Counting the Number

      "Here is Wisdom", as most Bible students know, comes only from God above.  He alone supplies the brainpower to unravel the mystery about 666.

"Let him that hath understanding", indicates that someone who understands that wisdom is only from God above is then allowed or "let" to have wisdom and is shown how to count the number of the beast.  They do not do it with personal genius  If they could interpret it with their own capability they would not have to be told to "count".  

"Here is wisdom", indicates that the tools necessary to count are supplied by God.  And where do we find God?

"The Lord is in His Holy Temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.  Hab. 2:20

Here lies the key.  God's Holy Temple is where wisdom resides.  There are a zillion theories about the 666 mark of the beast.  Knowledge is increased and people run to and fro saying, "Here is God, there is God, only we have the truth and we desperately want to sell it in the market place."   But God declares that all the earth and those within are to keep silent. How are people to hear any sort of truth if the background noise becomes unbearable?   The Mind of God must be consulted in consideration of His Heavenly abode - His Sanctuary or Temple.  

In review of the 666 subject word studies are important.  Word studies are one of the best ways to get a proper sensitivity for counting the number of the beast.  Including dictionary, thesaurus and concordance meanings, helps to delineate key thoughts into a more manageable focus.  

The word count can mean:

Count - Calculate, tally, number, compute, enumerate, poll, total, whole, judge, think, regard, consider, weigh, tell, signify, cast, figure, calculate, decipher, solve.

Counting can mean adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing.  It can denote separation, quantity, quality, meditation, contemplation, budgeting, forecasting, reckoning, unraveling, resolving, gauging, measuring, or interpreting.  

Contemplate - reflect upon, meditate upon, foresee, weigh

Meditate - figure, study, think deeply, view, weigh

The best place to contemplate or meditate on something, in God's eyes, would be in His Holy Temple.  The Sanctuary is where many religious people would go to worship or meditate.  The word contemplate comes from the Latin word - Con + Templum.  The temple is a place to observe or meditate on God's word. However, the Heavenly Sanctuary would be somewhat difficult for mortal man to enter. 

God's Holy Temple, right down to the actual dimensions, lays the primary foundation that helps to unlock the mystery of the mark of the beast.  Moses, in the desert, was shown how to build a tabernacle and it was a replica of the the True tabernacle or True Temple in Heaven. God gave detailed instructions to Moses on how to build it.  God gives detailed instructions in the latter days.  The Sanctuary needs to be explored further.