THE ANCIENT BABYLONIAN NUMBERING SYSTEM
By John Henry
Bro. J. R. Church came up with a formula based on the ancient Babylonian numbering system that was based on increments of 6 rather than 10 or 12 which we use today. Ancient numbering systems used the letters of their alphabets as numbers also. If we apply the Babylonian system to our English alphabet we get some interesting results. Here is the formula:
A=6 I=54 R=108
B=12 J=60 S=114
C=18 K=66 T=120
D=24 L=72 U=126
E=30 M=78 V=132
F=36 N=84 W=138
G=42 O=90 X=144
H=48 P=96 Y=150
Q=102 Z =156
If we apply this formula to add up some key words, we get some very interesting results. For example:
All people "are of [their] father the devil" (John 8:44), at least until they have their sins "blotted out" (Isa 44:22), because "all have sinned" (Rom 3:23) so they would naturally have the number of the Beast: Using the above formula let's test this with the words PEOPLE SIN:
P[96]+E[30]+O[90]+P[96]+L[72]+E[30]+S[114]+I+[54]N=666
Likewise this formula shows us the doom of that murdering father of lies, the devil. Add these up for your self to see:
1. LUCIFER HELL = 666
2. DEVIL SHEOL = 666
3. LUCIFER HADES = 666
Isaiah 14:12-14: "How art thou fallen from heaven, O LUCIFER, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought DOWN TO HELL, to the sides of the pit."
The Bible has this to say about 666:
Revelation 13:18: "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding COUNT the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."
That word "count" comes from the Greek word psephizo (Strong's #5585). Strong's Concise Greek Dictionary defines it thusly: [Greek. 5585] psephizo...(generally) to compute:--count. And the On Line Bible Dictionary like this: "...psephizo...to compute, calculate, reckon..."
To "count" means to "compute" as with a "computer." Guess what the sum of the word COMPUTER is? You got it: It's 666.
There are also other interesting word combinations that total 666:
DRAGON POPE = 666
SATAN HINDU = 666
MARK OF BEAST = 666
NEW YORK = 666
DEVIL GENE MAN = 666
On name is most interesting. That of Judas Iscariot. Christ called him "the son of perdition" (John 17:12), and God shows us through Paul that this "the son of perdition" (2 Thss 2:3) is the Antichrist, the Beast of Revelation (17:8, 11).
JUDAS ISCARIOT = 894
DEATH = 228
894 - 228 = 666
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