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Part 1:
I saw The Omen(2006) two or three nights ago on Australian TV. The movie did not start until 1 in the morning. I was too tired to watch the whole movie and went to bed about 2 and missed the last half. I read the story on Wikipedia out of curiosity the next day. I also read a digest of the other Omen films which have been all over the place in the 40 years from 1976 to 2006. The Omen, Damien: Omen II, Omen III: The Final Conflict and Omen IV: The Awakening as well as The Omen:666. Now you can watch replays on TV. You can watch them on DVD and, if you are into the new technology, on your iPod or iPad. I’m happy to wait until movies come onto TV as The Omen:666 did this week.
Mia Farrow appeared as Mrs. Baylock, the Satanic nanny, in the remake of The Omen:666. Though the film itself received a lukewarm critical reception, Farrow's performance was widely praised, with the Associated Press(AP) declaring "thank heaven for Mia Farrow." Her performance resulted in, as the AP put it: "a rare instance of this new Omen improving on the old one." Filmcritic.com added: "it is Farrow who steals the show", and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer described her performance as "a truly delicious comeback of Rosemary in Rosemary’s Baby. Mia Farrow is chillingly believable as a sweet-talking nanny from hell." -Ron Price, Wikipedia, 17 January 2011.
Part 2:
As I surveyed all these Omens1
I became more interested in Mia
Farrow. All this 666 stuff, this
Book of Revelation playing is a
very old game going way back to
the first century with this piece of
apocalyptic literature. And it is a
game anyone can play with a little
keen interest in the symbolism of..
this 666!!1
1 Wikipedia and several other internet sites provided me with excellent overviews of the entire set of Omen films.
2 I have come to favour ‘Abdul-Baha’s explanation that 666 applies to the first Umayyad Caliph who came to power in the year 666 of the Christian era. Ali was the true successor whom Muhammad publicly named “Leader” (“Imam”
a few months before his death. (See: M. Gail, Six Lessons on Islam 6.29)
Part 3:
After the assassination of Ali in AD 661, Muawiya seized power over the expanding Muslim world, proclaiming himself the first Caliph of the Umayyad dynasty and Empire in the notorious year of AD 666 (vv. 9.11, 13.1–2, 5–6 & 13.18). Muawiya’s destructive edicts crippled Islam spiritually. He made the Muslim capital unholy Damascus instead of holy Mecca, and for good measure desecrated the Mecca birthplace and the Medina tomb of Muhammad. His Umayyad Caliphate carved out the world’s then biggest Empire. See: (1) Robert F. Riggs, “The Rise of the Caliphate,” in The Apocalypse Unsealed, Philosophical Library, NY, 1981, pp. 165-175; and (2) The Revelation History of Muslim Militarism | Apocalypse Secrets. The Umayyad Caliphate of Muawiya (CE 666–749).
Ron Price
17/1/'11 to 31/3/'14
-------------------------------------
Section 1:
The ancient Hebrews used a science of numbers called "Gematria". Each Hebrew (and Greek) letter had a numerical equivolent. For example, the Hebrew letter Aleph was 1, Beth was 2, and Gammel was 3, etc. The Greek letter Alpha was 1, beta was 2, Gamma was 3, and all the way to Omega; which stood for 800.
In the ancient Sybylline Oracles, prophecies of Greek-speaking Jewish female Seers, we read:
"When the virgin shall give birth to the Word of God the Most High, she shall give to the Word a name, and from teh east a star will shine in the midst of day gleaming from heaven above, proclaiming to mortal men a great sign. Yes, then sahll the Son of the Great God come to men, clothed in flesh like mortals upon earth. Four vowels he has, and twofold the consonants in him, and now I will declare to you the whole number: eight monads [8], and to these as many decads [80], and eight hundreds [800] his name shall be." (Sybyilline Oracles 1:381-388)
Section 2:
The Seeress wrote that a virgin would bear the Son of God; Who would come to earth as a moral, and a star would appear in the East. His name would include four vowels and "twofold" (2) consonants which would equal the number "888".
As all Christians are aware: *Jesus was born of a virgin. *A star appeared in the East at His birth and three Magoi ("Wise Men") followed it and worshiped Him. *He claimed to be the Son of God. *He was like mortal men; capable of death, hunger, thirst, etc. *His Hebrew name was Yeh'o'shuah ("Yeh is Salvation"). His Aramaic name was Yeshua ("Yeh Saves"). His Greek name was Iesous (there is no "J" in Greek), and IESOUS has four vowels (IEOU) and a consodant "twofold" (SS) and the gematria number of IESOUS equals "888"=I=10 E=8 S=200 O=70 U=400 S=200= 888
The Orthodox Jews did not accept the prophecies of the Sybils (the Greek-speaking Jewish Seeresses) because they believed that only their own Bible (called the "Tanakh"~which we call the Old Testament) was the Word of God. The Sybilline Oracles were considered "extrabiblical revelation", and thus rejected. They were told by their religious leaders, and they believed them, that all other revelation outside of the Tanakh ("Bible") was either made-up or inspired by the evil one!
Section 3:
So, the vast great majority of the Jews, Hebrew and Greek-speaking, simply dismissed the Sybilline Prophecies as fraudulent. Had they accepted them as real, they would have recognize Jesus as their Messiah, and would have not crucified Him between two thieves.
The ancient Christians believed that Nero Ceasar was "the Beast"; the man with the number "666". In Hebrew, Neron Kesar equals "666". Scholars have found references to Nero in some Dead Sea Scrolls (ancient Jewish sectarian writings) as "666". In Latin, Nero's name equals "616", and that is why the oldest Latin manuscripts of Revelations says the number of The Beast is "616".
The Greek word translated "mark" in "mark of the Beast" is charagma, and actually means "engraved etching"; like a relief on stone or an etching in metal. It means an "image" of a man or woman or god or "thing" which is "etched" into stone, wood, or metal. It means "to stamp" or etch someone's image into something.
The "Mark of the Beast" refers to the stamp (the Greek says "stamp" not "mark"); the image of Ceasar which was stamped upon Roman coins. Without the stamp, nobody could buy or sell; not even with unstamped metals of gold or silver. The Romans hoped to control all business in their empire by this means. Peoples in the Roman Empire did business with their "right hand" (because the left-hand was the toilet hand), and they paid a "head-tax". Thus, the 'mark' ("stamp") of Ceasar's image on coins was a 'mark' upon the right-hand in the case of business transactions, or, in the case of taxes, on the head.
Section 4:
For more on this complex theme go to an online link which I can't add until I have 50 posts at this site. I now have only 37.
I saw The Omen(2006) two or three nights ago on Australian TV. The movie did not start until 1 in the morning. I was too tired to watch the whole movie and went to bed about 2 and missed the last half. I read the story on Wikipedia out of curiosity the next day. I also read a digest of the other Omen films which have been all over the place in the 40 years from 1976 to 2006. The Omen, Damien: Omen II, Omen III: The Final Conflict and Omen IV: The Awakening as well as The Omen:666. Now you can watch replays on TV. You can watch them on DVD and, if you are into the new technology, on your iPod or iPad. I’m happy to wait until movies come onto TV as The Omen:666 did this week.
Mia Farrow appeared as Mrs. Baylock, the Satanic nanny, in the remake of The Omen:666. Though the film itself received a lukewarm critical reception, Farrow's performance was widely praised, with the Associated Press(AP) declaring "thank heaven for Mia Farrow." Her performance resulted in, as the AP put it: "a rare instance of this new Omen improving on the old one." Filmcritic.com added: "it is Farrow who steals the show", and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer described her performance as "a truly delicious comeback of Rosemary in Rosemary’s Baby. Mia Farrow is chillingly believable as a sweet-talking nanny from hell." -Ron Price, Wikipedia, 17 January 2011.
Part 2:
As I surveyed all these Omens1
I became more interested in Mia
Farrow. All this 666 stuff, this
Book of Revelation playing is a
very old game going way back to
the first century with this piece of
apocalyptic literature. And it is a
game anyone can play with a little
keen interest in the symbolism of..
this 666!!1
1 Wikipedia and several other internet sites provided me with excellent overviews of the entire set of Omen films.
2 I have come to favour ‘Abdul-Baha’s explanation that 666 applies to the first Umayyad Caliph who came to power in the year 666 of the Christian era. Ali was the true successor whom Muhammad publicly named “Leader” (“Imam”
a few months before his death. (See: M. Gail, Six Lessons on Islam 6.29) Part 3:
After the assassination of Ali in AD 661, Muawiya seized power over the expanding Muslim world, proclaiming himself the first Caliph of the Umayyad dynasty and Empire in the notorious year of AD 666 (vv. 9.11, 13.1–2, 5–6 & 13.18). Muawiya’s destructive edicts crippled Islam spiritually. He made the Muslim capital unholy Damascus instead of holy Mecca, and for good measure desecrated the Mecca birthplace and the Medina tomb of Muhammad. His Umayyad Caliphate carved out the world’s then biggest Empire. See: (1) Robert F. Riggs, “The Rise of the Caliphate,” in The Apocalypse Unsealed, Philosophical Library, NY, 1981, pp. 165-175; and (2) The Revelation History of Muslim Militarism | Apocalypse Secrets. The Umayyad Caliphate of Muawiya (CE 666–749).
Ron Price
17/1/'11 to 31/3/'14
-------------------------------------
Section 1:
The ancient Hebrews used a science of numbers called "Gematria". Each Hebrew (and Greek) letter had a numerical equivolent. For example, the Hebrew letter Aleph was 1, Beth was 2, and Gammel was 3, etc. The Greek letter Alpha was 1, beta was 2, Gamma was 3, and all the way to Omega; which stood for 800.
In the ancient Sybylline Oracles, prophecies of Greek-speaking Jewish female Seers, we read:
"When the virgin shall give birth to the Word of God the Most High, she shall give to the Word a name, and from teh east a star will shine in the midst of day gleaming from heaven above, proclaiming to mortal men a great sign. Yes, then sahll the Son of the Great God come to men, clothed in flesh like mortals upon earth. Four vowels he has, and twofold the consonants in him, and now I will declare to you the whole number: eight monads [8], and to these as many decads [80], and eight hundreds [800] his name shall be." (Sybyilline Oracles 1:381-388)
Section 2:
The Seeress wrote that a virgin would bear the Son of God; Who would come to earth as a moral, and a star would appear in the East. His name would include four vowels and "twofold" (2) consonants which would equal the number "888".
As all Christians are aware: *Jesus was born of a virgin. *A star appeared in the East at His birth and three Magoi ("Wise Men") followed it and worshiped Him. *He claimed to be the Son of God. *He was like mortal men; capable of death, hunger, thirst, etc. *His Hebrew name was Yeh'o'shuah ("Yeh is Salvation"). His Aramaic name was Yeshua ("Yeh Saves"). His Greek name was Iesous (there is no "J" in Greek), and IESOUS has four vowels (IEOU) and a consodant "twofold" (SS) and the gematria number of IESOUS equals "888"=I=10 E=8 S=200 O=70 U=400 S=200= 888
The Orthodox Jews did not accept the prophecies of the Sybils (the Greek-speaking Jewish Seeresses) because they believed that only their own Bible (called the "Tanakh"~which we call the Old Testament) was the Word of God. The Sybilline Oracles were considered "extrabiblical revelation", and thus rejected. They were told by their religious leaders, and they believed them, that all other revelation outside of the Tanakh ("Bible") was either made-up or inspired by the evil one!
Section 3:
So, the vast great majority of the Jews, Hebrew and Greek-speaking, simply dismissed the Sybilline Prophecies as fraudulent. Had they accepted them as real, they would have recognize Jesus as their Messiah, and would have not crucified Him between two thieves.
The ancient Christians believed that Nero Ceasar was "the Beast"; the man with the number "666". In Hebrew, Neron Kesar equals "666". Scholars have found references to Nero in some Dead Sea Scrolls (ancient Jewish sectarian writings) as "666". In Latin, Nero's name equals "616", and that is why the oldest Latin manuscripts of Revelations says the number of The Beast is "616".
The Greek word translated "mark" in "mark of the Beast" is charagma, and actually means "engraved etching"; like a relief on stone or an etching in metal. It means an "image" of a man or woman or god or "thing" which is "etched" into stone, wood, or metal. It means "to stamp" or etch someone's image into something.
The "Mark of the Beast" refers to the stamp (the Greek says "stamp" not "mark"); the image of Ceasar which was stamped upon Roman coins. Without the stamp, nobody could buy or sell; not even with unstamped metals of gold or silver. The Romans hoped to control all business in their empire by this means. Peoples in the Roman Empire did business with their "right hand" (because the left-hand was the toilet hand), and they paid a "head-tax". Thus, the 'mark' ("stamp") of Ceasar's image on coins was a 'mark' upon the right-hand in the case of business transactions, or, in the case of taxes, on the head.
Section 4:
For more on this complex theme go to an online link which I can't add until I have 50 posts at this site. I now have only 37.
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