who or what is 666?. nero who or what is 666? nero emperors julius - vespasian
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Who or what is 666?
Who or what is 666?
• Nero
Who or what is 666?
• Nero
• Emperors Julius - Vespasian
Who or what is 666?
• Nero
• Emperors Julius - Vespasian
• Emperor Domitian
Who or what is 666?
• Nero
• Emperors Julius - Vespasian
• Emperor Domitian
• Titus
Who or what is 666?
Who or what is 666?
• Stalin or Hitler
Who or what is 666?
• Stalin or Hitler
• Gorbachev, Reagan, Kissinger
Who or what is 666?
• Stalin or Hitler
• Gorbachev, Reagan, Kissinger
• Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton
Who or what is 666?
• Stalin or Hitler
• Gorbachev, Reagan, Kissinger
• Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton
• Bill Gates, Prince Charles
Who or what is 666?
• Stalin or Hitler
• Gorbachev, Reagan, Kissinger
• Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton
• Prince Charles
• Barney the dinosaur
Who or what is 666?
• George W. Bush
• Barack Obama
• Prince William
First-century tribulation
• Rome burned for five days
• Christians were executed in Rome
• destruction of Jerusalem
• many earthquakes
• Vesuvius erupted
• five-year famine
• persecution by Emperor Domitian
Satan “wages war against
…those who…hold to the
testimony of Jesus”
Revelation 12:17
The beast from the
sea represents
governments opposed
to God
“the false prophet”
“the false prophet”
• false religions
“the false prophet”
• false religions
• secular worldviews
• godless philosophies
“the false prophet”
• false religions
• secular worldviews
• godless philosophies
• false teachers in the church
“the false prophet”
• false religions
• secular worldviews
• godless philosophies
• false teachers in the church
• culture-shaping institutions
• godless cultural values
1st beast –
anti-Christian
governments
2nd beast –
anti-Christian religions
“…that day will not come until…the man of lawlessness is
revealed, the son of destruction,
who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god
or object of worship,so that he takes his seat
in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.”
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4
“The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan
with all power and false signs and wonders,
and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing,
because they refused to love the truth and so be
saved.”
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
“…when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in Christ, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit.” Ephesians
1:13
To receive the mark of the beastis to reject Christianity and embrace the prevalent anti-Christian worldview