Greetings Barbara,
I am afraid that I have veered the topic away from the discussion regarding cycles of a mini-ice age, which I simply do not accept. God is in complete control of His creation, and not at all indifferent or detached, and He does not simply decide to make it hot or cold (aside from the natural seasons and such) according to some cyclical chart.
I do not pay any heed to these godless scientists who claim that everything is dependent on natural cycles, like earthquakes. It is a denial of the providence of God. When these atheists claim we are "overdue" for "the big one," meaning an earthquake, their meaning is something akin to claiming that that major earthquakes happen every few hundred years or so, and there hasn't been one in a few hundred years, so we are "overdue". God decides when there will be an earthquake or an ice age, not some stupid sun cycle.
We are long past overdue for some major disasters and cataclysms only because of the merciful and long-suffering beneficence of God, despite our sins and apostasy. Hollywood should have been given over to the same punishment as Sodom and Gomorrah long ago. Perhaps there are still 5 or 10 faithful living in that town so it has been spared, albeit for only a short time.
The numbering system I employ to total up or count the digits of various dates and birthdates did not originate with the holy fathers. It likely comes from the Kabbalah or some other worldly philosophical system. I did not invent this system, and I do not order my life accordingly. I merely attempt to expose and explain the numerological system that the enemies of God and of mankind use to order all of their doings. I have not calculated dates (by totaling the digits) only a handful of times, but many thousands of times, so it is a repeatable phenomenon, and I know it is not something random, but a definite system they employ.
The devil seeks to imitate Christ in all things. The Orthodox Church maintains a festal calendar, whereby every day of the year commemorates an important event in the life of the Church. The anniversary of the repose of the saints is memorialized, however except for a few notable exceptions, in general, dates of birth are not considered important.
The Synagogue of Satan imitates the Church of Christ, also employing a calendar, whereby certain festal dates are deemed significant. I have come to learn that there is a major emphasis placed on the dates of people's birth in this system rather than the dates of repose which the Church calls the faithful to remembrance.
There are twelve major feasts in the Orthodox Church, and perhaps there are twelve made use of by the enemies of the Church.
The two greatest feasts of the Church are Holy Pascha and Holy Nativity, and it would seem that the two greatest festivals of the satanists are Halloween and May Day, which one will notice are exactly six months apart. (November 1 to May 1).
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
The word of God informs us that those who have understanding are to "count the number of the beast". The Greek word is arithmon/arithmos, which one would presume is where we derive the word arithmetic, which is the art of counting numbers. I did not come up with the notion of Benediktos totaling 666 of my own volition. St. Andrew of Caesarea and Oecumenius in their commentaries on the Apocalypse both mention BENEDIKTOS as totaling 666. They and other fathers give some other possibilities as well, including LATEINOS.
LATEINOS = 666 30+1+300+5+10+50+70+200 (1+5) + (10+50) + (30+70+200+300)
Several years ago I conducted a thorough analysis of all the names suggested by the Fathers, and came to some interesting conclusions.
Counting up numbers is not expressly forbidden by the Church in certain instances; in fact, it rather is encouraged in the particular case of calculating the number of the Antichrist. There are other (limited) instances where Church fathers employ a method of counting numbers. However, this does not mean that all forms of numerology are useful or expedient. As is the case in many instances, there is a proper way to approach numerology, and an improper way. Discernment must be exercised.
The Arabic numerals that are universally used today (i.e. 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.) were not used when the Scriptures were written. They came many centuries later.
The Greeks and Romans used letters from the alphabet to represent numbers, hence Greek numerals and Roman numerals.
The first six Roman numerals, for example, total 666. I = 1, V= 5 X=10, L=50, C=100, and D = 500
I + V = 6
X + L = 60
C + D = 600
We can arrive at some interesting possibilities if we simply apply this methodology to the Greek.
Alpha (A) = 1
Epsilon (E) = 5
Iota (I) = 10
Ni (N) = 50
Rho (R) = 100
Phi (PH) = 500
This gives us a perfect 600, 60 and 6 from exactly six letters. This is preferable to names such as BENEDIKTOS and LATEINOS, which comprise more than six letters, and therefore are imperfect.
Of all the names, St. Irenaeus mentions TEITAN (with the diphthong) as being most worthy of credit, for it is comprised of exactly six letters, and is also two syllables.
TEITAN = 666 300+5+10+300+1+50 (5+1) + (10+50) + (300+300)
Notice TEITAN comes much closer, being comprised of the values for (1+5) and (10+50). However, it does not contain the values for (100 + 500), but rather (300 + 300). So it is not perfect, but it is closer.