Subject: Only seal and horse in same verse Rev6:5 |
Bible Note: Greetings Casiv! Let me try this one more time! Please remember that I have several years of college level Greek and about 15 years experience at translating Greek. Strong's reference (# 5516) is to three letters, (the 22nd - Chi, the 18 - Xi, and an obsolete letter - stigma) which together represent the number 666. This particular combination is a shortcut for using the actual words for (600 60 6). Just about every manuscript, except for the Textual Receptus, uses the actual words. # 5516 is not a word, but a three letter combination found only in Rev. 13:18 and only in the Textus Receptus. Whichever form is used, the letter 'stigma' did not look like a cross. Do a search on the internet, or refer to the web site that I provided earlier, and you can see for yourself. It looked very much like a upside down or backwards 5. It also looked a lot like the final form of the 18 letter of the Greek alphabet - Sigma. Therefore, it fell out of usage. About the numbers, I understand what you are trying to say. Let me make it perfectly clear - YOU ARE MAKING IT UP! There is not Scripture that says the first two sixes are the books of the Bible and the last six is the cross. There is no Scripture that says 12 stands for governmental perfection and 11 stands for disorder. These are meanings that you (or someone else) have forced upon the numbers. There is no Scripture that says, 'Understand ye people that 12 stands for Governmental perfection.' Instead of wasting your time trying to figure out what mysterious meanings numbers are supposed to have - Read the Bible and see what God actually said! I hope I was not vague! In Christ, Tim Moran |