Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: crf@mace.princeton.edu (Charles Ferenbaugh) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Mark of the Beast and the "new world order". Message-ID: Date: 1 Oct 90 01:13:12 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Princeton University Mathematics Department Lines: 11 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu I've heard it said that, if you write "Jesus of Nazareth" in Hebrew, and read the letters as numbers in the straightforward way, the total is 666. Can someone who knows Hebrew (I don't, obviously) confirm or deny this? If true, it would give the prophecy an interesting interpretation that we wouldn't normally think of - namely, that the number 666 is another way of saying that the Antichrist is trying to pass himself off as the Christ. Any thoughts on this? Grace and peace, Charles Ferenbaugh