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see relatedAnd The Antichrist Is… BILL GATES!
[[ The following is an assignment I have done for my Apocalypse course, due today. We were to look up a famous person in contemporary history that has been labeled as "the Antichrist." ]]
Navigation: Introduction Bill Gates: Antichrist! Biblical Usage of "Antichrist" Conclusion: Comparing Antichrist Bill with the Bible
The notion of "Antichrist" has been a very popular one for a great number of years. Various kings, emperors, and even popes have been accused of being the Antichrist for centuries. In the late 20th century, the look toward Y2K mixed with Tim LaHaye's Left Behind series Perpetuated this fear mongering toward who would be THE Antichrist, as a kind of leader who would take over the world while being an instrument of Satan. It is with such an understanding that former Microsoft C.E.O. Bill Gates has been accused of being the dreaded “antichrist.”
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Why is he feared to be the antichrist? One aspect pointed to his Bill Gate’s influence. The one-time C.E.O of Microsoft, arguably the most powerful software company in the world, is said to have the ability to take control of the computers (or cell phones) running his software all over the world. This would render the world helpless, allowing for him to rise as a world power. (This does not take into account the vast number of computers running Mac or Linux operating systems with not one piece of software from Microsoft). Furthermore, Bill Gate’s field is in that of computers, which is used to buy and sell goods, which one will need the “mark of the beast” in order to do. This theory also links internet navigation tool “WWW” with the “Mark of the Best,” 666.
According to http://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/chapterd/index.htm, most “damning” evidence comes from Mr. Gate’s own name and the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII). To discover Bill Gates III’s identity as the Antichrist, one must take the letters of his name and convert them to the ASCII code, then add them up. However in doing so, the three Roman numerals for “III” cannot be corresponded to the letter I on the code, nor the number 1. The numerals must remain a value of 1, as opposed to the ASCII values of 73 or 49, respectively. The end result is the following:
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B I L L G A T E S I I I 66 73 76 76 71 65 84 69 83 1 1 1 Once these number are added up, they come out to 666!! A similar “decoding” is done with MS-DOS 6.21, though with no other version number of that text-based operating system. A similar attempt is also made with Windows 95, but with some interesting resultsW I N D O W S 9 5 87 73 78 68 79 87 83 57 53 1 The end result does add up to 666, but only after the addition of a random number 1. As written on one site supporting the Bill Gates-Antichrist claim, "Windows 95 was released in August 1995. There must be a hidden reason for this, that would make up for the "1". The only thing I can think of is the "95", 9 + 5 = 14 - 1 = 13 which is a Masonic number."
Biblical Usage of "antichrist"
Many link this notion of Antichrist with the book and prophesies of Revelation. However it may surprise some that the very term “Antichrist” is not found within the pages of Revelation itself
The term ἀντίχριστος (literally "antichrist") appears only four times in the New Testament. Twice it shows up in 1 John 2:18-23, once in 1 John 4:1-3, and finally in 2 John 1:7. In these passages, there is no grandiose concept of antichrist as being some world leader or placing numbers or a barcode on the foreheads of his minions. We may be aware of some aspects of antichrist:
- At the time of the composition of 1 John, antichrist was to come, and many antichrists already had come (1 John 2:18, 4:3).· The audience may know “that it is the last hour” due to the presence of antichrist (1 John 2:18).
- After introducing the concept of antichrist, the author writes, “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us” (1 John 2:19). It is possible this “they” does indeed refer to the aforementioned “antichrists” of v. 18, meaning the antichrists are those who are apostates.
- The antichrists deny Jesus' position as being "the Christ." In doing so, they deny some aspect or aspects of God, namely the Son, and by extension the Father (1 John 2:22).
- The antichrists do not confess that Jesus had come “in the flesh” (1 John 4:3; 2 John 1:7), denying the aspect of Jesus’ humanity.
Conclusion: Comparing Antichrist Bill with the Bible
The popular reasons as to why Bill Gates is one candidate for the position of Antichrist do not hold up when compared to the biblical texts dealing with "antichrist." The majority of the accusations are centered on an erroneous numerology system that neither existed in the First Century CE, nor is even followed strictly in the proponents' own rules of usage. Furthermore, the idea of "666" as being the identity of the Antichrist is a popular one, but is never explicitly mentioned in conjunction with "antichrist," but is instead identified with the "Beast of the Earth" (Revelation 13).
Who then is the Antichrist? According to the biblical usage of the term, the antichrist is anyone who denies who Jesus is, and in doing so denies the Father. Whether or not the former C.E.O. of Microsoft is, indeed, an antichrist in the biblical sense is irrelevant. Those who cling to the idea of Bill Gates being Antichrist do so by grasping for verses that have nothing to do with the position of "antichrist."
Even so, some people may choose to use a Mac or run Linux... just to be on the safe side.
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Comments (2)
yes, this is what i assert also....the spirit of the anti-Christ is anyone that denies who Jesus Christ is.
"Even so, some people may choose to use a Mac or run Linux... just to be on the safe side." hahhaah. good one!
Lordy, Ryan. Soooo much more effort that needed, but definitely entertaining. :)