BAPTISM –
666
Hugh Fogelman, et al
Compare
the following:
The
author of Revelation states that a mystical number 666 will recognize the
“beast.”
“The beast known as the antichrist
causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bound to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads.
And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had that mark.” Revelation 13:16-17
Throughout
the Christian era, millions of infants, adults and converts have been accepted
into the Christian Church upon the merits of them receiving the sign of the cross
upon their foreheads during baptism.
The
priest, pastor or minister in the ceremony of millions of Christian baptisms,
having dipped his right hand in the water
sprinkles the water upon the forehead,
marking with it the sign of the cross, the initial of Christ, making the one
who receives his mark Christ’s own possession―a
Christian.
As he
sprinkles the water with his right hand, the priest declares: “I sign you with
the cross, the sign of Christ” (The Alternative Service Book of the Church
of England , 1980). After performing this act, placing the sign
of the cross on the forehead, the priest, or pastor, or minister then addresses
the word of welcome into the church by saying; “God had received you by baptism
into the church.” The congregation then says together: “We welcome you into the
Lord’s family.” The baptized one is now assured of salvation according to these
Christian rites.
Christians,
since you believe your bible to be the word of God, can there be a more
flagrant counterfeit of the original use of the sign than when the right
hand marks the Christ sign on one’s forehead? Read from Revelation
13:16-17; “He (the beast) causes all to
receive a mark in their “right hand or on their
foreheads.”
Sources:
Ralph Madden, former pastor from
Shmuel Golding,
former Ordained Baptist Minister: The Light of Reason, Vol 4,
The Jerusalem Institute of Biblical Polemics