THE APOCALYPSE AND THE TEMPLE CODE

666 – THE MYSTERIOUS MARK, THE MYSTERY WOMAN, AND MYSTERY BABYLON

The Setting (Revelation 13)

 The middle of the tribulation with forty-two months remaining (Rev. 13:5)  The antichrist has invaded and occupied half of Jerusalem (Zech 14:2)  The antichrist has stopped the sacrifice at the Temple (Dan. 9:27)

“And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.” - Dan. 12:11

 Forty-two months is 1,260 days – Daniel says 1,290 from the sacrifice to the image being set up  1,290 minus 1,260 is 30 days in which the antichrist takes over then sets up the image  The antichrist and false prophet are now headquartered in Jerusalem (Dan. 11:45)  The two seas are the Dead Sea and Mediterranean ( Jerusalem is the holy mountain)

A. The mark for buying and selling

Main verses : Rev. 13:16-18

1. The false prophet helps initiate a buying and selling system

Why would the antichrist and false prophet desire to control all buying and selling?

a. To control food distribution because of food shortages from the judgments (Rev. 6:5-6) b. To control the masses by religious conversion to the a ntichrist’s religion (Rev. 13:16 -18) c. To control the food supply because of famine and droughts (Rev. 18:8)

B. The mark, name, and number of the beast is used to control the system

1. What is the mark, the name, and the number of the beast?

a. John Darby b. Isbon T. Beckwith c. Merrill Unger

2. The word mark

a. It is the Greek word charagma and means to “scratch, an etching , or a stamp.” b. The mark is placed on either the forehead or the right hand

SIX MARK OF THE BEAST THEORIES SINCE 1967

1. The Bar Code Theory (since 1973) 2. The ISO 9000 Theory (since the 1990s) 3. The Dot-com Theory (since the late 1900s)

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