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666 - THE MARK OF THE BEAST....
A Warning to ALL
God has forewarned us of a time when the man of sin, a super human dictator
(II Thess. 2:4), known as THE BEAST, will be given power over all kindreds and
tongues and nations.., and ALL that dwell on the earth SHALL worship him
(except the saints), and he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
free and bond, to receive his mark, number or name, in order to work, buy or
sell. (Rev. 13:7,8,16)
AS A SNARE, shall it come on ALL them that dwell on the face of the whole
earth. (Luke 21:35) That is why God warned in the 34th verse, "Take heed...
lest... Your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness and cares
of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares." Two particular baits
the Anti-Christ will use to coax people under his snare before they are caught
and compelled to take the mark: money and hunger. Many people are already more
concerned about their ability to buy and sell than they are about their soul's
welfare. With all food rationed and scarce, it will be a simple matter to
cause a fearful, unbelieving people to accept this mark of allegiance and
worship of the Anti-Christ, which seals one's eternal doom. (Rev. 14:11)
WHOSE NUMBER IS THIS?
In English it is 600-060-006. In Greek it can be the Greek letters which look
like x-e-s, In the Roman it is DC-LX-VI. The Bible does not say every man will
have that number, but... it is the number of a MAN, and HIS number is six
hundred threescore and six. (Rev. 13:18)
WHY THEY WILL WORSHIP HIM
1. The Anti-Christ will be a super deceiver, and an imitator of Christ. He
will be religious at the start. (John 16:2) As Christ desired unity among His
followers (John 17:20,21), even so will the Anti-Christ bring about a
federation of churches and denominations, but omitting the name and denying
the blood and virgin birth of Jesus. As Christ will have a bride (Rev. 19:7),
so will the Anti-Christ (Rev. 17:5). As Christ had power to heal the sick,
raise the dead, and had power over the elements to do miracles, so will the
Anti-Christ SEEMINGLY have power. (Rev. 13:13-15; 11 Thess. 2:10-11).
2. He will be a great orator..."and shall speak great words against the most
High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change
times and laws. (Dan. 7:25). a mouth that spake very great things." (Dan 7:20)
"... and his mouth as the mouth of a lion..." (Rev. 13:2).
3. He will be a clever politician, "... he shall come in peaceably, and obtain
the kingdom by flatteries (propaganda)", (Dan. 11:21). He shall promise to end
wars and bloodshed with a permanent peace and prosperity to all nations, which
he shall be able to accomplish for a short while, in so much that many
thousands (including the Jews) will declare that a truth the millennium has
surely come indeed.
4. He will be a commercial wizard, and will have undisputed control over all
the world's finances, silver, gold and pleasant things as mentioned in Daniel
11:38,43 and Rev. 13:17.
5. He will be a military genius - he will have absolute control of a
marvelously equipped international army, and "shall destroy wonderfully" (Dan.
8:24), and "who is able to make war with him?" (Rev. 13:4).
6. He shall be a successful ruler. The first of his reign shall be marked with
such prosperity until all will gladly surrender to him. (Dan. 11:36), but will
eventually fade into the worst class of slavery or peons the world has ever
heard anything about. (Rev. 13:7, 16; 11 Thess. 2:4). Mankind will be
hopelessly paralyzed in his demoniac presence.
SETTING THE STAGE
Already there are dictators (uncrowned kings) springing up everywhere. It
means only one thing: they are preparing the way for the great world dictator,
the Anti-Christ, the little horn of Daniel 7:8,20, to come and take the reins
of the whole earth.
NEW ORDER OR SYSTEM
The Scriptures teach us four ways in which to become entangled with the Beast
kingdom: His image, mark, name, number, or number of his name. (Rev. 14:11;
15:2).
THE IMAGE
Perhaps through radio, television, telstar, and speaking computers, the image
will be made "to both speak and cause that as many as would not worship the
Image of the beast should be killed." (Rev. 13:15). The story of the three
Hebrew children (Dan. 3) is a type of the Christian in this dreadful time.
THE MARK
No longer do we say, "It shall come to pass in the last days," but, it HAS
come to pass. The blue eagle brought a mark of great change in America. In
Russia, the hammer and sickle is the mark. In Germany it was the swastika, and
in Italy the battle ax and rods: forerunners of the universal mark of the
Beast making the world mark-conscious in order to SNARE the people.
THE NAME
Modernism, Communism. Fascism, Nazism, and all the other isms are hell-born,
and the world has accepted them without reservation though they tend to
destroy all faith in God. The man of sin will bring about a unified or
international name which all must accept.
THE NUMBER
Practically all nations have their "number" systems in operation, without
which no man can secure work or buy the necessities of life. It is used
chiefly for identification purposes. In all our defense work and other
projects, etc., one must have his number as well as his picture in sight.
Since the same number system is used by all nations, it will be a very simple
matter to make it international when the stage is set.
THE HALL MARK
The Hall laboratories have an invention that could be utilized as a great
asset in these busy times, but the Devil will, no doubt, monopolize it and
bring about this very mark of the Beast. It is a fluid that can be written or
tattooed on human flesh, but remains invisible unless a certain light shines
upon it. Now, one day too soon, when we have more license and ration books and
identification numbers than we can manage, most people will gladly have their
social security numbers tattooed on themselves and be privileged to "throw
away" all the red tape, and march under the red light in the store, or gate to
their jobs, and be recognized as beneficiary of all the ration requirements,
etc., and thereby ENSNARED into taking the mark of the Beast, the brand of
hell. (Rev. 14:11)
IS THERE AN ESCAPE?
"And they OVERCAME him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their
testimony, and they loved not their lives unto death." (Rev. 12:11)
"To him that OVERCOMETH WILL I give to eat of the hidden manna." (Rev. 2:17)
"He shall dwell on high; his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks,
bread SHALL be given him; his waters SHALL BE SURE." (Isaiah 33:16; Dan. 7:21
,22; Psalms 37:3,19,25,28) Please be wise and heed this WARNING! Determine
NEVER under any circumstances to allow or permit this deadly mark to be
stamped on YOU. All true Christians must put their trust in the real CHRIST.
Rather have your head cut off and go to Heaven than accept their mark and go
to Hell.
"I call Heaven and earth to record, this day against you, and that I have set
before you life and death, blessing and cursing: "Therefore choose LIFE that
both thou and thy seed may live." (Deut. 30:19)