Or how about this:
In Revelations, there is mention of two beasts and a dragon. The dragon is Satan, cast down from heaven into the Earth. The beasts, as you will read, are the spirit of evil, and the physical incarnation of evil.
Revelations 13:1 says “And the dragon stood on the shore of sea.”
If this be metaphorical, perhaps the sea is existence, and the dragon is watching physical manifestations inside the temporal road to see what will become.
Revelations 13:1-4 says “And I saw a beast coming out of the sea […] one of the heads of the beast had a fatal wound, but the wound had been healed […] the whole world was astonished and followed the beast […] men worshipped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast.”
This beast I believe to be the spiritual incarnate of evil, much like the Trinity contains therein the Holy Spirit, must not the Beast also have his own? The dragon watched as his spirit once again consumed the peoples of the Earth. The fatal wound given to its head was through Jesus dying on the cross and paying for the sins of man, but the wound was doctored, specifically (I wrote at the time, a couple years ago) by Nietzsche, whose words as Zarathustra aimed for man to “un-learn” all of Jesus’ words. And all of reasoning man is astonished and follows, more or less, a social darwinistic philosophy based on the Superman; and by giving in to this pro-man, they are supporting the Anti-Christ - thus, through a chain of command, they are worshipping the Dragon who has given authority to the beast.
Revelations 13:5 “The Beast was given a mouth […]”
The philosophy of the Dragon was preached.
Revelations 13:11 “Then I saw another beast, coming out of the Earth.”
The symbolism of the second beast coming out of the Earth implies it was created of or by man. It was the Industrial Revolution which sparked in Nietzsche his famous remarks that mankind has no need of God. When man has evolved to the point where he thinks and accomplishes for himself, he needeth no God. It is technology and science which is the second beast, arising from inside mankind through the Dragon’s authority (God did give Satan authority over the Earth in the Bible, no?).
Revelations 13:14, 15 “And [the second beast] performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to Earth in full view of men […] he decieved the inhabitants of the Earth.”
This second beast, technology, the epitome of mankind’s attempt to live without God, even, to be gods, performs miracles before us everyday. We sit in astonishment and awe as man walks on the moon, place a remote-control car on freaking Mars(!), communicate with others across the globe through telephones, televisions, or the one-world-order of knowledge - the internet. Technology sends fire from heaven to Earth and back every second, in full view of all, and we admire and worship it.
And who can stop technology? Who can stop the most intellectual and determined minds of our species when they put their heads together? Who can make war against us?
Revelations 13:4 “[…] men worshipped the Beast and asked 'Who is like the Beast? Who can make war against him?'”
Revelations 13:16, 17 “[The second beast] forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to recieve a mark on his right hand or forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the Beast or the number of his name.”
For our technological world to run the authorities-that-be issue every individual a number upon birth. It has systematically counted and claimed every individual for its own. For as long as you live, dear reader, you will have this number branded upon you. And you cannot buy, sell, trade, cross borders, receive education or apply for work without this number. “It is not tattooed on our foreheads though, and it is not the number of the beast!” I hear you shouting.
But isn’t it? To the individual it is merely an identification code allowing us access to certain rights, but to the powers-that-be they are more recognizable than your face anyday. To the society run by technology, the second beast of the Earth, it has claimed you. Is it not the number of the Beast, whether it be three little round numbers or no?
(Interesting side-note, newly issued Government Identification cards have been (in?)aptly named “The Mark.”)
Revelations 13:18 “This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man’s number. His number is 666.”
Using the word “calculate” leads one to assume a mathematical functioning, as if it were an integral part of technology itself, much like 3.14 is an integral part of nature. If you look on a barcode, there are various black bars, alligned vertically. Each various assortment of bars represents a number, usually given below in normal numerical fashion. However, there are three bars which run further than the others: one on the left, one on the right, and one in the center. These three bars are usually two narrow yet long bars with small separations, and they are each a six, accounting for three sixes. Assuming that, mathematically, these are pertinent to the structure of the bar-coding system, it is easy to see that the calculation of the number 666 runs accordingly into the very fabric of technology itself, of which we all rely on.
Pretty interesting, no?
(And by the way, I don’t really believe this; I was just bored one time and decided to look into it while doing an essay on Nietzsche.)
What says you?
