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Revelation 13:18
***Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding ***count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.
Note the preamble to the verse. A correct interpretation requires gifts of wisdom and understanding on the part of the reader.
Similarly, Revelation 17:9
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth.
As I read all of the posts, I realize that Revelation is written in a scrambled part-literal, part-allegorical form to confound all but the wise. Maybe Daniel did this to Revelation, when he supernaturally “sealed the book until the time of the end” (Daniel 12:4).
**Daniel 12:4:
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.**
This means that the old, traditional interpretations of Revelation are useless (men ran to and fro uselessly), because unsealing the book required that mankind achieve a certain level of increased, end-time knowledge, to unseal the book. Hints on that subject appear in my posts for the benefit of the wise reader.
**Daniel 12: 9,10
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand**
Who are the wise? They are those who embrace righteousness (doing right). They are the merciful and just. God blesses them with wisdom. They are given the eyes that see and the ears that hear.
Who are the wicked? This is probably the most clearly spelled out part of Revelation. The sins against God are enumerated, but the wicked continually embrace them, nevertheless. The wicked are unjust and lacking in mercy. The wicked have eyes that do not see (blind) and ears that do not hear (deaf).
But, a wise person recognizes wisdom.
***Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding ***count the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.
Note the preamble to the verse. A correct interpretation requires gifts of wisdom and understanding on the part of the reader.
Similarly, Revelation 17:9
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth.
As I read all of the posts, I realize that Revelation is written in a scrambled part-literal, part-allegorical form to confound all but the wise. Maybe Daniel did this to Revelation, when he supernaturally “sealed the book until the time of the end” (Daniel 12:4).
**Daniel 12:4:
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.**
This means that the old, traditional interpretations of Revelation are useless (men ran to and fro uselessly), because unsealing the book required that mankind achieve a certain level of increased, end-time knowledge, to unseal the book. Hints on that subject appear in my posts for the benefit of the wise reader.
**Daniel 12: 9,10
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand**
Who are the wise? They are those who embrace righteousness (doing right). They are the merciful and just. God blesses them with wisdom. They are given the eyes that see and the ears that hear.
Who are the wicked? This is probably the most clearly spelled out part of Revelation. The sins against God are enumerated, but the wicked continually embrace them, nevertheless. The wicked are unjust and lacking in mercy. The wicked have eyes that do not see (blind) and ears that do not hear (deaf).
But, a wise person recognizes wisdom.