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Who is the Beast of Revelation? In this Seven Minute Seminary video, Dr. Ben Witherington responds with important Bible background.
It's important to keep in mind that the term "antichrist" actually only shows up in the epistles of John (1 John 2:18-22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7), where there are supposedly several antichrists already on the scene. Christians have conflated this term with one of the beasts in Revelation though, who has the famous number 666 (Rev. 13:18). Using gematria, an ancient numerical code system for concealing sensitive information, the biblical author was referring to "Nero Caesar, the Son of the Divine Augustus," which in Latin has the numerical value of 666. In the 90s, some even thought that the emperor Domitian was Nero come back from the dead.
So Revelation teaches that the beast, or person who sets himself up against Christ and his church, is a Nero-like figure. Human history tends to repeat itself and may even culminate in a figure whose character resembles that of Nero.
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Dr Witherington presents very useful information for Christians to consider, However in this case his assumptions are incorrect as 6, 6, 6 is presented in the context of the book of revelation, as is 7, 7, 7. In the context of Revelation we find 1-1-1, 2-2-2, 3-3-3, 4-4-4, 5-5-5, 6-6-6, and 7-7-7, all of these aligning with the seals trumpets and vials.. However the 6-6-6 aligns with Satan as the fake Jesus and 7-7-7 aligns with Jesus Christ.
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What Dr Witherington is aligning is Daniel 7 with a numerical value of 6,6,6 or 6,1,6, which in the historical sequence was Rome. However in the sequence which will occur to this generation it will not be Rome, it will be the figure described in Daniel 11 who comes peaceably spreading the wealth and who is identified in Revelation 13 who looks like the lamb (Jesus Christ) and who works miracles in the sight of men (to deceive them) and who sets up an image for them to worship... That entity is related to the 6th seal, 6th Trumpet, 6th Vial....
If Jesus is not the Christ, does that make him the antichrist?
You don't know who the beast is. Jesus said 2000 years ago he would not cometh in his name and he didn't. He cometh with a new name. I am the only woman in the world that can explain why the prositute left her first love and the type of love it is. Read Mathew 12 42 because I have heard the wisdom of solomon last 3 an half years, behold something greater than solomon is here. I will not share the name of the father until the world comes together as one. May not then because y'all don't need him to save you . You can save yourself.
@@ginajourney
God is I AM.
The father and mother in one.
"I" is the father.
AM is the Mother., but backwards, Ma.
Or May, Mai, Ma I.
@Jacyr Lima
That is all to much.
I think I saw the birth of Jesus 911.
That was the big wake up call, the call for help.
The story of the twins, one likes to trick people into believeing he is the other.
Mary was conceived by the Holy Spirit and he is the one who will call him Immanuel because that is the name God gave him.
Gabriel told Joseph and Mary to give him the name Jesus because he will save his people.
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord said through the prophet. The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son and they will call him Immanuel.
Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, not in this world or the next. God told me that this covid is because of the people He lead out of Egypt with Moses was to be his people and He be their God, but they broke the covet and went back to there old ways, they worship Baal, false gods and idols made out of wood, and clay.
They can't speak, so when the people cry out for help, I will do nothing, let there gods help them, so he told me not to pray for them. He said he would have gave them the land he promised there fathers, the land that I possess. America?
Milk & Honey.
So this is Gods wrath, because the people don't remember him.
The name Jesus is not from God.
Immanuel is the name he gave him, and Daniel is his father, the son of man. Like when Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, the son of man must be lifted up so whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
Maybe this covid is for those who Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.
I've been trying to tell them, if you pray to the dead, Death will come.
Father time has a sickle as a symbol,
and his name is Coronus.
Mother nature is force behind the word. Her name is mother ma I, or Ma I, or may.
We all know that the father and I are one.
I AM is God, MA I is the Mother God.
The Father is the word, because what the father says, it will be done.
The word was with God, the Mother, silent but deadly force and power of creation and destruction. Giver of Life and death. You don't mess with Mother nature.
When he comes he will convict the World of guilt in regard to sin Because men do not believe in me.
He is the Judge.
Dan means Judge.
Do not speak against him. He is the Holy Spirit, in the flesh.
Hello children of the one true living God, please give our heavenly Father glory, honour, praise, and worship.
Per Revelation 14, fearing God and giving him glory includes recognizing the time of His judgment has come (see Daniel 8), recognizing who Babylon is, and reclaiming the true Sabbath (notice the 4th commandment language in the first angels message.) It also means RIGHTLY dividing who the beast and what his MARK is.
The message of Revelation is absolutely "be prepared, Christians, to go through the tribulation. Amen!
THE most dangerous theology today is of The Rapture. I heard a Chinese pastor who made it out of China during Mao's purge. When China opened up again to foreign travel, he went back to where he lived & preached. He noticed an old man & thought he recognized him. He said in his testimony, the other man recognized him also & crossed the street to avoid him. The pastor ran over & said "Brother 'so-n-so,' don't you recognize me??" And the man answered him and said "Yes pastor, I do! You preached for YEARS that Christ would come back & save us from the horrible tribulation! Then Mao came to power & imprisoned all Christians! I have just spent 30 years in prison. You NEVER prepared us for this. You said it wouldn't happen. I no longer believe in Jesus OR the Bible!' Think how many people are just looking heavenward & NOT preparing their bodies, souls & mind for what is coming?
Yes, NOT getting whisked away in a secret rapture of Jesuit dispensationalism origin.
Daniel 12 says Christians will be here to go through it, but will escape the plagues just like the Israelites did in Egypt.
There is no definite article "the" in front of tribulation in the Greek. All Christians go thru tribulations...it's biblical. Check out 70AD...nothing COULD or WILL BE uglier than that period of time in Jerusalem's destruction...not ever, unless you are believing in the so-called rapture.
That is right. The passage in Revelation implies that tribulation is the character of the entire period from Pentecost and the inception of the church to the end and the coming of Christ. There is the implication that this tribulation will become more intense as we approach the end and the 70th week of Daniel. @@bert-cq3ij
@@bert-cq3ij Read Daniel 12: 1-2. It describes a worldwide time of trouble that never has been, or will be, equalled.
Think 70 AD GLOBALLY. THE 7 last plagues will be far nastier than even 70 AD.
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@CanUDraw this was terrible
The beast of Revelation? Look at the national flags of the World and read Matthew 4 vs 8 and 9. The sickle moon and the pentagram star is growing in number on flags of Earth. Their culture depicts every name that Jesus called Satan. Every single name and abominable deed. The nature of Man allows his power gains as he is the beast that hates the prostitute now leading Western lands they flock to for safety. And to change their new home. To their law. Sharia. Tabari 9 verse 69 is their law.
Dr. Ben ---- I have to say I usually close my ears to preaching, but I truly, truly like you. You are a man of intelligence and reason. Thank you.
Cheryl Clark i don’t know this guy, I did like this video but I prefer to listen to a man of God Rather then a man of intelligence and reason when it comes to the things of God. Wouldn’t you?
@@trentonshuff6639 Ben is from a family of Believers.
@@trentonshuff6639 No, it shouldn't be either/or. Reason and intelligence help one understand things rightly. Don't you think?
@@wendyleeconnelly2939 I guess you would have to define reason and intelligence. There is divine intelligence and there is worldly intelligence. Same with reason in my opinion, worldly reason would tell me to have no faith and to only believe what is tangible
Yet wrong about ("Future") Events...
99.9% of this world already worship him and just don't realize it or refuse to accept the truth if it's right in front of them.
1 John 5:19 The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.
it's 100 percent---anybody who is not a part of this world is not of this world; they are sanctified (separated)...
99.9% how do you Know that?
Well done brother Ben.
Great explanation thanks
666 also means incompletion.Antichrists will happen repeatedly.
But greater is He that is within you than he that is in the World.St Paul yearned for martyrdom and to
be with Christ.Have no fear of antichrists.They are easily recognizable.
Correct throughout time there has been many antichrists from Nero to Kim Jong Un more shall come!
@@eddiemunster4094 what the fuck has kim jong un done
If Trump is reinstated in August, that will be a fulfillment of Rev13:3-5
Wrong
Yup trump is the last anti christ foretold by the Bible. He fits the end times anti christ to the T
Does anyone know if Dr Ben responds to questions on the blog?Thank you
Years ago I worked summers on a farm in Michigan, near a fundamentalist Christian community. I didn’t know much about them other than that you didn’t want to get behind one of their members in a checkout line, because if their total had the number six in it, they would keep buying things until the sixes disappeared. This behavior came from a fear of having anything to do with the number 666, which some Christians have connected to Satan and see as a symbol of evil.
The whole issue goes back to the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, particularly the verse which says, “One who understands can calculate the number of the beast, for it is a number that stands for a person. His number is six hundred and sixty-six” (Rev. 13:18).
One wonders where all the fear about the sinister 666 comes from, because the author provided some pretty good clues about its meaning right in the passage. First, the number is a definite product of a numerical process which an attentive reader-“one who understands”-could arrive at. Second, it stands for a real person, a specific historical figure.
In the biblical world, the number seven stood for wholeness and completeness, so to be called a “666” was an insult implying that you were short of being the real thing. Also, if you take the Greek form of the name of the Emperor Nero, the Roman emperor around the time of Revelation, and write it in Hebrew, the letters, which can also have numeric values, “add up” to-you guessed it-666.
For its original audience, the number symbolized the repressive Roman Empire personified in its “beastly” emperor, which, though it claimed divine authority and had seemingly absolute power, would always be a “six,” never a “seven,” and thus would not prevail in the long run.
Unfortunately some Christians have forgotten the original historical context of the number. Over the centuries many have come to see the numbers and other symbols in the Book of Revelation as a secret code by which they could predict the future or connect the dots between the Bible and the contemporary world to show how God’s apocalyptic plans are unfolding in current events.
This secret-code school of reading Revelation and other biblical prophetic books does get one thing right. The vivid images in the book are symbolic, but symbolic to a particular time and place, not shapeable to whatever someone wants them to mean. Like any passage of scripture, you first have to look at the original meaning. In the case of Revelation, the book was encouraging an embattled Christian community to remain faithful and be wary of conforming too closely to the ways of the hostile world. The number 666 has never had magical powers, good or bad. That’s superstition, not religion.
A friend of mine has been reading the “Left Behind” series with all this stuff about the ‘Rapture’ in them…is there really going to be a ‘Rapture’ like these books talk about?
No, there’s not. The “Rapture” refers to a passage in First Thessalonians, chapter 4, which talks about Christians being “caught up” in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Many Christians believe, and the “Left Behind” books promote, that this being “caught up” to meet the Lord will occur before the Great Tribulation which is headed our way in the near future. Christians will simply vanish, meet Jesus somewhere in the air, and then return with Him to Heaven to await the end of time.But notice, in verse 17, Paul says that “…we who are alive, who are left,” shall be caught up. Remember that…those who are “left” get caught up to meet the Lord.
The “Left Behind” books get their name from a passage in Luke 17 and a similar passage in Matthew 24 which talk about the coming of the Lord being like the days of Noah and the days of Lot. Matthew 24 puts it this way: “As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man…they ate, they drank, they married and they did not know until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of man. Then two men will be in the field, one is taken and one is left. Two women grinding at the mill, one is taken one is left.”
“See,” Rapture enthusiasts say, “One is taken, one is left…the Rapture! Jesus takes the Christians and leaves behind non-Christians!” Two problems with that interpretation: First, Jesus’ coming is being compared to the days of Noah and the days of Lot. After the flood, who was left? Noah and his family…the good guys…the bad guys were taken! After Sodom and Gomorrah went up in smoke, who was left? Lot and his daughters…the good guys…the bad guys were taken! Second, remember 1 Thessalonians? It says that those who are “left” get to meet Jesus in the air. The good guys are left behind to meet Jesus.
In other words, you want to be left behind so that you can get caught up in the clouds to meet Jesus in the air and accompany Him back to earth at His 2nd and final coming. There will be no Rapture like the one the Left Behind books talk about…that view is not scriptural.
Post tribulation rapture is proven throughout the Bible
Matthew chapter 25:29-31
Revelation chapter 13:7
@@mikefrady7965 The Catechism teaches that the Church “must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers,” and such a persecution will “unveil the ‘mystery of iniquity’ in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth.” This religious deception will be “that of the Antichrist” (675).
But some Protestants believe that the Bible teaches otherwise: that Christians will not experience the persecution of the Antichrist but will be snatched up by the Lord prior to it. This is a doctrine known as the pre-tribulation rapture.
The passage they often appeal to is 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17:
For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first; then we who are alive, who are left, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so we shall always be with the Lord.
Protestants who adhere to this view argue that Paul can’t be talking about the Second Coming because Jesus only comes part-way down and then goes back up. Moreover, because no judgment of the nations is mentioned, like we see in Matthew 25:31-46 and Revelation 20, this must be referring to a “rapture.”
What are to make of this challenge? Let’s take a look.
First, the challenge misreads the text as only a partial coming and return back to heaven. Verse 15 reads that the Lord will “descend from heaven with a cry of command.” But nowhere does Paul say that Jesus returns to heaven. If Jesus’s descent is definitive, it’s not a partial coming as the pre-tribulation view requires it to be.But what are we to make of Paul’s description that the saints who are alive will be “caught up…to meet the Lord in the air”? A possible interpretation is that Paul is describing how Christians will meet the Lord in the air to escort him in a way that is analogous to the ancient custom of citizens ushering in important visitors.It was common for citizens to meet an illustrious person (such as a dignitary or victorious military leader) and his entourage outside the walls of their city and accompany them back in. This was a way for people to honor the visitor and take part in the celebration of the visitor’s coming.
We see an example of this in Acts 28:14-15, where the brethren at Rome went out of the city to meet Paul as he approached: “And so we came to Rome. And the brethren there, when they heard of us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us.”’Such a practice is no different from how people gather to welcome a celebrity at an airport. It’s this ancient custom that explains why the crowds go out to meet Jesus on Palm Sunday and usher him into Jerusalem (see Matt. 21:1-17).
So, for Paul, those who are alive at the Second Coming will do for our blessed Lord what the ancients did for their dignitaries: they will be caught up in the air to meet the approaching king Jesus and escort him as he “descend[s] from heaven with a cry of command” (1 Thess. 4:16).
A second way to meet this challenge is to point out how the details of the passage reveal that Paul is talking about the final coming of Jesus at the end of time.
Notice that it’s not just the living who are caught up with the Lord, but also the dead in Christ: “And the dead in Christ will rise first” (v.16). That Paul speaks of the resurrection of the dead tells us that he’s referring to the end of time.We know this because Paul states in 1 Corinthians 15 that the end happens in tandem with the resurrection of the dead. He writes,
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power (1 Cor. 15:22-24; emphasis added).
If Paul viewed the resurrection of the dead occurring in tandem with the end of time, and if he speaks of the resurrection of the dead in tandem with Christ’s coming in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, it follows that Christ’s coming in those verses is his coming at the end of time and not a pre-tribulation rapture.A second reason why we know Paul is talking about the end of time is because when he speaks about the “coming of the Lord” in his second epistle to the Thessalonians, he says that the Antichrist and his reign of evil must precede it:
Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him him, we beg you, brethren, not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited . . . to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed . . . and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of his mouth and destroy him by his appearing and his coming (2 Thess. 2:1-8).
It’s clear that Paul is connecting the “coming of our Lord” here in 2 Thessalonians and the “coming of the Lord” in 1 Thessalonians 4:15, because he speaks of “our assembling to meet him.”So, if the “coming of the Lord” in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 must be preceded by the Antichrist and his reign of evil, then those verses can’t be referring to a pre-tribulation “rapture.” Rather, they must refer to our Lord’s coming at the end of time, when he vanquishes all evil and condemns those “who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (2 Thess. 2:12).
A final clue for this being the final day of judgment is the fact that the Lord will descend with “the sound of the trumpet of God” (v.16). Paul speaks of the same trumpet when he describes the resurrection of the dead at the end of time:
Lo! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature must put on immortality (1 Cor. 15:51-53).
Since in Paul’s mind the trumpet is associated with the resurrection of the dead at the end of time, and he speaks of it when describing the “coming of the Lord” in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, we can conclude that the “coming of the Lord” that Paul writes of there is the final coming at the end of time.Contrary to what some Protestants believe, 1 Thessalonians 4;15-17 does not refer to a pre-tribulation rapture. Rather, it refers to Christ’s Second and glorious coming at the end of time when the dead will be raised and reign with Christ forever in the new heaven and new earth.
@@mikefrady7965 Postmillennialism
According to Loraine Boettner in his book The Millennium, postmillennialism is “that view of last things which holds that the kingdom of God is now being extended in the world through the preaching of the gospel and the saving work of the Holy Spirit, that the world eventually is to be Christianized, and that the return of Christ will occur at the close of a long period of righteousness and peace, commonly called the millennium.”
This view was popular with nineteenth-century Protestants, when progress was expected even in religion and before twentieth-century horrors were tasted. Today few hold to it, except such groups as Christian Reconstructionists, an outgrowth of the conservative Presbyterian movement.
Postmillennialists typically say that the millennium spoken of in Revelation 20 should be understood figuratively and that the phrase “a thousand years” refers not to a fixed period of ten centuries, but to an indefinitely long time. For example, Psalm 50:10 speaks of God’s sovereignty over all that is and tells us that God owns “the cattle on a thousand hills.” This is not meant to be taken literally.
At the millennium’s end will come the Second Coming, the general resurrection of the dead, and the last judgment.
The problem with postmillennialism is that Scripture does not depict the world as experiencing a period of complete (or relatively complete) Christianization before the Second Coming. There are numerous passages that speak of the age between the First and Second Comings as a time of great sorrow and strife for Christians. One revealing passage is the parable of the wheat and the weeds (Matt. 13:24-30, 36-43). In this parable, Christ declares that the righteous and the wicked will both be planted and grow alongside each other in God’s field (“the field is the world,” Matt. 13:38) until the end of the world, when they will be separated, judged, and either be thrown into the fire of hell or inherit God’s kingdom (Matt. 13:41-43). There is no biblical evidence that the world will eventually become totally (or even almost totally) Christian, but rather that there will always be a parallel development of the righteous and the wicked until the final judgment.
Lot and his family were 'taken' out of Sodom, then the fire came raining down; Noah and his family were 'taken' into the boat and out of the deluge. Not the other way around. Right?
When the Protestant Reformation took place during the 1500s, the reformers like Martin Luther, John Knox and others by reading the book of Daniel and the new testament including the book of revelation correctly identified the catholic church as the whore of babylon and the pope as the antichrist. The book of Daniel clearly states that the antichrist will follow the Roman empire. Who took over from the Roman empire, the catholic church did. 666 is the number of the popes. The official title of the pope in Latin is "vicarius filii dei" which means vicar of the son of God. If you add up the numerical values of the title "vicarius filii dei" they add up to 666. The first beast of revelation and the whore of babylon is the catholic church and the antichrist is the pope. Antichrist doesn't only mean to be against Jesus Christ, it also means to take the place of Jesus Christ. Who is the only person in the world who claims to take the place of Christ? The pope, because the title of the popes is "vicar of the son of God". To be a vicar means to take the place of someone. The second beast of revelation, the power that will force the whole world to accept the mark of the beast is America. America is the second beast of revelation.
Great teaching, thank you.
Try the numeric form of Lateinos (a Greek word) or Vicarius Filii Dei. The greatest world ruler who persecuted true Christians historically was the Roman papacy. He's also that Man of Sin who sits in the temple of God (the church) showing himself that he is god. Research the historic teaching of the Roman church-state with regard to the Pope (each in his turn) claiming to be Christ behind a veil of flesh. It's that man who claims to be Christ and the head of the church who takes the place (Gr. "Anti-) of Christ visibly who is that beast of Revelation 13.
Contendia 4Truth I came up with that as well. I also find it interesting that when Satan fell from the heights in Hebrew translates to Barack O bama Lightening and Heights when the dark angel fell
You are very close to the truth. However I believe the world is still in preparation for that Revelation. The roman Catholic empire will be revived again with the pope as the head with 1 religion and there will be several miracles performed by the false pentecostal churches that will submit to him
@A child of the Truth Yes, you have it. Study up on history too. Look into the role of the Jesuit order in the Counter-Reformation. Take note on the prevalence of Jesuit-educated people in positions of power in public service.
@A child of the Truth I tend to favor Lateinos (transliteration of the Greek) which means "Latin Man." If you have access to a Greek New Testament, you'll see that the original Greek for six hundred, three score and six are three Greek letters that stand for those numbers. The Greeks also used Greek letters for numbers (Greek numerals) like the Romans used letters for numbers in Roman numerals.
The history of the papacy is the condemnation of the Church of Rome.
Good point about the coins
On your "About" page it says this is theology in the Wesleyan tradition. Was Wesley wrong when he identified the Papacy as the Anti-Christ?
Yes - antichrist is the denial of the Father and the Son amongst other things. The papacy does not do this.
It’s Islam.
4:18 You said that this [Nero, 666] is "not naming the actual human name of the person, its describing the character." Doesn't this contradict Rev 13:18 where it says that "it is the number of a person."?
@Truth Seeker Are you a Seventh Day Adventist?
it is in plain sight, you just need to open your eyes---there is no any other nation currently on earth that is being called in a person's name other than Israel which have a role to play because of its capital Jerusalem which God will use as a cup of reeling for ALL nations to drinks from...
Sean Hammer in comments below nailed it he is absolutely correct. For anyone who needs extra guidance read the apocalypse code by Hank Hanegraaff. It simply teaches you how to read the Bible and to understand it.
You are kidding, right?
When the Protestant Reformation took place during the 1500s, the reformers like Martin Luther, John Knox and others by reading the book of Daniel and the new testament including the book of revelation correctly identified the catholic church as the whore of babylon and the pope as the antichrist. The book of Daniel clearly states that the antichrist will follow the Roman empire. Who took over from the Roman empire, the catholic church did. 666 is the number of the popes. The official title of the pope in Latin is "vicarius filii dei" which means vicar of the son of God. If you add up the numerical values of the title "vicarius filii dei" they add up to 666. The first beast of revelation and the whore of babylon is the catholic church and the antichrist is the pope. Antichrist doesn't only mean to be against Jesus Christ, it also means to take the place of Jesus Christ. Who is the only person in the world who claims to take the place of Christ? The pope, because the title of the popes is "vicar of the son of God". To be a vicar means to take the place of someone. The second beast of revelation, the power that will force the whole world to accept the mark of the beast is America. America is the second beast of revelation.
The beast of Revelation? Look at the national flags of the World and read Matthew 4 vs 8 and 9. The sickle moon and the pentagram star is growing in number on flags of Earth. Their culture depicts every name that Jesus called Satan. Every single name and abominable deed. The nature of Man allows his power gains as he is the beast that hates the prostitute now leading Western lands they flock to for safety. And to change their new home. To their law. Sharia. Tabari 9 verse 69 is their law.
The Bible speaks in tongues that are understood by ears across many different time periods. Similar ideas are written once, for multiple time periods.
Actually David is Dalet-vav-Dalet, which is 14 in 1 & 2 Samuel. In Chronicles a Yud is added to make it a 24. Matthew begins with a lineage of 14-14-14 to prove lineage of King David.
In the book of Daniel, chapter 3, we find the dimensions of the image Nebuchadnezzar erected, and the instruments played in worship. It was 6 cubits wide, 60 cubits high, and there were 6 instruments listed. This correlates to the king of Babylon. The modern, " Nero." Question is, what is Babylon today? America? The EU? O we have someone waiting to be revealed? Something to consider indeed.
So if the mark of the beast is a coin, wouldn't that mean all who used that currency have worshiped the beast and are destined for the lake of fire? Also, how would that interpretation explain the painful sores that broke out on those who took the mark?
The mark of the beast is the vaccine or some form of a digital pass that says you’re jabbed.
every person born of this world already have the mark... one needs to be born anew...
The mark is stated as he will change the law and time. The law is the second one, which is don't worship graven images. The time is changed the sabbath from the 7th day to the first day of the week. So when you go to church on Sunday and have the cross around your neck, you have the mark of the beast. It's either or, or both
@@zorrothegreyishblade3339 then shouldn't the mark of the beast be 111?
Beautiful explanation GOD bless you
The battle of good and evil it’s in us we been blessed by GOD that created us with option of choice to be good or bad
Almighty GOD has sent us instructions how which way to follow to be in harmony with GOD and GODS creations
But some of us choose to follow the wickedness and end up as rebels
And this rebellion will follow humanity until judgment day
Armand: There's none Righteous No Not One ----- None Seek After God ----- The Heart is Deceitfully Wicked ---- We are Chosen ------ No One Comes to Christ Except The Father Calls ----- Most People in Churches Today are More Lost than The Lost and Believe They are Saved But Will Only Hear Depart from me You Workers of Iniquity ------ Only by The Blood of The Lamb, our Sins Washed away ------ The Wide Road is packed to Overflowing, The Narrow Road is seldom used
@maxmarrero9635 Those Verses are about Israel in The Old Testament .Revelation 13 is Talking about The Antichrist Standing in Power and Full View, When He Causeth All to Receive a Mark to Buy or Sell. The Tribulation is Satan Attacking God's People and Will Become Greater as We Draw Closer to The Rapture. Tribulation Started About 2000yrs ago and Will Continue
About some 30 years ago I read in the Bible that there were signs to look for to know when the end times are near. One such sign given made absolutely no sense to me and I couldn't foresee how it could ever make sense, This conundrum resulted in a 25 year brainstorming session with myself. I knew the problem was mine but it took that long before the answer came. Currently I've come across a similar problem. If something written makes no sense it's automatically my constant companion and irritant. I believe in the Bible and all that is there has to be fitting within the circumstance. The issue I have is with Revelation 13:18. One day about a year ago I read that verse, and it hit me all at once. It made no sense to me, so I tried my best to disprove what I was thinking about that verse. Now I have one goal; to settle this by proving that I'm right or by someone explaining with sound reasoning why I'm wrong. Either right or wrong is okay, but stuck in neutral is not okay. Therefore I bring this conundrum here seeking agreement or an explanation that eludes me currently.
The passage says,...…...Wisdom is needed here; one who understands can calculate the number of the beast, for it is a number that stands for a person. His number is six hundred and sixty- six. These 31 words aren't as simple to understand as you might think. There are quite a few things within that need careful thought. Here's my problem and my interpretation that has me reeling. In general the point of this isn't being followed. Everyone is trying to come up with a name to match it with the number 666. We all know the method is to assign a number to each letter in a given person's name, to see if a particular historic name will indeed equal six hundred and sixty-six. The method everyone is using however,......is to seek a name and to match it with a number that we're provided with. That's not what the verse tells us we should be doing. Read it yourself; it says someone wise and understanding can calculate the number of the beast. Nowhere in that text does it say we should be seeking to find a name. Everyone forever has been seeking to find a name, but we're told to seek the number of the beast. 'The number'. If we indeed discover the correct number we should then, be able to use the number to identify who the person is. The problem is that we're not doing what it tells us so how can we accomplish this by establishing an incorrect basis?
There are several reasons that I believe that everyone is wrong about this. I just stated one reason, and here's another; Does everyone agree that we're told that wisdom is needed? How about understanding, do we need that as well? We're told that both of these qualities are necessary to accomplish this. The last thing we're told that's a necessity is a calculation that must be used to end the task by finding the number that we seek. The reason why 666 is wrong is really simple, if you read carefully and take it in fully. The number 666 is provided for us in the text, is it not? The fact that 666 is provided is contradictory to the necessary skills that are laid out for us. In other words, if 666 is the number of the beast, then since we are given that number, can you explain why we need wisdom, why we must be understanding and why are we told that a calculation is necessary?
Like I said, I've tried and tried but it comes down to this every time, there's no getting away from it. We simply don't need wisdom nor understanding nor any math skills to make a calculation in this situation because we're given the number that everyone believes is the number of the beast. No matter which way you approach this, the logic being used as well as the method are flawed, there's nothing I can come up with to negate this argument. Can any of you straighten me out on this with a sound explanation, or does anyone agree that I'm right about this? If it happens that I'm right about this, my question then would be how could the masses read this verse without realizing that something doesn't fit? If 666 was the number of the beast, then this text would specifically tell us that we're seeking to align a name with the number 666, but it doesn't say that at all. It's all about calculating for ourselves the beasts number, not to seek his name by using a given number.
We've been incorrectly seeking the wrong thing by assuming that we're given the number of the beast, but how could we be given that number and seek to find that number at the same time? An answer to this and the other similar questions I've posed that comes with very good reasoning ( that I've overlooked ) would be fine with me. If I'm right that would be fine as well, but I'm left hanging and everyone else may be content with doing the wrong thing, so it's pertinent to all of us that we can verify what's right.
Revelation.13:18 is saying we should be seeking to find the number of the beast. I'll even go one step farther by saying that 666 is the only number that's eliminated from being the number of the beast. Why? Because it's provided. Would we be instructed to make a calculation after we use the necessary wisdom and understanding to find a number freely given to us? Of course not and since the number 666 is provided it could not be the number that we seek.
2020 ÷ 666 = 3.033033033033
TEXT VOTE BIDEN IS 30330.
Now who knows.
Build Back Better is his slogan just like Boris Johnson post covid-19 slogan. Makes sense! No?
Dragon gave the beast power Dragon (China) Covid-19 (crown)
Sounds insane right!
Well covid-19 according to the Chinese whistle blower is like seeing an animal of many parts.
Big coincedence.
I only reply to you as I read all you wrote.
Have a good day.
Remember you said calculate the number.
Look at those 33s and it's obviously a 13 digit answer
To know the what is the mark of the beast you have to know who the beast is. When you know who the beast is hint the pope, then you find out the number adds up to his title not his name.. the title of the Papacy as he sits in the seat of making himself christ on earth
Rev 13:16 Mark of the beast.
Revelation..
A lifting of the veil to bring into view what is alreády there!
Symbolism & imagery play a significant role throughout the book.
"The mark of the beast" - the currency of sin-consciousness.
Rev 13:16 "Its mission WAS to mirror-imprint its character upon everyone's hands and minds in order to manipulate what they think and do".
So what is the mark of the beast all about 🤔 The Greek word translated mark, is the word "charagma", a stamp, an imprinted mark from "charax", just like in Hebrew 1:1-3.. the Son radiates the character of the Father. Either the character of the Father or the character of the fallen mind will influence our actions (hand), because it is what engages our thoughts (forehead).
Just like in Isaiah 55:8-11 where God says "Yr thoughts are not My thoughts; therefore yr ways are not My ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than yr ways and.. but My word will incarnate, and saturate earth (flesh) just like the rain and the snow cancel the distance between heaven and earth. Instead of the thorn, the fir and instead of the brier, the myrtle!
- The Mirror Study Bible -
Francois du Toit.
Here's all you gotta know. Seven is the perfect number because it is God's number. Six is man's number...the fact that it is repeated three times is a Jewish way of emphasizing something...he will be the ULTIMATE man. He will be the fulfilment of everything that godless humans are looking for in their own humanity, but unable to find it...he will be to them what Jesus was to the wisemen, his disciples, and his church...and so they will worship him willingly...because he will be the one to rescue them from the TRUTH ...remember who the TRUTH is ...Jesus Christ...and the moral standards of GOD. That's why we don't need to know the identity of the actual antichrist...we just need to know what he is.
@@markanthony3275 If we don't need to know his identity, why does Rev.13-18 address the issue? They're giving us instructions that say 3 specific traits are needed, and if an individual has all 3 traits, not 1 or 2 but all 3, then that person can expose the number of the Beast. All of that is written but you say we don't need to know, therefore specific instructions were given for what?
If you have the right answer, it can only be right if you can explain why Rev. 13-18 includes instructions. Why is it included at all if not for our benefit? One thing I'm sure of is if something is written in the Bible it can only be that it has meaning and importance to us. I appreciate your response but dismissing Rev. 13-18 as unnecessary seems irrational. I agree that the anti-Christ will be very wise and deceive the many, but I'm adressing a specific issue and I'm still without an answer.
John was talking to his church, not a church almost 2000 years later.
I agree with you. I believe Revelations was written about 68 A.D.
I agree with Witherington's explanation of the return of Christ, but I'm not sure about this one. I think the beast is everyone who been against Christ.
Yes.The bible refers to man in his unregenerated state as BEAST.THEY are anti-Christ.Jude 1:10.2 Peter 2:12.Mark=Identifying characteristic(s).If man is BEAST what is man's two identifying characteristics.?(Mark(s).?In the right hand=Finger and Palm prints.Forehead=Face.If someone goes to jail what are the two Mark's that identity them.?The face(Picture) and finger print/Palm prints.Mark(s) of the beast.The beast system is ALL who reject Christ as you said they are the anti-Christ.1 John 2:22.🙏☝
Stephen Fuller // that does make sense
Would you say that the number is symbolic of worldly rulership and therefore represents ALL world RULE and not just "A" leader. Therefore the number represents the anthesis of the SEAL of GOD.
By the way, thank you for your very enlightening videos, and for the brevity of same.
Mr Witherington presents an interesting consideration. However, looking at our Fathers word in its context provides a greater understanding. 6,6,6, is given in the context of the book of Revelation. It matches with the Seals, Trumpets and Vials. and specifically is related to the second beast of Revelation 13 who appears as "The Lamb" which is a biblical identification assigned to Jesus Christ. .... Also interesting is Jesus Christ is assigned the Numbers 7,7,7, because the events of Revelation Seals, Trumpets, and Vials identified as the 7th all align with Christs coming.... The point being, don't follow after the wrong entity proclaiming himself to be Jesus Christ..... Don't Jump the gun at the 6th trumpet, wait for the 7th...... If we are still in the flesh .... we are not looking at the real Jesus Christ....
Beast of Revelation 13 isn't Jesus, is Roman Catholic Antichrist church and america ( USA )
@@iskaykabeya609 your proof of that is?
@@rlVan-mc3wq Revelation 13:1-10 beast with 7 head and 10 horns is the Roman Catholic Antichrist church..
Verse 11-18 the lamb like beast is The US...
Study the book of Daniel and Revelation..
There are only two beast that will play a Role in the final conflict before the second coming of Jesus.
1 Roman Catholic Antichrist church controlling the whole world behind the scenes
2 United States in the forefront being used by Roman Catholic Antichrist church.
Proverbs 14:12 KJV
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
@@robertnewell4054 Roman empire and the Roman church is one and the same thing.
Pope is the Antichrist you like it or not. All world leaders pay homage to him as the scripture foretold Revelation 17:1-5
Everyone is open to his version of the beast...LET US CONCENTRATE ON DENOUNCING DENOMINATIONS..LET US ALL CHRISTIANS HAVE ONE DOCTRINE AND PRAISE AND WORSHIP THE LORD ALMIGHTY JESUS CHRIST..
Rev 13:16 Mark of the beast.
Revelation..
A lifting of the veil to bring into view what is alreády there!
Symbolism & imagery play a significant role throughout the book.
"The mark of the beast" - the currency of sin-consciousness.
Rev 13:16 "Its mission WAS to mirror-imprint its character upon everyone's hands and minds in order to manipulate what they think and do".
So what is the mark of the beast all about 🤔 The Greek word translated mark, is the word "charagma", a stamp, an imprinted mark from "charax", just like in Hebrew 1:1-3.. the Son radiates the character of the Father. Either the character of the Father or the character of the fallen mind will influence our actions (hand), because it is what engages our thoughts (forehead).
Just like in Isaiah 55:8-11 where God says "Yr thoughts are not My thoughts; therefore yr ways are not My ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than yr ways and.. but My word will incarnate, and saturate earth (flesh) just like the rain and the snow cancel the distance between heaven and earth. Instead of the thorn, the fir and instead of the brier, the myrtle!
- The Mirror Study Bible -
Francois du Toit.
you cant get 10 people to agree on one doctrine much less all christians on all doctrine.
We have one and only one. I do find it strange that no church leaders challenge mainstream news channels when cults are portrayed as examples of Jesus commandments. But then prophecy is being fulfilled in a glaring manner and proves that words written 2000 years ago are true of these times. John 9:39
Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.”
The gospels of Matthew, Mark, Like, and John and the Holy Spirit is our teacher when we ask for help. John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
1 John 2:27
As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.
Denominations will exist as long as Protestantism does.
No prophecy of scripture is of ANY private interpretation, including the beast and the mark. God spent three entire chapters of the Revelation describing the Babylonia beast, and the Bible and history make it EXCEEDINGLY clear that it's the Romanist papacy that meets ALL the criteria. The beast is the papacy, and as in the dark ages, its mark is brutally enforced Sunday laws, on penalty of death.
Denominations are all fallen and apostate now. We need true unity, but not at the cost of setting aside SOUND doctrine. The apostles were IN ONE ACCORD doctrinally when Pentecost came.
This papal "B.E.M." universal doctrine of ecumenism is of the DEVIL. The papacy loves it, because it snuffs out any protest against the catholic/ paganistic doctrines of devils, and endorses its satanic Sunday sacredness trade-MARK.
First I always have a hard time staying focused when someone starts their point by telling me that they just 'loved' the symbology of numbers back then. Some religions did I'm sure (like Pythagoras' - oh I forgot the name of his religion.. :) ) but I don't see this in the Bible at all. Sure they use numbers in places in scripture and some even had meaning but those were few and very well laid out. This is not one of those cases.
I think Dr. Witherington implies that Revelation was written in Hebrew? Sorry if I missed that but it wasn't, the common literary language was Greek and that is what it was written in. Remember he was writing to the world not the Jews why write it in a language 90% of the world wouldn't understand?
As to the 616 variant, just over a 100 years after Revelation was written the 616 variant was addressed by Irenaeus and should have been put to rest. He gives two arguments for putting it to rest 1) that 666 is in the earliest and most reliable texts and 2) there were still men alive during his time that had talked with John (I would guess Polycarp for one) also supported the number 666.
Finally, It has nothing to do with an inscription on any coins as implied here which is nowhere found in scriptures and has never meant anything else throughout church history except what it's obvious reading says. Irenaeus in his comments about this part of Revelation again quickly dispels any doubts about what it means and even gives examples of some names that would fit this requirement.
Very well said. But people want to hear the things that tickle their ears and not sound doctrine.
I've heard the Hebrew word for Nero Caesar translates to 666 using Gematria.
Rev 13:16 Mark of the beast.
Revelation..
A lifting of the veil to bring into view what is alreády there!
Symbolism & imagery play a significant role throughout the book.
"The mark of the beast" - the currency of sin-consciousness.
Rev 13:16 "Its mission WAS to mirror-imprint its character upon everyone's hands and minds in order to manipulate what they think and do".
So what is the mark of the beast all about 🤔 The Greek word translated mark, is the word "charagma", a stamp, an imprinted mark from "charax", just like in Hebrew 1:1-3.. the Son radiates the character of the Father. Either the character of the Father or the character of the fallen mind will influence our actions (hand), because it is what engages our thoughts (forehead).
Just like in Isaiah 55:8-11 where God says "Yr thoughts are not My thoughts; therefore yr ways are not My ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than yr ways and.. but My word will incarnate, and saturate earth (flesh) just like the rain and the snow cancel the distance between heaven and earth. Instead of the thorn, the fir and instead of the brier, the myrtle!
- The Mirror Study Bible -
Francois du Toit.
Your confusing koine Greek with classical Greek. Everyone in the Roman empire who was literate spoke and wrote in koine. It was the universal language of the Roman empire. It went universal on account of the Grecian empire with Alexander the Great about 300 years previously.
Revelation was written for people then, about things that would shortly take place in their time. It was primarily about the end of the last days of the Jewish era and destruction of Jerusalem as Jesus prophesied in the Olivet discourse.
Even simpler than gematelria - just count the number in Greek OUT LOUD.
You'll hear the name form.
ElCineHefe chi xi stigma? I dont hear it bro
Applying Roman/Latin numerical values to the pope's title that USED to be officially recognized by the catholic church,
VICARIUS FILII DEI,
yields exactly 666. This only confirms the OTHER characteristics of Revelation 13 met ONLY by the papal system.
VICARIUS Filii Dei means Vicar of the Son of God. Therefore, the popes also meet the requirement of BLASPHEMY. THE PAPACY also persecuted the saints for 1260 years continually, from the decree of Justinian in 538 to the deadly wound when Napoleon took out the pope in 1798, and he died in captivity. The pope also arose to power after the 4th beast , pagan Rome, plucked out 3 kings, the Arian tribes of the Vandals, Ostragoths, and Heruli, and thought to change God's times and laws, which the pope did with the 2nd, 4th, and 10th commandments. See the catholic Bible.
Daniel 7.24, 25, shows exactly this, and gies together with Revelation 13.
The papacy is the great apostasy, the falling away, that the prophets declared would come.
So many conflicting ideas as to what or whom the beast and his or its ' mark' why wont JESUS tell us plainly ?
In Greek, which is the original language of Revelation, six hundred, three score (60) and six, corresponds to the Greek for Lateinos, the Latin Man...the Papacy.
The concerns of papacy weren't even around then, why would John be concerned about the papacy? (I'm not a catholic, but the Pope is definitely not the beast in revelations). From my understanding, this ministry doesn't seem to have any quarrels with Catholicism, nor do a lot of protestants really have a quarrel with it, either.
Contendia ....In the Greek the words translated six hundred threescore and six is χξϛ, which is (khee xee stig'-ma) The 22nd, 14th and an obsolete letter (stigma as a cross) of the Greek alphabet (intermediate between the 5th and 6th), used as numbers; denoting respectively 600, 60, and 6; 666 as a numeral -- six hundred threescore and six. It does not denote Papacy of any kind. Revelation 17 however does denote church systems (such as the Catholic Church) joining themselves to Satan's global order when he comes proclaiming himself to be immanuel (2 Thessalonians 2). The 6 6 6 denotes events in Revelation identified by the 6th seal 6th trumpet 6th vial... The true Jesus Christ is denoted by events aligned with 7,7,7, or the 7th Seal, 7th Trumpet, and 7th vial.... Its not difficult ... The message is don't fall for the first supernatural entity proclaiming himself to be Jesus Christ, wait until 7,7,7,....
@@AndersHolmenScott That's too bad, because they have a quarrel with you. Especially if you believe the Bible and understand it correctly.
@@danitewatchman6538 I'll test that spirit to see if it's from God. Initially, I tend to not agree, as those Greek numerical forms don't represent 6, 6 & 6. Otherwise, wouldn't they be stigma, stigma, stigma? Also, the Scripture says its the number of a man (KJV): six hundred, three score (60), six.
Also, as I recall (I'll go back and check), The seventh seal is the seven trumpets, and the seventh trumpet is the seven bowls (or vials.) So, not saying you're wrong, but explain how that represents Jesus for my understanding. Thanks.
@@Constans99 🏆
imo the human who will rise to power and be indwelt is most likely Arnold. but he might not even know yet. gives a whole new meaning to "I'll be back"
What is the second witness to 666 in the Old Testament?
Solomon’s gold and the image dimensions and instruments in Daniel 3.
One of the most misconceived ideas we have ever taught people is that during the end of the world, people who don’t believe in Jesus will have to bear the mark 666 on their foreheads.
At the same breath we teach people those who believe in them will have the name of Jesus tattooed on our foreheads.
Let me show you the verses.
Revelation 13:16-17
It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
Revelation 22:4
They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.
Dear friends,
May I show you something. The mark 666 is not a mark that is visible to the physical eye. It is a way of saying who you submit to.
Turn to the passage which spoke about the departure of the Lord from the Holy Temple. You will find a plausible explanation that the mark is not a visible mark detectable to the human eye.
Ezekiel 9:4-6
and said to him, “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.”
As I listened, he said to the others, “Follow him through the city and kill, without showing pity or compassion.
Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, the mothers and children, but do not touch anyone who has the mark.”
You can see that the mark here is only visible to the spiritual world.
In the year preceding the destruction of Jerusalem, Titus laid siege in Jerusalem.
No one could enter or leave the forfeited city without the permission of Rome.
The king who ordered the massacre of Jerusalem had been Nero Caesar whose name in Hebrew spelt out in gamatria 666.
That’s how they could not buy and sell without the mark.
So what should we prepare for, the next coming of another beast?
@@donphonso The Bible is a Jewish book. It’s not written by westerners. As such, when you read it be mindful it meant what the Old Testament meant it to be. Not what your western mindset says it is. That is not respecting the scriptures.
The greatest thing that hinders you from the knowledge of your oneness with God is the inability to read the Bible as a finished set of books.
@@donphonso Revelation 18:4
Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment
Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
“‘Come out of her, my people,’
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
Babylon here is figuratively Jerusalem.
As such we learn something here.
God was never angry at you. This was about the religious leaders of Jerusalem in that generation.
The wrath of God was against the Jews who killed Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to everyone in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.
So.
God was never angry with you. It’s not your sins which Jesus died for. He died for the sins of the old covenant world.
You were born in Christ. You never tresspassed against the Law.
That’s how you read the Bible. That’s how it sets you free.
Peace man ❤️
@@donphonso
Where does Revelation say that there wil be the "next coming of another beast" with the same details described in that strange book ?
Could be everything we want it to be : Napoleon , Hitler , Mussolini , the Catholic church persecuting Christian protestants in the days of Calvin and Luther , ex USSR , Mao ...
Do we also think that the Bible predicted the medieval black death , the French Revolution , the two world wars while we're at it ?
Mary and Joseph are livin in Chile
I like his point of view. So many times you hear Nero, but Nero is in the past. He is saying, a person with Nero's character.
Except that that’s not what the Bible tells us...
@@osbujeff1 ok, I wish I could interpret the Bible better. It seems like for every verse, you could get many interpretations. Thanks for your response.
@@osbujeff1 what does the bible say on this, please...
@@osbujeff1 yes jeff, i'm going to play the devils advocate on this one, tell us, what does the bible tell us?
@@osbujeff1 anything Jeff?
Who did he say was the writer of revelations again?
John of Patmos
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The world waits
I prefer the way Bruce Gore explains it on his TH-cam channel.
Sounds plausible enough to me. A warning from scripture to be prepared for what's coming down the pike? Makes perfect sense that a loving God would do just that for those of us who believe his promises.
Thank you for saying "pike" and not "pipe."
Some people will have to be faithful unto death...those who were not kept from the hour of temptation....I will always believe the words of YESHUA over the words of anyone else....
34And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:34-36
I red the Bible it said a beast was risen a dragon gave its own power and Thorne the beast had seven heads and ten horns and on all the horns was crowns
I am a child
Paul, you are wrong again
See them on his head?
is the beast the same as the antichrist?
66k views 6 years ago. Hmmmmmm.
*teasing. But that is really what this vid is at right now. Found it humorous 😁
Very logically put. The 'beast' has not YET been instigated, but when it is, (Rev. 13:5) it will face DIVINE opposition while it exists. (Rev. 11:3) Be strong!
Rev 13:16 Mark of the beast.
Revelation..
A lifting of the veil to bring into view what is alreády there!
Symbolism & imagery play a significant role throughout the book.
"The mark of the beast" - the currency of sin-consciousness.
Rev 13:16 "Its mission WAS to mirror-imprint its character upon everyone's hands and minds in order to manipulate what they think and do".
So what is the mark of the beast all about 🤔 The Greek word translated mark, is the word "charagma", a stamp, an imprinted mark from "charax", just like in Hebrew 1:1-3.. the Son radiates the character of the Father. Either the character of the Father or the character of the fallen mind will influence our actions (hand), because it is what engages our thoughts (forehead).
Just like in Isaiah 55:8-11 where God says "Yr thoughts are not My thoughts; therefore yr ways are not My ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than yr ways and.. but My word will incarnate, and saturate earth (flesh) just like the rain and the snow cancel the distance between heaven and earth. Instead of the thorn, the fir and instead of the brier, the myrtle!
- The Mirror Study Bible -
Francois du Toit.
@@eekay5710 Interesting interpretation. Can you expand on it by showing why CHRISTIANS are solely targetted (Rev. 13:7) and how NOT having the "mark" prevents people from buying or selling?
@@fontybits My dear friend, this is not an "interpretation" of The Mark of the Beast, as Francois clearly gives insight of the actual meaning. Read again, please.
This is not about attacking Christians at all, and i can clearly see you are afraid of this "mark" for buying or selling. This is not the case, please relax. Try not to let fear get a grip on you, as this is not from the LORD.
I will later focus on Rev 13:7, but first have to ask if you are born again (John 3:1-3), for if you are nót born again, you will défnitely not understand scripture, as it is spiritual.
@@eekay5710 I would appreciate it if you could answer the previous 2 questions, please - using scriptures preferably, rather than any of the countless speculations going around.
@@fontybits First my frend, are you born again.
Caesar
What if the second beast that God allows to attack the earth IS THE INTERNET!!
pro flo woah. Now I’m worried
@@tonyzone753 spooky
The false Messiah comes with clouds! Praise Jesus!
Yes. Think of the instant access by billions. And who controls the internet controls information and minds. What is it we do? We hold it in our hand and it consumes all our attention. We worship our technology night and day.Just something weird to consider.
Vicarius Filii Dei adds up to 666 in Roman Numerals and Old Latin. Revelation 13: 18.
Hint: U=V=5, i=1, C=100, L=50, D=500.
there are four beast around the throne and on the throne of god... the lion beast sits on the throne of god rev4:6-7
I hate it when people present their opinions as fact. You do NOT know what John was thinking. Period!
But God forbid I mention that "JFK" = 616 ; and 'Donald' means 'World Ruler'.
Great work my brother, I was drawn to your video. Love you n God bless.
When the Protestant Reformation took place during the 1500s, the reformers like Martin Luther, John Knox and others by reading the book of Daniel and the new testament including the book of revelation correctly identified the catholic church as the whore of babylon and the pope as the antichrist. The book of Daniel clearly states that the antichrist will follow the Roman empire. Who took over from the Roman empire? the catholic church did. 666 is the number of the popes. The official title of the pope in Latin is "vicarius filii dei" which means vicar of the son of God. If you add up the numerical values of the title "vicarius filii dei" they add up to 666. The first beast of revelation and the whore of babylon is the catholic church and the antichrist is the pope. Antichrist doesn't only mean to be against Jesus Christ, it also means to take the place of Jesus Christ. Who is the only person in the world who claims to take the place of Christ? The pope, because the title of the popes is "vicar of the son of God". To be a vicar means to take the place of someone. The second beast of revelation, the power that will force the whole world to accept the mark of the beast is America. America is the second beast of revelation. 😂
The answer is all around you.
the word christians is never mentioned in the book of revelation
Alexander the Great is the only person in history who fits the description. Revelation says the beast who once was, is not, and will come again. There were NO muslims or Islam before the 1st century. They will wonder after the beast because they recognize him from statues. He's the ONLY ancient ruler who's likeness we know. Think about it.
Very interesting that "Revelation" as the "Book of Martyrs" was written by the only apostle who was not martyred.
He was the scribe. Not the writer. The beast of Revelation? Look at the national flags of the World and read Matthew 4 vs 8 and 9. The sickle moon and the pentagram star is growing in number on flags of Earth. Their culture depicts every name that Jesus called Satan. Every single name and abominable deed. The nature of Man allows his power gains as he is the beast that hates the prostitute now leading Western lands they flock to for safety. And to change their new home. To their law. Sharia. Tabari 9 verse 69 is their law.
A scribe. As Moses was scribe. So was John. Revelation 1
1 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who testifies to everything he saw-that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
Greetings and Doxology
4 John,
To the seven churches in the province of Asia:
Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits[a] before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
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Revelation 11:7 (first beast, ''out of the sea'')
Revelation 13:1-10 (describes the first beast' appearance)
Revelation 13:11-18 (second beast, ''out of the earth'', false prophet)
Revelation 19:18-20 (both beasts defeated by Jesus Christ and thrown into the lake of fire)
what is the mark? it is a minting mark place upon people in order for every person to be use as currency in trading... the people are the money of babylon economy...
Every single beast in Daniel was named by name directly except for the two legs of iron, divided, the beast with ten horns, iron teeth and bronze nails, and the king of the North and the king of the south. Which are all the same. These aren't named directly is because they was already named in scripture by name for those who have eyes to see in ears to hear. It is not Rome, it is not America, but the name of these two kingdoms are very much in scripture. Matter of fact, both of these kingdoms are mentioned in the old and New testament.
Dan Severn.
Doc Severinson
Could he be talking about China’s president
Punch drunk in the world with the blood of the Saints!!!!......pray for our Salvatori.....Giorgio Messina....
Moshe Zalman Feiglin is the Son of Perdition…
The beast is not a who but an it. Bad transition from original text.
Romulus the founder of Rome the first king. His name translates to Roman hence the the people being called Roman’s and the city Rome and empire Roman. Also you use Greek numerals not Roman. When the empire was crumbling they transformed themselves into the Holy Roman Empire that still exists to this day through the papacy, the fourth and largest ruling empire referenced in the book of Daniel.
Beast are the germanic tribes on whom church at Rome used sit and rode during darkages.
The beast number is 616 not 666 said by Dan Wallace, NT scholar.
So 666 or 616 who is the beast? And why is this in the bibble?
Who cares what Dan Wallace says...lol
Dan Wallace...scholar schmolar. 🤥
the beast that comes out of the sea refers to book of genesis creation---what comes out of the seas/waters is earth/land; the beast of the earth likewise coressponds to what came from the earth i.e. adam/man, therefore beast from water is land/territory and beast from earth is adam or the leader of this territory---book of revelations tells us that there will rise a nation/state with a leader whose power came directly from the dragon...
china is coming
That is wrong...! John wrote the book of revelations decades after the death of Nero...!
Ken Copeland
The man whose number is 666 is not necessarily a ruler. The beast from the earth has two rulers, or horns (Rev. 13:11). They come consecutively. A beast is a kingdom (Dan. 7:23). Horns are kings (Rev. 17:12).
The number is not 666 to begin with. It's 616 according to the oldest known manuscripts. 666 appears as an overwrite in the oldest manuscript where it first appears in like u use whitewash n write on top of it. Beneath that writing is 616 which has been seen using high level tech by manuscript scholars. That's makes a whole lot of difference.
United States Dollar is 6 6 6
6 is the number for imperfection. Revelation says it is the number of a man or mankind. Imperfect Spiritually 6, imperfect physically 6 and imperfect in ruling himself 6. To follow imperfect man's rule as in this world's political systems is to take the symbolic mark of the beast. Obey the laws of the land (Romans 13:1-7) but put the Creator first and not the creations.
When the Protestant Reformation took place during the 1500s, the reformers like Martin Luther, John Knox and others by reading the book of Daniel and the new testament including the book of revelation correctly identified the catholic church as the whore of babylon and the pope as the antichrist. The book of Daniel clearly states that the antichrist will follow the Roman empire. Who took over from the Roman empire? the catholic church did. 666 is the number of the popes. The official title of the pope in Latin is "vicarius filii dei" which means vicar of the son of God. If you add up the numerical values of the title "vicarius filii dei" they add up to 666. The first beast of revelation and the whore of babylon is the catholic church and the antichrist is the pope. Antichrist doesn't only mean to be against Jesus Christ, it also means to take the place of Jesus Christ. Who is the only person in the world who claims to take the place of Christ? The pope, because the title of the popes is "vicar of the son of God". To be a vicar means to take the place of someone. The second beast of revelation, the power that will force the whole world to accept the mark of the beast is America. America is the second beast of revelation.
While I agree with certain parts of this explanation there are parts I do not agree with. The Church has always been persecuted and is being persecuted even to this day. Thankfully here in America and other countries, gross persecution has not reached us, not yet at least. Based on what I’ve read, John’s revelation is one of God’s mercy towards a world that is forever rebellious and unrepentant even after moments of intense judgement and catastrophe. It is His final plea towards a world that hates Him.
Jesus is coming to Chile
Clearly Ben isn't to hot with math. Nero is only 4 letters. "The divine son" is not part of the name.
Revelation 13 is a portrait of the centurion in Mark 15:39. It is sort of literary cubism.
Rome was, first of all, a sea power and Leviathon, the beast that comes out of the sea, is symbolic of Rome.
The Legions are Behemoth, beast of land and rivers.
The centurion is a creature of the Roman secular rule of law. The centurion is a sociological innovaton that emerges from the Praetorian Guards of the Roman Republic. Unlike the armies they faced, which were the climax phase of Real Warfare and were tribal confederations, the Legions were put together like lego blocks and reflect Latin, which is also put together like Lego blocks.
The centurion is the direct ancestor of the modern Non-Commissioned Officer and the leading edge of the Industrial Revolution. He is an Archetype of True Warfare at the apex of the military organization. He reflects the Ethos of the social organization of Rome, in contrast to the Aesthetic of the social organization of Israel, which represents the apex of a military organization of Real Warfare in Joshua, Gideon and David, and the Samurai is an example of the warrior Archetype at the apex of the military organization.
In Vietnam, after Tet '68, the only thing that prevented the US Army from blowing up in a general mutiny like the Battleship Potemkin was the centuriate, which never blinked. It was just another day in Paradise. In the sociology of the modern military organization, they represent an organic gyroscopic flywheel.
Strictly speaking, the centurion was a warrant rank: the vine staff he carried reapresented his authority in the same way the warrant card of the British police carry a warrant card. The centurion in Mark 15:39 was in charge of this execution detail and had the authority of his warrant to fulfill the requirements of the death warrants of each of these men. The number of the beast is the serial number on Jesus' death warrant. I, personally, like the added embellishment of the gematria assigning the numer ological value of "NERO etc" as emerging as 666 and I like 616 for different reasons, but the significance of the number is that Jesus was "numbered with transgressors" in a line, Mark 15:28, that was added by the same editor that added the parenthetical phrase in Mark 7:19 and added editor's note at the end of Mark 16:9 - 20. This editor is John Mark, who was the naked young man in Gethsemane and becomes the founder of the Christian publishing house in Alexandria that produced 90% of the manuscripts published before the 4th Century.
Cornelius is the author of the Gospel of Mark. He is not the centurion in Mark 15:39, but the centurion in Acts 10 and the senior centurion in the 10th Legion that occupied the Mount of Olives during the investment of Jerusalem. More important than that, Cornelius was Pilate's Chief of Staff. They are both creatures of the Praetorian Guards, Pilate in the same diplomatic career path Jules Caesar pursued, while Cornelius was on a centurion career path. There is a triagulation between Pilate, Cornelius and Theophilus which is being universally ignored in the battle to establish Paul as the essential element in the emergence of Christianity and the context of it's theology, but Theophilus is the author of Hebrews and his theology is the synthesis of the secular humanism of Jesus and the secular rule of law of Rome and its republican administrative structures.
The verse structure of Revelation is identical to the verse structure of the first 18 lines of Matthew 13 and Mark 4. In fact, the 9th verse in all three translates nearly identically.
Ὃς ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκουέτω
Εἴ τις ἔχει οὖς, ἀκουσάτω.
I can't read Greek, but this is an anchor in a code the Holy Ghost has created to unlock the sources of the canon in the fullness of time. Dr. Witherington's understanding of number as a figure of speech is, well, elementary, but he is less cluttered, epistemologically, than most Protestants constrained by the post modern dialectic deconstruction of conventional wisdom . Revelation was writted at about the same time as Hebrews, that is, after the fire in Rome and the beginning of Nero's persecutions. Revelation is a portrait of the processes that were set into motion in the spiritual realm by the death of Jesus, especially after Revelation 4:2, which is a "through the looking glass moment" of the literary conceit of the balance of the narrative. I had exactly this vision of The One in 1977.
The thing I don't understand is why committed Christian scholars refuse insist on connecting the dots between Book V of Tertullian's Apology that describes Tiberius's attempt to elevate Christianity to a legal religion, to wit:
>>>>>>>Tiberius accordingly, in whose days the Christian name made its entry into the world, having himself received intelligence from Palestine of events which had clearly shown the truth of Christ's divinity, brought the matter before the senate, with his own decision in favour of Christ. The senate, because it had not given the approval itself, rejected his proposal. Caesar held to his opinion, threatening wrath against all accusers of the Christians.
The author of Revelation is not John. It's Jesus John is the one writing down everything Jesus says
this new nero is the black emperor as nero means black so he might be an african ruler i guess an egyptian Pharaoh with Egyptian Empire that will rule over the world even could be a Babylonian KING or Queen that takes over the world and unite it by one court to lay down God`s law among people cause the beast and the black is the color of hell as as white is the color of heaven so he will bring justice for the bad and mercy for the good like cyrus the great
This guy seems to forget 666 was written in Greek not Latin.
So there is no way this analysis can be correct because he is interpreting it from a different language other than the one it was written in.
And yet the average reader reads the bible translated into their own language, and attempts to interpret it in a different language other than the one it was written in.
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it dose not say 666 it says 600 three score and 6 witch could be 600 60 0006
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Papacy
G7 is the 7 heads of the first beast, 2nd beast is US
The beast isn't an actual beast. Revelation chapter 17v. 11 . You are still blind, the revaluation tells us that God has 4 beasts. Revelation chapter 4v. 6 to 10. The number is required to buy and sell it, is the automobile and aircraft. The beast is disruptive of the automobiles, and aircraft.
Beast is big computer in Belgia
Yep, also known as the NEON GAUD, the light bearer. To be unveiled on 09/23/26, at the Great Re-Set.
Lucifer was detained in 30 AD, just after Pentecost and judged by the Ancients of Days, far from Earth, in 1985.
The devil and dragon remain on Earth. Revelation 12: 12-13. Their judgment is set for 10/12/26. Daniel 7: 9-14.
Epochal Eclipse April 8th 2024. Don't stare at the sun: Matthew 16: 4. Exercise YOUR faith -- Jonah 3: 5, 8 Jonah 4: 11.
You're way out there. You'll be judged.
Its not gematria, This is for the mind that has wisdom! When you look at Muhammad the founder of Islam and the numbers surrounding him I think the answer will become clear. 666 has to do with him and with Islam, and the 4th beast of Daniel and the beasts of Revelation.
Peter Paul and Mary
"..To everything:
turn turn turn..'
How about coops by the gum we swipe upon Mid-American (USA!) latitude and longitudes?
Like pouring a flat drive or subfloor. PUT UP A LEVEL horizontal LINE from Chevron here to Chevron Rhode Island and swipe from a limited kind of chewing gums or sodas, and pay who invests from and of and with...
Gas station purchases?
It’s six hundred three score and six, not 6 6 6 not 6 1 6 what kinda garbage is that?
It could be Barak Obama, it is very possible it is Klaus Schwab, it could be the government in a whole.
apocalypse 13
It is important to highlight how eternal the law of God and faith in Yeshua in these last days of earth's history, the fourth commandment as the seal of God, Revelation 7, Deuteronomy 6-8 and Ezekiel 20-20, will be the great controversy, when the beast tries to invalidate the law of God, putting Sunday in place of the fourth commandment, Saturday, when that happens it will be a sin to buy and sell on weekdays, and it will not be a sin to buy and sell on Sunday, the Adventist must do differently than that the beast says, it will be a sin to buy and sell during the week, when the beast says he can buy and sell, then he must not commit that sin, nor should we receive donations from those who buy and sell during the week, that is the mark of beast, even if you keep the sabbath and buy and sell on weekdays will be marked or sealed if you are obedient to the law of God,
apocalypse 13 marks the beast, don't buy, don't sell, talking about days of the week that Adventists should not buy and sell, Adventists can buy and sell on Sunday, nor receive donations from some people who buy and sell during the week, it will be unholy, when the law of the beast comes, whatever the beast says, Adventists must be doing some other way, the beast says it can't buy on Sunday, so Adventists must buy and sell, the beast says what day of the week they can buy and sell, so Adventists shouldn't buy and sell, 666, 6 days a week they can't buy and sell, the government will be very furious with Adventists, here comes the persecution of the remnants, God gave a little peace, to proclaim the loud cry that has been understood in these last times by the Holy Spirit of God, to proclaim to the United States that it is at greatest risk and to the world
The beast that you saw was, and is not. That throws your theory out the window.
If Trump is reinstated in August, we will see Rev13:3-5 fulfilled.
Rev 13:16 Mark of the beast. Revelation.. A lifting of the veil to bring into view what is alreády there! Symbolism & imagery play a significant role throughout the book.
"The mark of the beast" - the currency of sin-consciousness.
Rev 13:16 "Its mission WAS to mirror-imprint its character upon everyone's hands and minds in order to manipulate what they think and do".
So what is the mark of the beast all about 🤔 The Greek word translated mark, is the word "charagma", a stamp, an imprinted mark from "charax", just like in Hebrew 1:1-3.. the Son radiates the character of the Father. Either the character of the Father or the character of the fallen mind will influence our actions (hand), because it is what engages our thoughts (forehead).
Just like in Isaiah 55:8-11 where God says "Yr thoughts are not My thoughts; therefore yr ways are not My ways. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than yr ways and.. but My word will incarnate, and saturate earth (flesh) just like the rain and the snow cancel the distance between heaven and earth. Instead of the thorn, the fir and instead of the brier, the myrtle!
- The Mirror Study Bible -
Francois du Toit.