Kimberly Rogers -- Nothing divides Believers more than End-Time prophecy; and there is nothing that Believers want to know more than what is the Mark of the Beast.
According to the book of Revelation,
the Mark is a both name and number
Like most other Believers, I looked at tattoos, RFID chips and Nanotechnology. It seemed so obvious that any of these could fulfill the prophecies as marks that go in the forehead and the hands.
In the book of Revelation, the Apostle John was told to write what
he saw. I believe he did just that; writing exactly what he "saw"
John said people would wear a '666�on their foreheads and right arms. But, what exactly, did John see? Did he see "666" as we do today? No.
We use Arabic numerals and in the Greek text, '666� is represented by Greek letters that also have numerical values, specifically: Chi Xi Stigma or "Six-hundred, three-score and six." So what John saw was something that looked like "Chi Xi Stigma" being worn on the foreheads and right arms of the 'multitude� who belong to the Beast. The Greek letters Chi Xi Stigma also spell a phrase in another language; and that language is Arabic.
What does "666" mean?
Is it something we can look at today and say, "There it is!" Is it something we can see? Yes you can; the word it spells is 'Bismillah� which literally means "In the name of Allah."
Arabic Bismillah [1]
Re-reading Revelation 13:18: "
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."
Inserting 'bismillah� in place of Chi Xi Stigma [666] it reads:
"Here is knowledge! Let him with understanding count the
number of the beast: for it is the number of a man,
and his number is in the name of Allah."
Where do you see this today? It is what is written on the headbands and arm-bands that Muslims wear at the protests, rally, parades, etc.

Armband
Many Christian Arabs agree that the Bismillah
symbol is the symbol for 'in the name of allah.�
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| The subtitle under the photograph reads: One of the Bosnian Army Muslim brigades marches through Zenica, Bosnia in a demonstration of strength by 10,000 soldiers.
Page A10 (The Times, Dec. 11, 1995) |
More evidence:
One of the things that had me befuddled for many years is that Revelations says that people will be beheaded for their faith.
Until a few years ago, I couldn't imagine that. But what has
been revived? Beheading! Tens of thousands have
been beheaded in the Middle East for not accepting allah.