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Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12
Posted : 27 Jul, 2011 05:08 AM
Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12
"I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets." Hosea 12: 10
"...without a parable spake he not unto them...I will utter my mouth in parables..." Matthew 13: 34-35
The parable of the wheat and the tares is a picture of the "church" where people who were born again mingled with those who were not. This is not a difficult parable to understand. The use of leaven as a parable or metaphor is harder for some to grasp. Leaven refers to something like baking powder which makes bread rise.
Sometimes a city or country which actually exists, or did in Biblical times, is used metaphorically to stand for a cultural system or spiritual condition. The Babylon of prophecy is a complex concept which has its financial, political and religious meanings. There was a literal city of Babylon in ancient times. Then there are metaphors in the Bible which use insects, animals, birds or plants. For example, "I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions...(Luke 10: 19)." Serpents and scorpions are metaphors for people, not literal snakes and insects. Matthew 23: 33 shows who the serpents are, "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers..." Christ was talking to the Pharisees, and there are present day Pharisees. In Ezekiel 2: 3-6 the children of Israel are said to be a rebellious nation and in verse 6 are called scorpions. And there are modern day scorpions.
Then in Bible prophecy one person is sometimes mentioned, but this person stands for many, as in II Thessalonians 2: 3, "that man of sin." The second beast of Revelation 13: 11-18 sounds like one man, but it refers to many false prophets. There can't be just a one man false prophet because Jesus said in Matthew 24: 11 that many false prophets shall rise. This use of something almost like a metaphor where one man is spoken of to stand for many of that type has caused those who are taught that scripture must be interpreted literally to go off into false ideas of there being a one man "anti-Christ," or one man as the False Prophet, or a one man "666" from Revelation 13: 18. Pop "prophets" are running around talking about who the "anti-Christ" is, when, in fact, there have been people with the spirit of anti-Christ in them all along, though in the final days some with that spirit will will have more power from the devil.
And there are chapters in the Book of Revelation that present us with metaphors which are hard to understand.
What has been called the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" of Revelation 6: 1-6 presents a set of four horses with four riders. But what or who do they represent? There are all kinds of different answers. Pop Christian prophecy now says the rider on the white horse is the dispensationhalist one-man anti-Christ. Some have claimed it is Christ. If you interpret this set of four by Daniel 7: 4-7, as four kingdoms which are the most powerful governments of the modern era, then you have something that is prophecy, and which connects with what has been happening in the real world and is happening now and will happen in the future. Daniel chapter eleven can also be interpreted in places to connect with present day world reality. This is better than comic book interpretations of pop prophecy about a one man anti-Christ world ruler figure going into a re-built Jewish temple in Jerusalem to kill a pig.
Revelation 11 about the two witnesses who can kill their enemies with fire coming out of their mouths and can stop it from raining and can turn the waters to blood (Old Covenant type judgments), who are killed by the beast who comes up out of the bottomless pit, and then their bodies lie in a city called Sodom and Egypt, but they are resurrected after three and a half days sounds like fantasy fiction. Its very hard to interpret, but pop "prophets" claim the two are Elijah and Moses. Everything must be literal to them.
But Revelation 12 has references to Biblical texts and identities that can be used to interpret it. The questions are who is the women, who is the man child, who are the remnant of her seed, and what does the wilderness stand for?
The woman gives birth to the man child and to the remnant. Verse 5 says " And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne."
The man child will rule the nations with a rod of iron. Revelation 2: 27 says "And he shall rule them with a rod of iron," referring to Christ.
The woman, though, it not the literal Mary, the physical mother of Christ. The woman is Israel, but she is not physical Israel. She is that Israel of Romans 9: 8, "They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed." The woman is the children of the promise, the promise to Abraham, which Paul in Galatians 3: 28-29 explains. The woman is also in Galatians 4: 26, the "...Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all." The woman is not the Jerusalem of Galatians 4: 25, the "...Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.' "Jerusalem" is a kind of metaphor itself; it stands for Israel, but there are two Israels as Paul says in Romans 9: 6.
Revelation 12: 17 says "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
The remnant of the woman's seed is found in Zephaniah 3: 12-13, "The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies...." It is the remnant of Romans 9: 27, and Romans 11: 5. But it is the remnant of that Israel which is the Israel of the promise, and the Jerusalem which is above, is free and is the mother of us all. It is not the remnant of the Israel which are the children of the flesh. In other words, its Israel born again in Christ.
The wilderness where the woman goes, to a place prepared by God for her, where she is nourished for a time,, and times, and half a time (or three and a half years) is a metaphor for a special spiritual place like that of Isaiah 26: 20, "Come, my people, enter thou into thou chambers...hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast." And - look at Revelation 18: 4, "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues." Who is "her?" It is the woman of Revelation 17: 1-11, who is "Mystery Babylon the Great, the Mother of Harlots..." This is the Babylon of false religion; its the church following the falling away of II Thessalonians 2: 3. This is after the churches have been thoroughly leavened by false doctrines. Luke 13: 21 says a woman hid leaven in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened. The whole of the church was leavened.
The wilderness is outside the churches.
Church Christians may want to say that serpents in scripture represent only demons and not people, and that Jesus would not tread on people.
When Christ called the Pharisees serpents and vipers was he saying they were demon spirits?
He said in John 8: 44 that the Pharisees were of their father the devil. So the Pharisees of Christ's time
were people, but they were inspired by the chief demon.
"Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Luke 10: 19 We can assume that by serpents and scorpions as metaphors he means the same thing that other scriptures meant by serpents and scorpions, that serpents were like the Pharisees in Matthew 23: 33, and the scorpions had the same meaning as they do in Ezekiel 2: 6. However, he goes on to say he gives this group of Christians power over the enemy, which suggests he also gives them
some kind of power over demons. The text does not support the interpretation that the serpents and scorpions are only demons, but are probably both demons and the people they inspire. And tread on them doesn't mean to stomp the people to destroy them. We must not pull
up the tares. Tread on means to walk over them without being harmed by them, and this is the meaning also for treading on demons.
In Revelation 9: 3 are the scorpions only demons? Or are they both demons and the people
the demons inspire. Scripture is almost always consistent in its use of metaphors. When a text
indicates, like Ezekiel 2: 6, in some way that something is not literal, for example, that the "scorpions" talk, we know they are people and not literal insects. But the context of Revelation 9: 1-3, the opening of the bottomless pit, and smoke came out of the pit,
suggests demon spirits also. But demons inspire that group who are called scorpions, who following Ezekiel 2: 6, are
those who claim to be God's people in rebellion. They are apostate.
Church Christians would not like the idea that present day Pharisees, as serpents, have led the churches into the falling
away of II Thessalonians 2: 3 and have leavened the whole according to Luke 13: 20, meaning the whole of the churches with false doctrines.
So, serpents as modern day Pharisees cannot be people. They must be demons.
Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12
Posted : 27 Jul, 2011 09:53 AM
Halfback said Church Christians would not like the idea that present day Pharisees, as serpents, have led the churches into the falling away of II Thessalonians 2: 3 and have leavened the whole according to Luke 13: 20, meaning the whole of the churches with false doctrines. So, serpents as modern day Pharisees cannot be people. They must be demons.
Ella says Did not Jesus HImself name the Pharisees serpents? Sure, He did in Matthew chapter 23 saying, You serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the damnation of hell?""
All one must do is READ the gospels Matthew, Marl, Luke and John and see for themselves.
And are not present day Pharisees another name for HYOCRITES? Christians don't like to named as hypocrites either...:laugh:
BTW, Halfback, what's your beef?... reading the things that you post it is my observation that you are angry at the church or those in the church who profess and confess to be Christians believers.
Who or what has caused you to always post things against the church and those who are in the church? Who or what in the misssssst are you mad/angry at/or about? ... who hurt you? Are you mad/angry at God or the people who called themselves Christians in the church?... I have never seen you speak or post anything positive about the church or Christians, or speak about the goodness of God in your life and His word.
Its as if you search the internet looking for articles that speak out against Christians and the church, and the articles are usually written by men who have problems and issues with what God says in His word, and most don't even attend church themselves, this is from what I have gathered in reading some of your articles.
I don't think you even attend or have fellowship with others of a church based on the things you post. Are you a regular member of a local church?... I've also noticed James has asked you this question and you have yet to answer.
So what's you problem with church folk, and Christians?
Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12
Posted : 27 Jul, 2011 11:46 AM
"BTW, Halfback, what's your beef?... reading the things that you post it is my observation that you are angry at the church or those in the church who profess and confess to be Christians believers.
Who or what has caused you to always post things against the church and those who are in the church? Who or what in the misssssst are you mad/angry at/or about? ... who hurt you? Are you mad/angry at God or the people who called themselves Christians in the church?... I have never seen you speak or post anything positive about the church or Christians, or speak about the goodness of God in your life and His word.
Its as if you search the internet looking for articles that speak out against Christians and the church, and the articles are usually written by men who have problems and issues with what God says in His word, and most don't even attend church themselves, this is from what I have gathered in reading some of your articles.
I don't think you even attend or have fellowship with others of a church based on the things you post. Are you a regular member of a local church?... I've also noticed James has asked you this question and you have yet to answer.
So what's you problem with church folk, and Christians?
What are your spiritual religious beliefs? '
This is the dialectic form of communication, One tactic of the dialectic is to sidestep the points made and come in from some other angle to try to get the person to compromise what he said.
To find ways from the Bible to refute what I said would be the didactic way of communicating. But you have not done that. The dialectic is not the way of God. It is the method of communication used by the Pharisees on Jesus, but he stuck to the didactic. "It is written."
You didn't use the didactic; you instead focused on me, and asked what it is that led me to hate the church and Christians.
The implication is that one cannot be a Christian unless he goes to church. Whats wrong with that implication? You don't believe Rev 18: 4.
Your comments and questions appear to come out of a contentious attitude. Since you disagree with what I have posted on Dispensationalist Dating For free,. then say so, and let it go at that.
Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12
Posted : 27 Jul, 2011 01:21 PM
Halfback,
You are being presumptious in your comment and thoughts... my questions had nothing to do with whether I agreed or disagreed with what you have posted, sometimes I find what you post off course, and there are time when I find what you post on the mark. I asked you question based on my observation of the articles you do post.
Therefore, because of your hostile response, I can only assume that my questions were on the money andand hit a spot, therefore, this is why you refuse to answer them which is also yur choice and right, yet you go all around the bush with some other comments that have much about nothing, as your defense. Instead of just either answering my questions or saying you would rather not answer them... Its just that plain and simple.
It matters not if you answer them... Because you still must deal with the true substance of the questions I asked of you within yourself, that's your inner personal battle, and it is up to me to rightly judge for myself by the kind of post you put forth and your seemly angry and hostle responses when asked such questions, if whether or not what I asked is a truth.
Thus, it leaves me to draw my own conclusions whether they are good or bad, right or wrong of the matter based on your reaction to my qestions and your defense of fight!
Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12
Posted : 27 Jul, 2011 02:07 PM
WHO WILL BE GOD'S TWO WITNESSES {REV 11:3} OR MEN {REV 11:6} OR PROPHETS {REV 11:10}??
Zechariah 4:11,14: "Then I asked the angel, 'What are these *TWO* OLIVE TREES {See Rev 11:4 below} on the right and left of the lamp stand?'... the angel said, 'These are the TWO who are anointed to serve the Lord of the earth!'"
�Rev 11:3-6: {God said to John} "I will give power to My *TWO* witnesses and they will prophesy for 1260 days clothed in sackcloth! These are the *TWO OLIVE TREES {See Zech 4:11,14 above} and the 2 lamp stands that stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone tries to harm them, fire will come from their mouths to destroy their enemies. This is how anyone who tries to harm them must die {See 2 Kings 1:9-12; Num 16:31-35}. These *MEN* will have power to shut up the sky so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying {See 1 Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; James 5:17}; and they will have power to turn the waters into blood {See Exodus 7:15-23} and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish." �
Moses and Elijah witnessed to 3 Apostles on the mount of Transfiguration when Moses & Elijah spoke to Jesus about his departure or Ascension, which Jesus was to bring to fulfillment in Jerusalem 40 days after His resurrection. Luke 9:30,31: �TWO MEN Moses and Elijah, appeared in GLORIOUS SPLENDOR talking with Jesus.� They spoke about His Departure {Or Ascension} which He was about to bring to fulfillment in Jerusalem."
Moses and Elijah were most assuredly the *TWO MEN* dressed in white who witnessed at the Departure or Ascension of Jesus in Acts 1:10,11: "They looked up into the sky as He {Jesus} was going when suddenly *TWO MEN* dressed in WHITE stood beside them. "Men of Galilee," they said, "why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into Heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into Heaven!"��
���� And then in Luke 24:2b-6b we read: They did not find the body of Jesus. While they were wondering about this, suddenly *TWO MEN*... stood beside them... And the *MEN* said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? HE IS NOT HERE; HE HAS RISEN!!" �� Jesus says in John 8:17b: "The testimony of *TWO MEN IS VALID* and of course the testimony of Moses and Elijah is just about as valid as you can get. ������ And so the coming of God's *TWO MEN* or witnesses to prophesy for 1260 days {See Rev 11:3-7} will be their FOURTH appearance as God's 2 witnesses or MEN. And the reason that their names are not mentioned in Luke 24:3 and Acts 1:10 and Rev 11:3-12 is that the Father, Moses and Elijah want us to glorify *NO ONE ELSE BUT JESUS*!!
� � Moses and Elijah will most likely witness miraculously to people in the uttermost parts of the earth in all 6,000 languages. Presently the Bible has been translated into about 2,000 languages from the inspired Greek and Hebrew manuscripts and faith comes from hearing or reading the sword of the spirit which is the Word of God. The Bible still has not been translated into about 4,000 languages and Rev 5:9b and Rev 7:9,13,14 must be completely fulfilled.� Surely the courageous tribulation saints will help Moses and Elijah spread God's Word. They will do a fantastic job since according to Rev 7:9,14 there will be a great multitude from EVERY TRIBE AND LANGUAGE who will be �washed in the Blood of the Lamb�.
Moses & Elijah will be dressed in SACKCLOTH which is appropriate since the Tribulation saints will be very poor, for they will not be able to buy or sell anything as per Rev 13:17. Moses and Elijah will certainly speak the Word of God with great power and love. They will not add or take words away from the Prophetic Words of God {See Rev 22:18,19}; and they will encourage God's courageous saints to adhere to *ALL* of the NT commandments {See Rev 12:13b; 14:12b; Matt 28:20a; John 14:15,21,23; I John 2:2-5} with love {See Matt 5:39-48 & Rom 12:17-21} in the face of severe and hostile persecution.
Moses and Elijah will begin their 1260-day testimony {Rev 11:3} 3 � days before the coming of 666 & the 1260-day Great Tribulation and 1263 � days before the Last Day. {*THE FIRST END-TIME EVENT*} Moses and Elijah will warn us of the coming of 666 & his False Prophet. ��� It seems very appropriate that God will send His TWO PROPHETS {See Rev 11:10b} to warn and prepare His saints for the coming of Satan, 666 and the Great Tribulation for in Amos 3:7 we read: "Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the PROPHETS!"�
GOD'S PROPHETS are mentioned 8 times in Revelation: Revelation 10:7; 11:10; 11:18; 16:6; 18:20,24; 22:6 & 22:9. Whereas; preachers, pastors and evangelists are not even mentioned once in Revelation! God will allow 666 to martyr Moses and Elijah {See Rev 11:7,8} right where their Lord was crucified. {At the new *HOLY PLACE* where Jesus shed his blood for our sins} 3 � days later Moses and Elijah will rise to heaven just hours before the 7th angel sounds the 7th Trump at the 2nd coming of Jesus.{See Rev 11:11-18}
Mark 13:14: Jesus says, �When you see 666 standing where he does not belong {At the New Holy Place}....then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.� {See Rev 11:7,8 & Rev 16:15} John 2:19: Jesus said, �Destroy this TEMPLE and I will raise it again in 3 days.� This HOLY PLACE is where Jesus became the chief cornerstone {Eph 2:20,21} and we are living stones {I Pet 2:5 & 2 Cor 6:16} in the LAST TEMPLE made without hands! {Acts 17:24} �
���Certainly, the old Jerusalem and the old Temple site are NO LONGER HOLY PLACES.�� Hebrews 13:12-14: "Jesus suffered outside the city gate to make the people HOLY THROUGH HIS BLOOD. Let us, then, go to Him outside the city, bearing the disgrace He bore. For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the CITY {THE NEW JERUSALEM} that is to come." {See Heb 11:10,13-16; Heb 12:22; Rev 3:12b; 21:2,10-27; 22:1-5; 2 Pet 3:13} Gal 4:25,26: "Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem {Called Sodom in Rev 11:8} because she is in slavery with her children. But the Jerusalem that is ABOVE is free, and she is our mother." {The New Jerusalem}
Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12
Posted : 27 Jul, 2011 02:57 PM
prophetic774 tried to change the topic of the thread slightly. I did mention Revelation 11, but the main focus was on Revelation 12, which he did not deal with at all.
I wonder if he would make relevant comments to a post on Daniel Chapter Eleven applied to the present time period in which the "King of the North" is in a struggle with the "King of the South?" The reason I ask this is because I know of no dispensationalist line on Daniel 11.
Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12
Posted : 27 Jul, 2011 03:10 PM
I may be the Lone Ranger here on Dispensationalist Dating For Free
But out in the world there are many Lone Rangers. One in the
Philippines on Facebook said yesterday she liked my post on "Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12." Until August of 2010 there was a group of 201 on a Yahoo Group, most of whom were drop outs from the churches and interested in the Remnant point of view. People from other countries didn't start joining us until the Yahoo Group broke up and some of us went on Facebook.
Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12
Posted : 27 Jul, 2011 04:44 PM
I enjoy all your posts Halfback, and am very interested in remnant teachings. I left my last church due to apostasy and like the wilderness, metaphorically speaking of course!:excited:
Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12
Posted : 27 Jul, 2011 06:01 PM
�WHAT ARE THE 7 BIBLE CLUES WHICH REVEAL THE IDENTITY OF 666???
���� Revelation 13:17b,18: "The mark of the beast {Or antichrist} is the *NAME* of the Beast or the number of *HIS NAME*. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, *LET HIM* calculate the number of the Beast {Even in AD 96 when Revelation was written}, for it is a man's number {Or "Number of a MAN"}. *HIS* number is *666*." God has promised in the above inspired passage that any saint {Even in AD 96--which implies that the name was known in AD 96} with spiritual wisdom and insight may calculate the name of the beast which is a *MAN'S NAME* and adds up to 666.
During the last year of his rule Domitian Caesar decreed that everyone in the Roman Empire must worship idols of former Roman Caesar's or else they would be killed or put in prison. Historical documents show us that the Apostle John {Who then lived in Ephesus} lived to about AD 100 and therefore would have been alive during Domitian's evil decree of September AD 95 to September of AD 96.� Since we can be sure that the Apostle John would never worship an idol of a Roman Caesar it is then highly probable that John was put in prison on Patmos Isle sometime during Domitian's evil decree from September AD 95 to September AD 96.
������ In Thess 2:3 the Beast of the End-Times is called a "*MAN* of sin or lawlessness" or very SINFUL MAN and therefore the name of the Beast which adds up to 666 is a *MAN'S* name which is also confirmed in Rev 13:17b,18 above. Therefore, the NAME of the Beast which adds up to 666 is a sinful *MAN'S NAME* and could not be the name of a woman or a city, country, computer or Satan, etc..� 666 is also identified with a MASCULINE pronoun 28 times in God's Word which we will show later.
Rev 13:16,17: "He {The False Prophet} forced everyone... to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead. No one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name {666}. The anti-christ is called a "BEAST" 36 {6x6} times in Revelation. The BEAST is a much better name than antichrist since anti-christ is mentioned 5 times in God's Word {I John 2:18{2X}, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7} and each time the word encompasses all who are against Christ.� I John 2:18: "Even now many anti-christs have come."�
����� 666 is referred to in the MASCULINE gender 28 times and the Beast is never referred to in the feminine or neuter gender.� It is interesting to note that if the Beast of the end-times will be a religious organization, country or city it would be referred to in the female or neuter gender!!!� The masculine pronouns used for the Beast are "HIS" 11 times: Rev 13:1, 5,16b,18b; 14:9,11; 17:7b; 19:2; 20:4(2X) & Daniel 7:26.� "HE" 10 times: Rev 13:1;6a,7a,7; 17:8b; 17:11; 2 Thess 2:6; Daniel 7:24,25 & Daniel 9:27.�� "HIM" 5 times: Rev 13:4b; 19:20; 2 Thess 2:6; Daniel 7:25 & Daniel 9:27.� "HIMSELF" 2 times in 2 Thess 2:4.
����� Actually there are **7 BIBLE CLUES** that show who the BEAST of the future 1260-day Tribulation will be. By an amazing coincidence all 7 Bible clues can be applied to Nero Caesar!!
�{{1}}� The BEAST will be a "MAN OF SIN" or very sinful MAN as per 2 Thess 2:3 above.
{{2}}� The number of this sinful man's name is 666 as per Rev 13:16-18.� The Bible was written by 40 Divinely inspired Hebrews in Hebrew and Greek so then it is highly probable that this man's name adds up to 666 in Hebrew or Greek.� Nero Caesar's name adds up to 666 in Hebrew which we will show later in this Bible study.
{{3}}� This sinful man whose name adds up to 666 DIED BEFORE AD 96 when Revelation was written.{See Rev 17:8 below} We will show later why Revelation was written between Sept AD 95 and Sept AD 96. Nero Caesar lived from December 15th, AD 37 to June 9th AD 68.
{{4}} This sinful man who was alive and then died before AD 96 was FATALLY WOUNDED by a sword wound to his head. Nero Caesar committed suicide with a sword wound to his head on June 9th, AD 68. {See Rev 13:3 and Rev 13:14 below}
{{5}}� This very sinful man who died before AD 96 was a KING in the Roman Empire as per Daniel 7:24. There were 11 Roman Kings or Caesars who died before AD 96 including the 6th Caesar {Nero Caesar} who killed Paul and Peter in AD 66; and whose name adds up to 666 in Hebrew. Domitian Caesar was the 12th Roman Caesar who was alive when Revelation was written in AD 96.
{{6}}� The beast is also called an 8th KING who ruled before AD 96 as one of 7 evil KINGS crowned by the city on 7 hills. {See Rev 17:9-11}
{{7}}� This very sinful ROMAN KING whose name adds up to 666 and who was fatally wounded by a sword before AD 96, will "COME UP FROM THE *ABYSS* or *HELL* as per Rev 11:7 & Rev 17:8. We know that the ABYSS is HELL by comparing 2 Peter 2:4 with Luke 8:30b,31. We can be sure that Nero Caesar is now in the Abyss or Hell since he killed Paul and Peter and thousands of Christians and sent Vespasian {the father of Titus and Domitian Caesar} to kill the Jews and destroy their Temple. The MAN OF SIN or Nero also killed his own mother and killed his pregnant wife by kicking her in the stomach.�� Inscriptions have been found in Ephesus in which Nero is called "Almighty God" and "Savior".�� In Revelation 13:8a we learn that all the unsaved inhabitants of the world will worship the Beast.
� Nero and Caligula "abandoned all reserve" in promoting emperor worship - they were the only two Roman Caesars who demanded divine honors while still alive. Nero claimed to be the sun-god Apollo.� In 2 Thess 2:4 we read that the "Man of Sin" will proclaim that he is God!���� Revelation 17:8: The beast, which you saw, once was {alive}, Now {in AD 96} is not {alive} and will come up out of the ABYSS and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book life. ... will be astonished when they see the beast, because he once was {Alive before AD 96}, now {In AD 96} is not {Alive} and yet will come. Rev 13:14: He {The False Prophet} will order the inhabitants of the earth to set up an image in honor of the beast who was {FATALLY-Rev 13:3} wounded by the sword and yet lived."� Rev 13:3: �One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been HEALED!! The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. �
����� When I was a missionary in Israel I studied the Hebrew language.� One of the first things that you learn when you study the OT Ancient Hebrew language {Which is also the language of Israel today!} is that the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet ALSO represent 22 numbers! When you read Psalm 119 you will note that the 176 sentences are divided into 22 sections; each section with 8 sentences or verses praising the Word of God. These 22 sections are each headed by one of the letters in the Hebrew alphabet in the exact same order as shown below. The ancient Hebrew language {Which is exactly the same as the modern Hebrew language} frequently used the letters of their alphabet to designate numbers in the OT as follows:� ALEPH=1. BETH=2. GIMEL=3. DALET=4. HE=5. VAV=6. ZAYIN=7. CHETH=8. TETH=9. YODH=10. KAPH=20. LAMED=30. MEM=40. NUN=50. SAMEKH=60. AYIN=70. PE=80. TSADHE=90. KOPH=100. RESH=200. SHIN=300. TAV=400.
����� NOTE: Most vowel sounds except "O" {VAV} are not used as letters in Hebrew. These vowel sounds are designated by dots and dashes under their *PRECEDING* consonants. In Hebrew "N" is added on the end of all foreign names ending in "O". Therefore, the foreign name of Nero would be "NERON" in Hebrew. The name Nero Caesar would be pronounced Neron Kaysar in Hebrew. The "E" in Neron and the 2 "A" sounds in Kaysar {There is no "C" in Hebrew} are designated by dots and dashes under their preceding consonants and therefore are not letters in the 22 letter Hebrew alphabet, and so have no numerical value.
����� Neron in Hebrew would use 4 letters with numerical value: N-R-O-N and Kaysar in Hebrew would use 3 letters with numerical value: K-S-R. There would be a dot under the first N to show the "E" sound in NEron There would also be 2 dots under the "K" to show the "AY" sound in KAYsar and a dash under the "S" to show the "AH" sound in KaySAHr.� The 4 letters with numerical value in NERON would be {SEE TABLE ABOVE} N = NUN = 50; R = RESH = 200; O = VAV = 6; and N = NUN = 50 and 50+20+6+50 equals 306. The 3 letters with numerical value in "KAYSAR would be K = KOPH = 100; S = SAMEKH = 60; and R = RESH =200 and 100+60+200 equals 360.
And so the numerical value of Nero in Hebrew is 306 and the numerical value of Caesar in Hebrew is 360, and therefore the numerical value of Nero Caesar is 306+360 or exactly *666*!
����� There is a very interesting footnote in the revised Standard Version concerning the number 666 which states that some ancient manuscripts have the number **616** which *DOUBLY* confirms that Nero Caesar may be the future Anti-Christ!! You will note that the Hebrew language adds an "N" to all foreign names ending in "O". Now "N" or "NUN" in Hebrew has a numerical value of **50**!! and so if you decided not to add the last "N" in NERON then Nero Caesar would add up to exactly *616* in Hebrew. This is an absolutely amazing coincidence!
����� Any honest Hebrew language scholar will confirm that the letters of Nero Caesar's name add up to 666 in the Hebrew language whose 22 letters are also 22 numbers as shown above, and the Bible was written by 40 Jews. Since all of the prophecies concerning the antichrist are written in OT Hebrew {Like Daniel 7:8-25} or NT Koine Greek it would then seem logical that God would use one of these 2 Bible languages to identify the Name of the Beast whose letters add up to 666. One of the problems of doing this in NT Koine Greek is that the letters of their alphabet are not also numbers. And therefore you can only assign a numerical value of 22 to the 22nd letter, etc.. Using this formula you could not get any name to add up to over 250, let alone 666. You have the same problem with English & all other languages other than the Hebrew language! The 3 different Greek words used in Rev 13:18b to arrive at the number 666 are the 3 different Greek words for 600 and 60 and 6 and not 6 +6 + 6.
�����And so the *6th Caesar {Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius & the *6th* was NERO} ordered the execution of Paul & Peter in AD *66*. NERO:devil: fulfilled *ALL 7 BIBLE CLUES as to the identity of *666 and will be the Beast who comes up from the Abyss {Or Hell-See Rev 11:7 & Rev 17:8} in the coming Great Tribulation!!
Metaphors and Parables In The Bible: Revelation 12
Posted : 27 Jul, 2011 06:10 PM
prophetic774 this last post of yours is clearly off topic, and not relevant to what I posted. At the bottom of the page for each comment there is a SEND ABUSE REPORT button.
Posting fairly long articles that are not relevant to the topic over and over becomes abuse.
