666 Question
Greg, Nancy, and James Todd todds@pa.net
Fri, 9 Jan 1998 16:42:34 -0500 (00884403754, 199801092142.QAA27488@emh1.pa.net)
>> Flash - this just in:
>> > Did you know that 1998 is the Year of the Beast? Why? The "mark of
>> > the beast" as told in Revelation is 666 (although earlier translations
>> > gave it as 661, which doesn't sound quite as esoteric).
>> >
>> > Divide this year -- 1998 -- by three, the number of the Holy Trinity,
>> > and you get 666.
>
>Yeah wow. See below. I bet some Christian stayed up all night figuring
>that one out. Anyone want to publish a quickie end of the world book?
>
>>
>> Martin-
>> What's the deal with the 661/666 discrepancy? How can they screw
>> something like this up if it's supposed to be such a terrible number to
>> avoid?
>
>>From what I understand, there are one or more early
>manuscripts that have the number 616 instead of 666.
>However, as to 666 being "esoteric" the actual greek numbers used were
>not three of the same digits, like in our modern number system. I can't
>find the paper on the web again for some reason, but search for a paper
>at Dallas Tehological Seminary which goes into this.
>Scott
>
>
NANCY
The Greek says "hexakosioi hexekonta hex" which is six-hundred sixty
six.(Rev 13:18)
Nancy Todd
todds@pa.net