The Number of a Man
Revelation 13:16-18 KJV
[16] And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: [17] 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. [18] 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.
Okay, we should be edified knowing the mark in the right hand allows us to participate in the market for buying and selling, and it also represents our work, job, or business. Our right hand represents what we get up to labor for every day.
So either you’re sealed or you have a mark of the current kingdom (beast) and you are in full support of the beast. Therefore, you indirectly or now with this information, directly worship Satan the devil if you worship the ways of the kingdoms of the Gentiles. Today, we have Goodhearted folks, serving Satan and do not know it. They help their friends and family out, they are at church weekly even daily, but if someone who didn’t look like them wanted help they would call the police. They are mean to their spouse but darling to everyone else. They are as charming and pleasant at the local store or grocer when checking out in the checkout line, but wouldn’t even look your way when you are walking down the street.
In certain areas of life, great people. But in reality, in my neighborhood growing up, we called this behavior, fronting! This is being a hypocrite.
This is why you must still repent, jump back in the water and this time understand. Understand you are doing this for Christ and going to do it His way with no mixture of Satan in it. Now, look at verse 18. Here is wisdom; if you have the understanding you can count the number of the beast system. It goes back to a man and his number was six hundred sixty-six.
Who is it? Who is this man?
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Okay, I’ll tell you.
1st Kings 10:13-15 KJV
[13] And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. [14] Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, [15] Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
The number of the man is King Solomon, king of Israel, son of David, and son of Jesse. The connection to him is represented in the weight of gold that came each year into his kingdom; it was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold (666). He had merchant men, traffic in all types of business, and all the material things a man or woman would want. He was king of the global economy, which led people to worship vain material things or to seek to destroy others to get those vain things.
If I may put it more directly, the mark of the beast is the monetary system, in which we all participate in. Nevertheless, you can take the mark in your right hand, the US Dollar, but do good works in helping the poor, needy, fatherless, widow, lame, and oppressed with it. This would display that you have the seal of the Father in your forehead. People who have the mark of the beast in their forehead savor the things of this world, which are the things of the god of this world, Lucifer or Satan the Devil, otherwise known as Satan the Deceiver presents to us.
When you chase material blessings, careers, jobs, and clothes; when you get into the rap industry, the music industry, and the designer industry with the desire to have the material blessings presented by those industries and the individuals, you take on the image. The financial industry, chasing the prestige, becoming a million-dollar motivational speaker, a million-dollar pastor; anything you do, any way you think, that causes you to chase the bag, to chase success with the ideology that once attained, it will place you above your brothers and sisters; this line of thinking followed by like actions is the mark of the beast. That mindset is evil and wicked and it is the root of all evil because the love of money is the root of all evil.
You cannot trick yourself or lie to yourself and say you are doing it for the people when you’re the one coming out with nice cars, clothes, homes, and fake friends padding the image. If you were truly doing it for the people, they would have those shiny things and material blessings.
Now watch this, now that I may have hurt a lot of feelings out there. I can hear the, “Teach brother,” and the “Tell it,” co-signs screech to a halt. That’s okay but watch this.
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