HERE I'LL KEEP MY PROMISE TO TELL AND SHOW MY READERS WHO HAD, AMONG THE ESSENES AT QUMRAN A MARK ON THEIR FOREHEADS [A TAU THAT LOOKS LIKE AN "X"] THAT IS ONE OF TWO ORIGINS OF THE 666 OF REV. 13:18. MORE ABOUT THIS LATER ON THIS PAGE. BE A PATIENT SAINT! Page 6 of 7 Pages The "KEY to Bible Prophecy" the ESSENE "MILLENNIAL WEEK", has brought us at last to the REV 13:5-18 SECOND BEAST, AND THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST AND THE MARK of the BEAST, WHOSE NUMBER IS 666
6 "Then He opened His MOUTH in blasphemy against God [Jehovah-Yahweh], to blaspheme His NAME [J-Y-], His tabernacle ["Destroy this temple and I will rebuild it in THREE DAYS!] and Those who dwell in "Heaven"." [The ESSENES who dwell in Qumran-Heaven.] 7 "It was granted to Him [Jesus and Rome] to make war with the SAINTS [Essenes] and overcome them." [Since this didn't occur until 74 AD, at Masada's mass suicide, I'll say Jesus wrote this in Kashmir.] "And AUTHORITY was given Him over every tribe, tongue, and nation." [Not true until Christianity defeated ROME. in the 4th Century AD] 8 "All who dwell on the EARTH will WORSHIP Him. whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."
Here, incredibly, Jesus Christ seems to be targeting with this clever bit of imagery and Essene NUMEROLOGY the ONE of a very few FUTURE HUMANS who will understand [see and hear] what He has done here in the very CENTER of Revelation 13 [very near the CENTER of the Book of Revelation!
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Revelation Ch. 13 was written or dictated by Jesus Christ. possibly while He was in Kashmir!
td="table24"> 4 "So they worshipped the DRAGON who gave authority to the BEAST; and they worshipped the BEAST; saying, 5 "Who is like the BEAST? Who is able to make war with Him?" [The ROMAN CATHOLIC "BEAST" who eventually put its POWER behind the NAZIS and then the COMMUNISTS!]
AFTER A CLEVER REVIEW OF THE ENTIRE ESSENE MILLENNIAL WEEK PROPHECY,SO HIDDEN BY JESUS HERE THAT VERY FEW WILL ACTUALLY SEE IT FOR WHAT IT IS AND UNDERSTAND IT, HE GOES ON TO DESCRIBE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A SECOND BEAST, QUITE DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST BEAST.
Most Interpreters see this beast as a lamb or sheep but often color it BLACK, but some, including most Adventists see here instead an American Bison or Buffalo, and go on to say this SECOND BEAST is the United States of America!
Revelation 13: 11 "Then I saw a second beast coming up out of the EARTH, and he had TWO HORNS like a LAMB, and he spoke like a DRAGON." 12 "And he exercises all the AUTHORITY of the FIRST BEAST in his presence, and causes the EARTH and those who dwell in it to worship the FIRST BEAST."
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1. The SECOND BEAST comes up out of the EARTH not the SEA! [This could mean a DESERT, like Qumran!] [Or it could mean the United States, separated from Europe and Asia] 2. He manages to make FIRE come down out of Heaven in the sight of MEN! [This could refer to the FIRE at Mt. Carmel after Elijah's offering and prayer][ Or to the fire that descended on SODOM and Gomorrah thought to have been located near Qumran] [Or it was not real fire at all but SYMBOLIC FIRE of the "Holy Spirit" at Pentecost. 3. He manages to DECEIVE almost EVERY ONE on EARTH! [This could refer to a great number of RELIGIOUS LEADERS Islamic, Jewish, and Christian, both Catholic and Protestant] 4. What does the IMAGE look like that this BEAST causes to be MADE to the FIRST BEAST, whose HEAD received a mortal would that was HEALED? THE MOST OBVIOUS ANSWER HERE WOULD BE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CRUCIFIX, SPREAD WORLD- WIDE WHEREVER THERE ARE CATHOLICS!
5. What, really is the MARK of the BEAST? [IF as I have suggested here, it's the Catholic Church it's something that Catholics expect all Catholics to do, then wearing ROSARIES and CRUCIFIXES, and taking the MASS every week from a Roman Catholic PRIEST would certainly QUALIFY. But if it's something they EXPECT everyone to do CATHOLIC or NOT, then keeping SUNDAY HOLY as a religious HOLIDAY and REST DAY would be MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE! So that's what Seventh-day Adventists have taught since about 1847.
6. Why must those who receive this MARK receive it on their RIGHT HAND as well as their FOREHEAD? [The type of Laws contemplated [called BLUE LAWS] not only require church attendance but also CEASING WORK "SHUTDOWNS" on the days the new laws MANDATE these "shut-downs"] [Symbolically at least men are supposed to "work" with their RIGHT HAND, not just their MINDS} 7. Why cannot anyone BUY nor SELL who receives this MARK? [Even in the earlier days of this country, before WWII, the Sunday "BLUE LAWS" did not allow ANY ONE, whether a religious church-goer or not, to BUY or SELL certain non-essential items on SUNDAY MORNINGS while churches were in session. NOW IN THE COVID PANDEMIC- THIS HAS EXTENDED TO OTHER DAYS AS WELL!]
8.How does the NUMBER of the BEAST's NAME equal 666 ? ?M
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