Letters and Responses to Readers
Thanks for you e-mail. I agree with your point
of view. God Bless,
~Matt~
From Kathie:
I just wanted to write and say thanks for your boldness in proclaiming the truth
about the 'mark', 'purgatory', and priests 'power'. These things are facts that all
need to know- to guide the 'lost' into the WAY. I always feel sad when I hear someone
tell how THEIR way is the right way even though we know they are based on such
'superstitions' that are held up as fact within THEIR Catholic theology 'religion'.
From IFB:
Sir, in your writing regarding the number of the beast, you make a
fundamental first error. Your Roman numeral translation of "666," while correct,
disregards the fact that the original text was written in Greek, and used Greek
numbers--not Latin (unless, of course, you're using the Alexandrian and/or later
texts as opposed to the Byzantine/Majority Texts). Necessarily, the number is
chi xi stigma, as opposed to DCLXVI. The Wescott-Hort text translates this as "hexakosioi
hexekonta hex," which still translates to six hundred threescore and six.
While I don't necessarily disagree with your conclusions, your initial premise
is in error.
As a caveat, it's possible you're quoting the Roman numeral from the
Dhouay-Rheims Catholic translation, which I'm not familiar with. If so, please
accept my apologies. However, I would encourage you to make it known which
translation you're quoting from in your writing.
Just some thoughts.
Your small objection sounds reasonable, but in Rev 13:11, the two horned beast
"speaks like a dragon". The dragon was the Roman Empire, which spoke
Latin, and so the Roman Catholic church puts all of its official documents in
Latin, until Vatican II spoke all its masses in Latin, and so on.
It would be odd indeed for the beast to speak like a dragon, and then cause
everyone to be marked by numbers written in Greek.
Also, that Rome was the city of seven hills that ruled over the kings of earth
there is no doubt. There was only one such city that ruled over the earth,
and it is because of her that we still use Roman numerals, found on things such
as clocks, dates, movie titles, book divisions, and so on. Writing Roman
numerals is still common, but was the widespread practice in the Roman empire
when Revelation was written, regardless of whether you were Greek, Roman, or
Hebrew. Since the middle ages the western world has used Arabic numbers
(1,2,3, etc) although each language still writes out the entire word in their
own languages. Before that, Roman numerals were used.
None of the bibles actually write out the number as a number, they spell it out
as words, regardless of what language it is in, including the vulgate bible. So
carried far enough, your objection would mean that 666 isn't really the number
of the beast, because the bible writes it out as a word and says its Six hundred
threescore and six.
None of this is very important without there being a context for it. The fact
that the Roman Catholic church has a hierarchy which is very important in the
Catholic system called an 'economy of salvation', who also put the mark of the beast
in people's foreheads, matches the context of the prophecy. So does the fact
that they all call themselves fathers, like the pope, the two-horned bishop of
Rome, literally making Babylon a whore of many fathers instead of the bride of
one husband.
It matches the context, and people in the days of this prophecy would have
written 666 as DCLXVI, when they were writing it as a number instead of spelling
it out.
FYI I never claimed this was a
premise. Instead of my first message, it is my last, and I built up to it.
It also moves the discussion over to the study of manuscripts in other languages
and the technical.
chi xi stigma in Greek is "chi"
means 600; "xi" means 60. "stigma"
means 6, and is a hierarchy of numerals in both languages, although only three
are in this series. Regardless, Latin numerals are what were used in the
Roman empire, and DCLXVI is something even a child can see.
* Not that the pope doesn't also speak like the devil, Rev
12:9 . The pope is the antichrist, and the false prophet in Revelation. This
verse, Rev 13:11, can be fulfilled both ways, and the pope fulfills it both
ways.
From Beod:
Thank you for this. I and many have been praying for years for my dad
and family who are enslaved to the Antichrist Roman Catholic Church. Dad
is 86 and fearful of "purgatory."
Please put him and my stepmom on your list and please send them this
transmission (The Testimony of Jesus). If I forward it, they will only
remember the cesspool of sin from which I lived for 47 years. They do
not understand that even I was saved by Divine Grace. They do not
understand, as you know, Divine Grace.
Dear Sir,
I was referred to your web site by a preacher friend of mine. He and I have had
many discussions about the Anti-Christ, and where he would come from. We also
came to the conclusion that he would most likely come from the catholic cult.
It is nice to see someone put this information out to the world via the
internet. In today's mamby pamby "social-gospel" world, I am glad to see someone
speak out. Many Christians, even preachers are afraid to hurt someone's feeling,
but Jesus, and the early Christian were not, they spoke the truth, and let that
be it.
Thanks again for your site. If you get a chance, check out my webpage. With your
permission, I would like to like to your page, or maybe have you write an
article for my page.
Thank you, and God bless you,
Joe
Keep up the good work
David
A letter from vabaptist:
Max,
Your webpage is off to a good start! The articles are well-written and
to-the-point. The photo commentary pages are good, too. I'm definitely going to
bookmark your page.
Do you accept guest articles for your page?
Also, could you tell me more about yourself? Like your doctrinal beliefs, etc.?
I'm a 25 year old Baptist; I've been saved since 1994, so I guess that makes me
almost 8 years old as a Christian :)
In Christ,
J.
(FYI: I attend a Baptist church, which could always change because I follow the Lord wherever He goes. Rev 14. Guest articles, links, and help are always welcomed from fellow believers. )
A response from mehitabel55 on a message board:
"Onward, Christian soldiers! I'm sick and tired of this WE MUST DEFEND THE
TRUTH show biz act they've got. To all Christians: what truth?"
"In defense of your truth, you've slain and taken people's belongings and
children. In defense of your truth, you've stripped men of their dignity and
called them animals. You've taught us well what kind of a God we have."
"Yup, the guy will not be outdone. You'll bend your knee and kiss toenail. Gee
I've been thinking and you know, it's not for me. I've sampled your truth and
the defense of it, and methinks our Lord is defensive and capricious! I like the
strong type who just snaps His finger and a dead guy rises up off the floor. Now
that gets my respect."
"I like Someone who truly knows me and cares to heal me when I am sick, cares to
protect me when I am in danger. And like the Lone Ranger, He rides on out of
town and doesn't demand payment from me. This is the One who will get my
allegiance."
Jesus says beware the leaven of the Pharisees. The leaven was hypocrisy, of
the type that "had the form of Godliness, but denying the power thereof"
(2 Timothy 3:5).
After countless miracles by Jesus, the Pharisees asked for a sign, like nothing
had occurred. Shortly thereafter, when Jesus said to beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees to the disciples, the disciples thought he was talking about them
having no bread. The disciples had completely forgotten about Jesus's
miracle of the loaves!! They had been affected by the Pharisees leaven.
(Luke 12:1; Matthew 16:1-12; Mark 8:1-21)
Rome spreads this leaven. She is also the "mystery of iniquity" (2 Timothy 2:7).
To spread the gospel, countless real Christians have been slain, tortured, and
killed. And get blamed for being the same as the people who killed them.
Yes, I believe in the God of power. I believe by His Word, the universe is made.
I also believe that the bible is the Word of God, and that it has power and will
go out and accomplish what God pleases it to accomplish.
Isaiah 55:10-11
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not
thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may
give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that
goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall
accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent
it.
Hebrews 4:11-12
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the
same example of unbelief. 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul
and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and
intents of the heart.
John 6:68-69
68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words
of eternal life. 69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the
Son of the living God.
This is a letter from Kerry H. Kerry’s first response castigated me for ‘playing with numbers’ in my message on 666. I replied that all you needed was an education and the ability to write Latin numbers to see that 666 is a hierarchy of numerals. Actually, I learned to write Latin numbers in second grade, but I confess I am not very quick at it. I then replied that maybe Kerry was actually trying to defend the Roman Catholic Hierarchy instead. Kerry didn’t say whether he was Catholic in the first message. Here is our second exchange:
“actually I think my problem is that I would even attempt to talk to someone as closed minded as you."
Maybe you should
have just admitted you were trying to defend the Roman Catholic hierarchy
instead of attacking the fact that 666 is a hierarchy of Roman numerals. It is
wrong to worship men instead of God, and there is only one mediator between men
and God, Jesus Christ - not priests you go to to confession.
"We Catholics are no less evil than the almighty ian paisley. He is as evil as
they come. Did you know that through rigging the election districts in Northern
Ireland he fixed it so that the MAJORITY CATHOLICS were dealt with as if they
were the minority. Dont give me that garbage about the Catholics being evil. No
one is perfect"
I don't believe Catholics are any more evil than any other unsaved person, who are all going to damnation if they are not saved. We are all unsaved before we become believers,
I do believe Catholics start out at a disadvantage, because not only do they start out as unsaved like everyone else, but they are raised on the false gospel of the antichrist. But with God all things are possible. May God bless you and lead you out of Babylon.