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