THE DRAGONS
IN THE WATERS = 666
By John Henry, Th.D.
"For God is my King of old,
working salvation in the midst of the earth. Thou didst divide the sea by thy
strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Thou
brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the
people inhabiting the wilderness." (Psalm 74:12-14)
I have been here in Nong Khai
There are 3 possible answers
that might explain why the reddish “fire balls” shoot up out of the river for 2
or 3 nights each year in October: 1) fakery, 2) natural
phenomenon, or 3) supernatural. Old timers and likewise their
parents have seen the Naka fire balls since long before the 200,000
people a year began coming to view this spectacle. No, it is not fakery,
and what would possibly cause the fire balls to ascend just in October.
No, the phenomenon is not natural, but rather it is
supernatural.
There are only 2 sources for
supernatural phenomenon: 1) God Almighty and 2) Satan and his angels (i.e.
demons). Yes, believe it or not, there is a good God in Heaven and
there are evil spirits in the earth. The Almighty created angels before
the foundation of the world (Job 38:4-7). He created them holy and with
free will as He also created Adam and Eve. Before time began Lucifer, of a
class of angels called cherubim, was created perfect, but because of pride and
of his own free will he led in a rebellion against God (Ezekiel 28:14-15; Isaiah
14:12-15). A full 1/3 of the angels in heaven followed him. Lucifer
(meaning: the shining one), therefore became Satan (meaning: the enemy).
“And the great dragon was
cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth
the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were
cast out with him." (Revelation 12:9)
It was
through devious subtlety that “that old serpent” was able to gained
control of the earth which was originally given by God to Adam and Eve (Gen
1:26-28, 2:16-17, 3:1-6). Adam willfully sinned when he disobeyed God by
following the satanic advice of his wife.
By doing so he in effect pawned the earth over to Satan (Rom 6:16). But God already had a plan to redeem us
from “the great dragon” and from our sin nature inherited from Adam and
Eve (Matt 25:34; John 17:24; 1 Pet 1:20; Eph 1:14; Heb 4:3).
Satan will be brought
to justice! But for now God is
allowing him to run his evil course in order to let him show himself up for the
villain he really is. Satan will be
proved to be worse than Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Saddam and all other tyrants
who have ever lived rolled into one.
The Word of God says that he will be “... cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, … and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”
(Revelation 20:10)
"In that day the LORD with his
sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent,
even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon
that is in the sea." (Isaiah 27:1)
Here in Isaiah 27:1
“the sea” is symbolic for the masses of humanity as in Revelation 17:15: “… The
waters … are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.”
Likewise, the other
fallen angels will eventually be punished (Psalm 74:13), but for now many of
them roam the earth doing the bidding of their leader, Satan. These are the “seducing spirits” that
the Bible speaks of:
“Now the Spirit speaketh
expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving
heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.” (1 Timothy 4:1)
You may be
skeptical about all this, but let me assure you, there is a wealth of evidence
to prove that the Bible is true. If
space allowed I could tell you of the prophecies of the Word of God that have
already been fulfilled and about those that are being fulfilled now. I could tell you of the internal
mathematical evidences of the Bible.
And I could tell you of other irrefutable evidences, but for now let me give you just one
evidence that will show you that the Bible is true, beyond the shadow of a
doubt. It has to do with “the
mark of the beast.”
Years ago a man by the
name of J. R. Church in studying “the mark of the beast” in the Book of
Revelation developed a gematria formula for the English alphabet based on the
ancient Sumerian civilization's method of calculating. The Sumerian system was
based on a root of six as opposed to ten.
It is believed that the Sumerian civilization is the most ancient and
that their system of counting was the very first. The Sumerian system can still
be seen in our use of the foot (12 inches = 2 x 6) and yard (36 inches = 6 x 6)
and in our sexagesimal measurement of time (i.e. 24 hours = 4 x 6; 60 seconds
and 60 minuets = 10 x 6).
The
Biblical languages of Hebrew and Koine Greek and other ancient languages used
the letters of their alphabets for numbers also. For example, in the Koine Greek of 2000 years ago by
adding the values of the letters of Lord’s name, JESUS we get 888.
Applying
these facts J. R. Church developed an English gematria based on increments of
6. He did this by adding 6 to each
letter of our alphabet (A = 6, B = 12, C = 18, D = 24, E = 30, F = 36 and so
on).
To use
such a system to "count the number of the beast" is called gematria.
It is a system for calculating the
numerical equivalence of words and phrases and can be used to gain insight into
interrelations of Biblical concepts.
J. R. Church’s English gematria system is convincing evidence that backs
up established Biblical doctrine.
Notice his gematria’s verification showing what many already believe
about this passage:
“And deceiveth them that
dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in
the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should
make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did
live. And he had power to give life
unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak,
and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be
killed. And he causeth all,
both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their
right hand, or in their foreheads:
And 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. Here is wisdom. Let him that
hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of
a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six” (Revelation
13:14-18, cf. 14:11. 15:2, 16:2, 19:20, 20:4)
* COMPUTER =
666
* TERMINALS = 666
* BIO-IMPLANT = 666
* CALCULATION = 666
* MARK OF BEAST = 666
These are
not coincidences, but verifications of the Word of God. Some 2000 years ago,
even before there was an English language, God encoded this mathematical
information in His Word to help us understand these last days.
God spoke
to the Prophet Daniel saying, “… O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book,
even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall
be increased.” (Daniel 12:4)
Knowledge and travel have never increased in the way they have in the
past 70 years. There was no way the
prophecy of Revelation 13 could have been fulfilled until the advent of the
computer which was first crudely developed during WWII. But now everything required in order to
implement the Antichrist Beast’s One World System (Government, Economy and
Religion) is in place.
Another
Bible doctrine that we have already referred to is also verified by Mr. Church’s
gematria system:
* LUCIFER HELL =
666 (Isaiah 14:12-15)
* LUCIFER HADES = 666 (Hades is Greek for hell)
* DEVIL SHEOL =
666 (Sheol is Hebrew for hell)
Likewise
the demons that are causing these lying wonders in the
* NAKA FIRE BALLS
= 666 (Naka is Thai for
dragon)
* THE DRAGONS = 666 (Psalm 74:13)
Here is verification
of another well established Bible doctrine:
* PEOPLE SIN = 666 (Romans 3:23)
“As it is written, There is
none righteous, no, not one: …. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into
the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned.” (Romans 3:10,
5:12)
All people
are already spiritually marked for death with 666, because we are all of
the house of Adam, and because we have all sinned before a holy God. But by
using the same English gematria system that has given us 666 so many
times (and there are many more that we don’t have room to show here) we also
come up with a totally different number, that of Jesus’ name. We all need to get
rid of the number we inherited from Adam (666) and receive Jesus’ number
(888) and become members of the house of God:
* THE HOUSE OF
GOD = 888 (1 Timothy 3:15;
Hebrews 10:19-25)
There is
just one prerequisite to becoming part of the house of God. Salvation by receiving the gift of God:
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Rom 6:23). “For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works,
lest any man should boast” (Eph 2:8-9).
It is “… the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto
salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” (2 Tim 3:15). These
Scriptures were are also called the perfect Law of Liberty.”
* SCRIPTURES =
888 (Matt 22:29; John 5:39;
1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
* GOD’S PERFECT
BIBLE = 888 (James 1:25; 1
Corinthians 13:9-10)
* LAW OF
This
Law of Liberty is testified to by the Holy Trinity.
“For there are three that bear
record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these
three are one” (1 John 5:7; cf. John 1:1-3, 14)
* THE TRINITY = 888 (1 John 5:7)
The
Scriptures bear record that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, and that
Biblical Prophet spoken of by Moses (Deut 18:15-19). His last words from
the cross were, “it is finished.” Everything required for the salvation
of sinners was finished on that old rugged cross. Now the Lord Jesus is risen from the
dead and ascended back to Heaven. He came the first time to save sinners who
would believe on Him. He is coming
a second time to judge unrepentant sinners and to “brake … the heads of the
dragons in the waters” (Psalm 74:13).
To the lost Jesus is the Lion of
* MESSIAH JESUS =
888 (Daniel 9:25-26; John
1:41, 4:25)
* BIBLICAL PROPHET = 888 (Acts
3:22-24)
* FINISHED CROSS
= 888 (John
19:30)
* THE LION OF
* THE KING JESUS
= 888 (John 18:37; 1 Tim
6:15; Rev 17:14, 19:16)
* MORNING STAR = 888 (Rev 22:16)
Now I
think that the evidence that has been presented here is sufficient to prove that
the Word of God is true, and its doctrines well established. These being
indisputable facts, please take a moment to review God’s Plan of
Salvation. In order to change
your standing from being God’s enemy (Rom 5:10) to being His child (Gal 4:5) you
must understand these few things:
1.
THERE IS A PENALTY TO PAY FOR YOUR SINS:
“And I say unto you my friends,
Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they
can do. But I will forewarn you
whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast
into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.” (Luke
12:4-5)
“But the fearful, and
unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers,
and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth
with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death.” (Revelation 21:8)
2.
YOU CANNOT SAVE YOURSELF:
“For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord.” (Romans 6:23)
“Being justified freely by his
grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a
propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for
the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare,
I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the
justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.” (Romans
3:23-26)
3.
ONLY JESUS CHRIST CAN SAVE YOU:
“Jesus saith…, I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by
me.” (John 14:6)
“For there is one God, and one
mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a
ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” (1 Timothy
2:5-6)
“Neither is there salvation in
any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.” (Acts
4:12)
4.
YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN:
The Bible teaches that you must receive a spiritual birth. This is done by receiving God’s
Word which admonishes us to receive the Lord Jesus Christ. This is done through repentance and
faith. REPENTANCE is turning from your sins in the fear of the Lord in
godly sorrow (2 Corinthians 7:10; Luke 13:1-5; Proverbs 3:7, 8:13, 14:26-27,
16:6). FAITH is turning to
Christ believing that He willing and able to save you (2 Peter 3:9; 1 Timothy 2:4;
Hebrews 7:25; 2 Timothy 1:12). Repentance and faith are inseparable and occur
simultaneously (Acts 20:21; Mark
1:14-15). That is our part. God then instantly causes us to be born
again.
“Of His own will begat he us
with the Word of Truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his
creatures.” (James 1:18)
“Being born again, not of
corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and
abideth for ever.” (1 Peter 1:23)
“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and
precious promises: that by these ye might be
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is
in the world through lust.” (2 Peter 1:4)
“Wherefore lay apart all
filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with
meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.”
(James 1: 21)
“But what saith it? The Word
is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the Word
of faith, which we preach; That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in
thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, THOU SHALT BE
SAVED. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be
ashamed. For there is no difference
between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all
that call upon him. For
WHOSOEVER SHALL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED.” (Romans
10:8-13)
“He came unto his own, and his
own received him not. But as
many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of
the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” (John
1:11-13)
As best as you know how, pray to
the Father in Jesus’ Name: Just humbly tell Him how sorry you are for your sins,
and ask Him to save you from Hell.
The Lord Jesus Christ died to save you, and He gives you these
invitations and warnings:
“Behold, I stand at the door, and
knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to
him, and will sup with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation
3:20)
“And I say unto you, Ask,
and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you. For
every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.” (Luke 11:9-10)
“He that rejecteth Me, and
receiveth not My words, hath one that judgeth him: the Word that I have spoken,
the same shall judge him in the last day.” (John 12:48)
“I
am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
have the keys of hell and of death.” (Revelation 1:18)
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