This
calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the
number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is
666. (Revelation 13:18 ESV)
I
am not sure there are many who can interpret or adequately explain
this passage. So many have applied Gematria to the words and tried to
come up with a name but I primarily see one of the Cesar's getting
pinpointed. How does that help? None of the Caesars' are coming back.
(Trying to make him come by attributing the wounded head that
appeared to be dead and comes back to life to him does not work.)
Of
the commentaries I looked at the author was bold enough to say, this
one puzzles him.
I
believe God has put particular authors and speakers in front of me
(you have to be willing to listen) that have given me a sudden
clarity about end times events. Since then so much of the Revelation
has become clear.
Let me get something straight. I have no private
interpretation of the bible and, if you noticed, as I write, I
typically suggest that you READ for yourself and apply God's word to
some logical thought and see if you do not come to the same
conclusions.
One
of people who God brought across my path was Walid Shoebat.
There is timing involved in revelation for a couple of years ago I
would have allowed my prejudice and narrow-mindedness to dissuade me
from me considering this man.
I have none of his
books. What I found was a recent video. In that video he describes
how, as a young believer (he had been a Palestinian terrorist but
came to know Jesus Christ) he read this passage an Arabic version in
the Codex Vaticanus.
When he came to this part “Six
hundred threescore and
six.G5516
“ χξς
chxs;
i.e. chi
xi sigma, he
knew immediately what is was, for this is a common phrase in the
middle east among Arabic speaking/Islamics. The phrase is called the
Bismillah. “In the name of Allah.”
Mr.
Shoebat also stated that Gematria is one the methods that many have
used to ascertain the name of the person who is to be the beast, but
God is not interested in witchcraft and number games. But allow me
this thought for a moment. Did not the wise men from the east
(Babylon, trained by those that Daniel trained.) find out by numbers
and the stars at what time the Messiah should arrive, and they
followed the star that led them right to him. Astronomy was
apparently God designed but toying with Astrology was probably not.
There is no doubt that God put these signs in place for our benefit
but they are not to be abused.
T
he
top image is definitely Arabic and shows the cross sword symbols of
Islam, the lower text is Greek.
Walid
Shoebat stated that he read this in the Codex Vaticanus. The problem
with that is that this codex does not contain the Revelation from
what I am to understand.
Could
the man make a mistake? I do it all the time, partly because my
memory is giving way. But he did say he that he read it in his native
language, Arabic.
Apply
some logic to this:
- John wrote to Jewish believers.
- I believe that God wanted us to understand. Clearly this is one the hardest ones to figure out, unless what Walid Shoebat said is true.
- Satan, the power and backing behind Islam, is in opposition to every thing that God stands for. Revelation uses the terminology Antichrist, therefore in contrast to.Walid Shoebat, in an effort to make the audience understand said, Islam is the antithesis of God and godly things.
If
Islam is the antithesis to belief in “the One true God” then it
makes all the sense in world to tell us that this
man can be identified by his relationship to Allah, the
god in opposition.
How
might God get us to see that? By inserting the Bismallah, something
that would not have made any sense to anyone at the time of the
writing. Muhammad was not even born until 570 years after Jesus
Christ died. It was not until several years later that Mohammedanism
was formed.
You
might be asking yourself what Satan copied in using the Bismallah.
The Bismallah - “in the name of Allah” is basis and theme within
Islam that states: “there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his
messenger.” Did you grasp that? If you wish to convert to Islam
this is your statement of faith. You will, if you are a believer,
have to understand that there is no one else but God. This is what
Jesus told the Jews during the three years of his time among us, but
he made it clear, and John, the disciple, conveyed it to us, He was
God.
This
is a vital statement to the Jewish community but the New Testament
believers today have not made it a vital statement that motivates
their lives. It is basically this:
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.” (Deuteronomy 6:4 ESV)
If
this has been the defining statement of our belief, there is no Lord
but Yahweh, then how would I convey an Antichrist theme? To raise up
a religion that claims peace but is in fact the most violent of
people on the earth, and instead of acknowledging Jesus Christ as
God, they sing the praises of Allah.
If you do not know
this Jesus Christ I speak of, then give him your life today. Accept
his love for you. He placed himself on a cross to a ransom for your
sins so that you are no longer indebted for them. He rose from the
dead to give you new life. And he promised to come back for us and
take those who await him to live with the Father (God). He loves you
and died for you at a time when no one loved him. He did this to
prove his love for you. I suggest you run to him because I have asked
him to invade your dreams and give you visions of this Jesus Christ.
His arms are open awaiting you. Ask him in and give him control of
the life that you are not doing so well with.
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