: pp 101 - Then he finally made the announcement for which the
: Jewish community had been waiting for 1600 years - he would
: begin the Redemption on the 15th day of the month of Sivan,
: June 18, 1666.
: ** There are many who will recognize the significance of the
: date. June is the sixth month, 18 divided by three is 6+6+6
: and 1666 is clear enough. Either he knew what he was doing
: or the prophesies of the emergence of an evil false messiah
: or anti-Christ are right, and Shabbatai Zvi was him. **
: pp 110 - Through all of this, Shabbatai continued to issue
: proclamations of the theological changes wrought by the
: coming of the messianic age. Shabbatai's new prayer was,
: "Praised be He who permits the forbidden." Since
: all things would be permitted in the age of the messiah,
: Shabbatai declared many of the old restrictions of the
: Torah no longer applicable. He abolished the laws
: concerning sexual relationships. He eventually declared
: that all of the thirty six major biblical sins were now
: permitted and instructed some of his followers that it was
: their duty to perform such sins in order to hasten the
: Redemption.
: ** Shabbatai's fall from grace among the great masses of Jews
: came in September 1666, when the Sultan of Turkey
: threatened him with torture unless he converted to Islam.
: He relented and most of Jewry abandoned him. But not all. A
: core of his followers kept their messiah alive and kicking
: hard. **
