Here is the pesher of Rev. 13: 18. At this time, the seer spoke for the congregation: "I am going to Ephesus as a teacher. Jonathan Annas is supporting Herod of Chalcis as the successor. Herod of Chalcis is appointed by Simon over celibate congregations. He uses the system of promotions through the letters SAMEKH, RESH and TAW." /// Here is the correct meaning of 666. The number 666 is the clue to those who knew the Hebrew alphabet & the way it was used in the gnostic monastic system out of which the zealot movement arose. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet were used also for numbers. The last letter TAW ('t') was used for 400, the 2d last SHIN ('s') for 300, the 3d last RESH ('r') for 200. The number 600 was made up of 400 and 200, TAW and RESH. The number 60 was further down the alphabet, at WAW ('v'). This letter WAW, was used with an initial or group of initials. So the letters representing 666 were TAW, RESH and SAMEKH (TRS 660) with the extra WAW (6) to show that initials were being used. In the Jewish monastic system letters were used for the grades attained each year, as in a school system. The very highest grade was TAW, the last letter of the alphabet being used to show that promotions could go no higher. It was normally reached at the age of 30 after 10 years of study. The year before, SHIN was reached, and before that RESH. Of the 10 years of study, from ages 20 to 23, were used to prepare for initiation. It was only at 23 that SAMEKH, the grade of initiation was reached. TAW, RESH and SAMEKH represented the 3 main steps in the career of a student in a monastery. So, when the eastern monastic system, with its oppressive discipline and covert military purpose, was rejected by the Christians, they spoke of it contemptuously as 'the 666'.
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Here is the pesher of Rev. 13: 18. At this time, the seer spoke for the congregation: "I am going to Ephesus as a teacher. Jonathan Annas is supporting Herod of Chalcis as the successor. Herod of Chalcis is appointed by Simon over celibate congregations. He uses the system of promotions through the letters SAMEKH, RESH and TAW." /// Here is the correct meaning of 666. The number 666 is the clue to those who knew the Hebrew alphabet & the way it was used in the gnostic monastic system out of which the zealot movement arose. The letters of the Hebrew alphabet were used also for numbers. The last letter TAW ('t') was used for 400, the 2d last SHIN ('s') for 300, the 3d last RESH ('r') for 200. The number 600 was made up of 400 and 200, TAW and RESH. The number 60 was further down the alphabet, at WAW ('v'). This letter WAW, was used with an initial or group of initials. So the letters representing 666 were TAW, RESH and SAMEKH (TRS 660) with the extra WAW (6) to show that initials were being used. In the Jewish monastic system letters were used for the grades attained each year, as in a school system. The very highest grade was TAW, the last letter of the alphabet being used to show that promotions could go no higher. It was normally reached at the age of 30 after 10 years of study. The year before, SHIN was reached, and before that RESH. Of the 10 years of study, from ages 20 to 23, were used to prepare for initiation. It was only at 23 that SAMEKH, the grade of initiation was reached. TAW, RESH and SAMEKH represented the 3 main steps in the career of a student in a monastery. So, when the eastern monastic system, with its oppressive discipline and covert military purpose, was rejected by the Christians, they spoke of it contemptuously as 'the 666'.
Psalm 101.8 psalm 91.7