It’s not really numerology. It’s a simple gematria. The Hebrew and Greek languages only had an alphabet, not numbers. When they wanted to write numerals, they used their alpha characters. So, every letter had a numeric value when used as a number. The name Nero Caesar, transliterated into Hebrew from the Greek pronunciation, counts to 666. And confirmation of this intention can be seen in an alternate reading that gives the number as 616, which is, not coincidentally, the name Nero Caesar, transliterated into Hebrew from the Latin pronunciation, which leaves off the nu (Nero in Latin, Neron in Greek), and consequently the nun in the Hebrew, which alters the number by fifty. Someone very early on knew exactly who it referred to, and they adjusted the text to reflect a Latin-speaking readership.
As for famine, be aware that Jerusalem, during the siege, was gripped with famine to the point that mothers ate their own children.
We can’t look at one isolated fulfillment. It all has to be taken together.
Edit: It’s not my goal or desire to prove preterism. Rather, relative to the thread topic, I’m seeking to demonstrate that it’s not a baseless point of view. I’m content to be wrong if someone demonstrates that I am so, and I don’t need agreement or to “win.”
