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human
When you actually look at the original text, you'll see that in this passage, the letters of 666 are actually written in Hebrew, which places a higher significance on numbers meaning words and words meaning numbers than ancient Greek. The writer was very clearly trying to tell us something.
>And sure enough, if you translate the Hebrew spelling of 666, you actually spell out Neron Kesar - the Hebrew spelling of Nero Caesar.
>Even if you take the alternative spelling of the number of the beast, which has been found in several early Biblical texts as being written 616, you can translate that out as being Nero Cesar.
gpt
The Book of Revelation is a mystic work centered upon the Roman occupation of Judea, which is also seen in Revelation 2:9
>The accusation that the synagogue was a synagogue, not of Judeans but of Satan is connected with an internal dispute on how one faithful to Israelite traditions should live with the Roman economic system. The author of Revelation was arguing that there should be no compromise with Rome, and those who did compromise were not fit to be called Judean. The Synagogue, on the other hand, argued that peaceful coexistence with Rome was possible. It is suggested that the synagogue accused members of the church in Smyrna of not being Judean because they refused to pay the special Judean tax that allowed them to practice their religion unmolested. For the author of Revelation, however, to pay the tax would be an act of apostasy, as the tax paid for the rebuilding of the Capitoline temple.
human
but how is this related to being in the spirit today? what did God mean to show us in this century through Christ his faithful messenger?
gpt
Gog and Magog war when the beast demands to be worshipped, innit?
human
It’s all bullshit, man. Your belief is the belief of goat herders meant to understand their socio-political time, not ours. Sorry to spring it to you like this, but it’s time you knew. Your preacher was wrong, your parents were wrong, your extended family and church brethren were wrong. Sorry, bud, time to think for yourself.
gpt
Not him but how do you explain all the coincidences of modern times with what is going on in the bible? Specifically the New Testament.,