What Does Counting Have to Do with Word Studies?

     In Revelation 13:18   He that hath wisdom is told to count the number of the beast.

Count - Concordance # G5585  To count with pebbles, compute, reckon, to give ones vote by casting a pebble into an urn, to decide by voting, calculate, #G5584 verdict, stone, voice, ticket of admission, handle, feel after, touch, mentally seek after tokens of a person or thing.

To count something can have meanings of  math or mental computing in ones brain.  Calculating can mean figuring something out by mentally feeling, seeking, accounting in ones mind, by feeling the Spirit that gives wisdom.  

1 + 1 = 2  but counting can also mean using the power of the Word of God, to compute by his Word and by His Spirit. One word upon one more word, here a little, there a little.  **** Give scripture  also where the spirit & testimony is Jesus  to law and testimony ***a number whose letters indicate a certain man (me letters form words)  t**time

The number Six Hundred, Sixty and Six takes on a whole new meaning when viewed in this light.  He that hath wisdom is to be touched by the Hand of God.  

Luke 24:39

Acts 17:27

Hebrews 12:18

1 John 1:1

Wisdom Concordance #G4678  Wisdom, broad and full of intelligence; used of the knowledge of very diverse matters,  Wisdom which belongs to men.  Knowledge of things human and divine.  Acquired by acuteness and experience.  Summed up in maxims and proverbs.  The science and learning.  Interpreting dreams. Knowledge and practice of godly and upright living.  Supreme intelligence such as belongs to God.  The wisdom of God as evinced in forming and executing counsels.  Broad and full intelligence; used of the knowledge of very diverse matters, so that the shad of meaning iin which the word is taken must be discovered from the context of every particular case.   Skill and wisdom in departing Christian truth.  

#G4680  Wise, skilled in letters, cultivated, learned, forming the best plans, and using the best means for their execution, 

Continue on here with the word number.  Number of beast, number of man, his number.  Says three times.  Do number in all of its forms.  G706 H5375  G142

Prophets

Prophets in the Bible - Old and New Testament 1

I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similtudes, by the ministry of the prophets.  Hosea 12:10

And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. 
Hosea 12:13

Wherefore he saith, When he ascended upon high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.  Ephesians 4:8

And he gave some apostles;  and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:  Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.   Ephesians 4:11-13

And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.  Revelation 12:17

And I fell at his feet to worship him.  And he said unto me, See thou do it not; I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren, that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy.  Revelation 19:10

Her gates are sunk into the ground; He hath destroyed and broken her bars:  her king and her princes are among the Gentiles:  the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.  Lamentations 2:9

Where there is no vision, the people perish:  but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.  Proverbs 29:18

To the law and to the testimony:  if they speak not according to this word, there is no light in them.  Isaiah 8:20

Beware of false prophets that come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.  You shall know them by their fruits, Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?  Even so every good tree bringeth  forth good fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth  forth corrupt fruit.  A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.  Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.  Matthew 7:15-20

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.  Exodus 15:20

And they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so ye shall prosper.                           2 Chronicles 20:20

Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  1 Corinthians 1:6,7
 
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein:  for the time is at hand.  Revelation 1:3

And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the  brightness of his coming  2 Thessalonians 2:8

Time and Sin

Time and Sin

How does the number 666 interact with time and the sin factor, the image, and false worship?  What does the number 666 really mean? The actual mark of the beast cannot be understood without understanding the number 666.  Why did God choose to use the number 666.  Why did he use 666 and not 444 or 321 or some other combination?

It is possible to understand the beast system if the concept of God's method of time keeping is understood.

Basic Summary of Meanings for the Word Mark

     In the previous posts, the word Mark has been studied using a Biblical encyclopedia, concordance, dictionary, synonym, and antonym meanings, etc.  It is interesting to put some of the meanings that have been delineated for the word together on one page to help view their relationships.

Mark

Mark put on Cain, sign, signal, distinguishing mark, remembrance, miracle, evidence, standard, consent, agree, mark thing, hit mark, target, object of assault, to make intercession, intercessor, to strike, interpose, to reach the mark, to acknowledge, comprehend, declare, instruct, knowledge, make known, tell, understand, prognosticator, a jail, aim, prison, keep guard, advise, appear, behold, discern, consider, look, perceive, view, vision, an object of attack, hit, assault, fall, meet, pray, to separate mentally, distinguish, understand, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, perceive, wise.

Face, appear, look, behold, cast out, sign as judgment, sign of exemption from judgment, a signature, desire, scratch, imprint, set a mark, call a name, give, impute, name, mark name on, ordain, order, paint, to hear, pay attention, listen, shame, an idol, to pale, be ashamed, confounded, serpents, anoint, military mound, rampart of besiegers, record on books, register, scripture writing, to commune, count, desire, declare, number, penknife, reckon, scribe, speak, tell.

Writer, stamp, to scratch or etching, stature, graven mark, imprinted mark, graven work of idolatrous images, to sharpen to a point, a stake, trench, to write on a parchment, to make one's mark, to write or record, to rub with oil, to consecrate, olive oil, oil can be clean or foul as in lard, tar, dirt, grime, mud, soil.  To know, see, discriminate, to know by experience, confess, be wise, be revealed, to make oneself known, reveal self.

To turn, look back, observe, make clear, to keep guard, save life, watch, celebrate, keep Sabbath, or covenant, or law, or confederate, perform vow, keep, preserve, mark time, victim, sin offering, kill, do a number on, earthen pot for melting metals, vessel, trial, affliction, Calvary, cross, tribulation, visitation, prey, crucible, ordeal, agony, distress, misery, suffering, anguish, grief, heartbreak, sorrow, woe, adversity, trouble, crown of thorns.

Fiery ordeal, target, character, brand, brand name, logo, trademark, sign, symbol, writing, birthmark, feature, point, reputation, name, character, fame, report, firebrand, mark put on criminals with a hot iron, mark of disgrace, stigma, sword, spot, stain, soil, corruption, mark on character or reputation, abyss, pigpen, bottomless gulf, pit, chaos, moral depths, hell, defile, corrupt, abominable, corruption of blood (DNA), bribe, moral corruption, degenerate, bribe, money or promise in order to sway judgment, booty among thieves, treasure.

Wealth, riches, jewels, thesaurus, robber, take by force, deceit, steal, seize, get spoil, booty, victim, prey, prize, get plunders of war, spoil, abominable, plague, trial, desolation, black death, waste, trash, disaster, trouble, sorrow, grief, disaster, trouble, sorrow, ruin, fail, damage, expense, cost, price, bribe, reward, used of things which stand written in the sacred books, judgment, take a mark in Heavenly books, sharpen to a point, write down, record, to write to one, written epistle, to give information or directions to fill with writing, compose.