Revelation's Last Persecution

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The Mark of the BeastThe Last Persecution

(Revelation 13)

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SymbolsRevelation 13 shows Jesus as the judge. Here we see the final evidence of Hiscase against Satan. Satan is exiled from heaven, so he builds an empire and afalse sanctuary on earth to rival God. He plans to murder the people of God justas he murdered Christ. The symbols used involve the covenant and the first fourcommandments. It is the struggle of a false god who erects an immoral empireon earth by corrupting and occupying the temple of God. Satan recruits the

most powerful political, religious and financial organizations on earth in thisfight against God.

BackgroundSo far we have learned that after the 1260 year persecution that the beastwould be wounded and that this wound would be healed. We then see the finalpowers at the end of time. The dragon transfers power to the beast, then tothe lamb beast and then to the image to the beast. At this point they issue aglobal mark under the threat of persecution.

The Mark of the BeastJohn describes this lamb beast's last deception. It attracts people by miracles and inflicts brutality bypopular consent.

Miracles. And he does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in thesight of men, and deceives those who live on the earth by the means of those miracles which he hadpower to do in the sight of the beast;Image of the Beast. saying to them that live 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 to the image of the beast,that the image of the beast should both speak,Punishment. and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. Andhe caused 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,The Mark of the Beast. save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.666 is Calculated. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, forthe number is that of a man, and his number is six hundred and sixty six. (Revelation 13: 13-18)

The Image. They worship the beast and his image. This must refer to the first beast (papal

Rome) because the image was made for him. In the time when God is recreating His final peopleand giving life to them, we find the beast is also trying to give life to its little spawn anddemanding universal worship. This image must be the final Antichrist who is the final enemy ofGod that tries to demand worship for itself.

The Punishment. As with Daniel, there is severe punishment for not worshipping the beast.

Death Penalty. This is for all who do not worship the image to the beast of Babylon theGreat.

Economic Sanction. This is for those without the mark of the beast, the name of thebeast or the number of his name. They will not be allowed to buy or sell.

The Mark. This mark is a group of signs that is received in either the right hand or the forehead.

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A Mark.

The Name of the Beast.

The Number of His Name. It is also called the number of the beast.

It is very obvious that an identification system will be used to impose economic sanctions on agroup of people who will not submit to idolatry.

What Could it Be? We will demonstrate the possible nature of this mark from the sanctuary inseveral ways.

1. The Seal of God. The mark is the opposite of the seal of God.

2. The Corruption of the Sanctuary. It is issued by the man of sin who raided andcorrupted the sanctuary. 666 is a sign of this abomination.

3. Attack on the law. We will show how this beast attacks the first four commandmentsand, by a process of elimination, how the mark is related.

4. The Census and Evaluation. It is a number that is counted. We will look at the censusand evaluation process in the sanctuary

5. The Number of His Name. We will look at the concept behind applying a number to aname.

The Midianite Apostasy. We will look at a similar apostasy just before they entered thePromised Land.

6. Six Hundred and Sixty Six (666). It is one of the many characteristics that identifiesthe persecuting beast.

The Mark of the Beast and the SealThe question still remains. What is the mark of the beast, and how do we avoid it?In Revelation 14: 9-11, the Bible describes the terrible fate of those who receive the Mark of the Beast. Instark contrast, Revelation 14: 12 describes those with the seal who stand victorious with Jesus on MountZion:Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith ofJesus. (Revelation 14: 12)Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. (Isaiah 8: 16)Therefore, our conclusion is that the seal of God is contained in His law. The Bible teaches that the final

issue will be over the seal of God as opposed to the mark of the beast.In Revelation 7: 1-3 an angel ascends from the east with the seal of the living God. This angel comes downfrom heaven and puts a seal on people's foreheads. Two classes are represented:

Wicked. Those who receive the mark of the beast and eventually receive the plagues.

Righteous. Those who keep the commandments of God, who are sealed, and do not receive theplagues.

The Characteristics of A Seal. There are about six essential elements in a seal needed toauthenticate a document. The first three are generally stamped on the physical seal. The last three arethe power behind the authorization. The covenant is the document that contains the seal.

The General Characteristics of a Seal. Let us use the Seal of The United States of America as anexample.

1. Name. (It must state who is sealing it). George Washington.

2. Title. (It must state the persons office or authority). President.

3. Dominion and Territory. (Must state the realm). United States.

4. Authorizer. (It must state who gave the sealer the authorization). The people of theUnited States.

5. Duration. (It must state how long the authorization lasts). Time in office (four years).

6. Number. (It must state the number or quantity ruled). All the people.


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6. Number. 666. Here is wisdom. Let him

who has understanding calculate thenumber of the beast, for the number isthat of a man, and his number is sixhundred and sixty six. (Revelation 13:18)

The Location that is Marked.The mark is placed in the right hand and the forehead.The beast wants external signs of loyalty and devotion tohis commandments.In Israel, this is the exact place where the faithful Jewwas supposed to place the external reminders aboutkeeping the laws of God. This request was strictly toremember the first four commandments. God wantedthem to be internal (in the heart) and he wanted externalsigns (on the hand and the forehead).You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart andwith all your soul and with all your might. These wordswhich I am commanding you today shall be on your heart.You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall

be between your eyes on your forehead. (Deuteronomy 6:5, 6, 8)

In Revelation 7, 14 and 15, we see that those who arevictorious have the following characteristics:

1. Pure. Revelation 14: 4. They were not defiled by the harlot. They were loyal to God.

2. Name of God. Revelation 14: 1. They have the name of the Lamb and the Father written on their

foreheads instead of the mark of the beast. They did not worship the beast and his image.

3. Law keepers. Revelation 14: 12. They keep the commandments of God and have the faith ofJesus Christ. The law has not been repealed by the new covenant.

4. Sabbath Song. Revelation 14: 2; 15: 3-4. They sang the Sabbath song from Psalm 92.

Conclusion. The mark of the beast involves those who do not submit to the authority of God.

Judging the Corrupted SanctuaryJudgment. There was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, "Get up and measure thetemple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.Corrupted. Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been givento the nations; and they will tread under foot the Holy City for forty two months." (Revelation 11: 1-2)It is obvious that the wicked corrupts the temple of God and God abandons a portion and leaves it tothem. Ezekiel also describes a temple that will be measured and judged. It is the temple that existsbetween the resurrection of Christ and the Second Coming. It describes a people that are still not perfectinteracting with a sanctuary system administered by a perfect High Priest. Just like the temples before it,this temple will also be trampled. Unlike the previous temples, there is no building. The people are thetemple.

The Temple Will Be Judged. We get the measurements of this temple from Ezekiel. We willcompare the measurements of this temporary temple to the permanent one in Revelation 21-22just as we compared the seal of God and the mark of the beast. The Temple of Ezekiel.

Outer Border. The border was 600 by 600 cubits.

Gates. There were six gates (three pairs on three sides) that were 60 cubits high. Eachhad 6 guard rooms that were 6x6 cubits with a 6 cubit threshold.

Walls. They were 6 cubits wide and 6 cubits high.

The Head and Hands of Dagon

There is another old testament story thattells the importance of the forehead andthe hands.

The Philistines had captured the Ark of theCovenant and placed it in their temple nextto the idol of the false god Dagon. Theyhad dared to mix their false worship withthe true. God punished both the peopleand the idol. He gave the people a plagueof sores and the head and hands of the idol

were cut off by God. (1 Samuel 5: 1-7).

This is exactly what happens in the end.The false religion captures the law of God.The people involved in idolatrous worshipreceive a mark on their head and hands anythey will suffer with sores in the seven lastplagues.

In this final apostasy, both the people andthe false god experience the fate of Dagon.Interestingly, the fish god Dagon survived inBabylonian worship. The roman clergywears the same fishhead mitre of the

priests of Dagon.Leviathan is also described as a monsterwith the head of a fish.


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Grain Offerings. One sixth of an ephah.

Number of Names ("People"). 666. (From Revelation 13)

The Temple in the New Jerusalem.

Outer Border. It is a cube (12000 stadia). Which is 1500 miles or 4,800,000 cubits. [1stadia is 600 feet]

Gates. There were twelve pearl gates. Three gates on four sides.

Walls. 144 cubits (72 yards).

Number of Names ("People"). 144,000. 12,000 from twelve tribes.

It is very obvious that the measurements of the city are related to the number of people. Thereare 144,000 names from 12 tribes in this temple. It is equally obvious that the beast takes overthe temple described by Ezekiel. That corrupted temple is measured by the numbers sixhundred, sixty and six.

The Temple and the Law Will Be Corrupted. Psalm 74 is a prophecy about this time.Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins. The enemy has damaged everything within the

sanctuary. It seems as if one had lifted up his axe in a forest of trees. And now all its carvedwork they smash with hatchet and hammers. They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground.They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. (Psalm 74: 3, 5-7)The Antichrist corrupts the temple by attacking the commandments of God. The first fourcommandments demonstrate our love and duties to God.Their focus is not the basis of civil law - the last six commandments. They focus on thosecommandments in which God described how He is to be honored if we love Him. So the Antichristshows that he is God by changing the commandments about God so that is is worshipped insteadof YHWH.

False Gods ("First Commandment"). He takes over the church of God and demands theworship of God.Worship the Dragon and the Beast. They worshipped the dragon because he gave hisauthority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast saying, "Who is like the beast andwho is able to wage war with him?" (Revelation 13: 4)Worship The Man of Sin. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall notcome, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the sonof perdition; Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is worshipped; so that he asGod sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. (2 Thessalonians 2: 3-4)So they worship Satan through his representative on earth.

Idol Worship ("Second Commandment"). The people will also be asked to worship animage.Worship the Image to the Beast. ... telling those who dwell on the earth to make animage to the beast who had the wound of the sword and has come to life. And it wasgiven him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast couldeven speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed.(Revelation 13: 14-15)

The False Trinity. The apostasy eventually creates a false Trinity. There are threeentities which want to be worshipped and they exhibit characteristics like god.

1. The Dragon and his Authority. Like the heavenly father, he gives authority tohis representative (verse 4).

2. The Beast with the Fatal Wound is Resurrected. Like Christ, the beast was

dead and then resurrected. (verse 12, 14).

3. The Image to the Beast and the Breath of Life. (verse 15). He mimics thepower of the Holy Spirit. The image of the beast came to life because thebreath of life was breathed in him. This mimics the activities of creation on thesixth day when God breathed the breath or His Spirit into man.


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The False Prophet. The second beast from the earth enforces this worship (13: 14). Inhis role, this beast acts like a false prophet and is described by this term in Revelation20: 10 and 16: 13. This role duplicates the hierarchy of leadership in Israel : God and arepresentative on earth.According to Revelation 13, as a false prophet it does the following:

4. Performs Signs and Miracles. Like a real prophet (Verse 14).

5. Gives Life. Like Jesus Christ and the disciples with the gift of the Holy Spirit(Verse 15).

6. Leads the People to a False God. Like the ancient leaders of Israel led them toGod (Verse 12, 14).

7. Causes Idolatry. Tells the world to create the image. (Verse 15).

Name of God Blasphemed ("Third Commandment"). They did not call on the name ofthe Lord but cursed Him instead.And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and Histabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven. (Revelation 13: 6)

Changed the Signs ("Fourth Commandment"). They changed the signs. The Sabbath is asign.Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their

own standards for signs. We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, nor isthere any among us who knows how long. (Psalm 74: 4, 9)

The purpose of the signs were to help the people to remember God and the covenantand the law.

Individual Signs . These signs are voluntary and require our devotion. They are allsigns of the Messiah.

o SHEMA: Wear Signs to Remember the Covenant. And he causes all, the smalland the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, tobe given a mark on their right hand and their forehead. (Revelation 13: 16)The Jews had five external signs that were in their control. Most were copies ofthe law.

Tfellin (Phylactery). They wore one on the hand and one on the forehead(Exodus 13: 16).Mezuzah. They put this sign on their doors.Tzizit. They wore signs on their clothes to remember the law (Numbers 15:39).Circumcision. The men cut the sign of the covenant in their flesh (Genesis17: 11).

o Passover: Sign in the Hand and Forehead. And it shall serve as a sign to you

on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of the LORDmay be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the LORD brought you out ofEgypt. Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time from yearto year. (Exodus 13: 9-10)How did Passover become a sign in His hand and forehead? He fulfilled the fivesigns of the SHEMA on the cross. The word of God became a sharp sword or

arrows that pierced Him in the form of nails in His hands, thorns on Hisforehead and a sword through His heart. He also had the law of God in Hismouth as our High Priest. Prays for Forgiveness. Father, forgive them, for they know not what theydo. (Luke 23: 34) Redemption. Truly, I say to you today. you will be with me in Paradise. (Luke23: 43) Place Prepared For Us. Jesus said to his mother: "Woman, this is your son".Then he said to the disciple: "This is your mother. (John 19: 26) Sins ForsakenMy God, Why have You Forsaken Me? (Matthew 27: 46, Mark15: 34)


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Promise of the Holy Spirit (Water of Life). I Thirst. (John 19: 28) Recreation Complete.It is Finished! (John 19: 30) Resurrection Promised. Father, into your hands I commend my spirit. (Luke23: 46)

Easter. The fabricated rituals of Easter cannot substitute for the richheritage that we have in the symbols of Passover. When you understand whatwas traded, you will realize that this cheap fraud is idolatry. Passover is one of

the signs that God will use in the last days to bring the Jews back to Him. ThisJewish exodus is the sign that will lead the rest of the Gentiles.

These signs are in the hand and forehead and heart where the beast wants to place hismark. All of these signs had a copy of the law written on paper and bound to the hand,forehead, gate and house. They are an external sign of the work of the Holy Spirit.

Miraculous Signs . These signs are demonstrated by an agent of God for the purposeof authenticating the message of this agent. However, this agent must not contradictother signs or the law or the covenant.If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, "Letus go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them," you shall notlisten to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God istesting you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with allyour soul. (Deuteronomy 13: 1-3)

o Prophet: Remember the Covenant.

When the people strayed from God, the purpose of the prophet was to guidethem back with warnings and teaching them the law and the covenant.

o Miracles: Respect God. These signs remind us that God is powerful. The beast

uses this type of sign to gain loyalty.

The beast promotes idolatry by miraculous signs.

Universal Signs . These signs are global and God is in charge of displaying them.However, we can ignore the signs.

o Sabbath: Sign of Sanctification. Also I gave them my Sabbaths to be a signbetween Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifiesthem. (Ezekiel 20: 12)The Sabbath reminded them that God was their creator and that He wouldrecreate or sanctify them and give them rest from sin. It is the only universalsign that is regular, frequent and it is not under our control.

Sunday. Sabbath has been substituted for Sunday. The change is used as asign of their authority to change the laws of God.

The authority of the church could therefore not be bound to the authority ofthe Scriptures, because the Church had changed ... the Sabbath into Sunday,not by command of Christ, but by its own authority. Canon and Tradition, page263

o Rainbow: Sign of the Covenant of Peace. I set My bow in the cloud, and it

shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. (Genesis 9: 13)This is another universal sign, but it is irregular.

o Holy Spirit: Sign of the Covenant of Peace Fulfilled. He performs great signs,

so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to earth in the presenceof men. (Revelation 13: 13)He is the fire from heaven who came to be with us permanently to help us tokeep the law. He is the sign that came after the great outpouring of rain fromheaven to wash away our sins. Although the Holy Spirit and the Sabbath are


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universal signs, we must take steps to put them on and accept them like theindividual signs.He writes a permanent copy of the law into our hearts.

Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit is the sign that gives us the seal of God.Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day ofredemption. (Ephesians 4: 30)

Unclean Spirits. The dragon, beast and false prophet are filled with unclean

spirits.And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of thebeast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits likefrogs; they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings ofthe whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God,the Almighty. (Revelation 16: 13-14)

Now we see a picture of the evil strategy. The beast changes the universal signs. It provides afalse prophet to use miraculous signs to lure us into idolatry. Then it forces us to change theindividual signs.

The People and Altar will be Judged. In the end the man of sin distributes the number 666.

They said in their heart, "Let us completely subdue them." They have burned all the meetingplaces of God in the land. (Psalm 74: 8)

The Mark of God and the Abominations in the Temple . Ezekiel had a vision inchapters 8 to 11 of the abominations in the temple of God. There were idols, carved images, creepingthings, weeping for Tammuz and sun worship. They were breaking the first four commandments. Thisevoked the wrath of God.Then God sent six executioners, one of them marked the people of God and the others killed the rest. Hehad this vision in the sixth year, sixth month and the fifth day of their exile. (Ezekiel 8: 1). The day afterhis vision would have been year six, month six, day six. Is that the day, he started warning the exiles?(Ezekiel 11: 24-25). Every single issue in this one vision copies all the issues in the Mark of the Beast!According to chapter 8, their sin was breaking the first four commandments.

1. One God. They worshiped an idol of jealousy.

2. Carved Images. They prayed to carved images of idols, beasts and creeping things in the temple.

3. Name of the Lord. They were weeping for Tammuz instead of calling on the Name of the Lord.

4. Sabbath. They worshipped the Sun.

What is interesting is that God said that each abomination was worse than the previous. So in this event,sun worship and ignoring the Sabbath was somehow worse than idolatry. Why?They had rejected their sign of rest. Jesus said that certain types of blasphemy can be forgiven but notothers.Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spiritshall not be forgiven. (Matthew 12: 31)The Holy Spirit is the method of rest from sin and the Sabbath is the sign of this rest.

Conclusion. The mark of the beast involves those who will be judged because they have corrupted thesanctuary and religion of God by creating their own corrupt sanctuary and system of religion and changing

the laws of God.The Little Horn Changes Laws. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear outthe saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his handuntil a time, times and the dividing of a time. (Daniel 7: 25)Instead, the people under the jurisdiction of the beast will be lawless, will change the Sabbath, will bepossessed with the spirit of demons and they will be guided by a false prophet.And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, bywhich he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image;these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. (Revelation 19: 20)


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Judging the People: The Magnificent Price of JesusWhen Jesus was crucified, there were several ways that they treated Him like an evil man. We discuss allof them in another lessonbut we discuss the final example here. Judas was paid 30 shekels for Jesus.I said to them, "If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, never mind!" So they weighed outthirty shekels of silver as my wages. Then the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter, that magnificentprice at which I was valued by them." So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter inthe house of the LORD. (Zechariah 11: 12-13)

600 Gerahs ("Evaluation Price"). The 30 shekels was equivalent to 600 gerahs. If a person madea difficult vow, they can pay based on the age or gender. A thirty year old man was valued at 50shekels. If it is an animal or other property and you wish to redeem it then the cost is one fifthabove the value that is estimated. So, in this case if Jesus, the Lamb of God was valued at 50shekels, His redemption price would be 60 shekels.Valued by the Priest. But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be placed before thepriest and the priest shall value him; according to the means of the one who vowed, the priestshall value him. (Leviticus 27: 8)If the person is too poor, then the priests set the value. They valued Jesus at 30 shekels.Now that they undervalued Him, let us see what He can purchase.

60 ("Ransomed"). 30 shekels was only enough to ransom sixty people counted in the census.Ransom or Atonement Money. When you take a census of the sons of Israel to number them,then each one of them shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you number them, sothat there will be no plague among them when you number them. This is what everyone who isnumbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary the shekel is twentygerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD. (Exodus 30: 12-13)

6 ("Firstborn"). 30 shekels was only enough to redeem six firstborn.Redemption of the first born you shall take five shekels apiece, per head; you shall take themin terms of the shekel of the sanctuary ( the shekel is twenty gerahs). (Numbers 3: 47)

So Jesus could redeem 66 people. This sounds strangely like the 66 descendants of Israel who had to cometo Egypt.

The Census. Since the value was obtained by a counting and a census we will look at one judgmentpattern that involves a counting and measurement. In Jewish tradition judgment is done in three stageson Tishri 1, 10 and 21. These are are the same pattern applied at the fall of Babylon when God did the

evaluation and rendered judgment.

Judgment Called: Mene, Mene ("Counted, Counted"). The sealing and counting is done betweenTishri 1 and 10 when the census of the righteous was taken. Why were there two counts?

Two Groups. It was counted into two piles which represents the separation of thewicked and righteous. Technically, only the righteous are counted. But by default thepile that remains is the wicked.

Two Chances. Among any group two chances were always given. Each chance had aperiod of five cycles before a major judgment occurred. Sixty is probably five chancesgiven to twelve tribes.

The word "mene is supposed to be the same as maneh (60 shekels). So each pile was sixty shekelsaccording to the righteous judgment.

Judgment Rendered: Tekel ("Weighed"). A shekel and tekel were the same thing, both are unitsof weight. On Tishri 10, Yom Kippur, sentence was passed. Judgment was sealed and the finaldecision was made. Each pile was weighed and they each weighed sixty shekels (the value of amaneh). But 30 shekels were weighed for Jesus and he was found deficient like Belshazzar.

Judgment Delivered: Upharsin ("Divided"). Judgment was delivered. Jesus was divided or cutoff. The two groups were separated. Each was worth sixty shekels. This is what the judgment canpurchase.

Redemption of 12 Firstborn. This is the twelve tribes or twelve disciples.

Ransom of 120 Sons of Israel.
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This is just speculation, but perhaps 120 people were resurrected with Him, ten from each tribe.

Conclusion. The mark of the beast involves people who have been rejected by God because they aredeficient.

Calculating The Number of His Nameand he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either thename of the beast or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculatethe number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.(Revelation 13: 17-18)

The book of Numbers has the only reference to counting the number of names. It is a task in which onlycertain members of a family were counted during a census. The number was assigned to the name of thehead of the family.Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' householdsaccording to the number of names, every male, head by head from twenty years old and upward, whoeveris able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their armies. With you, moreover,there shall be a man of each tribe, each one head of his father's household.Leaders of Thousands. These are they who were called of the congregation, the leaders of their fathers'tribes, they were the heads of thousands of Israel. (Numbers 1: 2-4, 16)

The leaders were supposed to command a minimum of thousands. Even in this the beast is deficient. Hehas less than one thousand.

Marriage and the Naming CeremonyWe find other evidence that a naming ceremony occurs before or during a marriage. The Second Coming isknown as the wedding of Christ to His church. At this time He also numbers us and gives us a new name.We see that during this final time, the beast also tries to brand people with his name and number.Where does this ceremony originate? Look at the time Adam named the animals.The recognition that Adam is alone (18). Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone,I will make him a helper suitable for him".The Naming of the Animals (19-20). Out of the ground God formed every beast of the field and everybird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; And whatever the mancalled a living creature that was his name. The man gave names to all the cattle and to the birds of thesky and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.

The Creation of Eve (21-22). So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man and he slept.Then He took one of the ribs and closed up the flesh in that place. Then God fashioned into a woman, therib which He had taken from the man. (Genesis 2: 18-22)After God said that Adam should not be alone, He asked Adam to name the animals. Adam did not findanyone suitable for him, then God created Eve.

Conclusion. On the sixth day God made man in His own image. At the end of time, the beast makes aman that is in his own image. This parallel symbolism of God and the false God making an image on thesixth day is a direct link to the activities of this day of creation.The number of the man who causes the mark of the beast is given to the man who is head of thehousehold of the Antichrist. He creates his house by first getting married so that he gives them his nameand spawns evil seed in his own image.

Calculating God's Portion (TheMidianite Apostasy)

The book of Numbers 31 records how to distributepeople and treasure captured in war.A very interesting coincidence occurs when theformula for the distribution of the tithe and theportion given to the Levites and High priest is appliedto the number 6,000.

God's Portion

Portion Recipient Fraction People Amount

Tithe God 1/10 6000 600

War TaxLevites 1/50 3000 60

Priest 1/500 3000 6

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This story is also interesting because it occurs just before Israel took possession of the Promised Land.12,000 soldiers of Israel took vengeance on the Midianites because they tricked Israel into committing sins(Numbers 31). The story has a bizarre similarity to the issues of Revelation 13 in reverse.

Idolatry. Israel worshipped Baal at Peor. This is the same crime of the beast.

Plague. A plague killed 24,000 Israelites (Numbers 25: 9). The seven last plagues will be pouredout.

Numbered. Israel was numbered in preparation for receiving their inheritance.

Promised Land. They were just about to enter the Promised Land.

Economic Gain. Israel took revenge and divided the booty according to a specific formula.

The division of the spoils of war was also according to the judgment formula: (count and divide) If youapply this formula, including the tithe to the number 6000, then you will get 666 in tithe and taxes forGod.

Census (Verse 26). They counted the booty of captured animals and people.

Divide (Verse 27). They distributed half to the people and half to the soldiers.

Tax the Soldiers (Verse 28). One in 500 belongs to God and goes to the high priest.

Tax Israel (Verse 30). One in 50 belongs to the Levites.

Why choose 6000? When we compared the temple in the New Jerusalem to the corrupted temple ofEzekiel we noticed that the number of people is directly related to the size of the walls. In the newJerusalem the walls are 144 cubits and the number of names is 144,000. In Ezekiel's temple the walls are6 cubits so the population is 6000. We assumed that the missing tribe of Dan now belongs to the beast and6000 or 12000 may be their population.

In the last days, Israel is faithful. They are about to enter the Promised Land. They do not worship thebeast and his image. They do not get the plagues. They are punished economically.If this is an accurate assessment, it means that the beast of Revelation 13 steals everything that is setaside for God.

The First Four Commandments. He breaks the commandments and substitutes his own.

God's Treasures

. He takes one of the tribes just as God reserves one tribe for Himself to be Hispriests. He takes the portion of that is set aside for God. But He begins another priesthood usingDan, the tribe that is judged as a serpent. How appropriate!He also begins a process of numbering his people. Why? Satan intends to take God's property anddistribute it among his people and disinherit the true children of God.

What is the Mark of the Beast?In Revelation 11, the temple, people and the altar of the righteous were judged, but the wicked were notjudged. Now it is time to judge and measure the wicked.Describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let themmeasure the pattern. And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the designof the temple and its arrangement, its exits and its entrances, its entire design and all its ordinances, allits forms and all its laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its whole design and all itsordinances, and perform them. (Ezekiel 43: 10-11)

Measuring the Temple. The had corrupted the temple and it exits and entrances and design hadthe measurements 600, 60 and 6.

Measuring the People. The people belonged to a man whose census was 600, 60 and 6.

Measuring the Altar. The people have no advocate. They chose to be judged by their own works.

The Woman in the Ephah. Zechariah 5: 5-11. The wicked woman is judged in the temple inBabylon. She is sitting in the vessel that is used to measure the grain offering. An ephah isenough for 6 offerings.
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The Location of the Mark.Just as the Sabbath is the sign or seal of God, Sunday will be the sign or mark of the beast.


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The Attack on God

All of the first four commandments areattacked by the beast in the end. TheMark of the beast is just one of the fourareas where the beast will claimauthority over the one True and LivingGod.

He will demand worship by demandingloyalty to his name, his image and hisfalse Sabbath.

Like Daniel, I plan to resist. I refuse to

hide my allegiance to the true Sabbath.I intend to do exactly what I have beendoing in past.

The Mark

Mark of the Beast Location Mark of God

Name of the beast Forehead Name in our forehead (14: 1)

Number of the beast (666) Right hand Number of God (144,000)

The mark is placed in the same two external spots that Israel was told to place the law of God. They cannot see the heartof man so they cannot legislate that worship. However, they can enforce external signs that show where your loyaltiesare.

The first two commandments tell us what we should not do if we accept God. The third and fourth tell us what we shoulddo to acknowledge our relationship to God. It is these visible signs that are used as a test to see if we will break the firsttwo.

3. The Name in the Forehead. Revelation 14: 1 shows that we will be taking the name of God. This is a reference

to the third commandment. We should take the name of God, but with the proper understanding and respect.Even now there is a politically correct movement which attempts to say that all gods are the same despite whatwe choose to call him or her.

4. The Sabbath Rest and the Work of the Hand. Spend time with God on the day that He has made holy.It controls what we do publicly, and it is the most successful attempt of the papacy to change the laws of God. Itis the only commandment that has an economic component. We cannot buy or sell on Sabbath. The beast willmake it impossible to do necessary trade unless we do business on Sabbath. Even now, all secular activity is being

forced on to the Sabbath as Sunday is becoming the only guaranteed week day of rest by businesses.and he provides that no one will be able to buy or sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of thebeast or the number of his name. (Revelation 13: 17)

In a broad sense, all of the first four commandments are attacked and claimed by the beast. The most important is thefirst commandment. Like ancient civilizations, they could force us to bow down to idols. But the final apostasy mustappeal to modern men, including the religious and agnostic.So, the most visible sign of disloyalty will be to attack thefourth commandment. That is why it will be the centralfocus.

The Number of A Man

The record is clear. 666 ultimately belongs to a man. Whois he?... for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six

Letter ValueV 5I 1C 100A 0R 0I 1

U ( V ) 5S 0F 0I 1L 50I 1I 1D 500E 0I 1

Total 666

Total Information AwarenessTotal Economic Control

The new Homeland Security governmentdatabase named "Total InformationAwareness" (TIA), gives a greatcapability to the country that isidentified as one of the powers of the

beast system that will enforce the mark.It will be tied into the credit system andto INTERPOL, probably giving andreceiving real time information to thecredit bureaus.

Since the government database will holdother non-financial information abouteach citizen, they are preparingthemselves to be the trigger thatnotifies the credit agencies to instantlydeny a transaction. Although it is nottheir current intention, they have thelaws and they are building the perfectsystem for enforcing the future mark of

Measurements

Do not be dismayed about theapparently broad use of this number inseveral types of measurements. If welook at the numbers 40 and 42, we seethat God applied it to several units ofmeasurement.

Measurements. The curtain length. Age. Good kings reigned 40 years. Time. The beast reigns 42 months.

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