| In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Ken
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| | prophecy about the end times, so we would
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| Hasenmueller says he plans to trade in
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| | have to project those present tenses more
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| the license plate assigned to him at
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| | than 2000 years into the future. I know
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| random for his Oldsmobile Cutlass:
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| | you assume that, but are you sure? This
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| "666-KEN." He says at first he thought it
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| | reasoning might be true within a vision,
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| was interesting. Now he fears people will
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| | where the tenses are relative, but
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| think he's a Satanist.The association
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| | Revelation 13:18 is not part of the
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| between the number 666 and Satan comes
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| | vision but part of the explanation. It's
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| from Revelation 13:18: "This calls for
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| | the part where the author says, "That's
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| wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him
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| | what I saw. Now let me tell you what it
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| calculate the number of the beast, for it
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| | means." Tenses are vital in understanding
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| is a man's number. His number is 666."
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| | the explanation parts of Revelation.For
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| Through the centuries, a great deal of
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| | more confirmation that we are taking the
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| superstition--let's call it what it
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| | right approach, take a look at the
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| really is--has attached itself to the
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| | opening verses of Revelation, and take
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| numeral, so that people are as uneasy
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| | seriously what you find there: "The
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| about being associated with it as they
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| | Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God
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| are about working in an office building
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| | gave him to show his servants what must
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| on the 13th floor.This superstition
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| | soon take place.... The time is near"
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| reached what was perhaps its high-water
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| | (Revelation 1:1, 3). The book is not in
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| mark with the 1981 publication of When
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| | the vision part but is busy explaining
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| Your Money Fails by Mary Steward Relfe
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| | what the time frame is for the prophecy.
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| (Montgomery, AL: Ministries, Inc.). Relfe
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| | We should take it quite literally: at the
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| documents dozens of occurrences of the
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| | time Revelation was written its events
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| number 666 attached to a seemingly random
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| | were just about to happen.So that there
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| list of objects, including dress shirts,
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| | could be no mistake, Revelation closes by
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| credit cards, license plates, Egyptian
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| | stating the same time-frame: "...to show
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| warships, Treasury Department badges,
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| | his servants what must soon take place...
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| Israeli telephone prefixes, charge
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| | the time is near" (Revelation 22:6, 10).
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| accounts, and so on. Relfe states (59):
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| | These statements form bookends, two at
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| "I unreservedly view the international
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| | the beginning of the Apocalypse and two
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| usage of the number '666' by the present
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| | at the end. They should not be ignored,
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| World System, to be presided over soon by
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| | as they usually are, but should be taken
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| Mr. 666, the False Messiah, as the Third
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| | seriously. Perhaps, not all of
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| Most Significant Fulfillment of Bible
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| | Revelation's predictions are past to us,
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| Prophecy in the Church Age (the past 2000
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| | but certainly most of them are. The
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| years)."This is one example of what
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| | "bookends" convince me that we should
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| passes for biblical exegesis, and it
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| | assume a prediction in Revelation has a
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| makes me shudder. Just think about it! If
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| | fulfillment that is in our past unless we
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| you were reading an old newspaper and
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| | have a strong reason from the text to
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| came across this statement, "I won't
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| | believe otherwise.That suggests that the
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| mention any names, but the man who is
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| | original readers, those with wisdom,
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| tearing our nation apart has the initials
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| | should have been able to calculate the
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| of A.L.," would you immediately conclude
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| | meaning of who 666 referred to. When we
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| that someone with the same initials is
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| | remember that in both Hebrew and Greek
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| about to tear America asunder in our day?
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| | the letters had numerical value and that
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| Would the place the newspaper was
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| | people could refer to an event or a
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| published make any difference? What about
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| | person's name by stating the number that
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| the year of publication?No doubt similar
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| | was the sum of its letters, we are
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| kinds of statements appeared in
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| | probably moving toward a first-century
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| newspapers across the southern states of
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| | solution to 666.The problem, as you might
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| the U.S. in the fall of 1860 and the
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| | imagine, is that any number of names,
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| early spring of 1861. The initials, of
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| | descriptions, or series of abbreviations
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| course, belonged to Abraham Lincoln. If
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| | equal the same sum, identifying, for
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| someone thought the statement was about
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| | example, Gaius Caligula, Nero, Vespasian,
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| to be fulfilled now, you might point out
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| | and Domitian if an emperor is intended
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| the circumstances under which it was
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| | (the two most likely are Nero and
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| written, just before the Civil War (what
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| | Domitian). Descriptions include "titan"
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| the editorialist would have called the
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| | and "latin," among others. Just because
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| "War of Northern Agression").You might
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| | we cannot say for certain which is
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| also point out the grammar of the
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| | correct does not mean we should turn to
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| sentence in question. He "is tearing"
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| | any of the modern solutions, which
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| (present tense), and "he has" (also
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| | include Adolf Hitler, Henry Kissinger,
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| present tense). Now, more than 100 years
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| | Ronald Reagan, Bill Gates, and Barney the
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| later, those present tenses do not still
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| | Purple Dinosaur, among many others.I find
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| stand.Now look again at Revelation 13:18,
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| | Mr. Hasenmueller's objection to his
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| "This calls for wisdom"--present tense,
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| | license plate perfectly understandable.
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| not "This will call for wisdom." "If
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| | It's not a matter of superstition. He's
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| anyone has insight"--present tense, not
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| | just trying to avoid miscommunicating. It
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| "...will have insight." The phrases, "Let
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| | seems wrong exegesis, combined with 2000
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| him calculate," and "it is man's number,"
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| | years of association with the diabolical
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| and "His number is 666," are all in
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| | that has made triple-6 taboo. Reject it
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| present tense. I ask, present for whom?
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| | if you wish, but understand that it has
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| The answer would have to be the same in
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| | no power over you--magical, diabolical,
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| interpreting Revelation 13:18 as in
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| | or otherwise. It is a label belonging to
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| interpreting the 1859 Richmond editorial:
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| | a man who once long ago persecuted the
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| present for the original readers. We have
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| | faithful people of God, but who learned
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| to interpret it as past tense for modern
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| | that he, too, was only a mortal.
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| readers.But, you say, Revelation is a
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