Writer: Science Alert
Subject: There’s a Secret Meaning Behind The Devil’s Number 666
Link: 17.11.2018 / Sciencealert.com / Numberphile
There’s a Secret Meaning Behind The Devil’s Number 666
We’ve all heard about the infamous number 666, which is rather cryptically referred to as the “number of the beast” in the New Testament, and has more recently become known as the number of the Antichrist. But what is it about this simple, symmetrical number that’s been giving everyone the heebie jeebies for the past two thousand years? It’s just a number, right? Or is it … ? As the boys from “Numberphile” explain, 666 doesn’t really have any remarkable mathematical properties, but if you look back into its history, it reveals something pretty incredible about the way the Bible was originally written.
Turns out, what you see in the The Book of Revelation where the writer refers to 666 in an apocalyptic vision isn’t entirely what you get. Put simply, 666 is being used as a code, and not a particularly subtle one, if you were alive and literate at the time of the New Testament. This text was originally written in ancient Greek, where numbers are written as letters, as they are in Hebrew – the other main language of the original Biblical texts. For small numbers, the first letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha, beta, gamma, represent 1, 2, and 3. Then like in Roman numerals, when you want to form big numbers like 100, 1,000, 1,000,000, they’re represented by their own special combination of letters.
“Now what this means is that every word also has a numerical value,” says Pete in the video above. Keep that in mind. So back to the Bible, where in Chapter 13 of The Book of Revelation, it reads: “Let the one with understanding reckon the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.”
As the video explains, the English word “reckon” comes from the Greek word for “calculate” or “solve”. “So it’s almost as if the text is saying, ‘I’m gonna give you a riddle, you need to calculate the number of the Beast,'” says Pete. So what does the number 666 mean when you translate it out using the Greek alphabet? Well, given the hatred of the Roman Empire at the time, and particularly its leader, Nero Caesar, who was considered to be especially evil, many historians have been looking for references of this in the Biblical text, which was not written in a vacuum, and was very much a product of its time.
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.
“It adds to the kind of complexity of it kind of being a riddle, a secret,” says Pete in the video above. “No one wants to write a book under imperial persecutions saying, ‘The root of all evil is Nero Caesar.’ You’re not going to spell that out.”
Now, when I said 666 doesn’t have any particularly remarkable mathematical properties, that’s not entirely true, because it’s actually what’s known as a triangle number. To find out what that means, and to understand more about the connection of the devil’s number to the roulette table, watch the Numberphile video above.
Hello Is there sex in hell?
Hail Vuk — thanks for your question – many Christian’s view hell as a place of eternal torture as depicted by scenes from Dante … where human are physically punished for their earthy sins … I think this is a totally bizarre concept and has been used for centuries was a form of control by the church … “be good or be punished” .. if one imagines a hell where we are granted eternal sexual pleasure … “be evil and receive sexual gratification” … wouldn’t that be a game-changer?
Explain to me what you think
Hail Vuk
We all have our views … “Is there an afterlife?” … “Is there heaven and hell?” … “Is there sex in hell?” … I can only give you conjuncture as nobody has ever died, come back and said “Guess what, it’s all bullshit”
Who am I to presume anything? I choice to believe that what you see is what you get … life is about living … why wait for sex in hell? Why not enjoy life today? Now.
The suicide bombers believe that by giving up their lives that there are 14 virgins awaiting them in heaven. Oh, 14 for guys, but only 5 virgins for women. Doesn’t that sound stupid?
So what do I think? Well, I’m a writer and I can imagine lots of crazy things (and do, in the fiction that I write) … but what I think and feel are not necessarily aligned to just make-believe … I think, fuck it. Enjoy sex on earth. Enjoy the pleasures that are here … and we’ll figure the rest out later. XP
I have to tell you this while I was masturbating I prayed to Satan and after that I thanked him, however after a few minutes I felt a burning sensation on my right leg and stomach that lasted for a short time do you know what this could be?
Okay, but I read on your site how demons can have sex with people in hell, is this a lie or the truth?
Hi Vuk
Let me see if I understand what you are asking … you need to know if the content of this site is real — you need me to confirm the existence of preternatural beings and that currently, they are having sex with those sentenced to eternity in hell? If I said yes, it was true. How would you know if I was lying or not?
Can I ask you something?
Hail Vuk — sure
Who is Satan?
Hail Vuk … Satan was an angel cast out from heaven for rebelling against God — he is referred to as a “fallen angel” but is also know as the Devil, the Anti-Christ, the Serpent, the Ruler of Hell
What do you think of him?
Maybe at this point, I need to say that there is a difference between Satanism and Satan. If you think of Satanism as an approach to life … that is not based upon the Christian ideals and doesn’t necessarily have to be their opposites — just different … then Satan as a mythical character that was created by Christians, much like Father Christmas, the Easter Bunny, Cupid, Mickey Mouse and Yoda … then my thoughts on Satan would be that he is a “Symbol” of sexual freedom to many … hope that helps XP
Can you tell me some prayer for Lilith
Try this …
http://littlesally666.com/prayer-to-lilith-non-fiction/
I have to admit that I am in love with Lilith even though I am a man
I have to tell you this while I was masturbating I prayed to Satan and after that I thanked him, however after a few minutes I felt a burning sensation on my right leg and stomach that lasted for a short time do you know what this could be?