Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 18 “Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.” HERE IS WISDOM: What a marvelous way to catch our attention! Everyone would like to be wise. But the meaning is NOT that. It means, as does Daniel 12:10, that those who are blessed with God’s favor will understand, and no one else. LET HIM WHO HAS UNDERSTANDING: No…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 16-17 continued “And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads, that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name.” (KJV) Some thoughts from the past on this subject. “The time is hastening on when a religious, social, political and financial “boycott” will…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 17 “…and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark; the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” AND THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BUY OF TO SELL: in the spiritual marketplace of ideas (i.e., with respects to writing, preaching, teaching and etc., as in regards to teaching and interpretation of scripture). This HAS already begun. Those who have the truth have been systematically excluded from…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 16 continued “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads…” As we discussed in our previous post in order to avoid receiving the mark of the beast it is important that we rightly understand just whom or what the beast is. Knowing this much will greatly aid us when the true test comes, when we are called upon to…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 16 continued “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads…” It’s strange the amount of time many believers spend imaging what the “mark of the beast” might be, and yet so little time and effort in determining the truth as to who or what the beast itself actually is. There are as many theories in regards to “beast” as…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 16 continued “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads…” (As explained in The Keys of Revelation) “This text indicates a far more aggressive policy on the part of the already organized 1948 Amsterdam union (or another similar alliance) of non-Roman churches with the second beast, which formerly possessed lamblike horns. At a future date the alliance will take…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 16 “He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads…” Before we precede on to Verse 16, we should like here to mention some of the various theories put forth as to what constitutes the “mark of the beast”, and those who receive it. There are a lot of fanciable and erroneous ideas floating around out there. The following is…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 15 continued “And there was given to him (the two-horn beast) to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast might even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed.” (NASB) (As explained in The Keys of Revelation) “Many may not realize how much stress was, and subconsciously still is, placed on “Apostolic Succession.” Although followed through hundreds of years of…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 15 “And there was given to him (the two-horn beast) to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast might even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed.” (NASB) THERE WAS GIVEN TO HIM: Note this phrase carefully. We encountered it several times in the description of the Leopard Beast (the first beast). This phrase was consistently followed by a…
Revelation Chapter 13 VERSE 14 continued “And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.” (As explained in The Keys of Revelation) Completion of the Image of the Beast “An organization along similar lines to the Evangelical Alliance, but of much larger scope…