We should never allow ourselves to be so “into” details that we lose sight of the whole picture, however! :-)
Details are super-important, as you rightly point out with your nice allegories (real-world parables, really) about carefully following instructions.
I think it goes freaky though, when there is some new hype about signs and dates, and then people get sucked in and double down on their favored interpretations that end up going bust.
Y2K, Mayan calendar doomsday, blood moons, shemita cycles, now this latest Revelation 12 brouhaha.
And who can keep track of the many theories about the number 666? Everyone just assumes its the gematria of some guy’s name.
And besides, we know that Mashiach = 358 = nashash (serpent), so there is a plain example that a number is not intrinsically evil, but can represent polar opposites.
So if the beast is associated with the number 666, so too could be the Messiah, but if some yahoos pick up on it, the real Messiah would be mistaken for the antichrist.
*Those* are the kinds of details that people really need to notice.