An extremely long time ago, back when I was about the same age as many of you, I was looking at a couple of versions of the Bible, including my Mother’s New English version, as I studied this verse:
This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18 RSV
I believe one of the versions contained the phrase “sum of the digits,” or some such thing, and it got me to thinking. There are twenty-six letters in the alphabet. In that range, three numbers have digits that add up to 6: 6, 15 (1+5=6), and 24 (2+4=6). The sixth letter is “F.” The fifteenth is “O.” The twenty-fourth is “X.” Put them together and you’ve got “FOX.” Certainly Satan is much like a fox, as he tricks us into doing what is wrong. Read these:
Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made…. Genesis 3:1
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I ate." Genesis 3:13
What do you think 666 means?
This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18 RSV
I believe one of the versions contained the phrase “sum of the digits,” or some such thing, and it got me to thinking. There are twenty-six letters in the alphabet. In that range, three numbers have digits that add up to 6: 6, 15 (1+5=6), and 24 (2+4=6). The sixth letter is “F.” The fifteenth is “O.” The twenty-fourth is “X.” Put them together and you’ve got “FOX.” Certainly Satan is much like a fox, as he tricks us into doing what is wrong. Read these:
Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made…. Genesis 3:1
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I ate." Genesis 3:13
What do you think 666 means?