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Once we begin to question the presence of Nero in the bible, other questions come to the fore. Why did early Christians, from the third to the sixth centuries CE, find it useful to insist their audiences should identify Nero with the Antichrist?
This chapter investigates the problem of whether the historical Nero is in the Bible at all, and argues that the Bible’s Antichrist figures do not bear enough of a similarity to the historical Nero to warrant the assumption of intent on the part of its authors.
- Shushma Malik
- 2020
For the first five years of his principate, Nero was content to allow the able Seneca and Burrus to run the empire, and the “quinquennium Neronis”—Nero’s Five Years—became, in the provinces, a legend for sound administration and good order.
Study the meaning of Nero in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Learn more about the biblical context and references of Nero.
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The problem is that no clear identification can be made linking 666 with any particular ancient historical name. Attempts have been made to alter spellings and incorporate titles to try to make a multitude of names fit, but nothing conclusive has emerged. Most commonly, the number has been identified with Nero, on the basis of a Hebrew transliterat...
If the number were intended to be identified with some ruler by means of such a literal calculation, it would be a rare exception from the way numbers are employed elsewhere in the book. Numbers throughout Revelation have figurative significance and symbolize some spiritual reality. None involves any kind of literal gematria calculation: for exampl...
The repetition of six three times seems to indicate what might be called the “completeness of sinful incompleteness” found in the beast. The beast epitomizes imperfection, while appearing to achieve divine perfection. Three sixes parody the divine Trinity of three sevens. Sometimes the number seven is appropriate to apply to the Devil or beast in o...
Jul 7, 2010 · - Early Churches. Did Nero Help Spread the Gospel? Updated Jul 07, 2010. The first state-sponsored terror against Christians in the Roman Empire came at the order of one of the most debased of all emperors: Nero. Tacitus, the Roman historian, in Book XV of his Annals, gives a lengthy account of Nero's debaucheries and cruelties.
Revelation is an epilogue in which God and man are reconciled through Christ. Apocalyptic - Greek for "uncover", "reveal". The revealing of great or violent events and especially the end of the world, often described in Jewish apocalyptic literature. The word is applied especially to the Book of Revelation which bears comparison with the Old ...
