'The number of the beast' was not written as a figure like “666.” Rather, the letters of the alphabet were written out in full. However, if the Greek letters for Nero Caesar ( Neron Kaisar) are transliterated into Hebrew ( nrwn qsr), the letter numbers add up to 666 (50 + 200 + 6 + 50 + 100 + 60 + 200 = 666). The letters in Greek for “Nero” (Neron) add up to 1005. It is much harder to take a number and turn it back into a name. Of course, it is quite easy to take a name and turn it into a number. For example, one inscription on a wall in Pompei reads, 'I love the girl whose number is 545.

Of course, the Initials stand for, 'Roger Barrier plus Julie Tacker.' Young lovers in Greece and Rome used gematria to express their relationships. When Julie and I were dating I often wrote the initials, 'RB + JT' in my notebook or in the wet cement of a newly poured sidewalk. Add up the letters and you get the number of the name. In Latin, this practice is called 'isopsephism.' Each letter in the Greek language has a numeral equivalent. The number '666' is the number of the name of the coming Antichrist. Giving a number to a name is called 'gematria,' which is the Greek practice of adding up the letters in someone's name. Here is your answer to what 666 means according to the Bible book of Revelation: 666 literally means a name. We are certainly living in some very frightening, scary times, aren't we? The antichrist knows his days are numbered.

I, too, believe in 'types and shadows' and do believe that the Bible is to be read both historically and predictively. May I please be considered a 'somebody' so that you will do so? You said in today's post that you will post your answer to ' what does 666 mean' when somebody asks you.

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