Re: 666 Day

Wow, what an admission this is!

As a preterist, I am not even convinced that 666 refers to Nero (although it is an interesting theory and I have no other better suggestion.)

But to even admit this is a possibility means that you guys believe that Revelation was written prior to 70AD (prior to 68 AD even since that is the date of Nero's death,) and that John (if not other NT authors) anticipated that the Last Days was going to be a first century event.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: George Murphy
  To: Dick Fischer ; ASA
  Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:24 AM
  Subject: Re: 666 Day

  Nero is the most likely suspect but in any case the text says "it is the number of a human" (arithmos gar anthropon estin) so anyone who tries to connect it with the number of a month hasn't even read the text with any care. & in the 1st century June wouldn't have even been the 6th month!

  Shalom
  George
  http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Dick Fischer
    To: ASA
    Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 11:38 PM
    Subject: 666 Day

    At last a day we can celebrate(?) on the same day on both sides of the Atlantic Pond. Before anyone crawls under the bed to escape the antichrist this is just a brief reminder that those numbers likely referred to Nero. Okay, say a prayer or two just in case.

    Dick Fischer

    Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association

    Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History

    www.genesisproclaimed.org

     
Received on Tue Jun 6 07:15:48 2006