‘Te NuseneR OF THE BEAST Laces origin back to the [New Testament book of Revelation which is presumed to Ihave been composed by John the vin, sometime lt in ‘the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian (8-96). "There eed for rena here: if ayo iclver eno ray inept the nerf the bea te mae of ‘man the mabe 666" newetarios xt 8, ‘Thelast book inthe Bibleand only apocalyptic work in the New Testament, Revelation remains more “unintelligible ‘than any ether Biblical account. “This is lrgly because it bounds in symbolism ofa type tat we do nt use and ‘which we no longer possess the ke” Scholars have long sought to recover this key through the prictce of numerology, or number mysticism. Driven by che suspicion that Beal numbers such ae the Number ‘ofthe Best, might represent the names of historical Figures in cipher, they have appropriated or onfabulated a variety ‘of artificial stems equating eters with numbers, in thet tempts fo ies them (Kabbalah cemsaining one of the tore elastic ofthese systems) Bishop of Lyon enaus (130-202) was the ist we know tw have sought the ientty of the Beas in this manner, arriving three possibe culprits Evanthas, Latinos and ‘Tatan ~ by employing te Hellenic alphabetic numerals Which reveals at leas, that an explanation fr the Number ofthe Beast had not circulated withthe eater traditions of the Church "Eventually the cheologians came to believe that the Beast. with seven heads and ten horns, in all probability refers "Toshi and [Pane teapot Jn wa ied fom Eps, “ident or some mane aft he exo a an ree te FsReveton (av a! [Nw Be Dicom: i) 2b rane of ssn ators sana nd iis who steer Tt he Dok wa wren nthe ie (¢Dowan® thew Bk Datos pcs) 5 New Bhi Dismay, por 4 thereat seve tint sens oF Cabs integration“a suceesson of seven Roman emperors; while the] ten crowned horns are ten subject kings But the Number ofthe Beast has caded decipherment “Codes nd riddles were made in both Greek and Hebrew by esing numbers fr lees, according. thee order in the alphabet. Some cornmentators have claimed that 666i the total ofthe number values of Nero Casa” Others have worked the numbers to exhume Matin Lather” Emperor apoleon,"‘euporia' the ancient Greek term fr “wealth” and a host of complementary numerologicl bits nore Mathematicians to, examined the Number ofthe Beast, largely to dismiss the number mystics but aso to se if ‘hey might not detect init a product, quotient o¢ sum of relied measures. Many ofthese investigations focused 02 magic squares, while others looked to prime numbers oF the Fibonacci sequence feces” Yet the puzzle mained tansolved My soLutio, as wil here be divulged, ives 2 radial imerprtation of al Biblical figures The Number ofthe Beas isa mathematical sum not 2 rnumerologca figment ~ invaling the Roman numerals “There were only seven ~ seven letters ofthe alphabet which doubled 3s numbers 1 ¥ (5): X G0} 4 (50; € (00); (500); m (1000). ‘The fist six of these numerals ad up 10 666. While the numeral (1000) i igurativly focal to the ‘millennial references inthe succeeding verses of Revelation, 4 ons txeuon, Was The Name nd Nu of i Beas (44 0) pave son, The utr Nar of eA Beat Giassionvon 1 Yon ster PDs of he Wk evdton of sk 9) Tebvoses, Namely oy ha Bago Wan poe The aw an age some down fom aoe wil he ky of ‘he bys is hand aa enormous cain He overpowered ‘he dao that promeval serpent hiss he dev ae Satan, 2d hae hip fr ooo years He hr him it the ‘Abyss ond shut te entance and led ioe i, to make ‘re he wold wat ceive the nations aa at he those ‘ars ad pase. A ted of hat Hie he st rele, bout oni fra short whe” [ne ELATION XX! 3-3] ‘The narrative crptially refers othe ancient model ofthe Junaton, which featured seve conspicuous lunar phases amid a welte of unidentifiable specs the sven Roman rumerals according conveniently with thes acl phases “The seventh numeral, accordingly, designates wasing «resent ~the last visible phase inthe sky before the moon {descends int the aby or two dark nights, Characterized san angel who chains the serpent up for i000 yeas the ‘escent held "the key’ 0 unlock the underworld gates pre sly because tthe last phase visible on high prior tthe submergence ofthe Lunation. "Athousand years‘alludes othe seventh or fsa phase ~ ‘hose dation isa single night, wot 1000 years ~ theough fan ordinal corelaion: both 6 (9000) and waning crescent ‘comprising the seventh igure in their respective models.” sie in antiquity the foal phases ofthe nation ad been ientfed a8 gods"* waxise enescest Egyptian Horas Greds Ares waxine HaLe-M00N Thoth, Hermes: inst FULL MOON Amon, Apolo; s2eOND FULL MOON 2 ming een mag hl og fr far a] waning eset inser te ahs he laraon when heen ese ape of ame Inara or ern the aes Wao Ppa) ss "Hepler sed amd nla, yt he reson fit th ty esc ne nee sesn and on in thay expres oy he unre ‘onaiallrimtnn 19 2)"9-° 31° pass aed frowavet Te ru Mahon 97) 1 sowUMHOL he th aprRa, Zeus Fins wasiNe PHASE Set, Pscdom: WANENG HALF-MOON Plah, Hephaests; WANING CRESCENT Osis, Hlades/Phta ut with theese of Monotheism they had 10 be reassigned as angels” The enormous chain in which the terminal phase binds the serpent inks al the spectres ofthe lution together. "The serpent which was thought o inhabit the underworld, was envisioned as having ken the moon caprive during two-night absence from the sky (when Yhe serpent — “reloaed, but only fora short while [two nights)" ~ had assumed the vacant throne ofthe rightful ruler of nigh) The sum ofthe first six Roman numerals was ascribed to the Beast only after the fst six focal phases had had their night ~ the final phase, waning crescent, alone lef to keep him from consuming the ene lunation. The Beast had ssallowed the frst ix focal phases digesting a sum of 686 NAMES ComPostD oF Lerten which doubleasnumbers, lead inevitably to the suspicion that Biblical names might all have been conceived a ciphers.” Exiting a tematic ‘search for aumerat insights into the more enigmatic tests ofthe Bible (gematra). Which remain incomprehensible because the model upon which they are based has never before now been correctly identified ‘While eatie forms of the Roman numerals have been ‘conjectured, itis the system’ limit of seven components and Latin term for “thousand” =the acrophonic ‘mille hich invite the parallel Consiering dat of compesition 15 seer sets: Ui Ma Rael Raph Sv Remi, Care "lhe bt nw epee Ga meses eo the sine hing nd few oe Cas Hand) SNe nuns cong he Noe te Ba, ty ababeaed ogi up etn tverolel 9 nog {eeiples tence npr syle the roves 1 in by Mere ae snd ober). Trea, The UanenlHiy of nes P of Revelation, the contemporaneous development ofthe Complete system of Roman numerals further supports its adoption asa parallel in these passages." ‘And, notably the name and nature of the Beast both accommodate calendrcal theme, THE BOO OF REVELATION contains numerous deta. Which accord with the calendrical hypothesis, "When the howd years are ovr [hen waning crescent is extinguished, Satan leveled from his pon the dark ord of the underworld presiding ove the wo nights fof datos between crescent) and wil cao ds Al he navos theo ates of he cal rie, Gog and Mago st and second dark igs), and ble thom for war Fs armies wil Be as many asthe wana fe 4a [underworld desert intimatng desertion fom on high ‘he moon submerged inthe underwor hy will come ‘svar overt entire connty [of the nao) and ese the camp of he sins, which thy hat Go ves [heaven Bua re [wang crescent characterized n Egypt 8 Hons ‘he Avenger! wil cone don tem fom hesen and tonsume tere” [eevenatiow wx 9) ‘8°Known natn ofthe ato 0 8 a mea dot gba Inch aretha the ft centay aT te ts fry led. thle Roman inscipton wg ro es Eo yy 8 Cope Ica a ou Sony te lta {hips rpenan Lena vou nein 99) ich the surber nape sn ire Pom One Zo Ps 1p te wld nib woof Crbere a andere ai ‘hs Sythe spon forthe Gee yt cnr est en ‘resare cua socsted win the unde buihbee they wren eee on ih tough vera, nd hey Pode eee ieery gent poe (et) ceo dy ede a comple! aera ce pope these anew elena et etree are othe epete seting pm [New ie Duster ps 2» rae imasar nial compound of songs lees {compen owt, pra nse elena om Founde eoniencarroni ee as ea oor“The angela the four corners ofthe earth holding the four ‘wind of the world back” ecord withthe four focal luna? phases atthe eoenes'of the lunaion ~ opposing crescents {nd tin full moons ~ when ordered about a compass "The I sew another anel ing where thes ro aryng ‘these of the ving Cd e le na poe oe he Jour angle ty ast deve lr a se." foe youd ay damage on land ra st oF the es, i have the elon the frend ofthe servants of ur Gad Then heard how many er sale 14.000 out (fall he tribes offal” nevetai@n vit 2-4) Asum which harbours calendtical signfzance. Thesonsof Israel numbered 6ot,30 before crossing the River Jordan into the Promised Lond.® Thus 457.730 of thets™ were left tunprotected. A pumber which conceals» calculation for the length ofthe mean lunation ~ro within 3) seconds.” ‘This ial the more remarkable because, 36 | have shown in an earlier work,” the number 601730 also elingushes another dramatic quotient lusting the improvement of the Hebrew year over that ofthe Egyptians. 1. oxeseese Iran fo Rar th Ams Wo 30 “Seetunmion sonal trad ie exe byte wide ° rr ih wih ng tana an {20 mean naa alte eyo. desde ‘Shoe yoyo Whi pen fe way he bet) of Roan ‘seid tesa fs Roman sures asks ee ‘Sposa he aston ig sn! oe onder 26 bong najoo 4ssiysans mich epee mer fe Som oat ome erating mo tes of das and Ber 3% = 7 (the seven focal lnarspectes). The Great City represents "grea. yer' cys both the Egyptian 35-year lunar measure and the Hebrew 8 yea calendar. Main steet of the Great City isthe limar cycle. The'7000 consumed by eardhqun represent the product of the seventh foal, of terminal, phase of the Ionation (waning crescent) with its Reman hhumetal scription: 71000 = 7000 ‘Te final spectre in the lunation descends into the earth sina afisure opened by a quake. The tenth ofthe ity {or 30-day month) computes the 3-day dark interval. DESPITE THE EVIDENCE scholars maintain that numbers «an be made to support any thesis — even thse who know the dilerence bavwgen mathematis and numerology. “eis very diel tow whether there ieything fate in thee theres au costing the maka’ obo: ose. “Numbers con be arranged iv 0 many psi ways and ee ‘abo erik thet people arch of eran pars dsc fr igor one or ks hat bear shes mums of marking, leering them ih ony he pecalysectoesha they thik prove evidence fr whatever a they want prove ‘ncbet, The Cine and the Cathe Pps)” Yet none of the numbers inthe foregoing pertions from the book of Revelation ave been satisfactory explaine the generic gloscs fom the editors ofthe Jerwsalem Bile contending, fr instance, that the 7000 merely representa {great numberof all lasses” Or thatthe 144,000 marked with God's sea signi ite more than “tele (the sacred umber) squared and multiplied by 1000, representing the totality ofthe faithful referring to core 12,000 from each ‘ofthe twelve tribes of Israel." Not the slightest insight into the reason for so many explicit and expansive numbers “The magnitude of coinidenoe scholars wold have you categorically dismiss rather than considera hypothesis ike ‘mine, where many ofthe numbers have been explined wsth the same mode isfar from slender If numbers can be So easly “atranged in so many posible ways how iit that ro one in all these years has ventured an explanation of Biblical numbers based on ‘coincidences with models other than the ination? 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