Vernon Jenkins wrote:
> David,
>
> Your posting suggests to me that you have, perhaps, not given the Book
> of Revelation the attention it deserves. Its contents represent a direct
> communication from the Lord (1:1), and 22:18 further makes it clear that
> one would be most unwise to treat it lightly. I therefore take it that
> 13:18's offer of wisdom is seriously meant; further, I perceive that 666
> is an interesting number, per se. Thus, a simple consideration of these
> matters should generate the incentive to lead the inquiring mind further
> - not necessarily to determine the identity of the beast, however, but
> rather to uncover remarkable numerical coincidences by the process of
> reading Scripture's Hebrew and Greek words as numbers.
>
> Clearly, those who continue to claim (without proof!) that structures of
> equal interest may be found in any text, have just not understood* the
> strength of the evidence.
It should be noted that there is some textual evidence for the number
in this verse being 616 or 646 rather than 666.
Shalom,
George
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