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The article explores some of the references to the
number 666 and why it might have been seen as significant in past
times.
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Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count
the number of the beast for it is the number of man; and his
number is six hundred, threescore and six. |
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Revelations (13:18) |
Many people have associated 'the beast'
with the anti-Christ and interpreted this quotation to mean the
666 is the Devil's number. But the Book of Revelations
is full of enigmatic numbers. For example, it talks about the
measurements of the New Jerusalem:
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And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure
the city and the gates thereof. And the city lieth foursquare,
and the length is as large as the breadth; and he measured the
city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and
the breadth and the height of it are equal. |
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Revelations (21:15-16) |
A cubed city of twelve thousand furlongs
would be of immense size particularly as it would reach 1500
miles into the air - the stuff of science fiction. St John might
have glimpsed a distant technological future of planet Earth,
but it is much more likely that the verse has symbolic rather
than factual meaning. Number symbolism, found extensively throughout
the Bible, is very significant in Judaic belief. Indeed, as I
was to discover, the first mention of the number 666 is
not Revelations, but the Book of Kings which says:
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Now the weight of gold that came to
Solomon in one year
was six hundred, three score and six, talents of gold. |
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Kings (10:14) |
The name Solomon is derived from the Hebrew
word Shalom, meaning peace, but has then been translated in the
King James version as an alchemical amalgam of sol
(sun),
and omon (moon).
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