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Renewing Your Mind

The Mark and the Call to Endure

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

What is the "mark of the beast" described in the book of Revelation? How can Christians avoid receiving this mark? Today, W. Robert Godfrey delves into this apocalyptic imagery and shows how God's people are called to persevere in faith.

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Meet Today's Teacher:

W. Robert Godfrey is a Ligonier Ministries teaching fellow and chairman of Ligonier Ministries. He is president emeritus and professor emeritus of church history at Westminster Seminary California. He is the featured teacher for many Ligonier teaching series, including the six-part series A Survey of Church History. He is author of many books, including God’s Pattern for Creation, Reformation Sketches, and An Unexpected Journey.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

Transcript

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The idea is if you can get the right name and you can assign the numerical value to the letters in that name,

0:09.9

and if those numerical values add up to 666, then you'll be able to know who it is.

0:16.6

And there's a marvelous section in Leo Tolstoy's great novel War and Peace.

0:22.8

Many people are saying Napoleon is the Antichrist.

0:26.6

If you take the phrase in French, the emperor Napoleon,

0:31.4

and you assign it the value of Greek letters,

0:35.1

and if you leave out just one letter, you get to 666.

0:39.3

What could be more persuasive?

0:45.3

Christians and non-Christians alike have heard of 666 and the Mark of the Beast.

0:53.3

Throughout history, there have been a variety of calculations for 666 and the Mark of the Beast. Throughout history, there have been a variety of calculations

0:56.5

for 666, and as technology has advanced, some say we're getting closer and closer to the mark

1:03.4

of the beast, or perhaps it's already here. It's good to have you with us for this Tuesday edition

1:09.3

of Renewing Your Mind, so we spend a few

1:11.7

days in the Book of Revelation. As a new Christian, I had a fascination with this book, and there

1:18.5

were many teachers willing to share how they had unlocked the secrets of this book that seemingly

1:23.8

God had hidden from Christians throughout the ages, And sadly, it led to missing the wonderful message

1:30.0

and encouragement that's available for God's people

1:32.7

when they understand this portion of sacred scripture.

1:36.7

So hope you're being helped this week with this study from Dr. Godfrey.

1:40.9

The Mark of the Beast, 666, what does it all mean?

1:46.0

Here's Dr. Godfrey.

1:49.4

Well, I left your hanging last time, didn't I?

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