666

[3 Resurrections]

The Six-hundred-and-sixty-six calculated number was the number of years the Sea Beast had existed on earth as of the time John was writing Revelation. The believers were to use a little wisdom and count BACKWARD in time that 666 years to identify who that ancient Sea Beast character was at its beginning. Nebuchadnezzar (who made the golden image of himself) was the one who began the history of that Sea Beast.

Revelation 13:2 shows that the Sea Beast had the combined characteristics of all of Daniel's beasts - the lion, the bear, and the leopard. These show that the Sea Beast was as old as the first "lion" kingdom under Nebuchadnezzar. This began a period of time when pagan empires had control of the nation of Israel. One by one, all those pagan kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persian, Greek, and Roman demanded homage in one way or another from the nation of Israel during their time in power .

The Sea Beast's "date of birth" was the first deportation by Nebuchadnezzar of Daniel and others of Jerusalem's nobility in 607 BC. Counting from that time forward, it was 666 YEARS until John was writing Revelation, somewhere between late AD 59 and early AD 60.

The 666 number is called the "number of A MAN" in Revelation 13:18 in two respects. First, Nebuchadnezzar was the name of the king at the beginning of this Sea Beast's existence. Second, Daniel 7:4 describes the "lion" kingdom in this way: "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet AS A MAN, and A MAN'S HEART was given to it."

Anyone of the Jews who knew their Daniel scriptures would have recognized this description of the Sea Beast's "lion" kingdom phase begun by Nebuchadnezzar and which had continued to have control over their nation through the centuries via the Medo-Persian period, the Greek period, and the Roman phase which they were currently sitting in at the time John was writing Revelation.

 

[dwb001]

The 666 is the number of the beast's name. So while there will be a combination of numbers that total 666, it can be only one combination of numbers - specific to the beast's name.

So, if a person suspects someone to be the beast - one way to check the possibility is to add the letter-number equivalents of the person's name to see if it adds to 666. One place to do that is Gematria Calculator . This is assuming the letter-number approach. It may be something else, like the person's seat in a parliment (as some have speculated).

What will be displayed, however, when the law is enacted, on the forehead or hand will likey be the total , the singular displayed number of - 666. Time will tell the closer that day becomes.

We should pray that God gives us the wisdom to figure out the 666 number of the beast's name.

Wow that calculator site is funny.
Some of the phrases that match my name are amazingly humorous.

 

[Veni]

Educated man is a rebellious man, Who only concern with his own welfare or advantage in disregard of others.

 

[Sabertooth]

Educated man is a rebellious man, Who only concern with his own welfare or advantage in disregard of others.

Disciples = students.

 

[Fisherking]

Numbers (0-9) 10 symbols
Alphabet (A-Z) 26 symbols

Total 36 symbols

Stick with the symbology, do not try to create mysterious messages per se.

6 = man or mankind.

Dan. 7:11 and Rev. 19:20 both tells us the last Beast is a Single Man.

So, how does God tells us the last beast is a single man? He says its the number of man a in Rev. 13:18 but some bibles say the number of man. Either way, whenever God gives us a number He has a reason. Whenever God times the number He being emphatic. In this case, imho, God wants us to know that this last Beast is not a kingdom nation, its an empire run by one man. Thus 666, imho, is not a number of a name, it is just telling us the last Beast will be a MAN, not a Nation.

 

[Douggg]

Thus 666, imho, is not a number of a name, it is just telling us the last Beast will be a MAN, not a Nation.

The text says the number of his name.

Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

 

[Fisherking]

The text says the number of his name.

Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Well, actually the real Greek text says its the number of A-MANKIND........or mankind in general when interpreted correctly.

δε ἡ σοφία ἐστίν: ὁ ἔχων νοῦν ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ θηρίου, ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν: καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ.
unto-which-moreover the-one a-wisdoming-unto it-be; the-one holding to-a-mind it-should-have-pebbled-to to-the-one to-a-number of-the-one of-a-beastlet; a-number therefore of-a-mankind it-be, and the-one a-number of-it six-hundred sixty six.


Interlinear GNT NT Greek Revelation 13:18 Lexicon Strong's Concordance Cross References Add My Comments on Revelation 13:18 Blogs Online 13:18 Ὧδε "unto-which-moreover" ἡ "the-one" σοφία "a-wisdoming-unto" ἐστίν: "it-be;" ὁ "the-one" ἔχων "holding" νοῦν "to-a-mind" ψηφισάτω "it-should-have-pebbled-to" τὸν "to-the-one" ἀριθμὸν "to-a-number" τοῦ "of-the-one" θηρίου, "of-a-beastlet;" ἀριθμὸς "a-number" γὰρ "therefore" ἀνθρώπου "of-a-mankind" ἐστίν: "it-be," καὶ "and" ὁ "the-one" ἀριθμὸς "a-number" αὐτοῦ "of-it" ἑξακόσιοι "six-hundred" ἑξήκοντα "sixty" ἕξ. "six."

Since we know 6 is the number of man, and any time God times a number he is adding emphasis, its pretty apparent that God is saying 666 is the number of mankind and the last beast is a man or of the MANKIND not a National Kingdom Beast, and Dan. 7:11 and Rev. 19:20 backs that notion up.

 

[honey badger]

you can not flee what you can not see ...

 

[Douggg]

Well, actually the real Greek text says its the number of A-MANKIND........or mankind in general when interpreted correctly.

δε ἡ σοφία ἐστίν: ὁ ἔχων νοῦν ψηφισάτω τὸν ἀριθμὸν τοῦ θηρίου, ἀριθμὸς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν: καὶ ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτοῦ ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ.
unto-which-moreover the-one a-wisdoming-unto it-be; the-one holding to-a-mind it-should-have-pebbled-to to-the-one to-a-number of-the-one of-a-beastlet; a-number therefore of-a-mankind it-be, and the-one a-number of-it six-hundred sixty six.

I copied and pasted Revelation 13:17, not Revelation 13:18.

Revelation 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Do you believe that the beast-king of Revelation 17:11 will have a name?

10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

 

[AYM]

I've seen a lot of people pointing at various figures and using all kinds of extra-Biblical numeric systems to arrive at how some person's name is 666 and thus they will either become the anti-Christ or be revived as the anti-Christ.

My thinking at this point is that we need to look for someone who claims that they actually are 666. I don't really think it matters to us as saved people how they decide they are 666, just that they claim it for themselves.

Currently, I know of two in history whose followers claim them to be 666:

Aleister Crowley
Muhammad (though this is in dispute)

 

[Jipsah]

Education is the mark of the beast.

Dang

 

[Douggg]

I've seen a lot of people pointing at various figures and using all kinds of extra-Biblical numeric systems to arrive at how some person's name is 666 and thus they will either become the anti-Christ or be revived as the anti-Christ.

My thinking at this point is that we need to look for someone who claims that they actually are 666. I don't really think it matters to us as saved people how they decide they are 666, just that they claim it for themselves.

Currently, I know of two in history whose followers claim them to be 666:

Aleister Crowley
Muhammad (though this is in dispute)

Yes, I agree with that basic point, that we see 666 as a number of evil, but the person who claims it will see it as value.

 

[Ephesians321]

 

[Douggg]

Where does this leave us ?

Future to Ezekiel 39.

Gog/Magog event, verses 1-16.
Then the 7 years (which the 42 months of Revelation 13 rule by the 666 beast-king takes place).
Then Armageddon, verses 17-20.
Then Jesus speaking in the text, verses 21-29 having returned to this earth.

 

[Douggg]

@Ephesians321

The person who becomes the beast-king of Revelation 13 will promote "666" as pertaining to himself.

Nero never promoted "666".

 

[Veni]

We can reason with a man, but we cannot reason with the beast.

 

[Veni]

you can not flee what you can not see ...

Hence a Savior

 

[honey badger]

We can reason with a man, but we cannot reason with the beast.

I said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”

 

[Veni]

the gift of reason differentiates humanity from the beasts.

Aren't war declared by educated man?

 

[honey badger]

the gift of reason differentiates humanity from the beasts.

Aren't war declared by educated man?

But these, like irrational animals, having been born as creatures of instinct for capture and destruction, blaspheming in what they are ignorant of, in their destruction also will be destroyed,