I heard a voice ask for my thoughts. This is my contemplation.
Mark 4:9 …“He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Revelation 1: 3 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who keep what is written in it, for the appointed time is near.
Proverbs 4:7 …acquire wisdom, and no matter what the cost, acquire understanding.
Revelation 13:18 There is wisdom here. Let anyone who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person. The number is six hundred and sixty-six.
John 6:66 After this, many of his disciples turned away and no longer remained with him.
If you do not have spiritual ears you will not hear spiritually. There are blessings just in the reading of the Revelation of John. Acquire understanding with all your heart, for they are within.
Now, the nugget. Let us calculate, not as men do, but in the spirit. For there is freedom and truth in the spirit. Let us calculate as children with no understanding of the concept of mathematics. A child does not look for numeric values or integers to describe what is in plain sight (I refer to the numerical assignment to numbers as is done in other contemplation.) When, as a child, I made snow balls or mud pies; for the mathematics of a child are 1+1=11. If, I, being a child of God calculate/combine, I would find that the only verse in the New Testament to be combined in this fashion is John 6:66. This is the mark of the beast. It is to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. That is what I mean when I say they carry the mark of the beast. To have known the Holy Spirit which resided in totality in the Messiah, then to turn away marked them as anti-Christ. For to deny the Holy Spirit, is to turn to the world or back to the desert place a spiritual Egypt. To blaspheme the Holy Spirit is the only unforgivable sin.
Now, for the for the theologian that wants to argue. I will say this, that the Sacred Text read as a book until it was divided to chapter and verse. I will remind that I am not a Tea-ologian, but I do like tea. Peace be with you. (Ref. John 6:48-70 for the full account).
1+1=3 