VI.Solving the Revelation 13:18 Riddle : the Beast, Idolatry Currency and Gold
In Scripture currency is synonymous with idolatry.
The image of
Micah was made from money that the mother of a boy saved for the purpose of
making it into an idol which ended up in Micah’s home.
Dan set up
Micah's idol which was made from 1100 shekels of silver (we see currency as
idolatry) So now we begin to see that idolatry as it relates to 666 is linked
with currency. This is very clear in Chronicles
9:13. The Bible tells us that after the Queen of Sheba’s visit, Solomon
yearly took in 666 talents of gold from the surrounding nations.
Deuteronomy 17:15-17 warns that a king of Israel shall not multiply wives,
silver or gold which Solomon did in addition to going after the gods of his foreign
wives and building high places for them. 1 Kings Chapter 11 describes
Solomon’s descent into idolatry. Solomon’s 666 talents of gold was both
currency and related to his own idolatry. We see
666 as relating to both idolatry and gold, which is currency.
Throughout history,
ancient and modern nations use gold for currency.
Only after World War II
did the world stop using gold as a reserve for currencies. Gold, that is
money is synonymous with idolatry.
In James Rickard’s book, The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System, which is one of the best books on the coming
dollar collapse you can read, James Rickards spends a good deal of time in his
book talking about gold and the importance of gold in the international
monetary system. He stated that while
there is no official gold standard it is very important in finance and the
standard still exists though not formally.
He also points out that the euro has more gold reserves than the US. The golden head, the golden image relates
to 666 and to currency as gold reserves back currency.
We see gold
and silver as currency in the description of the Prince of Tyre, who is
compared to the Antichrist,
Ezekiel
28:4-5 states, “You have gained riches
for yourself, and gathered gold and silver into your treasuries, by your wisdom
in trade you have increased your riches and your heart is lifted up because of
your riches.”
Nebuchadnezzar was depicted as the head of fine gold.
Daniel
2:32-33: The image’s head was of fine
gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its feet
partly of iron and partly of clay. Daniel tells Nebuchadnezzar in verse 37, “You are this head of
gold.” The Bible tells us that the
reason it had a head of gold was because of its power, strength and glory and
wealth. In the Antichrist’s image we
can expect to see a correlation of gold with currency.
There is also the pattern established in the Bible that the
currency buys the idol or the currency is turned into the idol.
In Exodus God
commands the children of Israel not to make an idol of gold or silver.
Exodus 20:23
states: “Ye shall not make with me gods
of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.”
After all of
these instructions Moses goes up to the mountain with God and while he was gone
a while the children of Israel got bored and discouraged and had Aaron make
them a golden calf.
Exodus 32:31
states, “And Moses returned unto the
Lord, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them
gods of gold.”
The image of the beast is made during the Antichrist’s reign after he
survives his fatal wound. Most likely his government will commission a
considerable amount of money to have the image made and to have it made
quickly.
We get the impression from Revelation 13 that the survival from the fatal
wound is remarkable and the false prophet uses it to justify the commissioning
of the image.
Revelation 13:14 affirms, “And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the
means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying
to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast,
which had the wound by a sword, and did live.”
With the
image of the beast and the Mark of the Beast and the technology that helps it
come into being along with the money that is used to fund it, we see the
fulfillment of Daniel 11:38, “But in his
estate shall he honor the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not
shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant
things.”
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