Revelation 13:16 (NKJV) Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.
The man seems to be Solomon because he received 666 talents of gold year by year (1 Kings 10:14; 2 Chronicles 9:13), and he has wisdom and understanding (1 Kings 4:29).
The Hebrew Old Testament was written with consonants only. So Solomon would be something like SLMN (not exactly, but you get the idea). Hebrew and related languages also have 3-consonant roots as the basis of words, so, let's consider the first three consonants: SLM. Notice how you spell Islam with only consonants: SLM.
What do you think?
Dan 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
Dan 7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
Dan 7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Daniel had a vision of 4 kingdoms that were different than each other which are the 4 ways of people.
And although all 4 kingdoms went by the 4 ways, 1 of those were their chief mode of operation where the other 3 were a minor operation.
Dan 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
The first is Babylon which represents human religion, the occult.
They had eagle's wing for king Nebuchadnezzar acknowledged the God of Israel as the greatest of all the gods.
Which he proclaimed throughout his kingdom to not say anything against Him or they would have punishment.
His son took the throne and blew it by taking the vessels out of the temple of the LORD and praised other gods.
The eagle's wings were plucked and Babylon would be known as the kingdom of man.
Dan 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
The second is Medo-Persia which represents cruelty in war.
It was raised on one side the Persian influence was greater.
3 ribs 3 conquered nations in league with them.
Dan 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
The third one is Greece which represents human wisdom.
4 wings of a fowl flew higher than the other nations, advanced medicine, mathematics, science, philosophy.
4 heads when Alexander died his kingdom was divided in to 4 sections with a general ruling.
Dan 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Dan 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Dan 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
1Ti 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron.
2Ti 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
2Ti 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
2Ti 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
The fourth beast is the Roman Empire which they represent pushing for territory, world domination.
10 horns shall come from them which is the world divided into 10 sections with a leader.
The New Age Christ/antichrist shall come from the 10 horns which the prince to come shall come from the people who overthrew Jerusalem the Roman Empire.
They shall devour the whole earth by way of the new age christianity that interprets the Bible and religions according to the occult and evolution, and people are going to evolve to be spiritual, and there is no personal God.
The United Nations supports new age organizations.
Dan 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Dan 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
The Roman Empire does not lose her dominion until Jesus puts down the world.
Dan 7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece, will never have physical dominion again but their ways are still on earth.
All 4 kingdoms ways are on earth and they all show up at the beast kingdom.
Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Rev 17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Rev 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
Rev 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Rev 17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
The 7 heads are 7 kingdoms.
5 have fallen.
1. Egypt
2. Assyria
3. Babylon
4. Medo-Persia.
5. Greece.
1 is the Roman Empire that was in operation at the time John wrote Revelation.
1 is to come the 10 horn kingdom and will continue a short space three and one half years.
The 8th king is of the 7 kings for the devil influenced those 7 kingdoms and will rule for the next three and one half years.
Continued in next post
God rest in peace Pastor MacArthur.
