed to saying "God did this," or "God showed me that." We need to be careful not to use "God" in vain, or use His name in a reckless, loveless fashion.

Your loveless ways towards me betrays you as misrepresentative of God's love and truth. My interest here is to preserve my right to question your biblical interpretations without being attacked. The Bereans were commended for testing all biblical claims against the Scriptures personally.
 
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What proof do you have that the mighty angel is a good angel? None. What is the mighty angel doing? Swearing an oath to heaven. How do you make a covenant with God? You swear an oath to heaven.
tranquil, you asked a question. So allow me to answer.

The angel is a good angel because of what he says....

6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.


The angel is making a declaration on behalf of Jesus who created all things - that in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, the mystery of God should be finished as he had declared to his servants the prophets. The angel is not making a covenant, he is making a strong statement, solemnly declaring by the name of Jesus.
 
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Leviticus 26:
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

There are 2 sevenfold punishments: the 7 Trumpets & 7 bowls of wrath.

the 1st abomination results in the 7 Trumpets: this is related to the Dan 7 Leopard being given dominion. The 'locusts' of the 5th Trumpet are the people of the prince to come destroying the city & sanctuary. The 'locusts' of Joel are selling Israel to the Greeks: Joel 3:6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.

The 6th Trumpet at Rev 9:13-21 for all intents and purposes will look like Rev 13, living image, and the end of the world. Due to how this is timed, we can know that this is when the Pope will be revealed as the false prophet - to the Leopard king. This time frame will not last longer than a year, a month, a day. This is strictly speaking the time of the great tribulation that gets cut short (but it also gets cut short at the 7th Trumpet too).

When the mighty angel/ ruler of Tyre swears the oath to heaven, confirming the covenant, this is the start of the Daniel 7 4th beast kingdom.

When this covenant is broken after 1260 days, at the 7th Trumpet, this causes the 7 bowls of wrath. This is the real Rev 13 material. The 42 months here is cut short to 70 weeks.

150 + 396.25 + 1260 + 3.5 + 490 days (70 weeks) = 2299.75 days/ 2300 days.

Again, the 6th Seal is where the abomination occurs, then 1 month later (Zechariah 11:8), at the Feast of Tabernacles is the start of the Trumpets as punishment for worshipping the Leopard king of Daniel 7:6.

Why is Israel worshipping the Leopard king? The Leopard king just defeated the Bear (Russia/ Iran). Israel thinks that this the defeat of Gog and now they have the messiah.

The 2nd set of 7 punishments (the 7 bowls of wrath) is due to worshipping the Dan 7 Little Horn at the 7th Trumpet.
The idea that a Pope fulfills the False Prophet contradicts the dreams believers have seen about the Pope during the time of the Antichrist.

THE BEAST STRIKES
Dumitru Duduman
January 21, 1995

(Brother Duduman was in Romania at this time) I fell asleep sometime around midnight. About 2:00 a.m. I heard a loud voice saying to me "Dumitru! Wake up! I must show you something!" Even though I was ill, I jumped to my feet, without realizing that I was awake. Then I realized I wasn't even in Romania. I saw myself in America.
A powerful voice spoke sternly to me, "Why have you become discouraged? Why did you try to question God, thinking in your heart that I have left you? Why do you keep so much sadness in your heart, and such a great mourning because I took your wife? Why have you allowed yourself to become discouraged so that you will no longer be able to work for me as you have until now? This is why I have come to you, to show you a revelation, which you must tell the American people."
The voice boomed at me, telling me to look to my right. I was awake - not sleeping. I was standing, and I turned my head as ordered. When I looked, I saw that there was a great flock of black birds, with very sharp, large beaks. Out of the beaks came a blinding light, which you could barely look at. From their tails I saw flames of fire shooting out. I became very frightened. I rubbed my eyes, thinking I was asleep and dreaming. But I was neither sleeping nor dreaming.
This flock of birds suddenly turned into airplanes that did not make any noise. American airplanes would go up, trying to attack. But as they would draw close, they would fall to the earth in a blaze of fire.
Once again, I heard the voice, but I could not see who was speaking to me. The voice said, "Look higher than the black planes." When I looked, above the planes, I saw a helicopter which hovered above them. On the side of the helicopter there was a plank, like on a ship, where soldiers were lined up, dressed in black, all armed the same, and of about the same size. From the center of the helicopter, a platform began to raise up. It rose higher than the helicopter itself.
On the platform was a throne. The Pope was on the throne, yelling with a loud voice, "I have been given the power to rule the earth and to fight against the Protestants, that I may overtake them."
As I watched him with terror and fear - because he was surrounded by a powerful force which was formed by planes and personnel - suddenly a white cloud appeared and covered them, so I could no longer see anything. Out of the midst of the white cloud came a man dressed in shining clothes, wearing a shiny crown on his head. He spoke to me. His voice sounded like thunder. When I heard his voice, I fell to the ground.
He said, "Remember everything you've heard, everything you've seen, and everything you will hear. Tell my people, because once again I want to work with you more than I have until now. The armies, and the planes that you saw, and the Beast that sat upon the helicopter - these are the catholic powers which will overtake the holy, that the words prophesied in Revelation may come to pass. A majority of my people will be overtaken and trampled because their lives are not clean before their Lord. Tell this message to them! Do not be quiet! For if you are quiet, I will punish you! The churches are fraudulent (counterfeit, fake). They live a life as their hearts desire, with their hands stained in blood - in adultery, in sodomy, and worshiping strange and foreign gods. Because they have forsaken the true God, He has allowed them to go as their hearts desired. Now, tell them! Cry out loud! Tell them to stop treading the path their hearts desire - to repent with all their hearts, that in the day of the Beast's anger I may be able to save them, so they would not deny me. The time is very short, and the army of their salvation is already prepared."
Again, He spoke to me, "Look to your right." When I looked, I saw such a vast army that my eyes could not encompass it. "This is the army I have prepared to save my people from the Beast's grasp. Do not forget to tell them the words that I have told you. I will give you a spirit of remembrance." The voice continued speaking to me, "I will come and bring you more revelations about the times of the end."
Then again, I heard a thunder. Then the white cloud and the being disappeared. I was so terrified that I was unable to sleep the rest of the night.
 
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I'll let God be the judge of that. But it is not a sin to warn you that you should test your "visions" by the word of God. You really need to do that because I'm seeing all kinds of flaws in your "prophecies" and prophetic interpretations.

It would be more safe for you if you just threw your thoughts out there tentatively, as opposed to saying "God did this," or "God showed me that." We need to be careful not to use "God" in vain, or use His name in a reckless, loveless fashion.

Your loveless ways towards me betrays you as misrepresentative of God's love and truth. My interest here is to preserve my right to question your biblical interpretations without being attacked. The Bereans were commended for testing all biblical claims against the Scriptures personally.
The demons have one job and that is to keep you from the scriptures. That is why you would rather stay out here in la la nothing of substance land, pretending to be what you are the opposite of being.
 
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Jesus revealed to me that the 7 week period of the 70 weeks began after WWI when the Jews were officially allowed to return to Israel, which ended in 1939 when the White Paper was issued. The 62 weeks began after WWII when the Jews were officially allowed to return to their homeland. We are presently in the longer 62 week period. The 70th week begins when the Antichrist emerges on the scene and ends when Jesus begins reigning from Jerusalem for a 1000 years.
The Jews re-established Israel in May 14, 1948. So, using your basis that the 62 weeks began around that time....

1948 + 62 weeks (x 7 years/week)

1948 + 434 years = year 2382

Is that what you are concluding - that the Antichrist's confirmation of the covenant for 7 years is over 300 years future of us ?
 
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The Jews re-established Israel in May 14, 1948. So, using your basis that the 62 weeks began around that time....

1948 + 62 weeks (x 7 years/week)

1948 + 434 years = year 2382

Is that what you are concluding - that the Antichrist's confirmation of the covenant for 7 years is over 300 years future of us ?
The numbers you applied do not fit the scriptures. Jesus divided the 70 weeks into the 7 weeks, 62 weeks and the 70th week to let everyone know that the restoration will begin with a short period, then a longer period, followed by the final the week of the Antichrist. Jesus also correlated the restoration of Israel in the end times with the restoration of Israel after the 70 years of captivity in Babylon. After the 70 years of captivity in Babylon the Jews began returning and after a short period they were stopped. The restoration was resumed shortly afterwards. Jesus also incorporated the restoration of Israel in the end times in His instructions to Moses at Mt Horeb.
70 Elders Dan 9.24 2.jpg

The depth and simplicity of prophecy is magnificent.
 
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I'll let God be the judge of that. But it is not a sin to warn you that you should test your "visions" by the word of God. You really need to do that because I'm seeing all kinds of flaws in your "prophecies" and prophetic interpretations.

It would be more safe for you if you just threw your thoughts out there tentatively, as opposed to saying "God did this," or "God showed me that." We need to be careful not to use "God" in vain, or use His name in a reckless, loveless fashion.

Your loveless ways towards me betrays you as misrepresentative of God's love and truth. My interest here is to preserve my right to question your biblical interpretations without being attacked. The Bereans were commended for testing all biblical claims against the Scriptures personally.
You misrepresent yourself and one thing you never do is cite scriptures that make your point and that is because there are no scriptures that include your points. Jesus will deal with you in the way He laid out in the scriptures. According to Dan 12:10 you will either be refined or purged.
Dan. 12:10 “ Many will be purged, purified and refined; but the wicked will act wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.
If you turn out to be one those believers who are participating in the Woke Progressive sins the scriptures foretell you will receive their plagues.
Rev. 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “ Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate in her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues;
If you turn out to be one of those who say Jesus isn't coming for a long time at the time the one and only resurrection takes you will be left behind unchanged in the resurrection to receive the number of lashes from the unsaved you are allotted; and then you will be killed by the unsaved, put on the incorruptible state, and join the rest of us who will already be at the wedding feast.
Luke 12:42 And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time? 43 “Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. 44 “Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 45 “But if that slave says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk; 46 the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers. 47 “And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,
 
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The numbers you applied do not fit the scriptures.
James, those are your numbers.

You wrote...

"The 62 weeks began after WWII when the Jews were officially allowed to return to their homeland. We are presently in the longer 62 week period."

The Jews re-established Israel as a nation again in their homeland in May 14, 1948.

Since you wrote - "we are presently in the longer 62 week period" - you must take each week to be a 7 year period. So 62 x 7 = 434 years.

1948 +434 years = the year 2382. That is over 300 years into the future, James - when your numbers say that the Antichrist will confirm the covenant.
 
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Since you wrote - "we are presently in the longer 62 week period" - you must take each week to be a 7 year period. So 62 x 7 = 434 years.

1948 +434 years = the year 2382. That is over 300 years into the future, James - when your numbers say that the Antichrist will confirm the covenant.
There is no scripture that authorizes this calculation.This was started by academia in ChristIanity in order to butcher Dan 9 and make it into a prophecy about the crucifixion of Jesus.
 
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Alexander great is irrelevant. Daniel chapter 8 , the four horns align with zechariah chapter 1, the four hidden dynasties. It's education, economics, political and religion. This Grecia of 8:21. Is the beast system of revelation chapter 13. It's one world political system. This is happening in our generation, the last generation. Satan as antichrist will come 6th trump. 8:23, that king of fierce countenance is satan. Satan as antichrist will lead one world religious system. It's 5 month period, revelation chapter 9. The four horns are brainwashing people and kids. To accept the coming one world religious system. Get the picture. When God is driven out of schools, courts, we have a disaster . The fierce king, who is satan, will lead one world religious system near future. Ephesians chapter 6, those who have gospel armory on will not be deceived by antichrist lies and deception. Those who lack knowledge are defenseless against antichrist.
 
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Satan as antichrist will come 6th trump. 8:23, that king of fierce countenance is satan. Satan as antichrist will lead one world religious system.
Rev 13:8 tells us the Antichrist is a man, which should have caused you to not think he is the Devil.
Rev 13:8 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.
The other ideas you posted cannot be made through the scriptures, which is why you didn't post any scriptures.
 
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Rev 13:8 tells us the Antichrist is a man, which should have caused you to not think he is the Devil.
God did not say that!

Rev 13:4-9
(4) And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
(5) And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
(6) And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
(7) And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
(8) And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
(9) If any man have an ear, let him hear.

The phrase, "if any man have an ear, let him hear", this is a call for spiritual discernment. You can't go around and say, "oh that "he" or "him" must be a man called antichrist where people worship him. You need to find out what God's defination of the beast first. The beast is the body of Satan. Antichrists. Not one supernatural man as you dream of!

It is about worshipping Satan, not man. All people from the foundation of the world worship "him" which is obviously Satan who works through men.
 
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Alexander great is irrelevant. Daniel chapter 8 , the four horns align with zechariah chapter 1, the four hidden dynasties. It's education, economics, political and religion. This Grecia of 8:21. Is the beast system of revelation chapter 13. It's one world political system. This is happening in our generation, the last generation. Satan as antichrist will come 6th trump. 8:23, that king of fierce countenance is satan. Satan as antichrist will lead one world religious system. It's 5 month period, revelation chapter 9. The four horns are brainwashing people and kids. To accept the coming one world religious system. Get the picture. When God is driven out of schools, courts, we have a disaster . The fierce king, who is satan, will lead one world religious system near future. Ephesians chapter 6, those who have gospel armory on will not be deceived by antichrist lies and deception. Those who lack knowledge are defenseless against antichrist.
If you read my post on Dan 8 you will see that your view does not fit the descriptions of the events in this chapter. Rev. 13 is about the Antichrist led fourth beast and the False Prophet that joins him.
 
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God did say the Antichrist is a man. Rev 13:8 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

Revelation 13:18
  • "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."
By this examination of the original copy, we know that this verse actually says, the number 666 is the number of man, and not the number of "A" man as it has been translated. There is NO ARTICLE 'a' there, just as there is none in any other verse with the exact same construction. For example:

Romans 2:9
  • "Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of Man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;"

Or again, as we see demonstrated in Corinthians:

1st Corinthians 2:9
  • "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart Of Man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

There is no article 'a' there, just as there is none in Revelation chapter 13. Or again, as seen in such contexts as Revelation chapter one:

Revelation 1:13
  • "And in the midst of the seven candlesticks, one like unto the Son Of Man..."
Not the "Son of a man", but the Son of Man. But I digress. I simply want to demonstrate that we know this "because" we have the actual original "copies" of the originals. Without them, one might surmise that God was talking about the number of a "particular" Man, rather than the number of man (Mankind). We know this because not one jot or title of God's word has been lost!

So again...

Scripture plainly says, "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of man" (Revelation 13:18). Please note though the transliteration in most Bibles might say "number of a man," that is NOT what the Scripture actually says. The original reads the number of man, and no legitimate Bible scholar will deny that since there is no article "a" in the original manuscripts. It actually reads, "Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast, for it is the number of man." And of course, this agrees seamlessly with this imagery of the Beast being the kingdom of unsaved man. Just as those who are servants of God receive the seal, mark or name of God Spiritually written on them, those who are servants of Satan receive his mark. We don't read that we have the name of "a" god written upon us, and it shouldn't. It should be the same for it is the number of man, not of "a man." When we read we are the children of God, the text is the same Greek construction. There shouldn't be "children of a God".

Or again, look to Revelation chapter 12.

Revelation 12:3
  • "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads."
This Dragon is obviously Satan, and note we see the same attributes as the Beast. And again, we see Satan is represented with 7 heads and 10 horns exactly as the beast was. This episode of the Dragon with 7 heads and 10 horns in Revelation chapter 12 starts taking place before Christ (the man child) was even born and continues to after his death and resurrection. And so we can say unequivocally we understand that this beast with 7 heads and 10 horns represents the Kingdom of Satan as it exists throughout time and is not 7 individual physical kings on earth.For example, beast represents Satan and his carnal messengers who fight against Christ and His messengers, and he and his horns and heads have been around since before the first advent of Christ. Our understanding of this has to be based on comparing God's words with God's words and not on man's fancies of individual earthly kingdoms or one man. As Joseph rhetorically asked, "do not interpretations belong to God?" Indeed they do. Not yours.
 
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Revelation 13:18
  • "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."
By this examination of the original copy, we know that this verse actually says, the number 666 is the number of man, and not the number of "A" man as it has been translated. There is NO ARTICLE 'a' there, just as there is none in any other verse with the exact same construction. For example:

Romans 2:9
  • "Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of Man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;"

Or again, as we see demonstrated in Corinthians:

1st Corinthians 2:9
  • "But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart Of Man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

There is no article 'a' there, just as there is none in Revelation chapter 13. Or again, as seen in such contexts as Revelation chapter one:

Revelation 1:13
  • "And in the midst of the seven candlesticks, one like unto the Son Of Man..."
Not the "Son of a man", but the Son of Man. But I digress. I simply want to demonstrate that we know this "because" we have the actual original "copies" of the originals. Without them, one might surmise that God was talking about the number of a "particular" Man, rather than the number of man (Mankind). We know this because not one jot or title of God's word has been lost!

So again...

Scripture plainly says, "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of man" (Revelation 13:18). Please note though the transliteration in most Bibles might say "number of a man," that is NOT what the Scripture actually says. The original reads the number of man, and no legitimate Bible scholar will deny that since there is no article "a" in the original manuscripts. It actually reads, "Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast, for it is the number of man." And of course, this agrees seamlessly with this imagery of the Beast being the kingdom of unsaved man. Just as those who are servants of God receive the seal, mark or name of God Spiritually written on them, those who are servants of Satan receive his mark. We don't read that we have the name of "a" god written upon us, and it shouldn't. It should be the same for it is the number of man, not of "a man." When we read we are the children of God, the text is the same Greek construction. There shouldn't be "children of a God".

Or again, look to Revelation chapter 12.

Revelation 12:3
  • "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads."
This Dragon is obviously Satan, and note we see the same attributes as the Beast. And again, we see Satan is represented with 7 heads and 10 horns exactly as the beast was. This episode of the Dragon with 7 heads and 10 horns in Revelation chapter 12 starts taking place before Christ (the man child) was even born and continues to after his death and resurrection. And so we can say unequivocally we understand that this beast with 7 heads and 10 horns represents the Kingdom of Satan as it exists throughout time and is not 7 individual physical kings on earth.For example, beast represents Satan and his carnal messengers who fight against Christ and His messengers, and he and his horns and heads have been around since before the first advent of Christ. Our understanding of this has to be based on comparing God's words with God's words and not on man's fancies of individual earthly kingdoms or one man. As Joseph rhetorically asked, "do not interpretations belong to God?" Indeed they do. Not yours.
Number of man? Not sure what you mean.

1 John 2: 18-19 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

From that we see that antichrist will be a fake Christian and from Revelation chapter 7 you will see that t
great tribulation will be on believers. The great tribulation in the gospels is on the Jews because they murdered their Messiah.

I have met people who say they don't believe the church will go through tribulation. What world are they living in?

There will be no tribulation that is worse than those
 
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