The actual Number of The Beast is only mentioned in Revelation 13:18 ; In the Greek manuscripts, the number is rendered as **χξϛ** or "six hundred and sixty-six". In 2005 Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum revealed the discovery of the oldest manuscript (about 1,700 years old) of Revelation 13 which gave The Beast's number as 616 **χιϛ**. What is the more common belief between the two? What are some examples of Churches that belief in 666 and some in 616? Are there other interpretations this question does not consider?

Was listening to a sermon on K-WAVE from Calvary Chapel on the radio. The pastor stated that "globalization" was a mark of the beast and that it signifies Jesus will be returning soon. What's the biblical definition of globalization and why is it the mark of the beast?

If Jesus said that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit then could it be reasonable to assume we are the Holy place? Also we are told that if we take the mark of the beast or worship his image we will not be in the lambs book of life. I ask this because the term "Holy Place" is used and if you presume that it is from the perspective Gods view then what indeed does HE consider "Holy". We are told to be "holy" as He is Holy. I don't see how a place can be Holy. I understand that when Gods presence was in the temple it became a holy place. But now Gods Spirit resides in us. What do you think?

Scripture says that Jesus will make war on the enemies of God from a horse and his sword will be the word of his mouth. It looks like the devil will lead an army of men into a war against Jesus' headquarters here on earth after the 1000 year reign in the air. **NB** It's **not the devil who leads**, **it's the beast**. The beast is the one who attempts to lead an invasion against Jesus' camp of Saints. This is because during this time the devil is imprisoned in the abyss, and that's why later he is freed ## The Rider on a White Horse ## **Revelation 19:11-15** >Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. Heaven has an army and Jesus is the leader. ## Birds get ready to feed on the flesh of fallen men ## **Revelation 19:17** >Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, “Come, gather for the great supper of God, to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.” The size of fallen men is going to be so huge that the birds are called to feast on the remains. ## The Beast and the nations get ready for war against Jesus and his armies ## **Revelation 19:19** >And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies gathered to make war against him who was sitting on the horse and against his army. Both sides get ready to attack ## Jesus Defeats the Beast and captures him ## **Revelation 19:20** >And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. The beast loses the war to Jesus, he is captured and thrown alive into the lake of fire. Since this beast is alive and thrown alongside the false prophet into the lake of fire, does it follow that the beast is a **human king** and the false prophet his priest? Using the **principal of duality** like truth and lies, angels and demons, God and devil then it follows that the beast is the opposite of Christ in form in that Christ has a physical body and the Spirit of God so does this beast has a physical body and the Spirit of Satan over his head? ## Close Examination of the Throwing into the Lake of Fire Verse ## I have also examined the verse that describes the act of throwing and the Bible says as if these were two men being thrown alive into the lake of fire **Revelation 19:20** >...These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. **These two were thrown** sounds as if the false prophet and the beast are both equal in form and other attributes

>By harnessing the power of AI and machine learning paired with the right data from satellites and beyond, our models are giving us a picture of the world we’ve never seen before. And it’s allowing us to make climate progress in a way some never believed possible.” Gavin McCormick, a co-founder of Climate Trace and executive director of environmental nonprofit WattTime Gavin McCormick contributed to COP28 and said the above at a time when it has just been stated that the US, China and India are most at fault in regard to soaring gas emissions, particularly of methane. (See the same link as above, as to that information.) In the desperation to correct the climate situation, has humanity invented its own 'god' - a beast formed of the nations themselves, a conglomerate of all knowledge, a collusion of all expertise, and is this a present day manifestation of something that existed in a former day, but in a very different guise ? Are any Christian denominations perceiving a danger as trust is beginning to be put in a 'living' form that is, effectively, the accumulation of knowledge and experience of humanity but without any input whatsoever from any other source - whether divine, heavenly or spiritual ? I am interested in what any denominations might have said about this aspect of artificial intelligence and I would be particularly interested if there was a Protestant and Trinitarian source available.

Rev. 13:18 in, for example, the Douay-Rheims Bible, is given as follows: > Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of him is six hundred sixty-six. Many bibles state similarly. However, the LEB and NirV, for examples, do not state "it is the number of a man", but rather, "it is man's number." So, I decided to look for some Greek, but I did not find the *Koine* Greek; instead, I came up upon https://www.logosapostolic.org/interlinear-nt/revelation/13.htm , which, regarding the phrase in question, provides the Greek: > ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου which (site) offers as the English translation: > for *the* number of a man (with italics, they add) In any case, a visit to DeepL translator https://www.deepl.com/translator#el/en/ἀριθμὸς%20γὰρ%20ἀνθρώπου provides the following translation: > number of man QUESTION: (i) Are there any Catholic Bibles which provide "number of man" in Rev. 13:18 instead of "number of a man"; and (ii) Can anyone point me to a site which provides the Book of Revelation in the *Koine* Greek and suggest (with sound reason) which is correct---"number of a man" or "number of man"?

We know that the 4th beast is Rome, first part historical Rome, and later part *it had ten horns* future revised Rome. Doesn't the ten horns represent the same thing the ten toes on the metallic image in Daniel 2 represent? 10 future kings (5 from the West/5 from the East) who will give their power to the Antichrist? The little horn in Daniel 7 the Antichrist, and he comes out of the Seleucid empire of what was once Alexander the Great's dynasty? Would make the Antichrist Islamic, and the false prophet out of Rome (mix of iron and miry clay)? Doesn't the tree stump in Daniel 4, with the bands of iron and bronze prophetically show us that the Roman and Grecian empires will be involved in the final world empire that will be led by the Antichrist? A mix of the two?

Leviticus 26: > 21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I > will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. > > 22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your > children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and > your high ways shall be desolate. In the curses and blessings for Israel in Leviticus 26:22, it states that wild beasts shall kill many children of the Israelites and destroy their cattle. I know this happened already but when did something like this occur in Israel, and can it be shown through scripture or other sources?

In futurist interpretations of Revelation, is the Antichrist (or the "Beast from the Sea") considered an evil human, or a demon in human form? I've seen unsourced claims that he's supposed to be the son of Satan, birthed by a harlot who appeared to be a virgin (making him a half-demon?), or that he is Satan in human form (like a mockery of Christ). However, I can't find the biblical foundations of those ideas. Even if those specific ideas are incorrect, though, it doesn't confirm that he's supposed to be human. I guess another way to ask is, is the Antichrist a fallen angel (making him a demon), or a more recent creation/spawn/devotee of the Devil (making him maybe human, maybe a demon)?

I have a memory of reading about end times prophecy that talks about beast with thousand names and at that time I thought that now when people have lot of nicknames and usernames on internet, maybe somebody can have thousand usernames. But now when I try to Google this with different search words, I cannot find it. Is this a Mandela effect or do I just remember incorrectly or is the prophecy so obscure that it cannot be found on the internet? Does anyone else remember this prophecy about the beast or antichrist?

**Ancient imagery beasts used in Christian symbolisms?** We have all heard of unicorns! > The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead. The unicorn was depicted in ancient seals of the Indus Valley Civilization and was mentioned by the ancient Greeks in accounts of natural history by various writers, including Ctesias, Strabo, Pliny the Younger, Aelian and Cosmas Indicopleustes. **The Bible also describes an animal, the re'em, which some versions translate as unicorn.** > > Interpretations of the unicorn myth focus on the medieval lore of beguiled lovers, whereas some religious writers interpret the unicorn and its death as the Passion of Christ. The myths refer to a beast with one horn that can only be tamed by a virgin; subsequently, some writers translated this into an allegory for Christ's relationship with the Virgin Mary. Unicorn (Wikipedia) A little while ago, I was watching the Harry Potter’s movies and made note that within the series, there are some strange and mythological beasts portrayed in the books/movies. In particular there is the hippogryph and the phenix. Now the phenix is used in medieval imagery to symbolize the the resurrection. > The phoenix symbolized renewal in general, as well as entities and concepts such as the Sun, time, the Roman Empire, Christ, Mary, and virginity. > > The phoenix myth is also part of early Christian traditions. Some scholars have speculated that these early phoenix legends may have their origins in the bennu of Egyptian mythology. In the 19th century, scholastic suspicions appeared to be confirmed by the discovery that Egyptians in Heliopolis had venerated the bennu. However, the Egyptian sources regarding the bennu are often problematic and open to a variety of interpretations. Some of these sources may have actually been influenced by Greek notions of the phoenix, rather than the other way around. > > The Old English Exeter Book contains an anonymous 677-line 9th-century alliterative poem consisting of a paraphrase and abbreviation of Lactantius, followed by an explication of the Phoenix as an allegory for the resurrection of Christ. - Phoenix (mythology) Detail from the 12th-century Aberdeen Bestiary , featuring a phoenix. As for the hippogryph , it used as a symbol of Christ’s two nature. > In Ancient Greek folklore, the **hippogriff**, or sometimes spelled **hippogryph**, is a legendary creature which has the front half of an eagle and the hind half of a horse. > > In some traditions, the hippogriff is said to be the symbol of love, as its parents, the mare and griffin, are natural enemies. In other traditions, the hippogriff represents Christ's dual nature as both human and divine. - Hippogriff Buckbeak the Hippogriff Thus my question is as follows: **What other ancient mythological beasts (if any) have been used in Christian imagery to express Christian beliefs through symbolism?** The more obscure and ancient the better!

In many denominations of modern Christianity the Antichrist is the evil world leader who forces people to take the mark of the beast. After reading through Revelation and seeing for myself that the Antichrist is not mentioned at all, I began to search where, then, in the Bible is the Antichrist mentioned. According to 1st John 2:22, anybody who denies Christ is antichrist. Furthermore in 4:3 John tells that any spirit that denies Christ is of the spirit of antichrist. Neither of these passages make a case for the Antichrist with a capital A. To me it merely tells that there are many who oppose Christ, in the past and in the future, and they can be identified in such and such a way. It turns out that when people talk about the Antichrist, they really refer to eg: - The son of perdition - The man of lawlesness - The beast of revelation (seemingly forgetting that there are two) Why is it that the term Antichrist is so bluntly exchanged with these other terms? I have been unable to find the origins of this way of interpreting the Bible. Who did it first and where did it start?

I am NOT asking the similar question "Why is the second beast of Revelation called the Antichrist?" Rather, my question is specifically, when was the first connection made between the two--equating one of the beasts in Revelation with THE Antichrist--and if known, who made the connection? I am looking for a firm connection here. For example, Justin Martyr spoke of "the man of apostasy, who speaks strange things against the Most High". This is a clear reference to Revelation 13, but he never uses the title "Antichrist". Does Irenaeus, writing between about 175 and 185 AD make the connection? If so, was there someone before him?