Would like to know your thoughts on this particular verse. I’d like to have a biblical understanding of what this really means.. Thanks so much.
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666. — Revelation 13:18 NKJV
There are many theories about this.
Sometimes people take a name, and add up the numerical values of the letters to see if the name of the antichrist might add up to 666.
In another theory, it’s very very literal and, say, could apply to the execution of THIS patent, 060606 :
It would involve currency and microchipping.
Yet another theory shows the matching pattern between the Greek letters for 6 hundred and sixty six and the Arabic phrase “In the Name of Allah – see image:
That’s actually Rev 13:18. According to the MacArthur Study Bible, the number 6 represents the number of man, and man is imperfect. The number repeated 3 times is an emphasis on the fact that the antichrist is a man, who can somehow be identified by this number (perhaps through numerical values). But, because the text reveals very little about the meaning of the number, it is unwise to speculate beyond what is said.
This is probably one of the most debated verses in the Bible. To the tune of, I would say that anyone who claims they truly understand it is probably the furthest away from understanding it. Here is my opinion on this verse. Opinion: meaning it is a theory that might be right, but could also be wrong.
In ancient Hebrew society, repeating something 3 times was a way of specifying the certainty of a thing. The number of man is 6. Here, 6 is repeated 3 times
666. I believe what John
Is telling us here is that the Antichrist is what we call human secularism today. A belief system that is very man centered.
Thank you guys for sharing your thoughts on this. I really appreciate it. Take care and God bless! 🙂
Other ancient text is 616
Dont bother that mark it ia only for unbeliever the believer is already sealed wIth the Holy Spirit
It’s Nero.
Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.
His number is 666: Does this tell us who the beast is, by figuring out the numerical value of a name and seeing if it adds up to 666? Using this method, many candidates for Antichrist have been suggested, such as the Pope or the Papacy, John Knox, Martin Luther, Napoleon, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and so forth. But the schemes for unlocking the number of the beast are as confusing as they are endless. Some commentators observe that there are six Roman numerals (I, V, X, L, C, and D). If you add them all up, you get 666. Some take this to say that the Antichrist will be a Roman. Or, they point out that all the numbers from 1 to 36 add up to 666. Beast in the evil sense appears 36 times in the Bible. It is the number of a man: One persistent opinion, especially in the early church, was that this number identified the Antichrist with Caesar Nero. But to make the name “Caesar Nero” fit, one must take a variant spelling of the Greek form of a Latin name, transliterated into Hebrew characters. It is the number of a man: The letters of “Jesus” in Greek add up to 888. 666 may be a Satanic counterpart to the name of Jesus, or 666 may be God’s evaluation of such a Satanic counterpart – it falls short. As compared to the number 888, the number 666 may signify an unholy trinity. It may be a human and demonic imitation of God, inherently falling short of the perfect and true. Seven is the number of completion and totality, and 6 doesn’t quite make it. His number is 666: Or, the number 666 may harken back to Solomon’s wages. 1 Kings 10:14 says that Solomon received yearly six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold. Perhaps this suggests that the Antichrist, like Solomon, is a good man who becomes corrupted. Modern interpretations of the idea of the Antichrist are full of the idea of some demon-child, marked by obvious evil from his birth, such as in the Omen movies. But the Antichrist may be someone whose evil is only seen after his rise to power. His number is 666: Christians need not fear the number 666 in a superstitious way; but it interesting to see the way the world has an attachment to this number – even with things like “666” brand cough syrup. The two beasts are Satanic imitations. We are presented with a false “Christ” and a false “John the Baptist” who promote the false god. Satan can’t create, but he can effectively deceive with imitation. Imitations have ever formed the gravest perils in the history of the Church and the world, and the devil’s final attempt to gain the government of the race will thus be an appalling attempt to imitate. Imitations work precisely because they are similar; if they were so obviously different, it would be easy to tell the difference. We must beware and be familiar with the genuine. Instead of obsessing with fear and interest about the imitation – the Antichrist – how much more appropriate is it for Christians to be interested in the genuine: Jesus Christ.
That as 12, the square root of 144, is God’s number, so 25 is the square root of antichrist’s number 666; and by this enigmatical expression we are taught that antichrist should be a political body, that should as much affect the number 15, as God seemeth to have his church affected the number 12.” (Poole)
The year of Rome’s ruin is by some held to be 1666. It is plain, saith one, Satan shall be tied up 1000 years; 666 is the number of the beast; Antichrist shall so long reign; these two together make the just number.” (Trapp)
Here is the solution of this mystery: let him that hath a mind for investigations of this kind, find out a kingdom which contains precisely the number 666, for this must be infallibly the name of the beast. ‘H Latinh basileia, The Latin Kingdom, has exclusively this number.” (Clarke)
If you translate the hebrew spelling of 666 you have Nero Caesar . Remember it was a code used to communicate. With that in mind you may want to read the book in light of Matthew 24. Rev is warning the 7 churches thst what he said would happen to the temple and Jerusalem would happen shortly for the time is at hand
Paul Mark Gallardez Almario, if you have already put your trust in Jesus, you will not have to worry about this, for the church saints are raptured before tribulation occurs which is when this mark will occur.
What this mark really means is the saints must reach as many unbelievers as possible prior to the rapture.
So you don’t even evaluate what I said and just go dispensational on. 1 thes 4 is about resurrection not rapture
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