"Partial preterism believes that most of the book was fulfilled
in the first-century, not all of the book."
Partial preterist interpretation of the Revelation, by chapter - Page 3
Revelation 13 identifies the beast's name
as being equated to the number 666
(or 616, your footnote may tell you).
John explicitly tells his readership
that they can identify the name behind 666
if they have wisdom. John places no other conditions
on how to "decipher" the number, which plainly means that
John's contemporaries could use wisdom
to determine the identity of who 666
(or 616) refers to. If the number 666 (or 616) refers to
a man in our future,
this task would be absolutely impossible
for every Christian from the first-century up to
whenever that man finally arrives on the scene.
John must have in mind a first-century man
if he honestly expects his contemporary Christians
to identify him using only wisdom
and not, say, the New York Times.
In extension, the identity of this first-century man
would be accessible to Christians of all times.
John tells his readers that the "mark of the beast"
is the beast's name or the number of that name,
being the number of a man. Hence,
the number is a man's name.
The practice of "codifying" a person's name into a number
was a very widespread practice
in first-century Hebrew, Greek, and Roman cultures,
whereas nowadays it is virtually non-existent.
As a matter of fact, there are two historically verified
Hebrew spellings of the name Nero Caesar.
In this practice of number-names,
the first spelling equates to 666,
the second spelling equates to 616.
The simple fact that man who began
the first official, legal persecution of Christians
bears a name that equates to both 666 and 616 is astounding.
The Beast (Revelation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
..Nero, the emperor at the time John was writing the book, is the sixth king "who is". Suetonius' and Josephus' enumeration of the emperors was: Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius (the five kings who have fallen at the time that John is writing), Nero (one "who is"), and Galba - one who "has not yet come, but when he does come, he must remain for a little while" - six months (Rev. 17:10). Moreover, Rome was known in antiquity as the city of seven hills (Rev. 13:1, Rev. 17:9) and Revelation was a warning about events that were "shortly" to take place (Rev. 1:1).
In Rev. 13:5-8, the Beast was given a mouth speaking in blasphemies against God and His Name. Inscriptions have been found in Ephesus in which Nero is called "Almighty God" and "Savior".[12] In verse 4, the Beast is worshipped by the world alongside the Dragon that gave it Authority. Nero and Caligula "abandoned all reserve" in promoting emperor worship they were the only two who demanded divine honors while still alive. Nero claimed to be the sun-god Apollo.
Finally, the readers of Revelation were told to "calculate the number of the Beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six" (Rev. 13:18). Since the Book of Revelation was written to a first-century audience, sometime in late 64 AD, John did not expect that his readers "who had understanding" to have any difficulty identifying the beast, since they could simply calculate the meaning of this cryptogram. "Neron Kaisar" (the Greek rendering, documented by archaeological finds), when transliterated into Hebrew נרון קסר (Nrwn Qsr) had a number of 666. The variant number 616 found in some manuscripts of the Greek text of Revelation may represent the alternative Hebrew spelling נרו קסר (Nrw Qsr) based on the Latin form "Nero Caesar". The variant probably existed to keep consistent the meaning of Nero as the Beast.[13]
Christians should be expecting Christ not the Anti-Christ..
This Anti-Christ with the 666 has already come.
Babylon has already fallen, so the next event in Revelation
is Jesus coming back on a a white horse.
Things can only get better!!
ff
in the first-century, not all of the book."
Partial preterist interpretation of the Revelation, by chapter - Page 3
Revelation 13 identifies the beast's name
as being equated to the number 666
(or 616, your footnote may tell you).
John explicitly tells his readership
that they can identify the name behind 666
if they have wisdom. John places no other conditions
on how to "decipher" the number, which plainly means that
John's contemporaries could use wisdom
to determine the identity of who 666
(or 616) refers to. If the number 666 (or 616) refers to
a man in our future,
this task would be absolutely impossible
for every Christian from the first-century up to
whenever that man finally arrives on the scene.
John must have in mind a first-century man
if he honestly expects his contemporary Christians
to identify him using only wisdom
and not, say, the New York Times.
In extension, the identity of this first-century man
would be accessible to Christians of all times.
John tells his readers that the "mark of the beast"
is the beast's name or the number of that name,
being the number of a man. Hence,
the number is a man's name.
The practice of "codifying" a person's name into a number
was a very widespread practice
in first-century Hebrew, Greek, and Roman cultures,
whereas nowadays it is virtually non-existent.
As a matter of fact, there are two historically verified
Hebrew spellings of the name Nero Caesar.
In this practice of number-names,
the first spelling equates to 666,
the second spelling equates to 616.
The simple fact that man who began
the first official, legal persecution of Christians
bears a name that equates to both 666 and 616 is astounding.
The Beast (Revelation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
..Nero, the emperor at the time John was writing the book, is the sixth king "who is". Suetonius' and Josephus' enumeration of the emperors was: Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius (the five kings who have fallen at the time that John is writing), Nero (one "who is"), and Galba - one who "has not yet come, but when he does come, he must remain for a little while" - six months (Rev. 17:10). Moreover, Rome was known in antiquity as the city of seven hills (Rev. 13:1, Rev. 17:9) and Revelation was a warning about events that were "shortly" to take place (Rev. 1:1).
In Rev. 13:5-8, the Beast was given a mouth speaking in blasphemies against God and His Name. Inscriptions have been found in Ephesus in which Nero is called "Almighty God" and "Savior".[12] In verse 4, the Beast is worshipped by the world alongside the Dragon that gave it Authority. Nero and Caligula "abandoned all reserve" in promoting emperor worship they were the only two who demanded divine honors while still alive. Nero claimed to be the sun-god Apollo.
Finally, the readers of Revelation were told to "calculate the number of the Beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six" (Rev. 13:18). Since the Book of Revelation was written to a first-century audience, sometime in late 64 AD, John did not expect that his readers "who had understanding" to have any difficulty identifying the beast, since they could simply calculate the meaning of this cryptogram. "Neron Kaisar" (the Greek rendering, documented by archaeological finds), when transliterated into Hebrew נרון קסר (Nrwn Qsr) had a number of 666. The variant number 616 found in some manuscripts of the Greek text of Revelation may represent the alternative Hebrew spelling נרו קסר (Nrw Qsr) based on the Latin form "Nero Caesar". The variant probably existed to keep consistent the meaning of Nero as the Beast.[13]
Christians should be expecting Christ not the Anti-Christ..
This Anti-Christ with the 666 has already come.
Babylon has already fallen, so the next event in Revelation
is Jesus coming back on a a white horse.
Things can only get better!!
ff
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