Nothing to do with the pope and RCC .... all about Israel and the Muslims
True.
666/ the number of a man -Mohammad.
If we look at it simply - right now there are 6 out 7 Billion (roughly, depending the source) people who claim some sort of a religion today- I just wonder, how can an antiChrist establish a mark when the whole world is basically waiting for, expecting, .....so they can deny taking it? No one I know plans too?
Also---why on the "right hand"......why not the left one or the arm, and wouldn't an AntiChrist avoid the right hand to dodge prophecy?
Only logical thing left to say is this AntiChrist will purposely fulfill scripture, by using Revelation as his guide to destroy the world? Not likey.
It's about looking at the rest of Bible, mainly Revelation and Daniel, to make sense of all of Revelation. It is spoken primarily in figurative language, so marks, beasts, lampstands, etc, have to flow this way, not picking or choosing which parts are literal to fit our current beliefs. Most of the traditions held today about end times, are just guesswork (like some will say about this) but unlike the currently held beliefs of the 7 yr ,Rapture, Marks, etc, this is supported by scripture and backed by documented history.
If "His ways are not our ways" then we can pretty much assume that God does not think like Michael Bay or Hollywood, so our end times will not be like how we may envision it? I too have seen many a disaster movies like 2012 or Armageddon, that once convinced me that the last days will be on the epic scale of a summer blockbuster movie.
It seems that most of these current beliefs freak people out, and I honestly believe turn people away from God.
I don't know whether people should overall rejoice,(because we wait for His return) or be sad ( empathy/awful for the middle east) because I believe the bulk of the world has nothing to do with a bulk of Revelation prophecy. Also sad maybe?: because these ideas I've shared "leave us out " or makes us seem less important? Sorry, most of it is about the middle east, and all we should be waiting for, is the steady decline in love, kindness, a world getting more and more chaotic, more Islam threats around the middle east.....and then His return.
While the middle east is persecuted, the rest of us will be the ones "eating, drinking, giving into marriage, like the days of Noah", waiting for all of these terrible things to supposedly happen, and that's when " He will come like a thief"
Although I am scared of how bad it will get, I rejoice because the time is soon.