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Something I have often wondered but have not hever heard an answer for is what is the “mark of the beast”? In Revelation the scripture speaks of the haveing the mark of the beast,666 on their forheads.
Is this really what will happen?
My birthday is 9-6-66! :eek: So you can see why I have a special intrest here? :o
Any insights welcome.
Allie 🙂
 
there are 666 threads on this topic already, do a search, you will be in for some laughs.
 
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puzzleannie:
there are 666 threads on this topic already, do a search, you will be in for some laughs.
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Thanks! haha 😃
 
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allisonP:
Something I have often wondered but have not hever heard an answer for is what is the “mark of the beast”? In Revelation the scripture speaks of the haveing the mark of the beast,666 on their forheads.
Is this really what will happen?
My birthday is 9-6-66! :eek: So you can see why I have a special intrest here? :o
Any insights welcome.
Allie 🙂
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Well Allie, man was created on the six day of creation along with all the wild beast. Man left his beastly nature when he entered his priesthood on the seventh day, resting from beastly labors and entering into the work of the Lord.

666 is not to enter the seventh day and therefore remain a beast.
 
The Prime Minister in Australia is John Howard.
Take a simple code, where we allocate values to letters.
A = 56, B = 57, C = 58, D = 59 and so on, up to Z = 81. Now add up the values of the letters in John Howard’s name.

J = 65
O = 70
H = 63
N = 69

H = 63
O = 70
W = 78
A = 56
R = 73
D = 59
___666

Of course you can do this with lots of names, like for Hitler, you use the code A = 100, B = 101, C = 102 and so on, Hitler adds up to 666.

I wrote a computer program to work out codes like these in people’s names. The longer a name is, the less likely there is to be a working code for it.

So it’s quite a surprise when ‘puzzleannie’ (one of our most beloved posters on CAF) works out to have a code for the number of the beast. Use A = 48, B = 49, C = 50 etc. and add up the letters in her user name.

Basically, don’t worry about coincidences like these. You no more possess the mark of the beast than John Howard (or puzzleannie) does.
 
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allisonP:
Something I have often wondered but have not hever heard an answer for is what is the “mark of the beast”? In Revelation the scripture speaks of the haveing the mark of the beast,666 on their forheads.
Is this really what will happen?
My birthday is 9-6-66! :eek: So you can see why I have a special intrest here? :o
Any insights welcome.
Allie 🙂
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  1. ]18] This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is* six hundred** and sixty-six.

    Okay, rest assured Mr. triple six has come and gone. It was a reference to the Roman Ceasar Nero. I think the practice of using numbers in Hebrew was “gematria.” They often used it to identify people in code so if their letters were intercepted by the Romans, the Romans wouldn’t know who they were talking about.

    Still good fodder for Hollywood horror movies, but that’s about all.
 
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Flopfoot:
The Prime Minister in Australia is John Howard.
Take a simple code, where we allocate values to letters.
A = 56, B = 57, C = 58, D = 59 and so on, up to Z = 81. Now add up the values of the letters in John Howard’s name.

J = 65
O = 70
H = 63
N = 69

H = 63
O = 70
W = 78
A = 56
R = 73
D = 59
___666

Of course you can do this with lots of names, like for Hitler, you use the code A = 100, B = 101, C = 102 and so on, Hitler adds up to 666.

I wrote a computer program to work out codes like these in people’s names. The longer a name is, the less likely there is to be a working code for it.

So it’s quite a surprise when ‘puzzleannie’ (one of our most beloved posters on CAF) works out to have a code for the number of the beast. Use A = 48, B = 49, C = 50 etc. and add up the letters in her user name.

Basically, don’t worry about coincidences like these. You no more possess the mark of the beast than John Howard (or puzzleannie) does.
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could you figure out my name with the program?
 
Semper Fi:
nero was 666.
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I never did figure out how that was linked. What made people say you had to add the letter up? Why couldnt it be a direct number, what is it in the original greek?
In roman numerals it is DCLXVI, but could that have been applied?

What could DCLXVI mean?
D-Disciple of
CL- Christ our Lord
XVI-Pope Benedict XVI !!
 
Rev.13

  1. ]18] This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is* six hundred** and sixty-six.

    The most remarkable coincidence I’ve ever found in the bible, regards this passage with that of Solomon (blessed by God with** Wisdom**) placing a toll of **666 **gold coins in tribute from the neighboring countries that Israel had conquered. This was done against God’s Will.

    Notworthy
 
There’s no simple linear code for your user name, Catholic Dude. There might be another way to work out a code, but my program only tries to find codes with letters corresponding to consecutive numbers.

There is a code for the name allisonp though - A = 72, B = 73, C = 74 and so on.
 
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allisonP:
What about placing the mark on the forhead?
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Could it be some form of anti-baptism?
Read on,

The prophet Ezekiel had a vision about the judgment that would fall upon Jerusalem for its idolatry. In the vision, the faithful Jews who were marked with the Hebrew letter Taw on their foreheads would be spared when the day of reckoning arrived (Ezek. 9:4). The Taw was the shape of a Cross. Therefore, a cross on the forehead symbolized covenant union with God and divine protection. Now, let’s fast forward to Revelations, where the faithful servants of God in the New Covenant were marked with a seal on their foreheads, which would “protect them from the divine judgment that will fall upon the earth” (Rev. 7:3). When we were baptized, we were marked with the seal in the form of the sign of the Cross on our forehead.

Notworthy
 
YOu nver fail to inspire me notworthy!
Thanks! 👍
That gave me chills!
Of course now the question is if I have been sealed?
I am a baptized christian, just not of the catholic church.
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NotWorthy:
Could it be some form of anti-baptism?
Read on,

The prophet Ezekiel had a vision about the judgment that would fall upon Jerusalem for its idolatry. In the vision, the faithful Jews who were marked with the Hebrew letter Taw on their foreheads would be spared when the day of reckoning arrived (Ezek. 9:4). The Taw was the shape of a Cross. Therefore, a cross on the forehead symbolized covenant union with God and divine protection. Now, let’s fast forward to Revelations, where the faithful servants of God in the New Covenant were marked with a seal on their foreheads, which would “protect them from the divine judgment that will fall upon the earth” (Rev. 7:3). When we were baptized, we were marked with the seal in the form of the sign of the Cross on our forehead.

Notworthy
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Allison, first of all, Thanks!

Secondly, The Catholic Church teaches that if you have been baptized with water (matter) and in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (form), then you have received a valid Baptism. You would have the seal mentioned in Revelations.

One more sidenote on the Ezekiel passage, about those with the seals were saved from some great Apocalypse: Many Scholars believe it described the Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70AD (the day of reckoning). Josephus says there were over 1 million Jews killed. The Christians, though (those with the Baptismal Seal Ezekiel may have been talking about) evacuated Jerusalem and fled to the mountains.

Notworthy

P.S. Now, Allison, when are you ready to come home (to Rome)??😃
 
StCsDavid said:
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  1. ]18] This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is* six hundred** and sixty-six.

    Okay, rest assured Mr. triple six has come and gone. It was a reference to the Roman Ceasar Nero. I think the practice of using numbers in Hebrew was “gematria.” They often used it to identify people in code so if their letters were intercepted by the Romans, the Romans wouldn’t know who they were talking about.

    Still good fodder for Hollywood horror movies, but that’s about all.
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  1. StCsDavid I think you can be more cautious when trying to interpret the scriptures. Because that is what you have done in alluding to the belief that Nero was in fact the personality that the number 666 was referring to in the bible. It is very misleading to other seekers of the truth when you make statements like the above.

    Hermaneutics has been an ongoing study for many centuries and still no has the authority or the completeness of knowledge to profess a complete understanding of the truth of the Word of God. No where in the scripture is Nero proclaimed as the beast of revelation. As well many other prophesies including the appearance of Jesus Christ and other beings in the end times and the tribulation have naver materialized to date. How can you explain them away? I’d like to hear your interpretation of the dragon, the final battle between the Lord’s army and Satan’s, the horsemen and the passing away of the old heaven and earth and the rulership of Jesus Christ on earth.

    Blessings.
 
Well I believe my baptism may have been valid then.
Home to rome?
I am still on the road I guess! 😃
 
Possible problem with the sealed chosen in Rev 7:

There are only 144,000. That could easily be symbolic, probably is, but the angels are the one’s doing the sealing. It may be that this sealing has already happened. Just about every individual has a different time-table for the events in revelation.
 
I can’t remeber where I heard this and it might totally be wrong (When I get home today after school I will look around), that 7 in the perfect number and that 6 in the imperfect or horrid number and that 666 could simply be a person is really imperfect/bad (i.e. an anti-christ). Again I can’t remeber where I got this from so I don’t suggest you take this too seriously till I can find a sourse.
 
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allisonP:
What about placing the mark on the forhead?
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Maybe someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure that roman soldiers / citizens received a mark (tattoo) on their right hand or forehead to signify that they were Roman citizens. Living in the Roman Empire wasn’t enough to make you a citizen, so they needed an identifying mark to make sure you were who you said you were.

Also, people worshiped Nero as a god… not merely a governor or emperor (same as most roman emperors of the time). Many were predicting his return and saying that he hadn’t really died, thus he was an anti-christ and fits perfectly the description given in Revelation.

Another thing, Saint Augustine likens the Book of Revelation to the liturgy (Mass) in Heaven. Or, it could just be a liturgical book that was used here on Earth too. A reason for using allegorical language like they did in Revelation is because of the amount of persecution the Christians were under at the time.
 
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