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quote: Originally posted by Rokkr
According to some biblical expert on NPR today, actually the number has been misinterpreted.
The actual number is 616 according to him, so the antichrist was born 4 days ago. Satan is sneaky.
No, it's Hebrew numerology. The Beast was an allegorical representation of Nero (who basically committed genocide against Christians and Jews not too long before Reveleations was written). 666 are the Hebrew consonants that spelled out "Nero Caesar" in the Greek form (remembering that in Hebrew, letters do double duty for numbers (i.e. numbers aren't separate characters), so spelling "Nero Caesar" also spells "666"). 616 is the Hebrew for the Latin version.
In Revelations, the Beast--though a literal beast--wasn't Satan (he was called by Satan), he represented emporer-worship.
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