Revelation 13:16-18
16 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:
17 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.
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.
One of the unOfficial "Official" Titles of the 'pope' of Rome is: 'Vicar of the Son of God'.
VICARIUS FILII DEI.
THE LITERAL MEANING AFTER CONVERTING THE TITLE TO ROMAN NUMERALS: 666. (Note: Any LETTER that does NOT have a Roman Numeral that correlates to it has no value.)
VICARIUS i.e.: Vicar -- means substituting for, or in place of
FILII -- means son
DEI means God
V = 5
I = 1
C = 100
A = no value
R = no value
I = 1
U = 5
S = no value
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112
F = no value
I = 1
L = 50
I = 1
I = 1
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53
D = 500
E = no value
I = 1
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501
Total: 112 + 53+ 501 = 666 The number of the antiChrist, the number of his name, the number of a man. A man who pretends, and is treated as though, he is God on earth!
Here is yet another example of their use of "Vicar of the Son of God" which the Roman Catholic 'church' stopped using and changed to "Vicar of Christ" when they were outed by one of their own 'priests'. The 'priest' proved that the Donation of Constatntine was a complete forgery. Here, the Donation of Constantine -- (Nineth Chapter Down) -- Jesuit Fordham University -- Medieval Sourcebook: The Donation of Constantine (c.750-800).
The 'pope' IS HONORED ABOVE ALL BY GIVEN NAMES WITH EXALTED TITLES among which he claims to be "the Lord our God," and thus presents himself as a counterfeit Christ, a rival Christ, having names of blasphemy . . .
Revelation 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
( . . . for by thy SORCERIES (PHARMACIES) were all nations deceived.) SORCERIES in the Greek is the word: Pharmakeia which is translated into English as Pharmacy means the use of medicine, drugs or spells -- associated with WITCHCRAFT -- magic, sorcery, enchantment ...(Exodus 22:18; John 8:32; John 14:17; John 8:36.) So, the antiChrist uses SORCERIES (PHARMACIES) to DECEIVE the whole world, takes over the world, to have the world (satan's family--those NOT BORN AGAIN, NOT CHRISTIAN,) worship him, by accepting his mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:11-18.)
John 8:32
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 14:6
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 8:36
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Note: Fear God! Not satan. God has the power to kill the soul and destroy both the soul and body in hell. Fear Him, fear God! Matthew 10:28 is NOT referring to satan, for satan is not spoken of having that power/authority at all. This is spoken of God Himself, who is able to destroy both soul and body in Hell.