The NUMBER 666 and the NAME of the BEAST Without Using GEMATRIA


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Why have I chosen to abandon the popular theory of 'Gematria' for determining the Name/Number of the Scarlet Abyss Beast?

After nearly 2000 years of Church history and MASSIVE traditional failed attempts using the gematria model by both theological scholars and laymen alike is proof enough, to show the number and name of the Beast, even utilizing in the last few years super computers, has little to NO fruits to bear for the 'millions' of man-hours expended.

One of the best alleged results by those who adamantly support the gematria theory (present company once included) is purported to be the name of NERO CAESAR - who by the clear admission of Scriptures themselves, respecting Rev. 17:8-11, reveal that the 8th King had to exist before John's day of his vision, and will futuristically rise from the Abyss over 2000 years later to reign as a King once more. How can Nero Caesar do this? Moreover, this alleged '666' gematria of the name of Nero is also based on a corrupted spelling of the name Nero (NERON).

Therefore, the theory of gematria is nothing more than a time consuming beast within itself, that only results in endless empty speculative assumptions and enslaves all who try to figure out the name of the Beast of Rev. 13:18 using this misguided methodology. There are currently over 6 billion people on this planet today, not even counting those before John's day, whose names are all potential candidates (some more so than others) for the theory of gematria and the number 666. Just how many of those names (if you could EVER translate them to either ancient Biblical Hebrew or ancient Biblical Greek correctly - NOT contemporary Hebrew/Greek) would actually equal 666 in either the Hebrew or Greek gematria models/methods, even as we currently speak - it is hopeless?

Meanwhile, there is NO way with absolute certainty (which is a prophetic mandate with this particular prophecy) of determining whether or not we should use either Hebrew gematria or Greek gematria - and of these two methods to complicate things even more there are several variious alternatives of each of these as well - hopeless.

Moreover, even when you are successful at deriving a name in either Biblical Hebrew or Biblical Greek that equals 666 gematria, it will NOT be supported in Scripture. Why? There is ONLY one name in all of Scripture that equals the Hebrew gematria of 666, this is SETHUR and means 'hidden' (Num.13:13). While this name may appear at first to be promising regarding the Abyss Beast, it proves to have no Babylonian connection as the 'wounded head' must.