616 - The Number of the Beast

Originally posted by jehova620
Now that it has being realised that the numbering of the beast relates to a secret assasination code the murderers used to identify their target, it appears that the actual number of the beast was 616 relating to Emperor Caligula.

If thats the case then who was target 666.

I suppose its possible to count 50 assasinations later in Rome and find the target, or does anyone know?

Originally posted by jehova620
Now that it has being realised that the numbering of the beast relates to a secret assasination code the murderers used to identify their target

Originally posted by jehova620
Now that it has being realised that the numbering of the beast relates to a secret assasination code the murderers used to identify their target, it appears that the actual number of the beast was 616 relating to Emperor Caligula.

Originally posted by abovereproach
The book of Revelation is so confusing (probably deliberately so) that no one can make any real sense out of it,

The beast is identified by the number 666 in the text (Rev 13:18). This is very likely an instance of gematria, an early form of Jewish mysticism. Its object is to conceal a name by substituting for it a cipher of equal numerical value to the letters composing it. When the name "Nero Caesar" is spelled with Hebrew letters as נרון קסר (NRON QSR—Hebrew vowels are usually not letters), each letter has a corresponding numerical value, N=50, R=200, O=6 N=50, Q=100, S=60, R=200, resulting in the sum of 666.
Some Greek manuscripts of Revelation have a different number. Here the number is not 666, but 616. If Nero is alternatively spelled as NRO instead of NRON, one gets 616; NRO minus N(=50).

Other people discount the gematrian theory and argue that "666" symbolically represents the trinity of evil (the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet), as "6" is one short from the perfect "7". It is also believed the number represents humankind's sinful nature.