During the writing of Revelation there was no letter for the number 6. The phrase “Chi Xi” or 600, 60, (660) was the only phrase in Revelation 13:18. So after the book was completed, scholars took two already existing Greek words to form a new word for the number 6, Sigma and Tao. These two letters chosen to form a new word, a ligature called “Stigma” a cross of both words, but Stigma didn’t mean 6. Others brought the obsolete letter Digamma back into action to represent the number 6, just like old times, but remember the book of Revelation was completed by the time Digamma was brought back into service. Greek manuscripts began popping up everywhere using three Greek words; Hex, Hex, Hex to represent 666, but this was not the original copy.
The Greek manuscript called the Textus Receptus or the received text, was written in Revelation 13:18, the Greek words “Chi” the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet representing 600, and “Xi” the 14th letter representing 60, and “Stigma” an obsolete letter as a cross of the Greek alphabet.
Stigma was never supposed to represent the number 6. It is a cross or a mark. Catholic scholars forced this letter to represent 6, even though Stigma was added at a later time; it is here that we have to understand why God allowed it to be in this verse.
Notice that Stigma is a cross of two words. James Strong of the Strong’s Concordance says it is a cross of the Greek Alphabet. Now Looking at the phrase “Chi Xi Stigma” we can see it as “Chi=600, Xi=60, or 660 and Gammadion. A Gamma looks like an upside down “L” but Gammadion is four capital Gammas. We know it better in history as the Swastika.
-Anthony Booker
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