The church settled the meaning of the book of Revelation centuries ago. Sadly, this has been lost to the modern church.
This sermon series is an appeal to the church to recover that meaning.
Rev. 13:18 says understanding (or wisdom) is required to "count" the meaning of the number of the beast, 666. This is clearly not the human wisdom of this world, which God calls foolishness. I Cor. 3:19: “For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.” This is the problem with many of the claims you've heard about the meaning of 666 and the identity of Antichrist. What the Lord requires is not human wisdom, falsely called, but the wisdom that comes from reading and meditating upon the revelation of God through His written Word, the Bible, and living your life in obedience to it.
This sermon presents the interpretation of 666 that was held by the majority of Protestant theologians from the Reformation until the 1800s when mysticism on the one hand and liberalism on the other began to invade the church. This historic interpretation of the number of the beast has also been held by some proto-reformers (before the Protestant Reformation) and even by some of the church fathers going back to the second century -- and possibly even before!
“ Stunning research and presentation ” I am a student of history and ancient Rome in particular. I have never, in book or audio form, encountered a presentation of the correct meaning of Six Hundred Three Score and Six that is as accurately detailed and researched in proper scholarly fashion as this sermon by Pastor W. J. Mencarow.
History is something that I know very well. Nothing that Pastor Mencarow says is guesswork. Every historical statement that he makes is correct. His theology is also impeccable.
May I please strongly encourage one and all to hear, not only this sermon, but the others in this series on Revelation.
swrb.com from Edmonton, Alberta (7/16/2008)
“ 666 Solved: Classic Reformed/Protestant Teaching! ” An extremely well presented, thoroughly researched message expounding the true meaning of "666" in Scripture. Meticulous and relevant in exposing many far fetched fables related to "666" from expositors of the past, right up to our day. Also demonstrates how a number of modern Protestants adopt Roman Catholic teaching on prophecy. Takes us as far back as some of the early fathers of the church, establishing what was ultimately the Apostolic teaching on this much abused passage of Scripture. Additionally, this sermon clearly expounds the classic Reformed and Protestant teaching (for example, as found in the original Westminster Confession of Faith) on the number of the beast. A must listen, Protestant teaching at its best!
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