Quote Originally Posted by bassin_bug View Post
Revelation 13:18 says, "Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding count the number of the beast" (the idea is that it is the number of a man, not of God, which means he will give account to Jehovah, Whom he has repeatedly blasphemed): "for it is the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six." (It is the number of a man, not a kingdom, not a religion, not a dispensation, but a man. The number will be 666). Words in parenthesis are scripture explanation.

The numbers can't possibly be the number of Nero's name for two reasons. The first is that Nero died in AD64 when he was 37 years old and won't be ruling the world at any time. The second is according to the above verse of scripture, it is the number of a MAN whose name has yet to be revealed.

I love these discussions until somebody gets an eye put out...lol..BB,I believe revelations was written somewhere in the AD 90s and it is believed by some that John was writing about the antichrish as being the return of Nero...and I think the number 666 is a reference to their language in some way as referring to Neros name..