Hello Steve,  
  
The set of correspondences I attempted in my last post reflects  
a reference to Ezekiel 9:4 which I listed under "Old Testament."  
After I made that post, I realized I hadn't referenced that link  
in the prefacing note.  Anyway, I'm posting it here again, and  
I'll follow it with another passage about Nebuchadnezzar and  
the creation of the "image of the beast."   
  
golem           emet  (truth)          met  (death)  
  
Old Testament   tav (righteous         death  
                in Jerusalem)  
  
New Testament   X or + (believer)      mark of the beast  
                Christ, Messiah        name of the beast  
                Father's name          number of his name  
                Savior  
  
Koran           mu'min (believer)      kfr, kafir (non-believer)  
  
  
 "Nebuchadnezzar tried to entice Daniel, saying to him, 'Will you   
 not bow down to the image, for it is strong and real?  Come see   
 what it can do.'  He said to him, 'And you will bow down to it of   
 yourself.'  What did the wicked king do?  He took the plate of the   
 High Priest and put it in the mouth of the image, and then he   
 brought together all manner of musicians who played hymns to it,   
 and it (the image) responded, 'I am the Lord thy God...' "   
                                    
                               (Shir Ha Shirim Rabbah 7:15)  
  
  
  
   
  
 ...  
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5