-- Posted by ephraim at 4:03 pm on Oct. 23, 2007 Why is Mahmoud Abbas the Beast of Revelation 13? The most important issue that must be resolved in discovering the meaning of Revelation 13 is which people are being discussed. If the wrong people are associated with the prophecies of Revelation 13 its answer can never be found.The people being referred to in Revelation 13 are the Palestinians. Once this is decided three questions have to be answered; why, how and who. Why do the Palestinian people lack the ability to buy and sell? Due to the Hamas takeover of the Palestinian Government, Western Aid was discontinued. How will the Palestinian people receive funds in order to buy and sell? Through a program called the Temporary International Mechanism that bypasses the Hamas controlled Palestinian Authority. This program was established on Friday June 16, 2006.  This date 6/16/06 represents the day that one man was allowed to administer a program that paid his people. This is an amazing coincidence. There are only three days in ten years that end with three sixes; June 6, June 16, and June 26. Who will provide these salaries to the Palestinians? Western Aid was resumed through the office of Mahmoud Abbas due to the Temporary International Mechanism. Also, what group will be prevented from getting money because they did not receive the mark? Hamas boycotted the Election of Mahmoud Abbas in January 2005; therefore they did not receive the indelible ink mark to their right hands. All salaries are being given to Fatah, the party of Mahmoud Abbas.  Hamas will not honor the image of Mahmoud Abbas. The image of Mahmoud Abbas is required by the international community to continue peace talks with Israel. This image is three items that represent Abbas and his Government; the honoring of all prior Palestinian agreements with Israel, the renunciation of terror as a means to an end, and a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders prior to the six-day war. Three items point to the Beast of Revelation 13: his mark, his number and his name. WOEphraim