LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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How are you?

I hope you, your family, and friends stay safe by taking the proper precuations as we enter in to confusing and troubling times as we watch a worldwide pandemic unfold with this Coronavirus.

Could there be something more deeper going on with all of this? Could we be seeing the signs of the times unfolding? Could this be a door of opportunity for people to open their hearts to what God has to say?

Jesus says to His disciples concerning the last days, "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows" (Matthew 24:7-8).

We have been seeing a record setting amount of Earthquakes world-wide in various places, incuding places that normally do not receive Earthquakes. Now with this Coronavirus, could this be one of the pestilences that will fall upon us in the last days as spoken by Jesus? Where will it leave our economy? Did you know the Bible teaches there will be a cashless society in the last days? Will this be a major stepping stone in bringing that about?

You may have seen on NBC news just months ago concerning the implantable RFID microchip that is gaining ground in Sweden where people are getting this microchip implanted in their hand.

Would you allow a microchip to be placed inside your body that has the ability to track where you go and what you do? How about if you knew it matched perfectly with Bible prophecy where God warns us not to take it during the future reign of the Antichrist, otherwise we will receive the fullness of His wrath (Revelation 14:9-11)?

This may be the most imporant message you will read in these times...please do not ignore this! This messsage reveals what the Mark of the Beast is, and the meaning behind counting a number people have been pondering for centuries, 666. This is truly a message from God!

In the Revelation of Jesus Christ given to the apostle John, we read:

.."And he (the false prophet who deceives many by his miracles) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six" (Revelation 13:16-18 BRG)...

Speaking on the final times, this could only be referring to a cashless money society, which we have yet to see, but we are making our way towards. Why so? Because we could still buy or sell without taking the mark of the beast between each other if physical money was still valid. It logically deduces itself to this conclusion.

This mark can not be anything spiritual, because the word references two different physical locations. If it was spiritual, it would just say in the forehead.

Here is where it really starts to come together. It is shocking how accurate the Bible is concerning the RFID microchip. These are notes from a man named Carl Sanders who worked with a team of engineers to help develop this microchip in the late 1960's.

Carl Sanders attended 17 New World Order meetings with heads-of-state officials such as Henry Kissinger and Bob Gates of the C.I.A. to discuss plans on how to bring about this one-world system. The US government commissioned Mr. Sanders to design a microchip for identifying and controlling the peoples of the world-a microchip that could be inserted under the skin with a hypodermic needle (a quick, convenient system that would be gradually accepted by the people).

Mr. Sanders, along with a group of engineers with him, with U.S. grant monies provided by tax dollars, took on this challenge and engineered a chip that is powered by a lithium battery, rechargeable via the temperature fluctuations in our skin. Without the understanding of the holy Bible (Sanders was not a follower of Jesus at the time), these engineers spent one and a half million dollars gathering data on the best and most convenient spot to have the chip placed in the body.

These researchers determined that the forehead and the back of the hand (the two places Revelation says the mark will be placed) aren't only the most convenient places, but are additionally the only viable places for constant, steady temperature fluctuations in the skin to recharge the lithium battery. The chip is about seven millimeters in length, .75 millimeters in diameter, about the size of a grain of rice. It's capable of storing pages of details about you. All your standard history, work information, crime data, health data, and financial history will be saved on this chip.

Carl Sanders believes that this chip, which he regretfully helped produce, is the "mark" spoken about in Revelation 13:16-18. The original Greek word for "mark" is "charagma," which is defined as a "scratch or etching." Additionally it's interesting to be aware that the number 666 is in fact a word in the original Greek language. This word being "chi xi stigma," with the end part, "stigma," additionally meaning "to stick or prick. Mr. Sanders believes that is alluding to the use of a hypodermic needle being poked into the human flesh to insert the chip."

Brother Sanders asked a Boston Medical Center doctor what would happen if the lithium contained within the RFID microchip leaked into the body. The doctor responded that if the microchip broke inside a human body, the lithium would cause a severe and painful wound filled with pus. This is what the book of Revelation says:

"And the first (angel) went and poured out his bowl into the land— and a bad and evil sore came upon the people having the mark of the beast and the ones giving worship to his image" (Revelation 16:2 DLNT).

THE HIDDEN MEANING BEHIND THE NUMBER 666 REVEALED!

Scripture tells us we cannot buy or sell with out having the mark, or the number of its name. The number being identified as 666. The scriptures tell us to calculate the number 666. How can we calculate 666?

This is where it all tops off. Calculating the number 666 has been long discussed all throughout history, but has now been unveiled in these final times by God. What you'll read affirms itself with the scriptures the true interpretation to calculate six-six-six.

In the Bible, God uses the number three to affirm things. Below are a few examples:

.."because three are who are testifying in the heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these -- the three -- are one" (1 John 5:7 YLT)..

.."That He was buried, that He arose on the third day as the Scriptures foretold" (1 Corinthians 15:4 AMPC)..

.."Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come" (Revelation 4:8 BRG)..

Now what's interesting is the the mark of the beast is revealed in detail in 3 separate verses (Revelation 13:16,17,18), and each verse lists 3 distinct examples of the given topic. The last 3 being the number 6 being used 3 times in a row. That is a key point to unlocking how to calculate the number 666.

What does it suggest to calculate? It means to add up. So how may we add up 666? Recall back to my earlier key point regarding God confirming in threes. Now logically, what would be the most sensible way to count the number 666? To add it up equally in threes based off the number. We cannot count it equally as 600+60+6, this would also bring us back to the beginning. We cannot count it as 600+600+600, or 60+60+60, for there are no zeroes in between or at the end of 666. The only reasonable explanation we are left with is 6+6+6=18. What is interesting is that the verse that reveals for us to count the number of the beast itself is verse 18, being the 3rd verse out of 3 verses that describe the mark of the beast. What is 18 divided by 3? 6. So 3x6=18, or 6+6+6=18.

Yet another fascinating key factor is that the two other combinations (making a total of 3 possible combinations) for moving the plus symbol in between the sixes are 66+6=72, and 6+66=72. Count both 72's together and you get 144. Why the number 144 is interesting is due to the fact that the verse following Revelation 13:18 is the first instance in the Holy Bible where the 144,000 are being mentioned in detail:

.."Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 men who had His name and His Father’s name inscribed on their foreheads" (Revelation 14:1 AMPC)..

Now if you add up all 3 values by counting 666 by moving the plus symbol around in all 3 possible combinations, we would get 72+72+18=162. What is fascinating concerning the number 162, is, if you divide 144,000 by 162, you get 888. The name for Jesus in Greek gematria calculates to 888. The New Testament was written in Greek. Revelation 14:1 not only mentions the 144,000, but additionally the Lamb of God being the Son of God, Jesus.

Now what's fascinating concerning the the number for Jesus, 888, is that if you apply this same formula, you get 8+8+8=24. Now why the number 24? Revelation chapter 4 tells us there are 24 elders seated around the throne of God. This is the same throne where Jesus sits:

"Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads" (Revelation 4:2-4).

Now if you take 8+8+8=24, and 8+88=96, and 88+8=96, you get 24+96+96=216. Take 144,000 divided by 216 and you get 666. Consider that this was the identical formula to get the number 162 out of counting 666 that brought forth the number 888 when dividing 144,000 by 162. It's perpetual.

With making use of the identical formula of counting by adding the plus symbol in between the numbers, why do all these numbers relate in such a way?

The book of Revelation contains the use of the number 7 in various forms. For instance 7 seals, 7 trumpets, and 7 bowls. What is interesting about the number 37 (three sevens) is if if you divide any number that contains the same single digit three times in a row, such as 111 to 999, it comes out to the value of if you were to add all three numbers up. For example 888 divided by 37 equals 24. So 8+8+8=24. Or 666 divided by 37 equals 18. So 6+6+6=18. Could this be another way of God's word confirming itself that the mystery behind calculating the number 666 indeed is 18?

Yet another interesting factor to be aware is that if you add up all of the numbers from 1 to 36 (1+2+3...+36), it totals 666. The number 36, as in three sixes? Could this be a hint that we should add up three sixes rather than perceiving the number as six-hundred sixty six?

Now what may this suggest? Well we all know in this world we are recognized by numbers in numerous forms. Starting from our birth certificates to social security, as well as our drivers license, being recognized based on a system of ruler ship. So it's conceivable that this RFID microchip will incorporate a new identification that has a total of 18 characters.

"here the wisdom is, the one having the mind let him calculate the number of the wild beast, number for "of human" it is, and the number of it 666" (Revelation 13:1, Greek Translation).

The Greek word "anthrōpos" being used in verse 18 where it says "of human" is the Greek strongs concordance G444. The first two definitions of the word are "a human being, whether male or female", and, "generically, to include all human individuals". Could the number of the beast apply to all mankind?

In the Greek (the New Testament was originally written in the Greek language), and other translations, you will notice the beast is described as an "it", instead of "him". The reason I'm making this point is because when a translation says "His number is 666", this would imply a singular person, the Antichrist. But by saying "the number of it 666", implies that it is of the beast system as a whole.

We can know the number of the beast cannot be to identify products (like a new barcode) to buy or sell because scripture says we cannot buy or sell without the number of the beast. What am I getting at? There will be instances where you could buy something someone made themselves and it wouldn't have a store branded identification on it. But for this number to be in our chips, that is where it must be to conclude ultimately that we cannot buy or sell without having the number of the beast. As previously mentioned in Revelation 13:18, the number of the beast (6+6+6=18) is a "human number", definition "generically, to include all human individuals".

Could this be the title of the beast, the number of its name? The one-world beast system that's recognized by 18 characters? This may match the scriptures that speaks of a mark that we must have to buy or sell in our right-hand or forehead, and that it additionally incorporates the number of the beast, throughout a future cashless money society.

God's word warns us in the last days that a false prophet will stand up doing miraculous signs to deceive many to acquire this mark:

.."And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone" (Revelation 19:20 ASV)..

At all costs, DO NOT TAKE IT!

"Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name" (Revelation 14:9-11).

We are dwelling in very prophetic times with major Biblical prophecies being fulfilled.

When Donald Trump acknowledged Jerusalem as capital of Israel in December of 2017, this was a big step to bring forth the Third Temple foretold in the Bible.

The scriptures tells us that the Antichrist will seat himself in this temple:

"...and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God" (2 Thessalonians 2:3-4).

In the Islamic religion, they have a figure referred to as the Mahdi, referred to as their messiah who they're awaiting to be revealed. There are many testimonies from individuals on-line who imagine this man shall be Barack Obama who may be the biblical Antichrist. I personally have had strange dreams concerning him. He came on stage proclaiming himself to be a follower of Christ with no affiliation to the Muslim faith, but was later revealed by his family that he certainly is a faithful Muslim.

So what's in the name? The meaning of someones name can say a lot about a person. God throughout history has given names to people that have a specific meaning tied to their lives. How about the name Barack Obama? Let us take a look at what may be hiding beneath the surface...

Jesus says, "And He said to them, 'I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven'" (Luke 10:18).

In Hebrew, the name "Barack" means "lighting", and the usage of "Bama" (Strongs Hebrew word 1116) is used to refer to the "heights" of heaven.

The day following the election of Barack Obama (11/04/08), the prevailing pick 3 lotto numbers in Illinois (Obama’s home state) for 11/5/08 were 666.

Obama was a U.S. senator for Illinois, and his zip code was 60606.

Regardless, whomsoever seats himself in the future Third Temple that is to be built in Jerusalem, declaring himself to be God IS THE ANTICHRIST. DO NOT BE LEAD ASTRAY.

Why do we need Jesus Christ?

"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 2:23).

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23).

Our good works can't save our souls from our sins. If we step before a judge, being responsible of a criminal offense, the judge won't judge us by the good that we have achieved, but rather the crimes we have committed. If we as fallen humanity, created in God's image, pose this kind of moral justice, how much greater a perfect, righteous, and Holy creator?

God has introduced to us His ethical law's by means of the 10 commandments received by Moses at Mt. Siani. These laws were not given so we may be justified, but in order that we might see the need for a saviour. They're the mirror of God's character of what He has put in each of us, with our conscious bearing witness that we all know that it's an act of evil to steal, lie, dishonor our dad and mom, and so forth.

We can strive to observe all the ethical laws of the 10 commandments, but we will never catch up to them to be justified before a Holy God. The same word of the law received by Moses manifested as flesh over 2000 years ago in the body of Jesus Christ. He came to be our justification by perfectly fulfilling the law, living a sinless life that solely God could accomplish.

The distance between us and the law of God can never be reconciled by our own merit, but the arm of Jesus is stretched out by the grace and mercy of God. And if we are to grab on, by means of faith in Him, He'll pull us forward being the one to justify us. As in the court of law, if someone steps in and pays your debt, despite the fact that you're guilty, the judge can do what is legal and just and allow you to go free. This is what Jesus did nearly 2000 years ago on the cross. It was a legal transaction being fulfilled in the spiritual realm by the shedding of His blood, with His final words being, "...It is finished!..." (John 19:30).

So why did Jesus have to die for us?

Because God is Holy and just, the wrath that belongs to us could not go unnoticed. Through the perfect righteousness and justice of God's character, it must be dealt with, it must be quenched and satisfied.

For God takes no pleasure in the dying of the wicked (Ezekiel 18:23). This is why in Isaiah chapter 53, the place it speaks of the coming Messiah and His soul being a sacrifice for our sins, why it says it pleased God to crush His only begotten Son.

This is due to the fact the wrath that we deserve was justified by being poured out upon His Son. For if it was poured out on us who deserve it, we'd all die and go to hell. God created a way of escape by pouring it out on His Son who's soul could not stay in Hades, but was raised and seated at the right hand of God in power.

Now once we put on the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 13:14), God no longer see's the person who deserves His wrath, but rather the glorious image of His perfect Son residing within, justifying us as if we received the wrath we deserve, making a way of escape from the curse of death.

Now what we must do is turn from our sins and trust in the saviour, confessing and turning from our sins. This is not only a head knowledge of believing in Jesus, instead receiving His words, taking them to heart. Where we no longer live to practice sin, but turn away from our sins and practice righteousness:

"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).

By doing so we may come to be transformed into the image of God by means of faith in His Son Christ Jesus Who's willing to present the Holy Spirit to those who ask of Him:

"Most assuredly, I (Jesus) say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' (John 3:5-6).

"But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His" (Romans 8:9).

What are you waiting for? Our heavenly Father only desires the best for us all, restoring all the things this world has stolen from us. This is what it means to be "holy". To be made whole.

He is ready to hear from you. That God given tongue to speak language, by faith, pray to Him, ask Him to forgive you by confessing your sins and be willing to forsake them; that you accept the sacrifice of His Son Jesus on the cross, and that you want His Holy Spirit dwelling inside you transforming you into a child of God.

Jesus says, "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him (the Holy Spirit) will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."

Did you realize that Jesus spoke more about hell than any one in the holy scriptures, even more than He spoke about heaven?! For this very cause He came to die for us, to rescue us from this place that we deserve.

He describes hell as a actual place where,

"Their worm does not die

And the fire is not quenched" (Mark 9:44).

And where,

"There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth..." (Luke 13:28).

Jesus tells us who to fear,

"And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matthew 10:28).

"Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, 'Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.'

Then He who sat on the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.' And He said to me, 'Write, for these words are true and faithful.'

And He said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.'" (Revelation 21:1-8).

With all of the world religions, how can we make sure the Bible got it right? The scientific facts has established and continues to support that the universe once had a starting point in which space, time and matter had been created. Many know this as the big bang.

"The non-biblical religions tell us that god or god's create within space and time that eternally exist. The Bible stands alone and says that time and space don't exist until God creates the universe." - Astronomer (Phd) Hugh Ross

The Bible not only got it all right that space, time and matter all came into existence at the beginning of the universe, it additionally states in 7 distinct scriptures that the universe is in a continuous state of expansion 1000's of years earlier than scientists learned these facts.

Did you already know that the actual Noah's Ark was discovered where the Bible told us it'd be with the correct dimensions? As well as proof for the destruction of the cities of Sodom & Gomorrah and the Exodus event of the Red Sea crossing?

The Bible is the most translated and read document in the history of the world, filled with predictive prophecies, matching what we discover in the book of nature. Would not you count on God's word to be so?

Jesus loves you!

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