666 Revealed

[KDawg]

For those interested, check out the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrvot...el_page&fmt=22

[Hans]

Did you know that Bill Gates’ real name is William Henry Gates III? Nowadays, he is known as Bill Gates (III where III means the order of third. So what’s so eerie about this name?

Well, if you take all the letters in Bill Gates III and then convert it into ASCII code (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) and then add up all the numbers ... you will get 666, which is the number of the beast.

B = 66 I = 73 L = 76 L = 76 G = 71 A = 65 T = 84 E = 69 S = 83 I = 1 I = 1 I = 1

Add these numbers and they equal 666. Coincidence?

Perhaps ....

Maybe, but take Windows 95 and do the same procedure and you will get 666 also. And even MS-DOS 6.31 adds up to 666.

Still think it is coincidence? Stay with me .... It gets better.

For those of you who still have the old excel 95 (not office 97) try this out: (this really works)

1 - Open a new file 2 - Scroll down to row 95 3 - Click on the row 95 button to highlight the entire row 4 - Press tab to move to the second column 5 - Now, move your mouse and click on help at the top 6 - Then click on "about Microsoft excel" 7 - Press ctrl-alt-shift and click on the tech support button at the same time.

A window will appear with the title: THE HALL OF TORTURED SOULS.

This is really eerie, okay! It has a doom style format and you can walk all around the hall using the arrow keys.

On the sides of the walls are the names of the tortured souls .... Now walk up the stairs and then come back down, facing the blank wall.

Now type in EXCELKFA; this will open the blank wall to reveal another secret passage, walk through the passage and do not fall off. This is difficult to do.

When you get to the end you will see something really, really eerie.

As of this point in time, countless witnesses all over the world have verified that it is a real eye opener.

It could be a joke by MS programmers. Or is it? (We have a number of people here at Stanley that have Excel 95 and have done this and no one has lived threw the game ...)

Would it be too surprising if Bill Gates was the Antichrist?

After all, the Bible foretold that someone powerful would rise up and lead the world to destruction. And Bill Gates definitely has this kind of power in his hands.

More than 80% of computers in the world today run on windows and DOS (including those at the Pentagon). If all of his products have some kind of small program embedded, like this "hall of tortured souls," that can give him control to set off nuclear arsenals, create havoc insecurity systems and financial systems all over the world, etc.

All from his headquarters. This isn’t too far from reality. Just by using the Internet Explorer may just allow him to map out what you have on your computer bit by bit each time you log on.

Perhaps the end of time is near and this is just the tip of the iceberg?

Quote from the Bible:

"He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man’s number. His number is 666." Revelation 13:16-18

This is something you should think about. If the Bible, in the book of Revelations, says that without the sign of the beast, one would not be able to buy, sell, do business transactions, etc., then my question to you now is this .... Is the Internet a necessity today for doing business?

The Internet also bears the sign. Note that the Internet is often referred to as the World Wide Web, or www.

Another way to write W is V/ or VI.

W W W VI VI VI 6 6 6

Here is something to ponder. Isn’t everything going towards the Internet? (i.e., buying, selling business transactions.) Isn’t Microsoft always on the move to have a monopoly when it comes to software technology? And now the Internet?

Revelations also says that the mark of the beast will be carved on one’s hand and on one’s forehead. If the Internet would indeed be the beast, aren’t we all starting to carry it on our hands and foreheads?

The screen is the forehead and the hand uses the mouse.

Are things finally starting to fall into place or are we just letting our imagination run wild? Remember, the devil came to cheat, steal and to destroy. So, be vigilant about Bill Gates and Microsoft!

Coincidence?

Perhaps ....

[KDawg]

Yeah, that's nice Hans, but not the point.

There was another website announced at the end of that video. Did you check it out?

[Tansy]

That was really interesting. Didn't watch the video on the website, but read through the transcript.
Makes you think.

[Hans]

Watching the video right now. I assume it's something similar to the Da Vinci Code?

[KDawg]

Watching the video right now. I assume it's something similar to the Da Vinci Code?

No. You'll have to look deeper than a 20 second glance.

[Hans]

The Papacy is the Antichrist and the Pope is the leader? That's a conclusion that does not make much sense to me.

[Tansy]

The man uses the bible to logically deduce whom the antichrist may be. If you watch/read through, he's got a pretty sound argument for it. Just as sound as most.

[Hans]

The problem is he does not use the Bible, but an English translation of it.

The early Church father Irenaeus knew several occurrences of the 616-variant but regarded them as a scribal error and affirmed that the number 666 stood "in all the most approved and ancient copies" and is attested by "those men who saw John face to face".

Red arrow points to χιϛʹ (616) in P115 deciphered in May 2005.
In May 2005, it was reported that scholars at Oxford University using advanced imaging techniques had been able to read previously illegible portions of the earliest known record of the Book of Revelation(a 1,700 year old papyrus), from the Oxyrhynchus site, Papyrus 115 or P115, dating one century after Irenaeus. The fragment gives the Number of the Beast as 616 (chi, iota, stigma), rather than the majority text 666 (chi, xi, stigma). The other early witness Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus has it written in full: hexakosiai deka hex (lit. six hundred sixteen).
Significantly, P115 aligns with Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus which are generally regarded as providing the best testimony to Revelation. Thus, P115 has superior testimony to that of P47 which aligns with Codex Sinaiticus and together form the second-best witness to the Book of Revelation. This has led some scholars to conclude that 616 is the original number of the beast.
Dr. Paul Lewes in his book, A Key to Christian Origins (1932) wrote:
"The figure 616 is given in one of the two best m****cripts, C (Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, Paris), by the Latin version of Tyconius (DCXVI, ed. Souter in the Journal of Theology, SE, April 1913), and by an ancient Armenian version (ed. Conybaere, 1907). Irenaeus knew about it [the 616 reading], but did not adopt it (Haer. v.30,3), Jerome adopted it (De Monogramm., ed. Dom G Morin in the Rev. Benedictine, 1903). It is probably original. The number 666 has been substituted for 616 either by analogy with 888, the [Greek] number of Jesus (Deissmann), or because it is a triangular number, the sum of the first 36 numbers (1+2+3+4+5+6...+36 = 666)".
Professor David C. Parker, Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham, thinks that 616, although less memorable than 666, is the original. Dr. Ellen Aitken said: “Scholars have argued for a long time over this, and it now seems that 616 was the original number of the beast. It's probably about 100 years before any other version."

[KDawg]

So the number of the beast is 616, not 666. I've never heard that one before, got a link?

[Slow]

LOL. good one, K Dawg! Cafeteria Protestantism in all its glory!

But then again, when your beliefs about 666 and The End Days come from John Darby, well, your problems are much deeper than simply grade school theology

"...in the 1800s, some began to claim that the rapture would occur before the period of persecution. This position, now known as the "pre-tribulational" view, also was embraced by John Nelson Darby, an early leader of a Fundamentalist movement that became known as Dispensationalism. Darby’s pre-tribulational view of the rapture was then picked up by a man named C.I. Scofield, who taught the view in the footnotes of his Scofield Reference Bible, which was widely distributed in England and America. Many Protestants who read the Scofield Reference Bible uncritically accepted what its footnotes said and adopted the pre-tribulational view, even though no Christian had heard of it in the previous 1800 years of Church history."

http://www.catholic.com/library/Rapture.asp

I wondered how long it would take the uninformed Protestants to come out from under their rocks now that the only level-headed Protestant is gone (Bluesky). Not long, obviously.

This should be VERY entertaining.

[Slow]

So the number of the beast is 616, not 666. I've never heard that one before, got a link?

That would have meant you knew something about the Early Church Fathers, which you do not.

Which explains EVERYTHING

[Slow]

"Have you ever heard that the Roman Catholic Pope will one day be
the Antichrist spoken of in the Bible? If you have heard that
accusation, did you take it to heart or did you dismiss it? I would like
to demonstrate from the scriptures, beyond the shadow of any
doubt, that it will not ever happen. You might find it intriguing that I
am not Roman Catholic.

There are many books, commentaries and web sites claiming the
Roman Catholic Pope will one day be the Antichrist. Now there is a
book demonstrating from the scriptures why it will never happen.
The introduction of the book is offered below. It is available
through book stores in paperback. You can purchase it here via
links to Amazon or Barns and Nobles or the e-book in Microsoft
Reader or Adobe PDF format from Amazon.com.

The myth and accusation that the Roman Catholic leader will one
day be the Antichrist has its roots in religious misconceptions and
lack of Biblical end-time understanding. It has contributed greatly to
discord and a lack of unity among millions of Christians that have
very powerful common ground in Jesus Christ and the Cross of
Calvary. Please allow this non-denominational author to show how
the scriptures clearly demonstrate the Roman Catholic Pope will
never become the "Son of Perdition". Come see how much the
scripture does have to say about the coming “lawless one” and how
his kingdom is being prepared right before our very eyes. Whether
we like it or not, the world we live in is moving in the direction of the
literal fulfillment of Bible Prophecy."

http://newlife333.com/pope.html

[KDawg]

That would have meant you knew something about the Early Church Fathers, which you do not.

Which explains EVERYTHING

OK. Do the Early Church Fathers honour and enlighten me.

Rev 13:18 (NKJV) reads,

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.

Are you saying the bible is wrong in this verse, or is "666" the correct translation?

BTW, that website doesn't say any one pope is the antichrist. Take a look at it.

[Soundbear]

That would have meant you knew something about the Early Church Fathers, which you do not.

Which explains EVERYTHING

And good old Slow can't find a link himself to answer the question. Usual response.

Which explains EVERYTHING

And how funny is this from his quote: "Whether we like it or not, the world we live in is moving in the direction of the
literal fulfillment of Bible Prophecy."

Slow's been screaming that this isn't true for years.

[Soundbear]

LOL. good one, K Dawg! Cafeteria Protestantism in all its glory!

But then again, when your beliefs about 666 and The End Days come from John Darby, well, your problems are much deeper than simply grade school theology

"...in the 1800s, some began to claim that the rapture would occur before the period of persecution. This position, now known as the "pre-tribulational" view, also was embraced by John Nelson Darby, an early leader of a Fundamentalist movement that became known as Dispensationalism. Darby’s pre-tribulational view of the rapture was then picked up by a man named C.I. Scofield, who taught the view in the footnotes of his Scofield Reference Bible, which was widely distributed in England and America. Many Protestants who read the Scofield Reference Bible uncritically accepted what its footnotes said and adopted the pre-tribulational view, even though no Christian had heard of it in the previous 1800 years of Church history."

http://www.catholic.com/library/Rapture.asp

I wondered how long it would take the uninformed Protestants to come out from under their rocks now that the only level-headed Protestant is gone (Bluesky). Not long, obviously.

This should be VERY entertaining.

Everyone note the slick way he maneuvers around the 666 question, to make other unrelated accusations. He's be quick to condemn others for similar actions.

[dancingqueen]

anyone here see the movie "23"?
numbers are funny.... they can be made to look like any kind of coincidence. 666 is just one of these numbers. nothing more, nothing less. according to the Bible it is made to be nothing more than a number from my understanding.

[Soundbear]

Remember the "answer to the universe, life and everything" from Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy??

"42"

Neither number is worth wasting much time on.

[KDawg]

LOL. good one, K Dawg! Cafeteria Protestantism in all its glory!

But then again, when your beliefs about 666 and The End Days come from John Darby, well, your problems are much deeper than simply grade school theology

Dead wrong....again.

My beliefs about 666 come from the bible. Period.

If you want to debate this, then be my guest, but if you only want insult me, try again, this time with more effort.

Here's an idea for you Slow -- Read Revelation.

[Hans]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=44169

http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1113...r-of-the-beast

http://www.catholicintl.com/epologet...things/666.htm

616, the number of the beast. (I think 666, the number of the beast makes for a better song.)