Mark of
the Beast
The Number of the Beast
Control over Three Essential Global Activities
The Second Beast seeks authority and control over three essential activities in the world. First, he wants to control the world politics. “And he
exercises all the authority of the first beast” which indicates he wants to conquer the world like his Islamic predecessor Mohammed. Second, he wants to control the
world religions. “. . . and causes
the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly
wound was healed.” (Rev. 13:12) It means he wants to make Islam the dominant religion in the world. Third,
his actions will effect the world economy. “And
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, and that no one can buy or
sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his
name. 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.” (Rev. 13:16-18)
Let me share with you what I think about the
number of the beast which is the number of a man. God created man on the sixth
day therefore the number of man is six (6).
There are three main activities in the government that belong to man.
They are politics, religion and economics. The number of a man who is also the
Second Beast 666 indicates the Beast’s politics, the Beast’s religion and the
Beast’s economics.
The Beast wants to control the world politics.
Osama bin Laden hates America because our nation is the only one that can stop him from achieving his evil ambition of world domination. Secondly, we are the staunch supporter of Israel that he seeks to destroy. Thirdly, we have vast interests in
Saudi-Arabia. One of his doctrines is that no infidel (non-Muslims) can occupy
any land belonging to a Muslim nation. Osama and the Al Queda terrorists are trying to muster the support of all Muslim nations to fight against America.
In the Old Testament the number 666 appears in
the elements concerning Goliath, the champion of the Philistines who were the
enemies of Israel. Goliath stood six
cubits and a span tall, his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels, and he
had six different types of armor and weapons: a helmet, a coat of mail, bronze
leg protectors, a javelin, a spear, and a sword. His shield was carried by an assistant, so Goliath personally had
only six different weapons and armor.
What is the significance of this? Goliath defied
Israel and therefore the God of Israel, and challenged the Israelites to a
physical confrontation. He was a giant who was forcing himself onto God's
people, like the Second Beast and Extreme Muslims have done and will do. David
said:
"Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God." (1 Samuel 17:36)
Here the 666 is connected with those who were waging war against God's people. The enemies of God's people are identified by the number 666. The greatest enemies of both Jews and Christians today are the Extreme Muslims such as Osama bin Laden, Al-Queda terrorists, the Talibans in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya and other Islamic nations that support terrorism. Goliath started the attack but David killed him with a stone, with God's help. Extreme Muslims have started the new war, but America and Israel will be victorious with God's help. Like the stone of David the destruction of the Beast system under the Talibans have been accomplished by accurate pinpoint bombings by the U. S. Special Operation forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
If we count the Roman Catholic Church separately from
the other Christian denominations the Islamic religion has the most members
worldwide. It is in a period of rapid
growth. It is expected that, if current
trends continue, Islam will become the most popular religion sometime in the
mid-21st century. The World
Almanac 2002 gives the world membership of Muslims as 1.2 billion and 4.5
million in North America.
Six is the number of man and also the
number of the Beast (Rev. 13:17-18).
There are six major beliefs of Islam. These are: one God, God’s
Prophets, Sacred Books, Man’s relations with God, angels and other spirits, and
the Day of Judgement. Islam is the
religion that has the number of the Beast.
Seven is the number of completion because God ended His work of creation on the Seventh Day and He rested, blessed and sanctified the seventh day (Gen. 2:1-3). God commanded man to worship Him on the Seventh Day Sabbath (Ex. 20:8-11). Daniel prophesied the beast would change times and law (Dan. 7:25). The beast had changed the day of worship from the seventh day to the sixth day. Muslims, all over the world, worship on Friday that is the sixth day of the week. This day of worship is not ordained by God but by the Beast.
“And 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, and that no one can buy or sell except
one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
(Rev. 13:16-17)
Why did the Beast choose the
World Trade Center as its primary target?
This is a demonstration of his evil power that anyone in the world who
does not accept his mark, which is his political ideology, his perverted form of Islamic religion and his system of economics, cannot “buy or sell.”
In addition to the immediate devastating impact of the attacks, there has been a significant disruption of national, state and local economic systems, including, financial, transportation, trade, business and tourism activities. The terrorist attack on the United States affects world economics. The International Monetary Fund
has forecast a sharper slowdown in the world economy, following the terrorist
attacks in the United States. It forecasts a sombre short-term outlook for the
Japanese economy, with significant implications for the rest of East Asia. The dramatic collapse in American consumer
confidence, following the World Trade Center attack, increases the likelihood
that the US economy will slide into recession.
Until now, consumer spending was the key factor underpinning the US
economy.
Analysts warn that the US economy could be plunged into
recession should consumer confidence collapse in the wake of the attacks on the
World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The economic impact on developing
countries of the attack on the World Trade Center was already being felt on day
after the attack. Government ministers in developing countries moved to
reassure citizens and investors but expressed fears about the outlook for their
countries. Their economic programs, often formulated with the IMF and World
Bank and reliant on foreign investment, could be undermined. Exports by these countries to the US, the world's
biggest consuming nation, were already flagging before the attacks and could
now fall further as consumer confidence is eroded. Economic impact The attacks are expected to deal the blow to US
consumer confidence that would delay Asia's recovery from the sharpest export
slowdown in a decade. Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo
Hiranuma, speaking at the Asian and European Economic Ministers meeting in
Vietnam, expressed alarm over the implications, but added he hoped they would
not be lasting. "In the short term, there is a very big economic
impact," he said on Wednesday. That position was echoed around Asia and the world. China's junior trade minister Sun Zhenyu said the
extent of the fallout was already clear. "We know the stock markets have already been
adversely affected. Exports to the US will go down to a certain degree,"
he said. Blow to revival hopes Taiwanese computer makers said the disruption to
flights into the US came just as sales were picking up ahead of Christmas. Even
if the airports reopen, tighter security could cause pile-ups and backlogs,
they said. South Korean Trade Minister Doo-Yun Hwang said the
attacks would have a "negative impact" on trade, investment and the
exchange rate but added he hoped it would be "short-lived." "Do not panic," said Russian Prime Minister
Mikhail Kasyanov on national television after Russians rushed to sell the US
dollar, sending the rouble plunging. Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso also
warned there could be economic difficulties for Latin America's largest
country. "It is probable that considering the virulent
nature of these acts there will be consequences in the whole world, mainly
economic," he said. "The whole world is in a turmoil," said
Somkid Jatusripitak, finance minister in Thailand.
“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.” (Rev. 13:18)
The Beast referred to here is the confederacy of the Radical or Extreme Islamic states that includes the Taliban, Al Queda and other nations which is to take shape during the End Time. The man is Mohammed ---
the identification coming from Gematria, the ancient Hebrew science which
assigns numerical values to words.
In Gematria, the value of a word is determined by adding the
numerical equivalents of the individual letters that form it. Here, then, are
the steps necessary for identifying Mohammed as the "name" and
"number" of the beast:
The simplest phonetic transcription of the word 'Mohammed'
is:
(1) M O
H A M
E D
In ancient Hebrew, the closest counterparts of those sounds
are:
(2) Mem Waw Hey
Aleph Mem Yod Dalet
The proper character representation for the word Mohammed in
John's Vision is:
(3)