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Some time ago I taught about the number of the antichrist. Everyone seems to know that the number 666 will be the number of the antichrist.
Revelation 13:18
18 Here is wisdom. 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.
But there is more to this number than meets the eye. Many say it is the number of the devil, or the number of evil. But in the UNIX environment and the Internet the number 666 has great significance. It means in file permissions that there is read and write permission across the board. On every UNIX system there is one user that has access to the entire system. Now when you connect to the Internet, your computer becomes a node or a part of a super computer known as the Internet. all of a sudden your computer has become part of a world wide computer system. Now the antichrist is going to have certain powers that have lead me to the following conclusions.
Revelation 13:16-17
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to
receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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.
In these days, your bank, credit cards, and all of your finances are connected to the Internet. Your government checks are directly deposited to your bank account by the Internet. Most companies pay their personnel through direct deposit which is done by the Internet. You have a computer file at your bank that contains your balance. When you go to a MAC machine and take out some cash, you are accessing your file at your bank. Now the power of the antichrist will deny access to those who do not receive the mark of the beast. This will be done by denying you access to your accounts. He won't delete your bank file, but will change the permissions on it that will make it impossible for you access your file. He may even let you read the file to determine how much you have in the account, but will not allow you to make any withdraws. This is very easy to accomplish just by having the ability and power to change the file permissions.
-rw-r--r-- 1 leroy leroy 9128 Oct 11 11:14 AST.config -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 11 09:30 AST.config.old -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18483 Oct 11 09:13 COPYING
in the above example the file AST.config belongs to leroy. Now the first portion of the directory listing contains the permissions of the file. They are really a binary number with certain digits set. Every - = 0 and where there is a letter, there is a 1. So a file with permissions equal -rw-r--r-- is really 0110100100. Now let's say that I want to change the permissions of the file enabling anyone to be able to read the file but only leroy can write to the file. I would enter in the following:
chmod 644 AST.config
Now there is a person on every computer system that has supreme authority over the entire system. That user is known as the root user. The root user is the one that is known as the system administrator and the one who takes care of the system. But I have known some that have abused their power as system administrators, who wanted to read everyone's E Mail or whatever. Needless they have been fired from their position at the company they were working for. Now there is going to arrive a wicked root user that will make everyone worship him and receive his mark. This man of sin will change the file permissions on any file that belongs to anyone who has not received the mark of the beast. He will have the power to change the permissions of any file on the Internet. He will have the power of 666. That power will determine whether you can read a file and write to a file. For instance as the root user, it doesn't matter if you are owner of a file, you have the power and the ability to change ownership and permissions of any file on the system.
The antichrist will come into this power not by force, but by persuasion. He will use his ability of coercion and persuasion to compel the citizens of the world to his way of thinking. All the time he will be telling lies and the people will believe a lie rather than the truth. Look at the lies that Bill Clinton has told and the number of people that still stick up for him. They would rather believe a lier than anyone telling the truth.
Daniel 11:1-45
1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and
to strengthen him.
2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three
kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his
strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and
do according to his will.
4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be
divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor
according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up,
even for others beside those.
5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he
shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great
dominion.
6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's
daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement:
but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his
arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat
her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which
shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the
north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes,
and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue
more years than the king of the north.
9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into
his own land.
10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great
forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then
shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth
and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a
great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up;
and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by
it.
13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude
greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a
great army and with much riches.
14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the
south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the
vision; but they shall fall.
15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the
most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his
chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and
none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by
his hand shall be consumed.
17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole
kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the
daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither
be for him.
18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but
a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease;
without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall
stumble and fall, and not be found.
20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the
kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in
battle.
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not
give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the
kingdom by flatteries.
22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and
shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall
come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and
he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he
shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall
forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the
south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to
battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they
shall forecast devices against him.
26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his
army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
27 And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak
lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the
time appointed.
28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall
be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own
land.
29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it
shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be
grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall
he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the
holy covenant.
31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of
strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the
abomination that maketh desolate.
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by
flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do
exploits.
33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they
shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but
many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge,
and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a
time appointed.
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself,
and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against
the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for
that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women,
nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his
fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious
stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he
shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over
many, and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and
the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots,
and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries,
and shall overflow and pass over.
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be
overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and
the chief of the children of Ammon.
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of
Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over
all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be
at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him:
therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make
away many.
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the
glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
The antichrist will use a lot of flattery and a small army to bring him to power. People will say, ``Who can make war with the beast?''
Revelation 13:4
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they
worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make
war with him?
The world that we live in today is looking for someone who will promise them anything, but will deliver nothing. They are looking for someone who will tell them that he has the solution to all of their problems and that he will take care of them. The world will willingly give up their rights to the antichrist. He will tell them exactly what they want to hear. Many in the United States believe in a Social Security Trust Fund when there is no true fund. All of the money is in the general fund and there is no real trust fund. But people want and desire to be lied to. They love believing in the lie that the government has a trust fund set up for them. These same lies that have started with Roosevelt will culminate with the antichrist. They will be believed for the world enjoys being lied to.
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