Alo ha,
I just posted a video on you tube about who the 666 is.
You may find it interesting-
youtube.com/watch?v=GFnX6wGhjF4
Bill, mrgalleria
The 666 Identified
by mrgalleria 12 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Black Sheep
... this explanation was given to you from above?
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cantleave
Yeah - Right!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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wobble
666 is not in some manuscripts ,another figure is,where does that leave all speculation on its meaning?
read Terrys thread on "Does the Bible really exist" it will help you get a life.
And you have written calvery instead of cavalry on 9v16, sorry to cavil.
Love
Wobble
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sacolton
Wasn't there a change that showed it was actually 616 and not 666?
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Chalam
Welcome aboard Bill!
Revelation 13:18 (English Standard Version)
18 ( This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.
Footnotes:- Revelation 13:18 Some manuscripts 616
I watched the video but the author's "message from God" contradicts the very same verse "for it is the number of a man", not men as the video claims.
Have a read here on the subject.
Number of the Beast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.theopedia.com/Antichrist
Blessings,
Stephen
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leavingwt
Where do I send my money?
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Elsewhere
If anyone knows the answer, please write it on the back of a new 47 inch 1080p HD Plasma TV and mail to to me.
The first person with the correct answer will win $50. (No purchase necessary, void where prohibited.)
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Terry
an excerpt of the report of the discovery:
A newly discovered fragment of the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament indicates that, as far as the Antichrist goes, theologians, scholars, heavy metal groups, and television evangelists have got the wrong number. Instead of 666, it's actually the far less ominous 616.
The new fragment from the Book of Revelation, written in ancient Greek and dating from the late third century, is part of a hoard of previously unintelligible manuscripts discovered in historic dumps outside Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. Now a team of expert classicists, using new photographic techniques, are finally deciphering the original writing.
Professor David Parker, Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham, thinks that 616, although less memorable than 666, is the original. He said: "This is an example of gematria, where numbers are based on the numerical values of letters in people's names. Early Christians would use numbers to hide the identity of people who they were attacking: 616 refers to the Emperor Caligula."
The Book of Revelation is traditionally considered to be written by John, a disciple of Jesus; it identifies 666 as the mark of the Antichrist. In America, the fundamentalist Christian right often use the number in sermons about the coming Apocalypse.
They and satanists responded coolly to the new "Revelation". Peter Gilmore, High Priest of the Church of Satan, based in New York, said: "By using 666 we're using something that the Christians fear. Mind you, if they do switch to 616 being the number of the beast then we'll start using that."
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miseryloveselders
I checked out Wikipedia which is isnt the most credible site for accurate information, but it at least gets you in the ballpark. Its amazing, the huge amount of interpretations regarding this Number of the Beast. The part that gets me is, the WT's view is listed, and although being a born-in, I find that the WT's view of this subject, is one of the interpretations that makes the lease sense to me.