old man joe
2006-11-01 18:05:00 UTC
The Revelation of John was written in Greek... hence the words of
Christ referring to Himself in the Greek words Alpha and Omega...
" I am the Alpha and the Omega " Rev 1:8
In Rev. 13:18 we read...
" 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 six hundred
and sixty-six. "
In this verse we have the very name of the beast given under the
symbol of the number 666. Before the invention of figures by the
Arabs, in the tenth century, letters of the alphabet were used for
numbers. The Greeks in the time of Homer, or soon after, are thought
by some to have assigned to their letters a numerical value
corresponding to their order in the alphabet: thus, ' a ' was 1,
because it is the first letter; and ' w ' was 24, being the last.
This method of representing numbers or letters of the alphabet, gave
rise to a practice among the ancients of representing names also by
numbers.
Examples of this kind abound in the writings of heathens, Jews, and
Christians. Where the practice of counting the number in names or
phrases began first to be used, cannot be ascertained; it is
sufficient for the illustration of the passage under consideration, if
it can be shown to have been in existence in the apostolic age.
The system now in use cannot be traced to any very ancient source.
What can be proved is, that it was in use before the commencement of
the Christian era. Numerical letters, denoting the year of the Roman
emperor's reign, exist on great numbers of the Egyptian coins, from
the time of Augustus Caesar through the succeeding reigns.
It was a practice in the apostolic age, and subsequently, to count the
number in words and phrases, and even in whole verses, it will be
evident that what is intended by 666 is, that the Greek name of the
beast (for it was in the Greek language that Jesus Christ communicated
his revelation to St. John) contains this number.
Many names have been proposed from time to time as applicable to the
beast, and at the same time containing 666. We will only notice one
example, viz., that famous one of Irenaeus, which has been approved of
by almost all commentators who have given any sort of tolerable
exposition of the Revelation.
The word alluded to is lateinov, the letters of which have the
following numerical values: l 30, a 1, t 300, e 5, i 10, n 50, o 70, v
200; and if these be added together, the sum will be found to be
equivalent to the number of the beast... 666
The most concise method of expressing this among the Greeks was as
follows, 'h latinh basileia, which is thus numbered:-
T
h == 8 } H
E
l == 30 } L
a == 1 } A
t == 300 } T
i == 10 } I
n == 50 } N
h == 8 }
b == 2 } K
a == 1 } I
s == 200 } N
i == 10 } G
l == 30 } D
e == 5 } O
i == 10 } M
a == 1 }
---
666
666 = " The Latin Kingdom "
No other kingdom on earth can be found to contain 666.
The meaning of the whole passage is, that those whom the false prophet
does not excommunicate, or put out of the pale of his Church, have the
mark of the beast, that is, are genuine papists, or such as are
actively or passively obedient to his Latin idolatry.
By a person having the name of the beast is evidently meant his being
a Latin, i.e., in subjection to the Latin empire, and, consequently an
individual of the Latin world; therefore those that have the name of
the beast, or the number of his name, are those that are subjects of
the Latin empire, or of the numbered Latin empire, viz., who are in
subjection to the Latin empire, secular or spiritual.
The Church of Rome evidences it's blasphemous worship of Mary as
Co-Redeemer, referring in their Catechism to her as the " Queen of
Heaven. "
Satan has been developing Asherah worship since the Fall. Asherah is
the Mother Goddess or Eve worship began in ancient times since she is
the Mother of all Living ( Gen. 3:20 ) who brings Life and is thus the
demonic copy of the Tree of Life in the Garden man could not otherwise
attain.
Symbols of Asherah worship is a wooden pole or grove of trees which
attempts to duplicate the Garden of Eden setting... in which the Tree
of Life was located. Similarly, to invoke the power of the Tree of
Life, which is eternal life ( Gen. 3:22 ) the ministers of
Asherah- Eve worship set up their copies of the Garden of Eden in
" High Places "... an attempt at a copy of the Garden of God which was
located on a high place. ( Gen 2:10 ) ( rivers flow from higher
elevations to lower elevations due to gravity. compare Ez. 28:14 )
The Rosary was passed to a Catholic Monk, St. Dominic, who beat
himself into a coma over a 3 day period ( Masochism... the inflicting
of injury to self for sexual passion with self ) in
a ' grove of trees ' ( Asherah ), had a visitation from none other
than the Virgin Mary herself, who gave him the Rosary and promised
eternal life to all who would pray to her.
The visit was with Satan himself disguised as an angel of light,
directing this masochist pervert to pass on the Rosary to worshippers
so they may receive eternal Life through him.
Remarkably, when Satan tempted Christ, he took Him to a ' High Place "
Mt. 4:8
While there is no call in the Christian Era to worship from an altar,
the altars set up by Papists and others are set above the
congregation... High Places.
Incense is burned, fires are lite ( candles ) cakes are made
( Eucharist ) and drink offerings are poured out ( the wine ) in
Papist Masses which are all purposed copies of worship to the Queen of
Heaven, not Jesus Christ, as noted in Jeremiah 44.
Satan has had global success in idolatrous worship. He has been
developing female goddess worship since Eve sought to " be like God. "
Satan has great success in our day in Christian lands by getting
worship to himself through Mary.
It appears that the Antichrist will arise out of the Church of Rome,
the Latin Kingdom, via the exultation of Mary as being Eternal God.
Mary is named in the Qur'an and is declared (uniquely along with
Jesus) to be a Ayat Allah or Sign of The God to mankind (23.50)
"exalted above all women of The Worlds/Universes" (3.42),
thus encompassing massive amounts of worshipers world wide.
Mary in other religions :
Some followers of non-Abrahamic religions, particularly followers of
Wicca, link Mary to the Earth Mother of various Neo-pagan traditions.
Some Buddhists have even been known to link Mary to Kwan-Yin, a
Bodhisattva of compassion venerated by various Chinese Buddhist
faiths. Followers of Santería identify Mary (as Our Lady of Regla)
with the goddess Yemaja, and (as "Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre")
with Oshun.
A look at the many occurances and locations of an appearance of Satan
in the form of Mary in Papist tradition is worthy here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_apparitions#List_of_Marian_apparitions
Christ referring to Himself in the Greek words Alpha and Omega...
" I am the Alpha and the Omega " Rev 1:8
In Rev. 13:18 we read...
" 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 six hundred
and sixty-six. "
In this verse we have the very name of the beast given under the
symbol of the number 666. Before the invention of figures by the
Arabs, in the tenth century, letters of the alphabet were used for
numbers. The Greeks in the time of Homer, or soon after, are thought
by some to have assigned to their letters a numerical value
corresponding to their order in the alphabet: thus, ' a ' was 1,
because it is the first letter; and ' w ' was 24, being the last.
This method of representing numbers or letters of the alphabet, gave
rise to a practice among the ancients of representing names also by
numbers.
Examples of this kind abound in the writings of heathens, Jews, and
Christians. Where the practice of counting the number in names or
phrases began first to be used, cannot be ascertained; it is
sufficient for the illustration of the passage under consideration, if
it can be shown to have been in existence in the apostolic age.
The system now in use cannot be traced to any very ancient source.
What can be proved is, that it was in use before the commencement of
the Christian era. Numerical letters, denoting the year of the Roman
emperor's reign, exist on great numbers of the Egyptian coins, from
the time of Augustus Caesar through the succeeding reigns.
It was a practice in the apostolic age, and subsequently, to count the
number in words and phrases, and even in whole verses, it will be
evident that what is intended by 666 is, that the Greek name of the
beast (for it was in the Greek language that Jesus Christ communicated
his revelation to St. John) contains this number.
Many names have been proposed from time to time as applicable to the
beast, and at the same time containing 666. We will only notice one
example, viz., that famous one of Irenaeus, which has been approved of
by almost all commentators who have given any sort of tolerable
exposition of the Revelation.
The word alluded to is lateinov, the letters of which have the
following numerical values: l 30, a 1, t 300, e 5, i 10, n 50, o 70, v
200; and if these be added together, the sum will be found to be
equivalent to the number of the beast... 666
The most concise method of expressing this among the Greeks was as
follows, 'h latinh basileia, which is thus numbered:-
T
h == 8 } H
E
l == 30 } L
a == 1 } A
t == 300 } T
i == 10 } I
n == 50 } N
h == 8 }
b == 2 } K
a == 1 } I
s == 200 } N
i == 10 } G
l == 30 } D
e == 5 } O
i == 10 } M
a == 1 }
---
666
666 = " The Latin Kingdom "
No other kingdom on earth can be found to contain 666.
The meaning of the whole passage is, that those whom the false prophet
does not excommunicate, or put out of the pale of his Church, have the
mark of the beast, that is, are genuine papists, or such as are
actively or passively obedient to his Latin idolatry.
By a person having the name of the beast is evidently meant his being
a Latin, i.e., in subjection to the Latin empire, and, consequently an
individual of the Latin world; therefore those that have the name of
the beast, or the number of his name, are those that are subjects of
the Latin empire, or of the numbered Latin empire, viz., who are in
subjection to the Latin empire, secular or spiritual.
The Church of Rome evidences it's blasphemous worship of Mary as
Co-Redeemer, referring in their Catechism to her as the " Queen of
Heaven. "
Satan has been developing Asherah worship since the Fall. Asherah is
the Mother Goddess or Eve worship began in ancient times since she is
the Mother of all Living ( Gen. 3:20 ) who brings Life and is thus the
demonic copy of the Tree of Life in the Garden man could not otherwise
attain.
Symbols of Asherah worship is a wooden pole or grove of trees which
attempts to duplicate the Garden of Eden setting... in which the Tree
of Life was located. Similarly, to invoke the power of the Tree of
Life, which is eternal life ( Gen. 3:22 ) the ministers of
Asherah- Eve worship set up their copies of the Garden of Eden in
" High Places "... an attempt at a copy of the Garden of God which was
located on a high place. ( Gen 2:10 ) ( rivers flow from higher
elevations to lower elevations due to gravity. compare Ez. 28:14 )
The Rosary was passed to a Catholic Monk, St. Dominic, who beat
himself into a coma over a 3 day period ( Masochism... the inflicting
of injury to self for sexual passion with self ) in
a ' grove of trees ' ( Asherah ), had a visitation from none other
than the Virgin Mary herself, who gave him the Rosary and promised
eternal life to all who would pray to her.
The visit was with Satan himself disguised as an angel of light,
directing this masochist pervert to pass on the Rosary to worshippers
so they may receive eternal Life through him.
Remarkably, when Satan tempted Christ, he took Him to a ' High Place "
Mt. 4:8
While there is no call in the Christian Era to worship from an altar,
the altars set up by Papists and others are set above the
congregation... High Places.
Incense is burned, fires are lite ( candles ) cakes are made
( Eucharist ) and drink offerings are poured out ( the wine ) in
Papist Masses which are all purposed copies of worship to the Queen of
Heaven, not Jesus Christ, as noted in Jeremiah 44.
Satan has had global success in idolatrous worship. He has been
developing female goddess worship since Eve sought to " be like God. "
Satan has great success in our day in Christian lands by getting
worship to himself through Mary.
It appears that the Antichrist will arise out of the Church of Rome,
the Latin Kingdom, via the exultation of Mary as being Eternal God.
Mary is named in the Qur'an and is declared (uniquely along with
Jesus) to be a Ayat Allah or Sign of The God to mankind (23.50)
"exalted above all women of The Worlds/Universes" (3.42),
thus encompassing massive amounts of worshipers world wide.
Mary in other religions :
Some followers of non-Abrahamic religions, particularly followers of
Wicca, link Mary to the Earth Mother of various Neo-pagan traditions.
Some Buddhists have even been known to link Mary to Kwan-Yin, a
Bodhisattva of compassion venerated by various Chinese Buddhist
faiths. Followers of Santería identify Mary (as Our Lady of Regla)
with the goddess Yemaja, and (as "Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre")
with Oshun.
A look at the many occurances and locations of an appearance of Satan
in the form of Mary in Papist tradition is worthy here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_apparitions#List_of_Marian_apparitions