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Originally posted by seyr
How can the UPC labels have anything to do with it? That is old technology.... The real mark of the beast will be RFID tags.
What I find so amusing about this thread is, it has gone on for 2 pages now and no one has figured out that the beast is not a religion. The Pope is not the beast. If anyone cared enough to do some digging they would find the definitions for beast, harlot, etc. And they might come across the manipulation of a simple n could change a number from 616 to 666.
Originally posted by FieryIce1
Originally posted by seyr
How can the UPC labels have anything to do with it? That is old technology.... The real mark of the beast will be RFID tags.
Oh for crying out loud, another one.
What I find so amusing about this thread is, it has gone on for 2 pages now and no one has figured out that the beast is not a religion. The Pope is not the beast. If anyone cared enough to do some digging they would find the definitions for beast, harlot, etc. And they might come across the manipulation of a simple n could change a number from 616 to 666.
Whatever happened to logic?
Originally posted by DAR
Before it shows up? Its already here is what I AM trying to get across. Just for kicks did you have any barcodes on the products in Norway as we do here in the US
When all the world is accustomed to get food or anything for that matter at such a convieniance
wouldnt you think it would be the door to the realization of the number and its reference to "man" and be forced to accept it or starve !?
I have written the man responsible for creating the Upc barcode and I asked him a Question refering to the mark of the beast and he replied and swore there was No God and scoffed religion. He has a website on AOL but i cannot recall at this time but i found this "Update: �I am sorry, but as of November 2000, I will no longer respond to questions about the U.P.C. and the New Testamant� --George J. Laurer "
Originally posted by FieryIce1
What I find so amusing about this thread is, it has gone on for 2 pages now and no one has figured out that the beast is not a religion. The Pope is not the beast. If anyone cared enough to do some digging they would find the definitions for beast, harlot, etc. And they might come across the manipulation of a simple n could change a number from 616 to 666.
But this is so funny the posters go on and on with speculation without even defining what they are speculating about.
Originally posted by mepatriot
There is no proof that the "Beast" represents a person. It could just as well represent a system. If Lustiger is the "Beast" he will have to do signs and wonders for anyone to follow after him as described in Revelations.
I give a lot of kudos to this thread that the word "anti-Christ" has not been used interchangeably with the Beast...as that clearly is a "Spirit" (system) as stated in Thessalonians, and not a person that can be equated (as Falwell, La Haye as infinitum, do) with the "Beast."
We all know that the word "anti-Christ" is not to be found anywhere in the Book of Revelations, nor is the word "rapture" to be found anywhere in the Bible.
Nostradamus is calling for two more popes though (reportedly) so we may have to wait awhile yet. lol
Originally posted by Truth
change the sabbath?
we hold his sacrafice in communion on sunday because he died on this day. you just judged millions of faithful catholics for one day jesus owns. im sorry but you have no clue what he taught the apostles to observe.
Colossians 2:16
you cannot judge me.
peace
Originally posted by Truth
1. somewhere i think in corinthians, they state of partaking of the communial sacrafice prophicied in
malachias was done on the first day.
im sure when jesus told the apostles in [all 4] gospels.
" whatever [you] bind and loose on earth will be bound and loosed in heaven"
every saint in our church who lived and died for jesus, who wore hairy sweaters for penance, who cured millions, and who have died for him are nothing to god, yet a man on ATS holds all the keys?
you dont realize brother that [our] church is not confined to a building or hierarchy, but to one simple teaching.
i dont want the easy road because it merrits nothing. if you are going to follow jesus you will suffer on earth, but it will build on the soul more than you can imagine.
[this is] the basis of church teaching, and the saints knew it.
just saying [im saved] thats it, is why most people hate us, because doing this is easy.
i dont think im saved, im far from perfect, but [through] the sacraments i hope to be sooner than later.
Originally posted by otherwise
If we consider the papacy as the beast described in the Revelation, the next pope could be it. In Rev 17,9-10 the seven heads of the beast are described as follows:
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short time.
The woman is certainly the harlot in Rev 17, or the catholic church, and she sits on the seven heads of the beast, and only on the seven, because the eight (the beast) shall hate the harlot and make her desolate (he will be no spiritual leader, but rather a political one). The seven heads will reign in the period the beast is in "the bottomless pit", and when all heads are fallen and the wound is healed, the beast will once again gain power.
Now, if we consider the various names the popes have been using, as the heads (mountains/kings) of the beast (because it's certainly the number of his name we are after), and consider the fact that the papacy had a period of power from 538 AD* until 1798 AD**, or 42 months/1260 days (Rev 13,5), one day for each year (Numbers 14,34, Ezekiel 4,6) , we'll be able to count the pope-names used from 1798 till now, and get the sum of 7 (heads):
Pius VI (1775-99) (head #1, wounded to death**)
Pius VII (1800-23)
Leo XII (1823-29) (head #2)
Pius VIII (1829-30)
Gregory XVI (1831-46) (head #3)
Pius IX (1846-78)
Leo XIII (1878-1903)
Pius X (1903-14)
Benedict XV (1914-22) (head #4)
Pius XI (1922-39)
Pius XII (1939-58)
John XXIII (1958-63) (head #5)
Paul VI (1963-78) (head #6)
John Paul I (Aug-Sep 1978) (head #7, continue a short time. Only 33 days!)
John Paul II (1978-)
New Pope (The Beast, wound healed)
* = When the eastgoths were defeated in Rome, and the pope gained power.
** = Pope Pius VI was captured by the army of Napoleon in 1798, and died in captivity the year after. The power of the catholic church was nearly destroyed. (Rev 13,3)
So, how do we get to count the number of the Beast, 666? Well, simply by counting (integral calculus) the numbers of all the popes having the seven names since the founding of the catholic church, for instance the name Paul (6 popes) like this: (1+2+3+4+5+6) = 21. We'll get these numbers:
1. Pius (12 popes) = 78
2. Leo (13 popes) = 91
3. Gregory (16 popes) = 136
4. Benedict (14 popes) = 105
5. John (21 popes) = 231
6. Paul (6 popes) = 21
7. John Paul (2 popes) = 3
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Total: 665
To get the number 666, a new name must be introduced (so it can add 1 to the total). He will both be the 8th, and bear the number 666 (the number of his name):
8. New name (1 pope) = 1
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Total: 666
Since the present pope is old and sick, this theory might be a reality very soon! If you want to double-check my theory, you might want to go to this website: www.newadvent.org... (list of popes).
Greetings,
otherwise
Originally posted by Truth
change the sabbath?
we hold his sacrafice in communion on sunday because he died on this day. you just judged millions of faithful catholics for one day jesus owns. im sorry but you have no clue what he taught the apostles to observe.
Colossians 2:16
you cannot judge me.
peace
Originally posted by markrm
Very interesting...
But pay no attention to the gnomes behind the curtains, who may not be as well-read or educated as yourself, who make slithery comments against things of a biblical nature Pure amatuers.
Now... I'd like to insert my take. I actually discussed in another post, ugh I should've put a link to it, who I think the beast it - or the head of the beast that is wounded. I referred to this as perhaps the UN HQ in NY city. Since the UN will have those final 10 toes or '10 nations' under its rule soon
The next 'pope' my friend, will not be the beast himself, satan. The next pope will be the false prophet who does those marvellous little 'wonders' and supernatural things in sight of men The false prophet then turns the peoples adoration of him, to the beast himself - the antichrist. The final pope, or false prophet that is, will help rally the world together against christianity and jews as well - by creating the 1 world religion - deeming that all religions are equal. The current pope is saying such things NOW.. but he is an apostate. He is merely helping pave the way, testing the waters if you will, for the final pope who will come after himself, to convince the world we need... "Religious peace" and what not.
An article I had written about the beast and the mark itself.. hold on let me fetch 2 links....... im slow today.
This is one I wrote about the beast: pages.prodigy.net...
As this one is about the mark, and I didn't get to go into any kind of detail on new technologies (smart card for example) that will usher in the mark: pages.prodigy.net...
The full site, just a lil o' personal site, has a few more similar articles. Just see my signature for the main link. Tell me what ya think too!