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Is forced vaccination related to the mark of the beast?

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What loses me is when you have to purchase something put together by one of these pastors.
To me that is "Scripture plus".

He says if the purchase isn't made you will NEVER understand Bible prophecy.

The Bible is sufficient if it wasnt, God would have added more.
Consider that probably about everyone on earth knows something about the mark of the beast. I don’t think anyone wants that regardless. I believe that it’s spiritual and that you must be born again and sealed in The Holy Spirit.
 
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I knew preterism was false before I came here and give LittleLamb a hard time. So no I did not "agree" with you. I knew it.



So what? The lamb is a 'he' too. We, believers, are part of his body.

Hebrews 10:10
By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the BODY of Jesus Christ once for all.

The second beast is a body of unsaved people professed to be Christians. I can see that you have not yet explained the two horns upon the beast like a lamb means to you. It is not talking about one man like you believe. They thought they are christians but are not because they buy and sell the doctrines that come out of the dragon's mouth.



Verse and context, please. Do you even know what you are talking about?



So you "admit" that it started out as little symbolism but insisted it has become literal? Funny!



Again, the BODY of the beast makes up of people who have been deceived. Not a single man or a single country.



Big mistake. The Messiah the PRINCE, according to context is Jesus Christ. Period. Not evil prince and "man of sin"



Says a man who have not yet refuted my position with Scripture. You remained refuted.
I knew preterism was false before I came here and give LittleLamb a hard time. So no I did not "agree" with you. I knew it.



So what? The lamb is a 'he' too. We, believers, are part of his body.

Hebrews 10:10
By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the BODY of Jesus Christ once for all.

The second beast is a body of unsaved people professed to be Christians. I can see that you have not yet explained the two horns upon the beast like a lamb means to you. It is not talking about one man like you believe. They thought they are christians but are not because they buy and sell the doctrines that come out of the dragon's mouth.



Verse and context, please. Do you even know what you are talking about?



So you "admit" that it started out as little symbolism but insisted it has become literal? Funny!



Again, the BODY of the beast makes up of people who have been deceived. Not a single man or a single country.



Big mistake. The Messiah the PRINCE, according to context is Jesus Christ. Period. Not evil prince and "man of sin"



Says a man who have not yet refuted my position with Scripture. You remained refuted.

A non-preterist still using pret hooey-reducing literal Scripture to symbolic status.

Lemme make this as succint as possible: I DON'T BELIEVE YOUR EXPLANATIONS about the beasts or the prince. They're man-made & not according to Scripture. I posted some Scriptures, which you refuse to take literally as possible, which is an error.
 
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Patents on the COVID virus?

Why did the CDC obtain patents on COVID viruses, and why was research done in the U.S. on making these viruses more contagious, and why was that research later moved to the Wuhan lab in China?



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Consider that probably about everyone on earth knows something about the mark of the beast. I don’t think anyone wants that regardless. I believe that it’s spiritual and that you must be born again and sealed in The Holy Spirit.

I'm not being difficult but I don't understand what your post means in reply to my post about that pastor.
 
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Can governments force you to be vaccinated?

Can they also force you to take a digital tattoo to prove you have been vaccinated?

The following is a debate between Robert Kennedy Jr., who is the son of JFKs brother, and attorney Alan Dershowitz, who recently defended the president against impeachment.

Deshowitz has said the government has a right to hold you down, and plunge a needle into your arm. He is one of the president's lawyers.



Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 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.

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It's an interesting question, because many proponents of vaccination seem to worship it, or at least the government/medical/pharmaceutical industrial complex as some sort of god.

While Christians know that Jesus saves and have no need to fear death, vaccine proponents seem to have some religious desire to vaccinate not only themselves but everyone else, whether those others want it or not, irrespective of the true science (i.e. science not funded by Big Pharma) that identifies the serious health risks associates with vaccination.

If vaccination is the mark of the Beast, I don't think God would allow them to hold us down and vaccinate us. It has to be some sort of choice, even if the alternative to that choice is death. However, if they try to coerce us into taking the vaccination (i.e. you can't buy, sell, travel or work without vaccination), then perhaps it could be the mark of the Beast, because they're really asking us to worship the Beast (i.e. government) and take his mark (the vaccine) in our bodies as proof of our worship of him.
 
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I'm not being difficult but I don't understand what your post means in reply to my post about that pastor.
The point is that Christ Will tell you directly anything you need to know pertaining to the subject provided you are safely in Christ.
 
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It's an interesting question, because many proponents of vaccination seem to worship it, or at least the government/medical/pharmaceutical industrial complex as some sort of god.

While Christians know that Jesus saves and have no need to fear death, vaccine proponents seem to have some religious desire to vaccinate not only themselves but everyone else, whether those others want it or not, irrespective of the true science (i.e. science not funded by Big Pharma) that identifies the serious health risks associates with vaccination.

If vaccination is the mark of the Beast, I don't think God would allow them to hold us down and vaccinate us. It has to be some sort of choice, even if the alternative to that choice is death. However, if they try to coerce us into taking the vaccination (i.e. you can't buy, sell, travel or work without vaccination), then perhaps it could be the mark of the Beast, because they're really asking us to worship the Beast (i.e. government) and take his mark (the vaccine) in our bodies as proof of our worship of him.

Yeah, anyone not brain washed by the liberal media can see this is all about control of the people and money. They don't give a rats azz about people.

The Elitist goal has always been a one world order without God controlling them. It's made up of Democrats and Republicans, Communist and religious, they just want the power over the people-in place of God, to build their "kingdom" on earth. He will laugh at them during His judgments.

Psalm 2
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The Reign of the LORD’S Anointed.

1Why are the nations in an uproar
And the peoples devising a vain thing?
2The kings of the earth take their stand
And the rulers take counsel together
Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying,

3“Let us tear their fetters apart
And cast away their cords from us!”

4He who sits in the heavens laughs,
The Lord scoffs at them.

5Then He will speak to them in His anger
And terrify them in His fury, saying,

6“But as for Me, I have installed My King
Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”

7“I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD:
He said to Me, ‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.

8‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance,
And the very ends of the earth as Your possession.

9‘You shall break them with a rod of iron,
You shall shatter them like earthenware.’”

10Now therefore, O kings, show discernment;
Take warning, O judges of the earth.

11Worship the LORD with reverence
And rejoice with trembling.

12Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way,
For His wrath may soon be kindled.
How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!
 
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really hope you are correct. I want to be wrong on this.

However, I have been studying the push for global government for over 30 years. Those promoting the idea have plainly stated their goals, in their own words. They do not desire to have the whole world under a system like the United States Constitution.

Right, but what reputable resources do you have to support that COVID-19 is being used to bring about a one world totalitarian government?

I hope our freedoms stay intact.

I do too.

1 timothy 2:1-2 First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone— for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.

I hope Walter Cronkite and the World Federalists were just joking about sitting at the right hand of Satan, and bringing about a one world government.
Cronkite said our nation would have to give up some of its sovereignty. What do you think he had in mind? Could that sacrifice of freedom effect you?

I hope Satan is not released from the pit to deceive the whole world.

I hope the Baphomet statue placed in Detroit during the last few years is nothing for Christians to be concerned about.

I hope the Bible burning in Portland recently was just a fluke.

I hope the United States in not now the Divided States of America.

I hope the country will not come apart at the seams after the election in November.

I hope there is not a collapse of the U.S. economy due to the mountain of debt. Christian author Larry Burkett's book "The Coming Economic Earthquake" says it is a mathematical certainty, sooner or later.

And how is any of this different than when the Roman empire fell, and many believed the world would end and Christ would come then? Or how about in 1918, when the world was facing its 1st world war and the Spanish flu had become a pandemic, and the many that believed it was the end of world? Or how about during world war II?

We can list all these events throughout history that seemed really bad in which people believed it was the end, and yet it was not.

Our mission is not to point to conspiracy theories or debatable fables that lead to controversy, but to point to Christ when bad things actually happen, for He has overcome the world.

I would say there is value in Paul's words for today:

1 timothy 4:7-10 Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance. For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

Eze 33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

I hope you are correct on all points, and I also hope the warning above is not necessary.

End times predictions, as found outside of scripture or based on personal interpretation of scripture, and have so far been 100% incorrect. Therefore, I do not put my trust in end times conspiracy theories.


List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events - Wikipedia



Pandemic excersises are nothing new:

Past exercises held by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security





 
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Ezra 2:13

666? So? You did not listen to my questions earlier:

Do you even know the signification of the number 666 in Scripture? Didn't God specifically told those with the WISDOM to COUNT THAT NUMBER?

Are you paying attention to this? God did NOT give us any other number to count with or by, so obviously He wants us to simply count "that" single number. He didn't say "add" it to another number, He didn't say "assign" letters for numbers, He didn't say to "calculate" it using Hebrew numerology, and He didn't say that it was three six's. The number is not 6 three times, it is "literally" 600, +60 +6. And so as faithful servants of God, we should do exactly as God has instructed. We count this number the only way it can be counted. As the number of itself.

Forget the financial system or coronavirus theory nonsense for a moment and listen to what God commanded. So the question for you is, how do you count the number 666 which is the number of man, but not of all men (only those marked), we obviously count it as the number of unsaved man, that is part of the whole! So tell me how do we count the number itself? Let hear from you if you have "wisdom" in order to figure it out.
 
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666? So? You did not listen to my questions earlier:

Do you even know the signification of the number 666 in Scripture? Didn't God specifically told those with the WISDOM to COUNT THAT NUMBER?

Are you paying attention to this? God did NOT give us any other number to count with or by, so obviously He wants us to simply count "that" single number. He didn't say "add" it to another number, He didn't say "assign" letters for numbers, He didn't say to "calculate" it using Hebrew numerology, and He didn't say that it was three six's. The number is not 6 three times, it is "literally" 600, +60 +6. And so as faithful servants of God, we should do exactly as God has instructed. We count this number the only way it can be counted. As the number of itself.

Forget the financial system or coronavirus theory nonsense for a moment and listen to what God commanded. So the question for you is, how do you count the number 666 which is the number of man, but not of all men (only those marked), we obviously count it as the number of unsaved man, that is part of the whole! So tell me how do we count the number itself? Let hear from you if you have "wisdom" in order to figure it out.

Daniel 3 :scratch:
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The King’s Golden Image

1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent word to assemble the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 3Then the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces were assembled for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 4Then the herald loudly proclaimed: “To you the command is given, O peoples, nations and men of every language, 5that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. 6“But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.” 7Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations and men of every language fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

The Beast from the Earth

11Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon. 12He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. 13He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. 14And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life. 15And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18Here 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.
 
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Well, at LEAST you agree with me that preterism is false.

But you ignore the fact that both beasts are called 'he'. And Rev. 17 shows the first beast represents both the first beast & his empire. And the Scriptures you quote start out with a little symbolism, then become literal. An actual beast can't cause people to do anything, but a man ruling over people CAN.

This beast is the prince mentioned in Dan. 9:26 & the man of sin mentioned by Paul in 2 Thess.2:4.

You may not be a preterist, but you're doing the SAME THING prets do-try to twist some Scriptures in a vain attempt to justify a false doctrine.

+1

The idea that all prophecy has been fulfilled and God has nothing more to say about humanity and world events while most people are alive today (and the Bible is available in all languages and cultures) is naive at best, foolish and ignorant at worst.

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Our mission is not to point to conspiracy theories or debatable fables that lead to controversy, but to point to Christ when bad things actually happen, for He has overcome the world.


If Walter Cronkite and others have openly stated they want to bring about a one world government, and that the United States may have to give up some of its sovereignty in the process, I will take them at their word.
It is not a conspiracy "theory", because it is a fact.

World Government is about "control".

During 1913 the Rothschilds, and others took control of the money system of the United States through the Federal Reserve Act. Read the book "The Creature From Jekyll Island" if you want to understand how conspirators work together to accomplish their goals. This is not a "theory" because those involved later admitted they had pretended to go on a hunting trip in order to have this secret meeting to plan the Federal Reserve System. It is not Federal, and there are no reserves. For most of my lifetime they could take one dollar into the system, and then loan out ten. If they loaned one of those dollars to another bank, they in turn could loan out ten. This is the classic pyramid scheme.
They are now ignoring the fractional reserve limit. What happens to all pyramid schemes sooner or later? It is a mathematical certainty.

There are very powerful people in the world who are Baal worshipers.
Can you explain why a pyramid with the all-seeing eye is on the back of the one dollar bill?

Every time they print money out of thin air it steals money out of my bank account, through the process of inflation.
We see below what God thinks about this corruption of our money system.


Lev_19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Deu_25:13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

Pro_16:11 A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Pro_20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

Pro_20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Mic_6:11 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?


Do you want these same people to control all of our freedoms, or should we trust them when they talk about global peace?
How many of these people are Christians? If they are not, you need to read 2 John 1:7-11 very carefully.

Can you explain what will happen to the economy of the United States, if this COVID-19 emergency continues, and the Federal Government continues to print money out of nothing?


Eze 33:6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.


Century of Enslavement: History of the Federal Reserve


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666? So? You did not listen to my questions earlier:

You didn't catch that it's the same number in Ezra; did you?

This fellow left the Babylonian captivity with 666 descendants. This was recorded as part of his genealogy. (Note; he's a descendent of David.)

What does Revelation tell you to do? It tells you to "calculate" the number taken out of the number of the beast. The calculated out number is "the number of The Man".

Back in Ezra you have a census number. You have the same thing in Revelation. Who is "The Man" who's number is subtracted from the number of the beast? Those who don't have the mark on their foreheads. (Why? - Because they have their Father's name on their foreheads.)

666 is a census number of those rescued out of the Babylonian captivity; by a fellow who's a descendent of David.

(If this doesn't start "ringing bells"; it should.)

"The Man" who's number is 666 is Christ. That's what the book of Ezra explains to us. 666 is not the "mark of the beast". It's the number that's subtracted out from those who bear the mark of the beast.

Are you paying attention to this? God did NOT give us any other number to count with or by, so obviously He wants us to simply count "that" single number. He didn't say "add" it to another number, He didn't say "assign" letters for numbers, He didn't say to "calculate" it using Hebrew numerology, and He didn't say that it was three six's. The number is not 6 three times, it is "literally" 600, +60 +6. And so as faithful servants of God, we should do exactly as God has instructed. We count this number the only way it can be counted. As the number of itself.

You didn't read the link to the study I posted did you?

Forget the financial system or coronavirus theory nonsense for a moment and listen to what God commanded. So the question for you is, how do you count the number 666 which is the number of man, but not of all men (only those marked), we obviously count it as the number of unsaved man, that is part of the whole! So tell me how do we count the number itself? Let hear from you if you have "wisdom" in order to figure it out.

Ezra is linked to the passage in Jeremiah, where the servants of God are the ones who go through the city and slay the wicked who are bemoaning their Babylonian idols.

The Bible is its own dictionary, commentary and interpreter. You want to know what 666 means, you're going to find the answer in the Scripture.
 
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Patents on the COVID virus?

Why did the CDC obtain patents on COVID viruses, and why was research done in the U.S. on making these viruses more contagious, and why was that research later moved to the Wuhan lab in China?


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You know the US government holds patents on a protein coat that houses one of two viruses? A group digging through declassified information found a document they passed on to Desert Storm veterans groups. The viruses were still classified; but the patent for the protein coat showed up via someone's FOIA request.

There are only two viruses currently known to the medical community to have the same protein coat structure. They are the virus that causes chronic fatigue / fibromyalgia and the HIV virus.

The fibromyalgia / chronic fatigue virus made its way into chemical and biological weapons that were sold to Saddam (by the United States) during the Iran / Iraq war.

The "weapons of mass destruction" that Saddam was said to have that couldn't be found in 2001? They weren't found because we blew them all up during Desert Storm. That's how we all got sick.

Nice - huh!
 
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You didn't catch that it's the same number in Ezra; did you?

This fellow left the Babylonian captivity with 666 descendants. This was recorded as part of his genealogy. (Note; he's a descendent of David.)

What does Revelation tell you to do? It tells you to "calculate" the number taken out of the number of the beast. The calculated out number is "the number of The Man".

Back in Ezra you have a census number. You have the same thing in Revelation. Who is "The Man" who's number is subtracted from the number of the beast? Those who don't have the mark on their foreheads. (Why? - Because they have their Father's name on their foreheads.)

666 is a census number of those rescued out of the Babylonian captivity; by a fellow who's a descendent of David.

(If this doesn't start "ringing bells"; it should.)

"The Man" who's number is 666 is Christ. That's what the book of Ezra explains to us. 666 is not the "mark of the beast". It's the number that's subtracted out from those who bear the mark of the beast.



You didn't read the link to the study I posted did you?



Ezra is linked to the passage in Jeremiah, where the servants of God are the ones who go through the city and slay the wicked who are bemoaning their Babylonian idols.

The Bible is its own dictionary, commentary and interpreter. You want to know what 666 means, you're going to find the answer in the Scripture.

Ha! Jesus' name is 666 now? Oh boy, you need to lay of the wine. :rolleyes: That is plain backazzwards to what the meaning is in Rev 13. 666 is the number of the beast who are against Christ and for Satan.The text is tied to worshiping the beast and an Idol. Daniel gets it close- and is a type of what will happen, and we have John 6:66, which shows apostasy, which Paul ties to this event too. 2nd Thess 2, and Jesus in Mat 24:10. If Jesus had a number it would be 777.

The mark will be tied to worshiping a man, and an idol, it is clear if you take the words of Revelation plainly.

The mark of God is on the 144,000- like Ezek 9. We have the seal of the Holy Spirit so do not need a mark like the 144,000 first fruits of Israel- who will be in mortal bodies and need protection during Gods judgments.

1Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. 2He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. 3Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. 5And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. 6And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them.


And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; 4they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?


11Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon. 12He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. 13He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. 14And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life. 15And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18Here 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.
 
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Ha! Jesus' name is 666 now? Oh boy, you need to lay of the wine. :rolleyes: That is plain backazzwards to what the meaning is in Rev 13. 666 is the number of the beast who are against Christ and for Satan.The text is tied to worshiping the beast and an Idol. Daniel gets it close- and is a type of what will happen, and we have John 6:66, which shows apostasy, which Paul ties to this event too. 2nd Thess 2, and Jesus in Mat 24:10. If Jesus had a number it would be 777.

Compare Scripture with Scripture. That's the only way you'll find the answer. Look really closely at the language of Revelation. It tells one to "calculate the number of the man" Which is to subtract his number from the number of the beast.

Dispensationalism will tell you that the "son of perdition" is some future "anti-christ" political figure. The Scripture tells you the son of perdition was Judas.

666 doesn't just show up in the book of Revelation. It shows up in Ezra. Look at the context of the book of Ezra.

If you want a more complete explanation of that in particular? Start here:

Bible Study - END TIMES? Chapter 4: The mark of the beast, a bible fanfic | FanFiction
 
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666 doesn't just show up in the book of Revelation. It shows up in Ezra. Look at the context of the book of Ezra.

If you want a more complete explanation of that in particular? Start here:

Bible Study - END TIMES? Chapter 4: The mark of the beast, a bible fanfic | FanFiction

In the link you write:

"Now keeping this in mind, let's look at the only other place in scripture where the number 666 is used.

Ezra 2:13

Here is the only other place in the Bible that uses the number 666."


This is incorrect. 1 Kings 10:14 and 2 Chronicles 9:13 also use the number 666 and it has negative connotations regarding Solomon's apostasy. "The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold" (NKJV)

Theologia » What is the Worth of 666 Talents of Gold?
Significance of Solomon's 666 talents of gold?
etc, etc.

"The Man" who's number is 666 is Christ. That's what the book of Ezra explains to us.

How did you come to the conclusion that 666 is Christ? This is the first time I've ever heard this exegesis. I read your article and it doesn't provide any clarity, insights, or anything convincing that 666 is Christ. Did you come to this conclusion based on your own personal interpretation? Or are there articles, books, or other sources you can refer us to that spell this out more clearly?

I also disagree with your "What Did He [Jesus] REALLY look like?" article. In reference to Isaiah 53:2-5 you write "these verses actually don't have anything to do with Jesus's physical description." Verse 2 clearly does: "He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him." (NKJV)
 
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