What Is One Reason That Many Scholars Believe the Beast's

question 17

Multiple Choice

What is one reason that many scholars believe the beast's cryptic number could be identified with a specific person?

• A)At the time Revelation was written,numbers were represented by letters of the alphabet.
• B)At the time Revelation was written,many important officials' names were recorded with accompanying numbers that placed them within an expansive hierarchy.
• C)John hinted at it in Revelation.
• D)None of these is correct; biblical scholars have proven that no special identification was intended in assigning the number 666.

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Definitions:

Money Supply

The total financial resources in an economy at a particular time, made up of cash, coins, and the holdings in checking and savings accounts.

Inflation

An increase in the average cost of goods and services, resulting in a drop in the value of purchasing power.

Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate represents the proportion of the workforce that is without a job and is actively looking for work.

Monetary Neutrality

The theory that changes in the money supply only affect nominal variables (like prices) and not real variables (like output) in the long run.