THE MARK OF THE BEAST
TORAH LIGHT MINISTRIES
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Dr. Stan Chester
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I. Who or what is the 'BEAST'?
A. In the Bible a ‘BEAST’ is the general
symbol of a kingdom, an empire or a
system that is evil
B. At times a ‘BEAST’ can mean the
leader of that evil kingdom or system
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C. The Scripture context must be used
to determine if it is an evil empire or a
system that is under discussion, or if it is
the evil leader(s) personally
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Revelation 13:1
“Then I stood on the sand of the sea.
And I saw a beast rising up out of
the sea, having seven heads and ten
horns, and on his horns ten crowns,
and on his heads a blasphemous
name.” (NKJ)
Slide 1 please
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The picture is from a Seventh Day Adventist Ad
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D. Since this “BEAST” has seven heads
and ten horns – we know that it is a
symbol because nothing, GOD ever made,
in nature exists like it
E. A “BEAST” indicates a wild, untamed
animal; i.e. one not obedient to the
MASTER
Slide 2 please
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G. So, at
times
the
“BEAST” is the
anti-Christ
empire; and at
other times it is
the anti-Christ
himself
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H. Horns, in prophetic symbol, mean a
seat of power, a throne, a position held by
a leader over a kingdom or system
1. Here the 10 horns stand for the 10
kingdoms in the anti-Christ empire
2. sometimes, a human can be likened
to a horn as well
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J. The second ‘BEAST’ in Revelation is
the False Prophet who, like the antiChrist, also has symbolic horns;
1. The two horns indicate two
seats of power
Slide 3 please
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Revelation 13:11-12
11 Then I saw another beast coming up
out of the earth, and he had two horns
like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
12 And he exercises all the authority of
the first beast in his presence, and
causes the earth and those who dwell in it
to worship the first beast, whose deadly
wound was healed. (NKJ)
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K. The two horns of the False Prophet
stand for power over two systems:
1. The False Church
2. Pagan religions
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Revelation 13:15
“He was granted power to give breath
to the image of the beast, that the
image of the beast should both
speak and cause as many as would
not worship the image of the beast
to be killed.” (NKJ)
Slide 4 please
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L. The False Prophet is the one who makes
the statue of the “BEAST”
1. Since you cannot make a statue of
an empire, the “BEAST” in this verse is the
ant-Christ personally
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Revelation 13:16
16 He causes all, both small and
great, rich and poor, free and slave, to
receive a mark on their right hand or
on their foreheads,
(NKJ)
Slide 5 please
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M. The False Prophet allows his followers
in the anti-Christ empire; those who have
sworn allegiance to the anti-Christ, to
take the MARK of the Beast/anti-Christ
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N. Now whenever it says “THE” beast
it means either the anti-Christ
himself, or the empire over which he
rules
1. The False Prophet is A Beast
2. The FP is a second beast
3. The FP is not, THE Beast
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II. Of what does the MARK consist?
A. Must it be 666?
B. How about: six six six?
C. How about: Six hundred sixty
six?
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D. Where does the Bible say that the
MARK must be in English?
E. If you were the devil, and if you were
crafty, maybe you would try and disguise
the MARK, huh?
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F. How about doing it in ROMAN numerals?
DCLXVI
D = 500; C = 100; L = 50; X = 10; VI = 6
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G. How about using Arabic numerals?
1. the Crusaders brought Arabic
numerals back to Europe and that is
what we use in America today for
numerals; just like theirs right?
2. Well, not exactly
Slide 6 please
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Arabic
calendar
Read right to
left like
Hebrew
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3. Notice that the Arabic 6 looks
just like our 7
4. Wouldn’t it be sneaky of the
devil to give 666 in Arabic and people
would think that it was 777, ‘the holy
trinity’?
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H. How about in Hebrew?
1. In ancient Hebrew the letters of the
alphabet stood for numbers: a = 1, b = 2,
c = 3 etc.
Slide 7 please
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J. What if the anti-Christ were to use
Greek?
1. The New Testament was translated into
Greek
2. The ancient Greeks like the Hebrews of
old used the alphabet as numbers too
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J. Greek – cont.
X c (digamma)
Notice that 6 is
represented
by the symbol
for the
obsolete letter
digamma.
Slide 9 please
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J. Greek – cont.
3. The original WORD of GOD did NOT use a
number, it used three Hebrew letters which
were translated into three Greek letters
4. The letters had an equivalent in both
Hebrew and Greek of 666
5. That did NOT mean that Numbers HAD to be
used
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Revelation 15:2
“And I saw something like a sea of glass
mingled with fire, and those who have the
victory over the beast, over his image and
over his mark and over the number of his
name, standing on the sea of glass,
having harps of God.”
(NKJ)
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K. So, we are dealing with a NAME
1. The numerical value of this NAME
is 666
L. The NAME is a NAME of Blasphemy
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Revelation 13:1
1) Then I stood on the sand of the
sea. And I saw a beast rising up out
of the sea, having seven heads and
ten horns, and on his horns ten
crowns, and on his heads a
blasphemous name.
(NKJ)
Slide 10 please
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NAME OF BLASPHEMY ON THE HEADS
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1. The Beast and all the 7 heads have the
NAME of Blasphemy on them
2. NOT a number – NOT 666
3. However, the numerical value of the NAME
of Blasphemy adds up to 666
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III. If you take the MARK can you repent
and be forgiven?
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Revelation 14:9-11
9 Then a third messenger followed them, saying
with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast
and his image, and receives his mark on his
forehead or on his hand,
10 "he himself shall also drink of the wine of
the wrath of God, which is poured out full
strength into the cup of His indignation. He
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in
the presence of the holy angels and in the
presence of the Lamb.
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"And the smoke of their torment ascends
forever and ever; and they have no rest day or
night, who worship the beast and his image, and
whoever receives the mark of his name."
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A. Anyone who willingly takes the
MARK of the anti-Christ’s NAME will be
tormented forever in the Lake of Fire
B. No place for repentance is given
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Revelation 19:19-20
19 And I saw the beast, the kings of the
earth, and their armies, gathered together
to make war against Him who sat on the
horse and against His army.
20 Then the beast was captured, and with
him the false prophet who worked signs in
his presence, by which he deceived those
who received the mark of the beast and
those who worshiped his image. These
two were cast alive into the lake of fire
burning with brimstone.
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E. There is no place for repentance once
you take the MARK of the BEAST
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IV.
What is the one
UNPARDONABLE sin?
and
only
A. Blasphemy against the Holy
Spirit
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Mark 3:28-29
28 "Truly, I say to you, all sins will be
forgiven the sons of men, and
whatever blasphemies they utter;
29 but whoever blasphemes against
the
Holy
Spirit
never
has
forgiveness, but is guilty of an
eternal sin"-(RSV)
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Luke 12:10
10 "And anyone who speaks a word
against the Son of Man, it will be
forgiven him; but to him who
blasphemes against the Holy Spirit,
it will not be forgiven.
(NKJ)
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Matthew 12:31
31 "Therefore I say to you, every sin
and blasphemy will be forgiven men,
but the blasphemy against the
Spirit will not be forgiven men.
(NKJ)
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V. We have a problem
A. If you accept the MARK of the BEAST –
no forgiveness
B. If you blaspheme the Holy Spirit – no
forgiveness
C. BUT, there can be but
unpardonable sin, Jesus said!
ONE
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V. We have a problem – cont.
D. Therefore the MARK of the BEAST must
entail, must incorporate, must be
involved directly with,
against the Holy Spirit
blasphemy
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VI. Exactly what is blasphemy against the
Holy Spirit of GOD?
A. First we must define ‘blasphemy’
theologically
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BLASPHEMY: It is to lie about AND reverse
any attribute of GOD. (It is NOT using
the LORD’s name in vain – that is
cursing)
To say that GOD is bad, is a lie. But it
also reverses the aspect that He is good.
Now to understand how this works we
have to understand the godhead…
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B. Understanding the GODHEAD
1. That part of the GODHEAD that we call the
Father is where the Will of God resides
2. That part of the GODHEAD that we call the
Son (Jesus) is where the Word of God resides
3. That part of the GODHEAD that we call the
Holy Spirit is where the Way (action) part of
God resides
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The WILL = The Father
John 5:30
30 "I can of Myself do nothing. As I
hear, I judge; and My judgment is
righteous, because I do not seek My
own will but the will of the Father
who sent Me.
(NKJ)
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The Word = The Son
John 1:1
1) In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God.
(KJV)
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The Way (action) = Holy Spirit
Romans 8:11
11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised
Jesus from the dead dwells in you,
He who raised Christ from the dead
will also give life to your mortal
bodies through His Spirit who dwells
in you.
(NKJ)
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A. You can blaspheme GOD the Father;
lie and twist His Will, yet be forgiven
B. You can blaspheme GOD the Son; lie
and twist His Word, yet be forgiven
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C. However, if you blaspheme the Holy
Spirit, knowingly lie about and twist His
action,
you
will
never
be
forgiven!
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What does this mean practically…
If a person witnesses a supernatural action,
and knows that it is by the power of GOD,
and then deliberately says the action was
by the power of the devil, THAT is
blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: that is
the unpardonable sin
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H. In order to get the MARK of the BEAST, a
person must, with knowledge, say; that a
supernatural action done by the power of
the devil through the ant-Christ or the
False Prophet is the action of GOD the
Holy Spirit
1. The reverse of the above is also
blasphemy against the Holy Spirit
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J. Therefore, the MARK of the BEAST is a
NAME with a numerical value of 666; a
name which is a blasphemy against the
Holy Spirit of GOD
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Let’s look at some other things concerning
the mark of the beast.
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Revelation 14:9-11
9 Then a third messenger followed them, saying
with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast
and his image, and receives his mark on his
forehead or on his hand,
10 "he himself shall also drink of the wine of
the wrath of God, which is poured out full
strength into the cup of His indignation. He
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in
the presence of the holy angels and in the
presence of the Lamb.
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"And the smoke of their torment ascends
forever and ever; and they have no rest day or
night, who worship the beast and his image, and
whoever receives the mark of his name."
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Do you see what it says in 9 and 11?
It says those who receive the mark of the beast. Most
prophecy teachers try to scare Believers into thinking
that we’re going to be hog tied and branded with the
mark or it’s going to be secretly planted in us in
microchips and all kinds of nonsense.
Let me tell you this. If someone ties me up and they
brand 666 all over my body but I love Yeshua and I die,
where do I go?
I go to heaven don’t I because it is not the outside of a
man that defiles himself but the inside. You can plant as
many chips as you want in my body but if my heart is
towards G-d I am His.
You have to receive the mark. You have to want it.
Now why would someone want it? Well because there
must be some advantages to it
Many prophecy teachers say you’d want it so you can
eat. They say that under the rule of the anti-Christ
you wont even be able to buy a loaf of bread at the
local grocery store unless you have the mark.
Lets see where they get that idea from
(Rev 13:17) 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
So they say see it says right here you wont be able to
buy or sell.
What they fail to understand is that in Greek to buy or
sell means high finance. It’s the same way the term is
used on wall street to buy and sell. If you want to move
up in big business in the empire of the anti-Christ. You
will have to take the mark of the beast to do so. It
doesn’t mean you cant go to the store and buy a loaf of
bread.
Think of it like the old soviet communist party. Did
you know that less then 10% of Russian communists
were card carrying communists? Not everybody was
a member. You had to be somebody to be a part of
the party and you could not move up unless you
were a card carrying communist. It was privilege!
Same with the mark of the beast. You will have to
really want it and very few will actually get it. And in
order to get it, you will have to blaspheme the holy
spirit with complete knowledge of what you’re
doing.
Blasphemy against the holy spirit is a sin that will
damn you. It’s very serious, you cant do it
accidentally.
If you’re even wondering if you’ve ever done it, I can
assure you that you haven’t. Because if you had, you
wouldn’t even care. You’d be so hardened and
callous, G-d would be the furthest from your mind.
So you’d have to want it and strive hard to
get it!
So don’t let these prophecy teachers try to
scare you.
Remember prophecy was not given to us to frighten
us. It was given to us so that we might know ahead of
time what was going to happen so that we could have
peace about it. Any prophecy that is meant to scare
the Believer, is not of G-d. That kind of fear comes
from Satan.
And we gotta remember it’s important to study
prophecy because 1/3 of the Bible is prophetic. He
didn’t give us a 1/3 of the bible so we could ignore
and just say, well, I’m gonna wait and see what
happens and see how it all pans out.
We call those pan-tribulationists. No, we’re supposed
to study eschatology and we will here at the Torah
Light Yeshiva.
G-d bless you.