From Rayelan:

The number thirteen is said to be unluckly, therefore, many hotels and elevators don't HAVE a 13th floor or a button to the 13th floor.

If the number 666 is supposed to be the number of the anit-christ, then why wasn't the Chair simply eliminated rather than left EMPTY? Hmmmmmmmm

(I hope this isn't an Internet Hoax -- My rule for deciding if something is an internet hoax is:

If the story is TOO good to be true, in otherwords, if it is fulfilling a "fantasy headline" that many of us have been expecting/hoping/waiting for, like: "Bill Clinton arrested for raping Chinese ambassador."

Then it is probably an Internet hoax. Since I have thought the EU was the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy, I have expected to see the anti-christ heading it... and suddenly, here is the story which says his/her chair is ready and waiting for him/her.

BTW -- if the original Christ was MALE -- then the ANTI-CHRIST must be ANTI IN ALL WAYS -- i.e. -- FEMALE.

Does anyone know a female who meets the anti-christ archetype?

Come on -- let's not all say Hillary at one time!

I was thinking -- the Queen, Countess Sophie Rhys-Jones, Barbra Steisand, Barbara Boxer, Nicole Kidman, Kathleen Keating.... any other suggestions?

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Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 13:08:01 EDT

From: TRUTHLOVER321@AOL.COM
Subject: An Empty Chair In The European Union!

FRIENDS:

OLE GERSTROM SENT THIS TO THE ICKEFRIENDSLIST. IT IS VEERRRYYY INTERESTING!

An Empty Chair In The European Union!

In Brussels, Belgium, a massive building has been erected costing untotaled billions of dollars. It is a crystal palace tower referred to as the "tower building."

This "tower" of glass is the headquarters building of the European Union, which is a United States of Europe. Just as ancient Babel had a tower, so this latter day one-world government has a tower.

Inside this crystal palace are 679 seats designed like the seats of the starship Enterprise in the Star Trek series. These 679 seats are for all of the delegates of the member nations, and every chair is occupied except one.

Here is a partial roster by chair number: 655-Couteaux, 656-Fitzsimons, 657-Hyland, 658-Kuntz, 659-De La Perriere, 660-Marchiani, 661-Montfort, 662-Quiero, 663-Souchet, 664-Thomas-Mauro, 665-Zissener, 666-VACANT, 667-Cappato, 668-Turco, 669-Bonino, 670-Pannella, 671-Dupuis, 672-Della Vedova, 673-Dell Alba, 674-Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, 675-Gobbo, 676-Speroni, 677-Bossi, 678-Formentini, 679-Crowley.

(3) We are made to ask, why is seat number 666 vacant, and why is it the only one that is vacant? Who will eventually occupy seat number 666?

It is also interesting to note that from seat number 666 to the final seat number 679 is exactly 13 seats. We must also note that the stamp that commemorated the election of the Fifth Parliament of Europe to sit in the massive hemicycle of seats was the symbol of a woman riding on a beast.

(4) We are clearly seeing a prophetic beast government that carries a whorish rider. In Revelation 17:3, we are warned of this as follows:

"So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns."

We have now received a report that on Tuesday, March 6, 2001, the European Court of Justice ruled that the European Union cannot be criticized. Criticism of that institution and its delegates is now illegal.

(5) Such audacity is beyond belief, but we are dealing with a satanic and tyrannical system.

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