From The Trenches---"Something We May Have Missed!!!"

[Radio Waves]

We can read the Bible for years and then suddenly we realize there's something we have missed in some of the verses and stories we've read many times! Nearly every pastor/preacher has done a sermon or two or three on the "Fiery Furnace". There was even a popular song by Brook Benton in 1961 called "Shadrack". I remember it very well and its on You Tube if you want to listen! Anyway, you'll find the story of the Furnace in Daniel 3. Its a well known story so for this writing, I won't repeat the whole narrative here! The "bad guy" is Nebudchanezzer, the king of Babylon. He set up an statue of himself and commanded the populace to bow down and worship him when they heard music. Verse 1 gives us the dimensions "whose height was three score cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits." Do you see that? In the Bible a "score" means 20. The height was to be 60 cubits. What was the "breadth"? Six cubits. See the numbers? 666! Check out Rev. 13:18. 666 is defined as the number of the "Beast". Who is the "Beast"? Satan! Now look at Daniel 3:5. How many instruments are mentioned? Six! Bottom line? Ole' Nebby is a picture of an "Antichrist"! I can just hear it now: "Wait a minute, you made a small mistake!" "You said 'A picture of "AN" Antichrist". "You must have simply made a "typo" Mr. Radiowaves. You really meant "A picture of THE "ANTICHRIST""! No I didn't. It was deliberate! In main stream Christianity, we have been spoon fed a number of things which are not Biblical. For example, where does it say Christian music cannot be uptempo? Where does it say playing a card game is wrong? What verse or verses say borrowing money or using credit is sinful? Guess what? You won't find any of those three items in the Bible...AND...you will most certainly NOT find there is only ONE "Antichrist"! Check out 1 John 2:18 where you will see with your own eyes "even now, are there many antichrists whereby we know that it is the last time." Sorry people, there's no need to waste a second more trying to predict what political figure is the "one and only "Antichrist" because there are MANY. That means you can't pin that label on Trump, Biden, the Pope, some "faith healer" or your spouse. There ARE and will continue to be MANY who are against Christ" and that's why THEY are called "Antichrists".