12-13-2017, 08:09 AM
"we must affirm that gematria is a biblically unfounded and unwarranted practice." - Aux
No, we must not affirm what is your personal opinion, Aux. You can make up a rule for yourself if you like, but God has not made such a rule.
Six Hundred and Sixty and Six, is the number of his name. Not a census of a bunch of people.
It is the number of his name...
"That no one may buy or sell again except one who has the mark of the name of The Beast or the number of its name." Rev 13:17
Rev 13:18 "it is the number of a man" i.e. the number of his name. Note: not a number of men, as in a census of many people, but the number of a man, one man, and it is the number of his name.
"And the smoke of their torment ascends for the eternity of eternities, and there is no rest, day or night, for those who worship The Beast and its Image and for him who takes the mark of its name." Rev 14:11
No, we must not affirm what is your personal opinion, Aux. You can make up a rule for yourself if you like, but God has not made such a rule.
Six Hundred and Sixty and Six, is the number of his name. Not a census of a bunch of people.
It is the number of his name...
"That no one may buy or sell again except one who has the mark of the name of The Beast or the number of its name." Rev 13:17
Rev 13:18 "it is the number of a man" i.e. the number of his name. Note: not a number of men, as in a census of many people, but the number of a man, one man, and it is the number of his name.
"And the smoke of their torment ascends for the eternity of eternities, and there is no rest, day or night, for those who worship The Beast and its Image and for him who takes the mark of its name." Rev 14:11