The Name of The Beast
Here is a study about "The Name of the Beast", which can be found on the internet at http://www.beaconoftruth.com/beast.htm
Most Christians either don't want to know this, or don't care. I wonder what the members of this forum think about the writers perspective. If anyone can disprove this information, I would be pleased to examine the documentation.
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The Name of The Beast
Revelation 13
The Book of Revelation tells of a time when all commerce will be restricted on a global level.
The thirteenth chapter of the book of Revelation, tells of two end-time world leaders, one a powerful political leader, the other is a great religious leader, operating in an alliance, who will deceive the world into submitting to their authority, and who will together bring about a final one world government, and make war against the saints of God most high. We are told that they will seek total control of all commerce on Earth.
Of the False Prophet we are told:
Revelation 13-17: "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: 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."
Most of us expect to see (perhaps in our lifetimes) a time when a biochip implant will be forced upon mankind to monitor every financial transaction we enter into.
Most of us I'm sure recognize that in America, we have already been forced by law and circumstance to receive a number, which has been attached to our names. The system calls it a Social Security Number. It is indeed difficult to buy or sell our labor without it, and many times you cannot rent a home or purchase government mandated auto insurance without it. Americans can not get a job, get a drivers license, have a bank account, get a loan, or vote for what passes for leaders today, without the Number of the Beast.
But what is the Name of the Beast? Will we see it implemented in our lifetimes? Ladies and Gentlemen, it is indeed here and in use now?
Now there are some who accept the traditional understanding of the phrases, mark, name, and number of the Beast, which suggest that it refers to the name, or number the beast already has. Some actually expect to see the numbers 666 tattooed on the foreheads of the victims of the Beast. Even if that were true, what could the phrase Name of the Beast mean? The occluding factor here rests in the understanding of the meaning of the English word "of". It seems like an unimportant point as it is after all, just a little word. However, the meaning of a small word, has great significance when we attempt to interpret bible prophecy. At the risk of boring you all to tears, I will digress briefly into a bit of philology.
The generally accepted meaning of the preposition "of" as used in ordinary conversation, is generally translated as referring to a belonging to, or of ownership. The phrase "time of day" for instance, relates to a particular period, which is associated, or belongs to a particular portion of the day. When we refer to "9:00am" as the "time of day", we speak of that period of time which "belongs to" what we call the morning. The same is true of the "time of day" we call 3:00pm, which "belongs to" the afternoon, or 9:00pm, which is the "time of day" which "belongs to" that portion of the day we call evening.
The same is true when we speak of a personal possession we may have. Any apparel you may own for example also follows this meaning of the word. One "of" your suits, or shirts, or dresses, refers to your possession "of" it. The same is said of any pets you own, or an appendage which belongs to you. One "of" your dogs, one "of" your limbs, etcetera.
Using this meaning of the word, possession is assumed, and in that instance, one might assume the Name of the "Beast" would refer to a name which belongs to the Beast. However, there is a less possessive, more derivative meaning of the word, which gives the prophecy in Revelation 13:17 a clear meaning for the times in which we live.
That derivative meaning can be defined by the word "from". This definition of the word is listed first in the dictionary, which gives the meaning as "from" or "being derived from something." When you speak of people "of" Ohio, you speak of those who "come from" that state. When you state that a certain city is 30 miles East "of" another, you are saying that it is located 30 miles East away "from" the other city. We see the same usage in the bible when the apostle Paul is referred to in the New Testament book of Acts, chapter 9, verse 11 (before God changed his name), as "Saul 'of' Tarsus" , that is to say Saul "from" the area of Tarsus.
Other Teutonic languages (of which English is derived) such as German and Dutch, use the words "von" or "van" (respectively) which are identical in their usage, and which translate into the English language as "of" or "from".
Given this most basic meaning of the word, the phrase "the Name of the Beast", has the meaning, the Name "FROM" the Beast. Now that we have laid the linguistic foundation, let's examine the issue of the "Name of the Beast". What exactly is this name which comes from the Beast?
This name of the Beast is the corporate name you have been given by the corporate entity known as the Federal government. It's pronunciation is identical to that of your given name, and with the exception of the use of all upper case letters, it is spelled identically also.
When a child is born in captivity (that is to say, in a hospital), the hospital sends the original record of live birth to the State Bureau of Vital Statistics, sometimes called the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. This is not a copy, such as the document you may receive, but the actual original document. Each STATE is required by government mandate, to supply the UNITED STATES with birth, death, and health statistics. The STATE agency that receives the original record of live birth keeps it and then issues a Birth Certificate in the corporate format, recording the child's name using ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. This is the same format used by all corporate entities, including the Beast itself. Every corporation you might have noticed, uses this ALL CAPITAL LETTER format that you see on your driver license, any communication you might receive from any government agency, or other corporation.
THE RAND CORPORATION for example, uses the ALL CAPITAL LETTER FORMAT when presenting their name in their logo, communications, and signage. The same is true for SONY CORPORATION, CHEVROLET CORPORATION, and your local incorporated GROCERY STORE CHAIN OUTLET. Even the local INCORPORATED "CHRISTIAN" DENOMINATION CHURCH follows this rule.
In the case of these commercial entities, an artificial, fictitious person is created, for the sake of registration and regulation of the activities of the entity. This is done by REGISTERING the commercial entity with THE STATE, which through action of law THE STATE CREATES, by means of documentation known as ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION. This has many commercial benefits for a commercial entity, as relates to laws concerning taxation, and this REGISTRATION limits the LEGAL and tax related liability of the principal owners of the CORPORATION. It is this INCORPORATION PROCESS which can be said to give life to a non-animated (dead) being.
In the case of REAL PERSONS, we are created, as were our first parents, in the IMAGE OF GOD. We are REAL, LIVING, BREATHING BEINGS, having life, not through action of LAW, but through the POWER OF GOD. In an attempt (successful for the most part) to bring REAL PERSONS under the thralldom of the SYSTEM OF MAN'S LAW, THE STATE has implemented a system of REGISTERING BIRTHS, that they might benefit from our labors, by the issuance of a CERTIFICATE. The whole idea that we are somehow not real individuals, having no proof of birth without being CERTIFIED is of course ludicrous. Nonetheless, THE STATE has decreed that this must be so.
Consider the following definition of the word certificate:
cer-tif-i-cate, noun. Middle English certificat, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin ceruficatum. from Late Latin, neuter of certificatus, past participle of certificare, to certify, 15th century. 3: a document evidencing ownership or debt." [Underline emphasis added] Merriam Webster Dictionary, 1998.
Once a birth has been CERTIFIED, this ALL CAPITAL LETTER CORPORATION format is GIVEN to all CERTIFIED PERSONS from the BEAST, (that is to say, the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT) which also has an all capital letter name, since it is incorporated.
In 1871, after the Civil War, congress passed the first act to allow the government to operate as a CORPORATION. This was done under the guise of forming a government for the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The process was completed in 1878 by the final act allowing the "U.S. Government" to act as a CORPORATION, operating under the laws of commerce.
After a live birth, Doctors, who are FRANCHISEES OF THE STATE , are obliged to sign birth certificates as FIDUCIARIES OF THE STATE, and forward them on to the SECRETARY OF STATE in the STATE CAPITOL. They make certified copies and forward those birth certificates to the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE in WASHINGTON, D.C. So after it is created, the Birth Certificate issued by the State is then registered with the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, which is to be specific, the Executive Office through which their own sub-agency, the U.S. Census Bureau operates, and which has the responsibility of registering all vital statistics from each states in the union. They also make certified copies and forward them on to the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND in BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. At the same time the "Birth Certificate" is created, the newborn child is also assigned a number for the corporate government's accounting, tracking and control system. It's called a Social Security Number. This is also referenced in Revelation 13:17 as the number of your name.
The word registered, as it is used with commercial or legal based equity law, does not mean that the name was simply recorded in a reference book for the sake of the government's convenience. When a birth certificate is registered with the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, it means that a legal (which is different that lawful) corporate entity was created, and the person born, has become tied to that corporate fictitious name on that document, and has become a surety, or guarantor, for an indebtedness. To put it simply, that document which is known in the world of finance as a security instrument, has tied the real person born to a debt, using the person (and all their present or future property and productive capacity) as collateral for the debt. The value of their labor is pledged as security for the debt referred to.
This birth certificate, which was created by the state, is a document which creates a Corporate Entity using the the all capital letter corporate format, evidencing debt the moment it is issued. Once a state has registered a birth document with U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, the Department notifies the TREASURY DEPARTMENT, which takes out a loan from the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK. The Treasury uses the loan to purchase a bond (the Fed holds a "purchase money security interest" in the bond) from the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, which invests the sale proceeds in the stock or bond market.
We will see in a moment that the debt in question, is described in international monetary circles as the National Debt. This process of using a security instrument to guarantee a debt is known in financial business as hypothecation. The FEDERAL RESERVE BANK uses this certificate of live birth as collateral, against which they issue FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES, or some other form of “debt obligation.” (See 18 USC 411). The bond is then held in trust for the FEDERAL RESERVE at the DEPOSITORY TRUST CORPORATION at 55 Water Street in NEW YORK CITY. But why would our wonderful nation, as wealthy as we seem to be, do such a thing? How could this be? It all surrounds the CENTRAL BANK OF THE UNITED STATES.
As you may remember from our last broadcast, we discussed in brief, the planned financial ruin of our once wealthy nation. in 1911, after more than a couple of attempts, our leaders foisted upon the American people an income tax, and in 1913 a CENTRAL BANK, known as the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK. This is of course fraudulent, as there is no reserve of capital, and because this bank is no more Federal that is FEDERAL EXPRESS PARCEL SERVICE, or the FEDERAL FIREARMS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION. The FEDERAL RESERVE is a "municipal corporation" created by an act of Congress. In a 20 year period, from 1913 to 1933, our nation was financially ruined through this central bank, owned and operated by foreign bankers.
THE UNITED STATES IS BANKRUPT. All privately held and federally held gold coins and bullion in America was seized via Executive Order of April 5, 1933 and paid to the creditor, the private FEDERAL RESERVE under the terms of the bankruptcy. The gold supplies which were in the hands of the people at that time, and circulated as money prior to the issuance of FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES in lieu of money, were confiscated from the people (for a face value of $20 per ounce) and placed into the hands of the Federal government, which used it to partially settle their debts at ($35 an ounce). This made the perceived value of the FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES (which the people were forced to use in their financial transactions) vis a vis things of actual intrinsic value such as gold, goods and services, drop (through the principal of inflation) to the point where private business and individuals could not pay their debts. This resulted in the great depression and the bank panic of 1933. At that time, the gold that was in the U.S. Treasury was handed over to the FEDERAL RESERVE CORPORATION. They "called" the loans and foreclosed on the U.S. Treasury in 1933.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt who was part of the scam since he was in their debt owing to their money and manipulation, declared a national emergency and closed the banks for three days, a so called bank holiday. (The term "holiday", sounds nice don't you think? Kind of like Thanksgiving or Independence day.) While the banks were closed, most of the safe deposit boxes were raided by federal agents, and the gold was stolen. This foreclosure of the government, "forced" the Federal government into bankruptcy.
Since the government no longer has any gold or silver as required by the Constitution, the only asset America left is the labor of the people. How then does the U.S. finance its day to day operations? By collateralizing the people for credit. How they have done this is by registering the people in the international commerce marketplace, and selling bonds against their labor value. The people become the surety on the bonds, or the “pledge.” The asset bonded (surety) is the “energy,” or the labor of the people, which is payable at some other determined future date, just as any note used for security purposes has a "due date".
These certificates in equity mature on the 18th birthday of the person whose name appears on the birth certificate. The bank then keeps track of these and uses the number of that persons name (See Revelation 13:17) that each nation uses (which in America is called a Social Security Number), as collateral on the international debt, as "performance units" on the international debt. These certificates in equity end up being regarded as "performance units" on the international debt. The more of those a nation has, the more money they can borrow from the international bankers.
The Constitution is no longer applicable because the government, on all levels, operates on the plane of international commerce, known as the Uniform Commercial Code. (See Public Law 88-244 by which the U.S. subscribed to private international law). (See also definition of “goods” under Uniform Commercial Code section 2-105(1) in which animals, i.e. humans and their unborn offspring, become marketable “goods” for the purpose of commerce).
The birth certificate as noted earlier, is nothing more than an evidence of title (that is to say ownership).
In plain English, this means that that innocent baby boy or girl, has become a slave of the state. These Security Instruments, are bought and sold between the Central Banks of the world, as we use FEDERAL RESERVE NOTES in America today, trading them between one business to another, AND FROM ONE BANK TO ANOTHER, in exchange for goods, services, and other things of value.
Corporations and commercial entities are legal fictions. They are created by man through man-made law and are the direct opposite of the natural creation of God, the people. The two cannot mix. A legal fiction can never become a natural living soul and a living soul can never become a legal fiction. The corporate government, therefore, had to create a "bridge" to bring the people under subjection to the corporation. So a legal fiction had to be created to represent each natural living soul in commerce.
This CORPORATE NAME, without which no man might sell his services, and without which one may not but in a very few instances make any significant purchase, is THE NAME OF THE BEAST.
It is notable that the business of the sale of these instruments is transacted through the Main Branch of the FEDERAL RESERVE BANK in New York City, New York. This is the center of all global commerce of the United States, and is identified in the 13th chapter of the book of Revelation as "that mighty city" Babylon. We are told of the destruction of this global marketplace, and the lament of the kings and the merchants of the earth over her demise, and of the merchandise traded from her ports in Revelation 18, verses 9-13:
Revelation 18:9-13 "And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men."
New York City is indeed the place where slaves are traded, and in combination with that practice of the sale of the very life and labor of these slaves, their very souls are likewise bargained over like so much merchandise.
So...what do we do? Are we doomed to HELL because we have RECEIVED THE NAME OF THE BEAST?
There are people who insist that if you have received the THE NAME OF THE BEAST, you are through spiritually, or at least in danger. That you are in danger is certain. All of mankind is in danger. The NAME OF THE BEAST is a bad thing. However, the bible does not tell us that we will go to HELL for having the NAME OF THE BEAST.
We are told:
Revelation 14:11: "And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name."
We do see in the previous verse, that to receive THE MARK, or to WORSHIP THE BEAST, guarantees us a place in the lake of fire and brimstone. We do not hear about THE NAME OF THE BEAST in this connection.
Revelation 15:2: " And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God." In this verse we have no mention of the NAME OF THE BEAST, although we do have mention of THE NUMBER OF HIS NAME.
The following verse also has no reference to THE NAME OF THE BEAST.
Revelation 20:4:" And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years."
It would seem as though God, though not forbidding the receipt of THE NAME OF THE BEAST, has put us on notice that when we see the implementation of the NAME OF THE BEAST, we can know that the hour draws near for mankind, when he will be called upon to make an irrevocable decision, to either submit to the authority of the Earthly kings who are guided by the spirit of Satan, or to the authority of the KING OF KINGS who is of THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD.
You can scoff at this warning if you like, but you have been warned that the MARK OF THE BEAST is coming soon. The NAME OF THE BEAST is the last stop for mankind before the choice of taking or rejecting that irrevocable mark is presented. It is here now, and the time of GREAT TRIBULATION promised us by our Lord is about to begin.
The only hope for any of us is to humbly turn to God with our whole hearts, embracing HIS WORD, and rejecting the vanities and traditions of men.