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    The document discusses the theory that Islam may fulfill prophecies about the Beast in the Book of Revelation. While some evidence supports this, the theory is not without problems. Specifically, the text says the Beast's number is "of a man" and is 666. However, the theory argues the number refers not to a literal quantity but an image - the "Bismallah" (name of Allah) written in Arabic. There are similarities between this image and the Greek letters used for 666, but departing from the text's wording that the number is "of a man." More evidence may be needed to conclusively connect the prophecies to Islam.

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    The document discusses the theory that Islam may fulfill prophecies about the Beast in the Book of Revelation. While some evidence supports this, the theory is not without problems. Specifically, the text says the Beast's number is "of a man" and is 666. However, the theory argues the number refers not to a literal quantity but an image - the "Bismallah" (name of Allah) written in Arabic. There are similarities between this image and the Greek letters used for 666, but departing from the text's wording that the number is "of a man." More evidence may be needed to conclusively connect the prophecies to Islam.

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    The document discusses the theory that Islam may fulfill prophecies about the Beast in the Book of Revelation. While some evidence supports this, the theory is not without problems. Specifically, the text says the Beast's number is "of a man" and is 666. However, the theory argues the number refers not to a literal quantity but an image - the "Bismallah" (name of Allah) written in Arabic. There are similarities between this image and the Greek letters used for 666, but departing from the text's wording that the number is "of a man." More evidence may be needed to conclusively connect the prophecies to Islam.

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    The Islamic 666 Revisited

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    The text discusses several theories about how Islam, the Catholic Church, and other systems may fulfill prophecies in the Book of Daniel and Revelation. It also outlines some evidence for the theory that Islam fulfills aspects of the prophecies while acknowledging that more evidence is still needed.

    The text outlines evidence that Islam may fulfill aspects of the Fourth Beast of Daniel and at least one aspect of the beasts described in Revelation. It notes there is a great deal of evidence supporting the idea that Islam is the Fourth Beast.

    Alternative proposed fulfillments mentioned include barcodes, the internet, the Catholic Church, and the United Nations.

    The Islamic 666 Revisited

    By servant@nazareneisrael.org

    At present many people are studying about how Islam may fulfill the prophecies
    over the Fourth Beast of Daniel, as well as at least one of the beasts of the Book
    of Revelation. In this article, we will see evidence that Islam may fulfill at least
    one aspect of the 666 as well.

    Even though there is a great deal of evidence to support the idea that Islam may
    be the Fourth Beast, we cannot say conclusively that Islam is the fulfillment of all
    of the beasts of the Book of the Revelation, or that Islam is the only fulfillment of
    the 666. Other suggested fulfillments of the 666 include barcodes and the
    Internet, and other suggested fulfillments of the beasts of Revelation include the
    Catholic Church and the United Nations. Additionally, there are questions about
    the possibility of a secret link between Islam, the Catholic Church and the United
    Nations. There is much evidence to support all of these theories, and only time
    will tell which of these theories is correct. While it seems intelligent to be
    educated and aware of how Islam may fulfill the prophecies in Daniel and
    Revelation, we also need to be careful not to be ‘blown about by every wind of
    doctrine,’ but to remain open to the possibility that YHWH may not have shown
    us everything as of yet.

    Although it may have a great deal of merit, the Islamic 666 theory is not without
    some problems. Chief among these problems is that the face value of the text
    calls for the beast to be a man (not a religion), whose ‘number’ is 666.

    Gilyana (Revelation) 13:18


    18 “Here is wisdom: Let the one having reason count the
    number of the Beast, for it is the number of a man, and its
    number is 666.”

    The Aramaic Peshitta spells out the 666 in longhand, “six hundred and sixty six”
    (‫)ומספרו שש מרות וששים ושש‬.

    Here is wisdom. To whom there is ‫ מי שיש לו תבונה‬.‫כאן היא החכמה‬


    reason compute number of the beast, ‫ כי מספר‬,‫יחשב את מספר חית הטרף‬
    because number of man is, and ‫של אדם הוא ומספרו שש מרות‬
    number six hundred and sixty six. ‫וששים ושש‬
    The Peshitta did not originally contain the books of 2nd Peter, 2nd John, 3rd John,
    or Revelation, and therefore the Book of Revelation was ‘backwards translated’
    from the Greek. Therefore, it is possible that the original spelling of the 666 may
    not have been in longhand, but may have been in gematria (numerical
    symbolism).

    The Greek Text


    Some of the Greek texts do not spell out the 666 longhand, but instead represent
    the numerical value 666 using gematria. Gematria is a numerical coding system
    by which the letters of certain alphabets are assigned numerical values. Hebrew,
    Aramaic and Greek all use gematria.

    Reading from left to right, the first Greek letter, χ (pronounced “chi”) has a
    numerical value of 600.

    The middle Greek letter, ξ, is pronounced “xi”, and it has a numerical value of 60.

    The third Greek letter, ς, is pronounced “stigma”. Although its numerical value
    has changed since the first century, back in the first century, the stigma had a
    numerical value of 6. We might also note that the stigma has a literal meaning of
    “scar, mark, or badge of service”.

    The numerical sum, then, of Χξς, is 600 + 60 +6 = 666.

    Proponents of a Greek inspiration point out that Yochanan (John) wrote the Book
    of the Revelation on the Island of Patmos.

    Gilyana (Revelation) 1:9


    9 I, Yochanan, both your brother and companion in the
    tribulation and kingdom and patience of Yeshua Messiah, was
    on the island that is called Patmos for the word of Elohim and
    for the testimony of Yeshua Messiah.
    Back in the first century, the lingua franca (everyday language) of Patmos was
    Greek. Since Yochanan was sent to minister on Patmos, it seems reasonable
    that Yochanan would have both read and written at least some Greek. However,
    it seems unlikely that the Book of Revelation was inspired in Greek, since the
    Revelation is written in a grammar that is correct in Hebrew and/or Aramaic, but
    which is highly grammatically incorrect in Greek. What seems more likely is that
    the Greek text is a translation of a Hebrew or Aramaic original.

    The Bismallah (the Name of Allah)


    The Islamic 666 hypothesis tells us that Yochanan was not intending to record
    the literal number 666 in Greek (Χξς), but that he was attempting to record a
    heavenly vision that he saw in Arabic. According to the Islamic 666 theory, the
    image that Yochanan was shown was the ‘Bismallah’ (the “Name of Allah”),
    shown below.

    If we flip the Bismallah (the Name of Allah) diagonally, note the similarity to the
    middle character (xi) of the hand-written Codex Vaticanus, which is believed to
    be the oldest known Greek manuscript, dated circa 350 CE. The line above the
    xi (under the words “A.D. 350”) in the Codex Vaticanus is allegedly not an
    underline, but is part of the hand-written text. According to the Islamic 666
    hypothesis, while the original inscription was in Arabic, since these particular
    Islamic and Greek letters resemble each other, the image was eventually
    recorded using Greek letters, along with some extra symbols.
    In Islam, crossed swords are commonly used to denote conquest. Therefore, if
    we add crossed swords to the left of the middle character (xi), and remember that
    the stigma on the right has the meaning of ‘mark,’ we get crossed swords, the
    Name of Allah, and the word ‘mark’ (Χξς).

    ς (mark)

    One can easily see the similarities between the crossed swords, the Name of
    Allah (flipped) and the stigma, compared with the image recorded in the Codex
    Vaticanus.

    According to the Islamic 666 theory, the Greek letters do not have to be identical
    to the Arabic Bismallah. That is because (according to the theory) Yochanan
    originally recorded the Bismallah as a drawing of what he saw in the vision (and
    perhaps he was aware that it was in Arabic, and perhaps he was not). The
    Arabic letters were then put over into Greek at the same time the Hebrew and/or
    Aramaic manuscripts were put over into Greek.

    According to Revelation 13:18, the Mark of the Beast is supposed to be found


    both on the head, and on the right hand. Below is a picture of a Hamas
    headband. Islamic jihadists typically wear these kinds of Bismallah (‘Name of
    Allah’) bands both on their foreheads, and on their right arms. This would be
    significant, as the Hebrew word ‘yad’ (‫ ) ַיד‬means both ‘hand’ and ‘arm’.
    One can also see these marks (Χξς) in the Chechin (Islamic) revolutionary flag,
    here flipped diagonally.

    Departing from the Text


    There is much to recommend the Islamic Beast hypothesis. The main problem
    with the Islamic 666 hypothesis, however, remains that it asks us to depart from
    the face value of the passage, which tells us that the number of the Beast is the
    number of a man, and his number is 666.

    Gilyana (Revelation) 13:17-18


    17 “and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the
    mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
    18 Here is wisdom: Let the one having reason count the
    number of the Beast, for it is the number of a man, and its
    number is 666.”
    If the number 666 is actually a picture that Yochanan saw in a vision and
    recorded (whether in Arabic or in Greek), it still does not accord with the face
    value of the passage.

    Gilyana (Revelation) 13:18


    18 Here is wisdom: Let the one having reason count the
    number of the Beast, for it is the number of a man, and its
    number is [insert image].”

    How do we count the number of an image? We cannot. That part of the Islamic
    666 hypothesis does not seem to make sense.

    Is the ‘wisdom’ to know that we are to calculate the gematria of the Bismallah?
    That is circular reasoning. If we calculate the gematria of the Bismallah, we get
    the Bismallah. By that line of reasoning, we could insert anything (including a
    Greek 666, or a Roman papacy), and it would seem to prove itself.

    Nonetheless, we are left with a striking similarity between the two images.

    at ς (mark)

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