Number of the Beast

2.) There is nowhere in the text that says this number is to be used to find out the identity of the Antichrist. Most futurist scholars would probably agree that by the time the Mark of the Beast is instituted, it won’t be a huge secret who the Antichrist is, especially to the saints living at the time of the Mark of the Beast. Contextually, it is clear from this passage that the Antichrist has already reached the place where Satan has come down to earth and is possessing the Antichrist (verse 1). The False Prophet is present displaying signs and wonders, and the image of the beast is created to make sure people are worshipping the image of the Antichrist as a god. It is very doubtful this could be happening before the Antichrist makes a seven-year…

calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.” (Rev. 13:18) This is the Antichrist’ verse of fame; the one verse most have at least some bit of familiarity. Ironically, it is also one of the most mysterious and lesser understood verses in The Bible. Before I address what I think the text is saying, let me first assert what I think it is not saying. This verse has a near 2000-year history of individuals or groups identifying this…

the woman clothed with the sun and the seven headed dragon. The woman depicted here wears a white robe with a subtle reveal of a child carried within her, Jesus. A light blue scarf encircles the Caucasian woman’s head, thus mimicking many medieval European renditions which depicted the woman as the Virgin Mary. Rays of light appear to pour onto the woman as if to emblazon her attire with God’s radiance. Twelve stars form a crown above her head to signify the woman’s connection with the twelve…

This scene can be likened to an event in the bible, which is where Jesus Christ feeds five thousand people with a few loaves of bread and some fish. Simon is often regarded as a prophet or even a saint like figure. He thinks of things in a different way, Simon is the only one with a real view of the 'Beast'. He has a considerable strength of mind but is frail of body. He enters the book fainting, something that he seems to do regularly and he suffers from epilepsy or some similar…

dictatorial, savage group. In the end all is put to rest with the arrival of society in the form of a Navy officer, but the deeper issues are never truly fixed, only postponed and forgotten. The turn to savagery we see is consistent with the theory of Hobbes, which I also support, that being that humans themselves are naturally vicious. Now, even though one could argue that the boys are inherently good and instead are ruined by their attempts to organize, a number of things disprove this.…

The most evident case of where there can be two ways of explaining something is Simon’s death. Basically, Simon is a loner that represents innocence in the book. When Simon finds the pig’s head that Jack and his tribe put there as an offering to the beast, the beast shows up. The beast, otherwise known as the Lord of the Flies, taunts Simon, telling him that he is nothing. Just like all the other boys. Simon somehow found himself looking inside the mouth of the beast he fell in. When Simon woke…

Yet, living a life of complete isolation is far from what many would consider to be “the” life. Having people around and being a member of a group setting is also a vital part of being human. Overall, there are a number of benefits and downsides that could be listed when comparing solitude to being in a group, with the topics being exemplified in a number of cases throughout the book Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Many of these characteristics can be related to how fear makes its way into…

Once upon a time, a little kid’s home was strolled by a malignant beast. The little kid was wary of alarming the beast, the kid would skulk around the beast at the break of dawn to escape the beast. But, you might ponder, what happened when the beast was startled? Hell broke loose. The kid’s adrenaline levels sky rocketed, with palms drenched in sweat and a heartbeat’s worth a mile per minute the kid urgently sprinted, like the lighting was about to strike. The forest ahead was without end, and…

“What I mean is… maybe it’s only us”(Golding 80). Simon, one of the young boys stranded on a strange island, is referring to the beast and attempts to contradict the rest of the boy 's fears that the beast is somewhere among them. He instead suggests that the evil has always been within them. However, could a group of young, innocent boys really be a manifestation of the cruelty and evil that inhabits human beings? William Golding’s book Lord of the Flies begins when a plane full of English…

Knowing that everyone has had their share of fear, he capitalizes on it by insisting that “ The beast is sitting up there, whatever it is-“ (126), and manipulates the situation by claiming that Ralph believes that his “hunters are no good” (126), and that Ralph also “thinks [that the boys are] cowards, running away from the boar and the beast” (126). By saying that Ralph is dignifying the group as being defenseless, Jack offers a new perspective: that he will bring defense. Full of…