666: What the Holy Fathers say about it?

[JohnTh]

The problem of 666 is one of the problems in which everyone has an opinion but nobody got the time to research the Holy Fathers.
That's why I posted this (perhaps some from you know it already)

666: What the Holy Fathers say about it?

 

[ArmyMatt]

Archbishop Averky of Syracuse says it going on the forehead and hand means that you will think and act as the beast does.

 

[JohnTh]

Archbishop Averky of Syracuse says it going on the forehead and hand means that you will think and act as the beast does.

Yes - this is based on what is written in Old Testament. Till today there are some jews called ultra-Orthodox which put small quotes from the Law on their forehead and/or tie them at their hands.

In fact this is the most important part: let's say that one POW in WW2 had a svastika tattooed by the authorities on his hand or on his forehead: well, this thing isn't good, for sure, but the main difference is if that prisoner wanted to have this sign or not, that is he agrees with Nazi way or thinking (and doing) or not. Even worse, if he actually does such things.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Elder Arsenie of Romania said that if you add up three sixes, you get 18. so the Antichrist will want to control the 9 ranks of the noetic creation and the 9 ranks of the physical creation.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

Yes - this is based on what is written in Old Testament. Till today there are some jews called ultra-Orthodox which put small quotes from the Law on their forehead and/or tie them at their hands.

They are called Tefillin (Exodus 13:9)or phylacteries and are worn during morning prayers by observant Jews now and for over 2000 yrs (Matthew 23:5). One of the prayers inside is the Shema, which Yeshua also prayed in Mark 12:29.

 

[buzuxi02]

Tattooing criminals, slaves and prisoners on the face and hand was the common practise of ancient Greeks and Roman's (even many more such as the Japanese). Many times what was written was the offense of the person tattooing represented a kind of curse. The harlot of Babylon in Rev 17:5 had offended written on her forehead. God had to put a special kind of mark on Cain so he wont be killed. Anyhow in Revelation that's how antichrist brands his slaves and loyalists ln subjects.