Ok I can't believe this is still a thing, but if you are taking the highly specific numerology in the book of Revelation as literal sums like you're reading accounting books, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
The apocalyptic literary genre has to be read on its own terms and not our own fancy theories and assumptions about how WE use numbers in certain contexts now.
Ok I can't believe this is still a thing, but if you are taking the highly specific numerology in the book of Revelation as literal sums like you're reading accounting books, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
The apocalyptic literary genre has to be read on its own terms and not our own fancy theories and assumptions about how WE use numbers in certain contexts now.
Sheesh.