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Rome seeks to Re-Write the Bible? AGAIN?
Greetings in these last days of life on earth. Yes, it’s true;
Many of the prophecies that expose the
Just a few weeks ago the following article came
out. Of course, many of us that investigate and preach prophecy know this
manipulation attempt of
By the way, when I received this article in early May I felt it was necessary to comment on it on the air over the Truth Provided Global Radio Broadcast. I felt it was so pressing that it was necessary to share it with the Truth Provided Newsletter subscribers as well.
666 wrong number of
prophetic beast? For centuries, people have been intrigued by the number 666, the "number of the beast" from the Book of Revelation in the New Testament. Not only is it mentioned in the Bible, it has been associated with the Satanism, universal price codes and the game of roulette, as the numbers on the wheel add up to 666. Now, the legendary number is getting a fresh look, as researchers are re-examining evidence the number may actually be 616.
In the King James Version of the Bible, the
well-known verse of Revelation 13:18 reads: "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." While many Bible have footnotes saying the number translated
from the original Greek could be
616, experts say new photographic evidence of an ancient fragment of papyrus
from Revelation indeed indicates the number is indeed 616, instead of 666.
Scholars in "This is a very nice piece to find," Ellen Aitken, a professor of early
Christian history at The papyrus in the spotlight is believed to be from about 300 A.D. "This is very early confirmation of that number,
earlier than any other text we've
found of that passage," Aitken said. "It's probably about 100 years before any other version."
The main researcher promoting the 616 claim is David Parker,
professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the "This is an example of gematria, where numbers
are based on the numerical values of letters in people's names," Parker
told the Many commentators have gone with later copies of text
which assign the number 666 to "the beast," believed by some to be
the End-time world power. Some have
also linked 666 with Nero, the ancient Roman emperor known for
persecuting Christians. Parker points out the possibility of 616 was considered
by the second century church father Irenaeus, who rejected it. Regarding this new text, Parker told Britain's Church
Times, "This adds weight to those who believe that it is a reference to Caligula's
attempt to desecrate the Temple in Jerusalem, by having his statue erected
there as part of the cult of emperor worship. "There may be a reference to it in Mark [ The National Post quotes Elijah Dan, professor of
philosophy and religion at the "Otherwise, a lot of sermons would have to be
changed and a lot of movies rewritten," he said with a laugh.
"There's always someone with an active imagination who can put another
interpretation on it. It just shows you that when you study something as
cryptic and mystic as the Book of Revelation there's an almost unlimited number of interpretations |
Besides the
fact that words like “could be” denote an admitted lack of knowledge on any
given topic, and besides the fact that John the Apostle didn’t’ live to a ripe
old age exceeding 250 years, as this article assumes when it says it was penned
by John in 300ad. John the Apostle
died some time after 95AD when he finished the book of Revelation. That’s at
least 200 years BEFORE this document was supposed to have been penned. As I
mentioned earlier, the obvious
One other thing I noticed is how the article went on to say that “some have also linked 666 with Nero..” Truth be known, the only ones ever to make that assumption was in fact the Vatican of Rome. They are the only ones on the face of this earth to this day that claim this fallacy. They do so in the hopes of pulling the onus off themselves as direct fulfillers of prophecy. Anyone with an inkling of common sense and the ability to add 2 + 2 can see the absurdity of that statement. How so you ask?
Common knowledge
is that the book of Revelation was penned by John the Apostle on the Isle of
Patmos in 95AD correct? Nero Claudius Caesar, the emperor of
Revelation was written in 95AD. Nero was dead in 68AD. Revelation says plainly that the prophecies in this book are those that MUST SHORTLY COME TO PASS, does it not? I then ask, how does Antichrist shortly come to pass IF HE’S ALREADY BEEN DEAD almost three full decades? How can the book of Revelation be speaking of Nero as one that will attack Christians in the future when Revelation was written 27 years AFTER he already died? Does Nero resurrect and start killing Christians later on?? I don’t think so.
This is
what happens when you trust men to explain prophecy people. Men will always
AVOID certain blunt and easy to explain facts and passages so as to make their
lies appear as truth. They cannot touch on such verses because doing so exposes
them as liars. This is yet another reason
One can see
easily that
Ok.. the
obvious question has to be, what is wrong with the original Bible that was
estimated to be penned at least 232 years PRIOR
to the estimated date of this document that supposedly claims the 666 should be
616? Why is it they feel we now need to go looking for other documents even
though we already have the original Bible in hand? Well it’s again quite simple
actually. This document found on a pile of garbage seems to make the Bible
appear wrong and
"Do you allow your flock to read the Bible at all?" said a writer in the Contemporary Review to a friend of his, a parish priest. "No, sir, I do not; you forget that I am a physician, not a poisoner of souls." -Contemporary Review April, 1894, p. 576.
The decree set forth in the year 1229 A.D. by the Council of
The church Council of Tarragona ruled that: "No one may possess the books of
the Old and New Testaments in the Romance language, and if anyone
possesses them he must turn them over to the local bishop within
eight days after the promulgation of this decree, so they may be burned."
D. Lortsch, Histoire de la Bible en France, 1910, p.14.
"Socialism, Communism, clandestine societies, Bible societies... pests
of this sort must be destroyed by all means." The
encyclical Quanta Cura Issued by Pope Pius IX,
The Scriptures indeed is a divine book but it
is a dead letter, which has to
be explained, and cannot exercise the action which the preacher can
obtain." -Our Priesthood, p. 155
"...A dead and speechless book." -Question Box, p.
67
(click here to see the MANY quotes from
Only Satan
would utter such words about the Word of the Creator God! Why does the Word of
God so threaten the Roman Catholic church? Outside the fact the prophecies have
100% accurate abilities to expose her I can find no other reason for
Think on
this simple reality… If
Their refusal to surrender the scriptures was an offense that the Papacy could not tolerate. The Papacy was determined to exterminate the heretics from the face of the Earth. The heretics greatest offense, was that they refused to worship God according to the will of the Pope. For this crime, the heretics suffered every humiliation, insult and torture that man could event: ( Foxe's Book Of Martyrs)
The so
called sacred text found in the garbage dump that supposedly holds the key that
vindicates Rome, which appears to be just large enough to hold 4 or 5
characters of text is obviously being used by Rome to once again try and pull
the onus off of them. Sadly, this always seems to be just enough to get their
congregation to accept it as valid. No proof, no ability to confirm the
document, no valid source or even a church body connected to it in any way
shape or form! In fact it’s found on a garbage pile no less! And still, many
are no doubt going to jump on this bandwagon to defend mother
The KJV
Bible plainly says 666. When I was a youth in Catholic school the nuns and
priests would sometimes use 616. ALL the other denominations on earth used 666
as the KJV proclaims. Yet
The KJV Bible states that the Beast, who we already know is Roman Catholicism, will have a NAME that will calculate out to equal 666. Can the prophecy be so accurate as to actually predict the name will add up to 666? Seriously! Can the prophecy truly be that accurate? Before answering, what’s the documented title of each and every pope that has ever lived? To find that out, let’s go to a Roman Catholic article written some time ago…
"The
letters inscribed in the Pope's miter are these 'VICARIUS FILII DEI'. which is the Latin for 'VICAR OF THE SON OF GOD.' Catholics
hold that the church, which is a visible society, must have a visible head....,
as head of the church, was given the title, 'VICAR OF CHRIST'." Our Sunday Visitor, (Catholic Weekly) "Bureau of
information,"
By the way, before moving
on. Since this evidence came forth regarding the title, "Vicarius Filii Dei"
and it's obvious connection to the 666 calculation of Revelation. (Which I will
explain in a moment) The Roman Church has opted to "teach" its
followers to declare this title bogus. All my life as a young Catholic I recall
this to be the case. In fact as a young Catholic in parochial school I recall
it being openly ridiculed as well as joked about by the priests and nuns. This
is even before they decided to use the 616 fiasco by the way. Seeing how their falderal
seemed to fall on deaf ears, they are now publishing it before the world in the
hopes it will gain even more recognition. And with 1.2 BILLIONS Catholics out
there, you can rest assured they will be able to spread all sorts of credence,
gossip, water cooler conversations, and media comments around the globe on this
topic. It will weed its way back into conversations all over the world. And in
a few years many more will start to believe their lies as truth simply because
so many people are embracing it. The Church of Rome has gone to great lengths
seeking to do just that so as to remove the overwhelming evidence stacked against
them. However, this ministry as well as many others have found additional
documented facts regarding this title of the Popes. One such fact is…
Vicarius Filii Dei, is
also cited by the
rector of
Plus.. just a few years
before he died, Roman Catholic Jesuit Author Malachi Martin uses the same title
for the Pope on pages 114 and 122 of his book, "The Keys of this
Blood." He of course uses the
English translation of the term, but the exact same title nonetheless. Plus, I
have another photo copy of the NOV 15, 1914 edition of OUR SUNDAY VISITOR that openly uses the term Vicarius Filli
Dei as well. In the article
it states that the name Vicarius Filli Dei IS ACTUALLY INSCRIBED ON THE POPES MITRE! Not only
does that publication admit the title, Vicarius Filii De as being authentic, it
also explains that it is considered a valid title, as they do not refute that
fact. Instead they attempt to explain why it is a trivial matter that it equals
666. That’s right, way back then they were trying to hide behind that number! Reason
being is, back in the early 1900’s too many people were commenting on it thanks
to the Sabbath keeping prophecy understanding people coming out of hiding
exactly as prophecy said they would. (Read Rev 12)
The end times had already begun
(about 70 years prior) in the year Daniel prophecied. The Christians that went
into hiding in Revelation chapter 12 while the Roman Catholic church was
killing Christians, were now out of hiding because the
In today’s world that man
of sin is VERY much apparent! Now
By the way… Why is it when
you go to the archives of "Our Sunday Visitor" that this particular
edition that embarrasses
So.. you ask.. HOW does the
666 play in here? And why does it so frighten
Do you recall the Bible
said the NAME of the beast will equal 666? There is an ancient method
used that even the article touched on called, “gematria” where numbers are based on the numerical values of letters
in people's names” All languages
have use of this method at one time or another. Latin happens to be the easiest
one to calculate because the Latin alphabet is used as both their alphabet as
well as their numeric system.
For example, the letter “V” also equals “5” and the letter “I” equals “1” in the Latin numeric system. So.. how does the official title of the Pope add up? And remember, each and every single Pope since day one MUST carry this title if he is to officiate as Pope. It is the official title of his office given him by none other than Satan himself. He demands this title be carried forth from man to man as they die off and are elected. This way he can have what appears to be an “eternal presence” in his church on earth. This title given the Popes is the same title of Pagan Rome’s Caesar.
VICARIVS FILII DEI
(Vicar of
the Son of God)
THE LITERAL MEANING:
VICARIVS - substituting for, or in place of
FILII - means son
DEI - means God
NUMERIC VALUES OF
CHARACTERS:
V |
5 |
I |
1 |
C |
100 |
A |
0 |
R |
0 |
I |
1 |
V |
5 |
S |
0 |
|
|
F |
0 |
I |
1 |
L |
50 |
I |
1 |
I |
1 |
|
|
D |
500 |
E |
0 |
I |
1 |
|
|
TOTAL |
6 6 6 |
(click here for a list
of names that equal in
What
BUT GOD GOT IT WRONG WHEN HE
PROHPECIED 666 INSTEAD OF 616?
Who are YOU going to believe? A God
with 100% accuracy in prophesying future events? Or a Roman church that has
been caught lying so many times that lying has been verified as its native
tongue? (Click here for all these facts in the above
list proven in both Scripture as well as Historic record)
On this
website site I have a page called BOGUS BIBLES in
the WARNINGS section of the site. Now I don’t show ALL the verses missing in
the Bibles Rome has re-written to try and hide the truth. I just show the verses
that I wanted to make a point with. If you start at the top of that page and
read all the verses they either removed or re-wrote in the NIV, NASB, or other
popular Bibles you will see a theme running there. It appears they are using
the altered Bible to validate everything from Roman Catholic Pagan doctrines,
to 7 year tribulation theories admitted to be fabricated by Jesuits.
To give
you a quick idea of what I’m talking about… If you have an NIV bible nearby
that was copyrighted in *1978 I want you to open that Bible to Acts
Why was
that verse removed from the NIV you ask? Think about it… In verse 36 the Eunuch
was asking to be baptized once they came to some water. Then Phillip said to
him in the verse
So why did
This by
the way is another reason why all the Protestant denominations are once again
embracing Roman Catholicism. Their decision to use “modern Bibles” have literally
caused them to become agreeable with Roman Catholic doctrine simply because
they read Bibles that glorify same. Prophecy is fulfilled by this! It’s no
wonder that “all the world wonders after the beast!” They’ve been taught to do
so by their own Bibles!
This 616 fiasco is just another
attempt at getting yet another verse rewritten to pull the onus off the Roman
Catholic church as being the prophecied house of Antichrist. Especially now
when the admitted mark of Roman Catholicism, which is in
fact Sunday keeping, is about to be globally enforced. You can ask a Protestant
pastor to this day what day he believe the true Bible Sabbath is and if they
are honest and understand Biblical jurisprudence to some extent, they will most likely agree it is Friday
Sundown to Saturday Sundown. But do they worship on that day? No they don’t,
because
Again… I ask those that believe the Sunday
laws are a bogus prophecy and not the mark of the Roman beast… if the Sunday
Law prophecies were so false as so many scoffers have announced for over 150
years, then why are they doing exactly as prophecy predicted? If the prophecy
is bogus, then why do so many nations now have Sunday laws on the books as we
speak? How pray tell do you explain that?
*The
1978 NIV Bible published in
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Dear Nicholas,
Wow, I just read the
scathing letters from outraged Catholics. I never realized they hated us
THAT much. What really amazes me is one of them actually said, "You claim
Jesus is Christ and that's a lie." Come on, how can this person be so blind!
If they would simply open up the bible, they would see that Jesus is the
Christ. I know what influences them to say these things, which of course is
satan. Most people are being blinded to the truth and God will give them a
strong
illusion to believe a lie. Because of their sin, God is not opening
their eyes to the truth. It all must begin with repentence.
Thanks for
writing me back and I'll tune in to your services on the net. I'm so glad
that you're not allowing these lost souls to back you down. We have to take a
stand, even if it means unto death for our Lord Jesus. I'm ready to be put
to death if need be! But what a wonderful eternity we'll spend with Christ
if we do! Stay strong and I'll keep you in my daily
prayers!
Your sister in Christ,
Gail
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It with others that are trapped In Babylon.
Truth Is Truth!
...NIcholas
John 14:29
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