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17.10.2014 Religion

Mark Of The Beast 666

By Owusu Sekyere Elvis
Mark Of The Beast 666
17.10.2014 LISTEN

This little piece has come into reality with the help of St Anthony Magazine Press, USA.

QUESTION.
Is the POPE the beast of 666 or is the POPE the ANTICHRIST? Which of the Two Hundred and Sixty-five POPES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH has the mark of the BEAST?

The Book of Revelation was written by John the Apostle and he is the authentic writer of this book. He wrote this book when he was at exile at an Island called PATOMOS during the era of Emperor Nero Ceaser. Nero Ceaser was a wicked emperor who was persecuting Christians during his time. Apostle John was afraid to bring out the book of revelation since he was an apostle of Christ Emperor Nero Ceaser would have killed him so he wrote the book of revelation in a codified or hidden language in which only the Christians who were being persecuted would understand.

The book of REVELATION was veiled so it has to be unveiled before understanding hence the name THE BOOK OF APOCALATE. Most Christian scholars interpret the book revelation that brings discomfort and confusion to Christians but the book was to bring hope to Christians.

Some Anti-Catholic scholars have interpreted the Book of Revelation in so many ways describing the pope as the antichrist. An Anti-Catholic is the one who rejects the believe and teachings of the Catholic Church, One of such people is CARL KEATING who wrote the book entitled CATHOLICISM and FUNDALISM. He came out with all the titles of the pope including Vicar of Christ- Vicarius Christi, which was first known as Vicar of Saint Peter or Vicarious PrincipisApostolorum, Bishop of Rome Successor, Supreme Pontifi (of the Universal Church)-Pontifex Maximus, Archbishop of Rome Emperor, Sovereign of the city of Vatican and the Prince of Apostle indeed since he is the successor of Peter- Successor Petri. His argument is that the pope is the mark of the beast or 666.

He picked one of the titles of the Pope to describe him as the beast. He took the tile Vicar of Christ, after picking the title he reframes the name to suit his own parochial interest. He now describes the POPE Vicar of Son of God not Vicar of Christ. Vicar of son of God (Vicarious Filideli), He then assign each letter a numerical value to add up to give the number 666. Hence his argument is that POPE is the mark of the beast or Antichrist so when you lay your hands on his book it serve as an impediment to your catholic faith but his argument is just absurd and also pointless.

THE ACTUAL TRUTH
John the Apostle wrote the Book of Revelation in a codified language so he use some words which would be understood by only the Christians not the EMPERORS, so he used words like

ROME- Meaning the Great City of Babylon, so if John wants to say Rome shall be destroyed he says the Great city of Babylon will be destroyed so the emperors will not understand. ROMAN EMPIRE- Meaning the BEAST, instead of the Roman empire will be destroyed he says the BEAST shall be destroyed, REV. 13 &14 EMPERORS are wicked- John will say the HEADS are wicked. Rev 17 When John the Apostle wanted to talk about Nero Ceaser he took the numerical value or letters in Greek. Nero- NRWN and CEASER- QSR, Each letter with its numerical value as follows: N-50 R-200 W-6 N-50 Q-100 S-60 R-200 adding up to the number 666. Rev 13:18 If John the Apostle wanted to say Nero Ceaser is wicked he will codified with the title the BEAST with the number 666 is wicked so the emperor does not understand only the Christians being persecuted.

They use REV 1 to buttress their point, Like many ancient languages such as Greek and Hebrew some Latin letters are also used for numbers, the letter U is rendered as V and the letter W which doesn't exist in the Latin alphabet would be rendered as VV, so the title would read in Latin as VICARIVS FILLI DEI and when you add up the numbers V-5 I-1 C-100 I-1 V 5 I-1 L-50 I-1 I-1 D-500 I-1 add up to 666. And this is not the title of the pope is just fabrication and the real title VICARIUS CHRISTI adds up to only 214 not the infernal 666. There is no official document that the Pope calls himself or is referred to as the VICAR OF THE SON OF GOD. Seventh-Day Adventist who continuously accused the pope being the mark of the beast also has their leader name ELLEN GOULD WHITE numerical value add up to 666- 50+50+5+50+500+10+1 the letter W is asserted to be equivalent of a double V or U which has a value of 5 and is therefore 10 when doubled. However they argue that in Latin roman numerals there was no W with a value of 10. A single V was use to represent the W, V and U sound. T

he double U that is the W apparently evolved many centuries later in other languages, but not Roman Numerals. But they want us Catholics to believe theirs because it will be against them they want us to believe their absurdity and pointless argument which they based on a decree Pope Paul VI send to the Vicariate Apostolic of Rio Muni., Equatorial Guinea in August 9, 1965 which contains the following words Qui summi Dei numine et volunateprincipem locum in Christi Ecclesia, obtinemus, adorandifilli Dei hic in terries VicariiPetrique successors meaning we who the supreme God providentially wills and maintains in the principle over Christ's church, the honorable vicars of the son of God upon his earth- peter successors and another decree of Pope Paul VI elevating the Prefecture Apostolic of Bafia, Cameroon to a Diocese in January 11, 1968 which contains the following Adorandi Dei filliVicarius et Procurator, quibus numen aeternumsummam Ecclesiae sanctaededit meaning Honorable Vicar of God's son and caretaker, which by divine will has been eternally given the highest rank of the holy church.

When they accept to they say ELLEN GOULD WHITE does not fit the characteristics of the Antichrist that the scripture warns about. However this means the beast is an individual. Other Anti-Catholic scholars believe Pope John Paul II in Latin means the beast with number 666 because the numerical value of his name add up to 666, IOANES PAVLS SECVNDO 1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,50,5,0,0,0,100,5,0,500,0. Then lays the question, if it referred to one particular pope, it could not refer to none of the others. To which pope will people refer to? To a past pope?

The he is dead and gone, and we need not worry about him. To the present pope? Then however the number does not refer to any of the popes at all. Catholic scholars referred to the beast from the sea as Emperor Nero this interpretation is based on the angel explanation of the beast in Revelation 17:7, that beast's seven heads are seven kings and Rev 17:10 reveals that Nero is the sixth king who was alive and the emperor reigning at the time john was writing the book, the five kings who have fallen were Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius. Revelation 13:7 speaks of the power given to the beast to make war with the saints, Nero was the first to persecute Christians, and Revelation 13:5 says the beast would continue for 42months. The Neronic persecution was instituted was instituted in 64AD and lasted until his death June 68A, which is three and half years or 42months and Nero death corresponds to Rev 13:10 , he committed suicide by the sword at the age of 30

BEAST NUMBER Manuscript origin from Greek point to 666is the original language but later translated to Latin manuscript meaning Nero Ceaser becomes NRW QSR without N it becomes the number 616 not 666. Another anti-Catholic scholar is ANDREAS HELWIG the author of the book the prophetic faith of our Fathers and he also gives the tile Vicar of Son of Christ to the Pope instead of Vicar of Christ which is also a different title and also translated into Latin not Greek the original language of the bible just to satisfy his whims and caprices and also failed to translate the other titles.

He describe the Pope as the Antichrist- Antichristos meaning he is the enemy of Christ, A house divide by its house cannot stand, the pope does not Preach he denies Christ or is an enemy of Christ. This makes his argument also a pointless one. 1John 4:3, 1John verse 7, these bible verses speak of who an antichrist is. 666 or mark of the beast is not any of the Catholic Popes is just an absurdity and a pointless argument just to cause impediment to Catholics.

OWUSU SEKYERE ELVIS PARISHIONER ST MATTHEW CATHOLIC CHURCH BEREKUM ST THERESAS PARISH – [email protected] +233541568105

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