{"id":3034,"date":"2007-12-29T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-29T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2007\/12\/29\/the-area-code-of-the-beast\/"},"modified":"2007-12-29T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-29T20:20:00","slug":"the-area-code-of-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2007\/12\/the-area-code-of-the-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Area Code of the Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"

A small, highly religious town in southwest Louisiana has finally gained the right to change their 666 area code, which they consider a stigma.
\nFor 40 years the town of Reeves, La., has battled to change the phone prefix, but has failed at least four times, Mayor Scott Walker told The Associated Press. <\/p>\n

But beginning this month, residents and businesses can apply to change their area code from 666 to 749. <\/p>\n

This boils down to, this is a very, very religious community, Walker said, according to AP.
\nThe town has three churches, two Bible and one Baptist, in a community with less than 450 homes.
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This reminds me of another recent story.<\/p>\n

The highway that stretches from Laredo to Duluth, Minn., has grabbed the attention of Christians across the country, including those in Austin. <\/p>\n

Members of Christian groups along the I-35 corridor said the highway was mentioned in the Bible, and in order to fulfill a prophecy, it needs a little saving first.
\nAccording to Light The Highway, the worldwide movement is driving thousands to prayer on the interstate. Christians said the Old Testament’s book of Isaiah prophesizes I-35 will be the United States’ “Highway of Holiness.”
\nIsaiah 35:8 reads: “And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it.”<\/p>\n

“Everything we do, we want to make sure scripture is backing us up,” said Austin’s PromiseLand Church Pastor Charlie Lujan. “I-35 being Isaiah 35, it just matched.”
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Friends don’t let friends use Sola Scriptura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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