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 > George,

 >  GP> Seems like you own this echo, too! :D

 >   Well, where I can auto post, I do it. There are puns in another echo;

What is auto post?

 >  GP> I never worried about the literal number, because the real concern is
 >  GP> ACCEPTING it as your mark of allegiance tot he Beast.

 >   I don't think we'll be able to identify who the Antichrist is before
 > The Rapture Of The Church. Yet, scores of folks have said that certain
 > people (i.e. Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Bill Gates, The Pope, etc.)
 > are the Antichrist. Yet, this deal with the COVID-19 shots (if you don't
 > have it, you can't buy or sell or enter this business) is setting it up
 > for "The Mark"...where without it, one won't be able to buy, sell, hold
 > a job, or receive benefits...basically being cut off from economic 
survival.
 > But, taking it damns you forever.

It's clear that the evil of the mark/number is in willingly accepting it to
show one's allegiance to the beast (i.e. trusting the Beast's economic
provision rather than God's promised provision ("if even the bird & flowers
have enough, why wouldn't you?")

One interesting booklet I read in '85 linked the number to UPC codes.

The second halfd of the code is Source.  You'll not the 6 is two skinny 
lines, & you'll see these two skinny lines at the beginning, centre, & right
end of the printed numbers.

But that presumes that 666 refers to 6, 6, & a 3rd 6, when, as I pointed out
earlier, it's actually a single number (six hundred, sixty & six)

"You'll know them by their fruits"; those on God'sa side exhibit the fruits 
of the spirit (not every persoin exhibits every fruit at all times, but if
there's a clesr paucity, you might want to consider whether you'll be in
communion with them)

One of my teachers (Presbyterian pastor) taught me, regarding the Toronto
Blessing (people rolling in the aisles, barking, screaming, peeing 
themselves, speaking in tongues, supposedly in holy spirit ecstasy) that they
obviously lacked, to a person, the fruit of self control. . . he couldn't
reconcile this with them being true Christians.

Makes sense. 

These big holy roller screamfests are certainly doing a good job of
recruitment -- but for who?

We are not to go chasing signs or wonders, but to trust in the Lord our God
Whom we know, directly, in our souls.

Keep the faith, my friend. . walk with strength & protection. . .




 >  GP> In Hebrew, 666 is also a word: Har Megido ("Armageddon", the mountain
 >  GP> of Megido)

 >   And, you only see that once in the Bible...Revelation 16:16.

 >  GP> So 666 emphathises that the Beast falls as far short of God as is
 >  GP> possible.

 >   Hal Lindsey, said that "6 is number of man in Scripture" (he was created
 > on the sixth day), "and 3 is the symbol for God" (the Holy Trinity). "So,
 > when you triple 6, it's man making himself God". He added "The cleverness 
of
 > this economic guise is ghastly to contemplate. But, no one could ever 
accuse
 > Satan of not being clever".

 >  GP> Man is not completed, that's why God did not look, after that 
creation
 >  GP> & declare it "good" as every other day of creation.

 >   You're right...there was "one day" where He didn't declare it "good". 
Yet,
 > He gave man "free will", as He didn't want robots. In the case of kids, if
 > we love our parents, we'll gladly obey them. Now, Eve was deceived, so I
 > can "cut her some slack"...but "Adam gave in without a fight".

 >  GP> I'm sorry, but I don't ascribe to the Roman teaching that we are born
 >  GP> evil. God don't create junk -- we are born with our souls in balance 
&
 >  GP> our choices either elevate them or dirty them. . .

 >   We have a sin nature...we sin because we're sinners...not sinners 
because
 > we sin. Ever notice that a baby crying like something is wrong, but when 
the
 > parents show up, he's happy. It's basically the same as your dog or cat
 > having "separation anxiety"...but some would say "the kid is lying about
 > something being wrong".

 >  GP> Okay, sorry, just waxing poetic today. .

 >   One of the poems The Good Lord gave me was "My prayers are only to The
 > Lord". The Catholics venerate Mary, saying she was perfect. The thing is,
 > if she was sinless, WHY did she say in the Magnificat that "My soul does
 > magnify The Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God, My Saviour". If she
 > was sinless, WHY did she need a Saviour??

 >   The concept of Salvation is so simple, yet so many reject it because of
 > its simplicity. The Philippian Jailer asked Paul and Silas "What must I
 > do to be saved??". In Acts 16:31, Paul said "Believe on The Lord Jesus
 > Christ, and you shall be saved, and your house". The Gospel is so simple
 > that a child can understand it. 

 >   As a side note, I love the deals with the children, especially the
 > "children's sermon bloopers"...where the kids, in their innocence, say the
 > darndest things (like the old show that was hosted by the late Art
 > Linkletter). You know The Lord had to be smiling on these. The one I
 > remember is where this young girl tells him that "when I grow up, I want
 > to have a lot of kids". When he asks her what she wants to be, she replied
 > "A nun"...it brought the house down...the look on Art's face was just
 > priceless!! 

 >   The 2 most hated verses are:

 > 1) John 14:6, where Jesus says "I am The Way, The Truth, and The Life.
 > No one comes to The Father, but through Me".

 > 2) Acts 4:12, where Peter says "Neither is there salvation in any other.
 > For there is no other name under Heaven, given among men, whereby we
 > must be saved".

 >   Hal Lindsey also noted "If the believers ON Jesus, and not just IN
 > Him, are wrong...the most we'll lose are a few petty sins...which
 > don't make anyone happy anyway".

 >   I add to that "And, one day, we'll know who's right".

 >   Christian Comedian Mark Lowery, wrote the song "Mary, Did You Know?",
 > said "I still have a lot of questions for her when I get to Heaven"...
 > such as if Jesus had a hero or a girlfriend...and if she ever walked
 > into His Room, and said to Him "Clean up this mess!! Were you born in 
 > a barn??" .

 >   Mark was telling about his motorcycle wreck, and noted as they
 > put him in the ambulance, "they cut my britches off!!"...adding
 > "Your Momma Was Right!!". He paused for all the laughter, as the
 > audience knew what was coming next -- "Clean Underwear!! Always!!" 

 > Daryl

 > ... Life is fragile...handle with prayer.
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Your friend,

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Cyberpope, Bishop of ROM
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