When Your Money Fails

by Mary Stewart Relfe

"This book will prove to you beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are in the last moments of time. It is a catalog of fascinating facts. This extraordinary and explosive Handbook Of The End Time may wee be the means of the preservation of you and your family." - Rev Simon Peter Cameron. * Date U.S. plans to insert Mark on body. * The Head/Hand Scan Machines are ready! * Learn how YOU and others are Now using the "^^^ SYSTEM," including Mastercard, Visa, Sears, Pennys, Belks, Supermarkets, U.S. Government, European Common Market, Sadat, etc. --- from book's back cover

234 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Eric_W · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well, for centuries, Biblical scholars(?) have attempted to unravel that mysterious number. Most think it stands for a name and most fundamentalists believe it stands for the name of the Antichrist. Early Christians found the number 666 in the names of many of their persecutors. Protestants devised all sorts of ways to extract the number in the names of the popes; Catholics retaliated by finding it in the names of Luther and Calvin. Mary Stewart Relfe in this 1981 book When Your Money Fails proclaimed that 666 was embedded in credit card numbers, computer programs, code numbers on supermarket items*, and in use by the IRS. She suggested that soon laser beams would be writing 666 on the foreheads of all those except the faithful. Martin Gardner showed how the digits 666 can be uncovered in almost any name depending on what code you use and how much interest you have in mischief making. For example if A=100, B=101, etc. Hitler adds up to 666. With a simpler code of A=I, B=2, etc. and multiplying each letter-value by six Sun Moon adds up to 666. The same technique works with Kissinger as well as the word computer. Swaggart(A=1, 9=2, etc.) adds to 96. Jimmy (A=101,
9=102, ••• ) adds to 570. The sum is 666. And then of course there is Ronald Wilson Reagan: count the number of letters in each name. Maybe there is something to it.

[Matt · Rating 1 out of 5]

The funniest unintentionally funny book I've ever read. Case in point:

* "A Washington State University Professor, R. Keith Farrell, invented a laser tattoo gun in 1974 with which he has laser numbered fish in one thirty-billionth of a second."

* At one point she warns of a ridiculous social security number plot with voodoo math and provides an example...with her own social security number.

* 666 is everywhere: it's in your Nebraska bank account, your child's mathematics textbook, (666 Jellybeans)...even a Black Sabbath album!!

* Spoiler Alert: there is an "update," buried behind the illustrations, where the author backtracks on the entire conspiracy altogether, admitting credit cards are actually okay.

* At the end of the book, there's an address to which you can send a letter (and presumably a check, for your tin foil hat) if this book "succeeded in bringing you to a closer knowledge of Jesus Christ."

Out of all the books, this is one of them.

[Shi · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a fiction reader, I wasn't able to appreciate the book as much as others. Reading this book gave me a preview of how money worked in the 90's, and it was confusing. The way she added several math calculations about the "666" program was confusing. Mary's writing style also did not touch me the best, making it harder for me to understand the contents of her book.

However, I do like the way she related biblical references to her explanations. The way she explained how her biblical references are related to her stand is quite understandable. I did not enjoy this book as much as I thought I would. So, I would recommend this book only to those who love reading about historical happenings where the author relates it to biblical references.

[Lisa Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was released some time ago because I remembered reading it as a little girl. The way the world is and is still becoming today, I remembered things I had read in this book decades ago. It’s kinda spooky as if it were fortune telling in a backwards way. But it is surely the truth and is unfolding more rapidly by the day.

[Sandi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book back around 1982. It was a bit chilling but went into things that I already anticipated would occur. This clarifies some things and enlightened my mind as to what to watch out for. If you are not ready for the end of time, you better get yourself ready!

[Samuel Mabaso]

Please tell me where can I get a copy of this book I live in South Africa,in the Vaal area.

[Ned · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love this book is great. thank to mary

[Chris Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hilarious