Does Jewish prophetic tradition warn of a false Messiah, a “beast” whose identifying number is 666?
Readers were either bewildered by this question or held sharply divided views. The result was that responses were more or less evenly divided between thoroughly accepting the warnings of a “beast,” thoroughly rejecting them, and suggesting it’s a partly true concept. In other words, there wasn’t any trend at all in reader opinions. Comments tended to be longer than usual; here are a couple of brief excerpts: • ” The modern misinterpretation of these predictions about the ‘Beast’ has been concocted in an attempt to manipulate Christians “. • ” We can all see in the world we live in today, everything is gearing up for a ‘One World Religion,’ a ‘One World Order,’ and ‘One Leader’ to be over all! “. Factual Background: It is not hard to find numerous references in the Hebrew Scriptures to events of the “end of days,” the generation in which Moshiach (the Messiah) is anointed king over the Jewish people and rebuilds the Jerusalem Temple permanently. Immediately preceding his rule, a War of
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