Bill Gates & the Mark of the Beast?

michael dionysio i hope i said that right uh he says have you heard that bill gates and his cohorts cohorts are pushing for a chip to be put into people's arms that would carry all of the person's information as well as as be their means of buying and selling a cashless society and a new world order question mark would that mean revelation 13 16 through 18 should be viewed from a futuristic understanding michael's a fantastic question uh what i would encourage everybody to do is well start start with our series if you really want to get into great tribulation stuff which is where many of the main questions come from in this context start with our series we did in the great tribulation read the last days according to jesus listen to r.c sproul's lectures on the last days according to jesus i think they'll really bless you all but in terms of the book of revelation again i'm trying to do this fast forgive everybody for speaking so fast here but the book of revelation i believe was written before the destruction of jerusalem i think that could be demonstrated internally biblically from the text itself the temple is still standing john's told to go measure it in the book of revelation it'd be you'd be hard-pressed to really believe or defend the fact that um that that temple is gone it was the central part of their worship no mention of its destruction but it's still standing and he's told to measure it in the book of revelation but also the fact that the time indicators in the book of revelation demonstrate that these things are soon to take place i mean as a matter of fact you read the first chapter of the book of revelation in the first couple of verses and you're going to see the time indicators right there on the page up front it says the revelation of jesus christ which god gave him to show to his servants the things would that must soon take place he made it known by sending his angel to his servant john who bore witness to the word of god unto the testimony of jesus christ even to all that he saw blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it for the time is near um you also have the fact in verse seven it says he is coming with the clouds and every eye will see him even those who pierced him and all the tribes of the earth will wail on account of him uh tribe tribes of the earth the land very jewish context also any of those people that pierce jesus hanging around today no they're not but they were before the destruction of jerusalem keep going through the book of revelation you'll see the time indicators very clearly these things are soon to take place the time is near um and you also see in the book revelation context you have two major antagonists in the book of revelation you have jewish antagonism and you have roman antagonism the beast i believe is rome seven headed ten horned beast rome is known as the septimontium it's on the back of their coins the city of seven hills it had ten imperial provinces you say seven headed ten horn beast to a first century jewish christian living under roman rule no problems in understanding what's happening there seven headed ten horned beasts but you also have the fact that there's this discussion about those who say they are jews and are not they lie they're a synagogue of satan uh jesus is addressing the jewish issue very specifically in the book of revelation right there but you also have the clear persecution of the jews and the romans on the christians now question when did that take place in history well we know that it took place actually during the sixties of the first century shortly before the fall of jerusalem not the hippy sixties not the hippie sixties uh sixties first century baby no numbers before the sixties um and uh it took place uh during the before the fall of jerusalem you went from primarily jewish persecution of the early christian church to now you have the jewish and roman persecution of the christian church and who really headed all that up well it was nero emperor nero and uh nero was a beast he was even described as a beast in early writings he was a disgusting evil man uh just a couple things if you haven't heard before nero was known for amplifying the worship cultists of the first century caligula really got that going in terms of worship of the emperor um as god but nero just sort of like let's do that and made it a a real real thing uh setting up temples all over for himself and all the rest but nero was a disgusting man he apparently was a ginger too yeah he yeah that's what they say he was what now a ginger a ginger he i think he was you said a picture that was the ugliest picture if that's what nero looked like it's like ew uh anyway so nero uh castrated and married a 10 year old boy nero kicked his pregnant wife to death um there is a whole slew of stories in terms of this man's beastly nature we know that after there was a fire in rome that uh attention was now directed towards the christians blame is that direction but you also have the fact that the early christians are not saying kaiser curios they won't do it they are saying no jesus is lord you're the emperor you know we'll respect you and argue and obey you but you're not lord kaiser curios we can't say so nero would have christians rounded up in the streets and he'd have them brought to his garden parties and they would tie christians up on these stakes and he would ride his chariot through them in the guardian garden parties where they were wrapped in pitch and set on fire like roman candles you also have the fact that nero and if you have little ears uh maybe turn it down for a second but you should hear this in terms of the beastly nature of nero that the kind of disgusting man he was nero would um have christians tied to a stake naked and then he would actually wear the skins or the furs of animals lions bears or what what have you and he would actually attack the naked christians that were tied to a stake to eat their bodies or their genitalia he was a disgusting evil beast and he was part of the persecution of the christians in the first century so again context of revelation if you want to read further on this go read dr gentry's book before jerusalem fell to see all the historical evidence the biblical evidence to show the the early date of the book of revelation uh however the context of the jewish persecution and the roman persecution and you get into revelation 13 it's important to note this and i'll just say this as quickly as possible john people have said could be accused of plagiarism by today's standards um what's that mean over 400 verses in the book of revelation over half of those verses are direct quotations or allusions to old testament passages so over half the book is taken from the old testament and planted into the new and worked out from there and people say well that could be plagiarism in today's standards well okay well that means something though in terms of how you interpret it you can't go to the book of revelation with a gentile understanding of this world and this book and try to import those things into the text or you're going to have drinking blood um riding seven headed ten horned beasts where where's she at is she anywhere local to you like i think maybe there's a few of those on van buren in phoenix but i think we get the point right like i don't really think that we're all understanding this oh this is literal right so it's not to say if it's literal it's meaningful if it's symbolic it's not no like listen the priesthood was a symbol and it was meaningful about jesus the temple was a symbol and it was meaningful about jesus the sacrifice was a symbol and it was meaningful about jesus so we can't say oh i really want literal rather than symbolic no you get both in the bible but which book are you in right like you got to read you got to read luke and his historical narrative differently differently than you read the book of revelation i hope you're doing that so when you look at the book of revelation you have to understand that john is a jewish christian jewish follower of jesus enduring persecution from the jews and the romans at this time and then john is in the midst of this this is before the fall of jerusalem i'm arguing but he he gives you this really amazing thing here watch this it says this in verse 5 of chapter 13 and the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words and it was allowed to exercise authority for 42 months the beast is allowed to exercise authority for 42 months it opened his mouth to utter blasphemies against god blaspheming his name and his dwelling and in that is those who dwell in heaven also it was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them and authority was given it over every tribe people and language and nation well that could aptly describe in the day of the roman empire the roman empire authority over the roman empire all those nations all those peoples very very clearly but note this i think it's powerful 42 months the beast has given the authority for 42 months to make war on the saints and to conquer them anybody uh know the amount of time historically uh that was for that was that is allotted for the neuronic persecution of the christians in the first century anyone have a guess of how long that took place in history 42 months 42 months now john says the beast is going to be given 42 months to make war with the saints and we know from history that it was 42 months that nero did actually make war with the saints 42 months but this is amazing too it says um uh if anyone is to be taken captive to captivity he goes verse 10 of chapter 13 if anyone is to be slain with the sword with the sword must he be slain uh is this a prediction about the death of nero well you've got persecution of the saints nero did that for 42 months he killed by the sword but then there's this prophecy here about this by the sword he must be slain anybody know how nero died buy his own sword right by his own sword uh so listen to this you're a christian in the first century you're undergoing intense persecution many people are on the run it's a scary time to be a christian to be faithful and you're hearing now john he says hey i got the revelation of jesus christ don't worry hang in there soon to take place judgment is coming this beast he's going to persecute for 42 months but he's going to die by the sword that's an encouraging word to early christians i would argue very encouraging but here we get into the famous section of the mark of the beast and this is very very important i would say this no bill gates his stupidity and foolishness on many levels and and any chip that he wants or chips with uh data in them in terms of like uh buying and selling uh commerce those sorts of things uh has nothing to do with um revelation 13 and i think i could demonstrate that to you here um if you look through chapter 13 i'm already going along here so i'm going to do my best to go fast just to give you the bullet points here it says in chapter 13 that uh verse 16 also causes all both small and great both rich and poor both free and slave to be marked on the right hand or the forehead so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark of that uh mar has the mark that is the name of the beast or the number of its name of its name its name and uh it's interesting when you actually know the background of the old testament here i just want to ask you a question okay just pause for a second and be willing to challenge your traditions if you don't agree right now and you're like this seems crazy and all the rest i just want to encourage you just stop for a second and think about your tradition and challenge it test it maybe i'm wrong okay so test me challenge this you're reading a book that is almost entirely a quotation and pulling from the old testament and you've got john pulling from old testament imagery and illusions and symbolism and he says to jewish christians living in the first century he says to them that this beast is going to want a mark on your right hand or your forehead can you tell me anywhere else in the bible where that terminology is used about a mark on your head in your hand anybody no it's at the very beginning of judaism uh deuteronomy chapter six verse four shema israel yahweh elohim hero israel the lord our god the lord is one hero israel the lord our god the lord is one but it doesn't end there in deuteronomy chapter six where god says that that famous section that was part of the morning and evening prayers it says um and this is powerful and this is so every jew knows this my point is here is every jew knows this he says you should love the lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul with all your might and these words that i command you today shall be on your heart you shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in their your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they should be as frontless between your frontlines between your eyes you shall write them on your the doorpost of your house and on your gates so what is what is supposed to be on the head the forehead and the hand of every follower of god of yahweh a box with scripture yeah exactly do you think that god was literally saying like you but everyone walk around with this thing bound on your head and your hand like jiggling around all day long is that really what's god saying there no no the point was is that listen your forehead your head in jewish thought represented ownership who owns you yahweh owns you you're under his authority a sign on your head was not a literal sign some jews actually thought it was literal and started doing stuff like that silly right but that's not what god is saying here your head symbolized ownership authority right so having god's name on your head was i i belong to yahweh i'm his subject i worship him and his his mark on your hand your right hand symbolized your work your labor if you didn't have the use of your right hand you were useless because the right-handed society right-minded society right-handed minded society so your hands symbolize your labor your work listen what you do so what's the point here love god with all heart soul and might god's the only god he's the only one he is supposed to be on your head and your hand you're owned by him and everything you do in this world is in him that's what god is saying all of it when you walk by the way when you raise your children teach put it on your gates god is the only god and i belong to him and everything i do is in him now you're a jew in the first century and you know that you're supposed to have god's name on your head in your hand his mark here and here you're owned by him and everything you do is in him now the beast is saying no no i want that place of ownership kaiser curios right kaiser curios and what was caesar nero what was he doing to the early christians during the time of the 60s before the destruction of jerusalem and the war between the romans and the jews what was he doing he was cutting off the christians ability for life but also their ability to worship in many ways buying and selling here i would argue is not commerce it's a symbol that's used in the old testament actually for worship it's connected to worship if you have questions about that encourage you guys to get the book the beast of revelation by dr kenneth gentry i don't have the time to go into all the details here but this is very worship um this is very this is soaked in worship language and here's here's the final summary here and i'm not supposed to go this long but i'd love to talk about this stuff and i think it's important and i guess a lot of people are talking about bill gates and mark and everything so hopefully this will be useful so it says this the beast wants to cause them to be marked on their hand and their head and it says so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark of that uh mark that is the name of the beast or the number of his name this calls for wisdom stop okay stop here's now here's an understanding who's the beast you're being told who the beast is we're being told divine revelation here who's the beast it's not a literal mark because listen the mark on the head or the hand of the early jews wasn't literal right so how all of a sudden does it become a microchip and literal it wasn't literal for the jews it wasn't literal here there's a context of the passage but listen it says this calls for wisdom verse 18 let the one who has understanding all right everyone listen up all my jewish brothers and sisters christians like this is this is a message now right communicated i'm gonna tell you who i'm talking about okay here it is this calls for wisdom let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast for it is the number of a man and his number is some of you guys just thought six six six no it is not six six six the number is 660 yes it matters so here's john saying i'll tell you you have wisdom let him always understand and calculate the number of the beast for its number of amen amen his number is 666. now the romans and the jews well ancient cultures did this um they would they would use their alphabet and it doubled it doubled as a numbering system and you already know this like if i tell you right now what's the x roman numeral x you would be like that's 10. what's v well that's five you know so we get how that works right so ancient cultures would use their alphabet as a numbering system as well well the jews did that too they did and here's john a jewish christian saying let him who has wisdom or understand you calculate the number and his number is 666. well lo and behold what does 666 come out to william gates bill gates what does it come out to in a hebrew cryptogram what's it come out to niron kaiser nero caesar why so john can't in the first century context with the neuronic persecution of the christians just come out and say hey everybody talk about nero i'm talking about nero he's using very jewish symbolism very jewish language to communicate a message about hope for those early christians this beast is gonna persecute you for 42 months he's gonna die by the sword he wants his name his mark on your head and your hands and his number is 666 he's about to be destroyed 666 is near on kaiser and isn't it cool i love this isn't it cool that there's an early translation um of the book of revelation by christians an early translation of the book of revelation by christians uh into syriac i think it's my mind's going syria the syriac version i think where for some reason this is weird the early translators of that book of revelation when they translated into their language oddly change the numerical value what would possess a christian to mess with god's word like that that's crazy they changed the numerical value in their language to not 666 but to 606 how dare you what are you doing messing with god's word well it is interesting that in their language their cryptogram to get nero caesar to spell out has to have the numerical value of 616. isn't that interesting early christians were actually changing in the translation the numerical values so that it could spell nero something to think about and if you want more on this read the beast of revelation by our friend dr kenneth gentry read before jerusalem fell by dr kenneth gentry he's an expert in these areas um can i go just one more question i think i know we're going over sure i was just gonna say too you can also go to apologiastudios.com and just in the search bar put in end times and we have a whole manner of hours worth of shows on this so yeah i hope that was helpful for everybody

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Published: Sat Apr 18 2020