The Vacant Seat Number 666 in the European Parliament

Report on the opening of
the Fifth Elected Parliament of Europe in Strasbourg and its
occupancy of the new Parliament Buildings

European Parliament, Strasbourg

The recently elected Fifth Parliament of Europe met on
Tuesday, 20^th July, 1999, in its new glass building which
cost the taxpayers of Europe an as yet uncalculated sum of
billions of Pounds. The first meeting, due to begin at 10.00
a.m., did not start until 10.30 because the amplification system,
which cost millions of Pounds, was defective. No doubt more
defects in this Crystal Palace will be manifested in the days to
come. Incidentally, the Members of the European Parliament had no
say whatsoever in where the building was to be located, what its
design was to be, what amount of money was to be spent on it, or
how it was to be furnished. The French Government forced it both
upon Members of Parliament and upon the Governments of European
Union countries, Germany and the United Kingdom being made to
foot the exorbitant bill. These two countries are Europe's
pay slaves.

The prophetic significance of the
European Union has been revealed as the saga unfolds. First, the
sign which it chose as its symbol was the Woman riding
the Beast. This comes from a prophecy in Revelation 17.
The depiction of the harlot woman was reproduced on the centenary
stamp of the European Union, in a huge painting in the
Parliament's new building in Brussels, and by a huge
sculpture outside the new E.U. Council of Ministers Office in
Brussels. The new European coinage, the Euro, bears the same
insignia. The Tower of Babel has been used on the posters
emanating from Europe – a truly suggestive prophetic sign.
Now, a massive Crystal Palace tower (officially called the Tower
Building) houses the Fifth Parliament of Europe.

It is certainly a building of the
Space Age. The seats of its massive hemicycle are designed like
the crew seats in the Star Trek space machines. There are 679 of
them – but wait for it! While these seats are allocated to
Members, one seat remains unallocated and unoccupied. The
number of that seat is 666.

The relevant section of the
seating-plan provided to each Member reads as follows:

Revelation 13:18:

"Here is wisdom. Let him that
hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the
number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and
six."

That is 666. Today this scripture
is being fulfilled before our very eyes. The Antichrist's
seat will be occupied. The world awaits his full and
final development. The Lord will destroy him by the spirit of His
mouth (the Word of God) and by the brightness of His coming (2
Thes. 2:8). The coming of the Lord draws near.

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