The Name and the Number of the Beast

[Barraco]

A constant theme in Revelation is the two-fold witness: 1) Keeping the testimony (name) of Jesus and 2) obeying God’s commands (works). The seven churches were judged along a scale of how well they kept that two-fold witness.

Similarly, the mark of the beast is described as the name of the beast or the number of his name. The mark is on the forehead (name) or on the right hand (works). Since 666 is the number of the beast’s name, it is associated with the deeds of a particular man.

People have been trying to use gematra to decipher it, but I think that might be an incorrect interpretive method (although it was common long before Revelation was written). Perhaps the number of his name is more closely associated with his deeds and not a numerical value of his name. Daniel 7:25 says the little horn will change the times and the laws. To my understanding, there were 613 commands that are not authorized to be altered. Could 666 be pointing to the lawless deeds of the lawless one, the false messiah that will be revealed as a result of apostasy in Israel?

I have yet to find solid evidence of this interpretation. Just getting the hampster wheel spinning. Thoughts?

 

[RandyPNW]

A constant theme in Revelation is the two-fold witness: 1) Keeping the testimony (name) of Jesus and 2) obeying God’s commands (works). The seven churches were judged along a scale of how well they kept that two-fold witness.

Similarly, the mark of the beast is described as the name of the beast or the number of his name. The mark is on the forehead (name) or on the right hand (works). Since 666 is the number of the beast’s name, it is associated with the deeds of a particular man.

People have been trying to use gematra to decipher it, but I think that might be an incorrect interpretive method (although it was common long before Revelation was written). Perhaps the number of his name is more closely associated with his deeds and not a numerical value of his name. Daniel 7:25 says the little horn will change the times and the laws. To my understanding, there were 613 commands that are not authorized to be altered. Could 666 be pointing to the lawless deeds of the lawless one, the false messiah that will be revealed as a result of apostasy in Israel?

I have yet to find solid evidence of this interpretation. Just getting the hampster wheel spinning. Thoughts?

I do think it was intended to be gematria, a numerical relationship with a name. John was captive to the Romans and had to present his revelation in code, as Jesus appears to have given it to him. After all, Jesus gave his messages in the code of parables when Israel was hostile to him and he did not want to incite his enemies before the time.

The usual reference is to Nero, but Nero doesn't really fit. If anything, he is a sort of pre-figuring of Antichrist. Really, the name of the 1st Latin ruler fits better than Nero, and was viewed as such in the Early Church. If it didn't make sense to anyone, then what was the value in giving the Revelation?

So all I think 666 is saying is that the Antichrist would be a Latin ruler, or Roman Emperor. That would've been provocative to Romans at the time, if John had come out and said Caesar is a forerunner of the Antichrist!

To say it was the number of a man was typical of saying Antichrist would be both a kingdom and an individual man, a king. To imprint this identification on the head and hand may indeed be a modern chip--don't know?

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

A constant theme in Revelation is the two-fold witness: 1) Keeping the testimony (name) of Jesus and 2) obeying God’s commands (works). The seven churches were judged along a scale of how well they kept that two-fold witness.

Similarly, the mark of the beast is described as the name of the beast or the number of his name. The mark is on the forehead (name) or on the right hand (works). Since 666 is the number of the beast’s name, it is associated with the deeds of a particular man.

People have been trying to use gematra to decipher it, but I think that might be an incorrect interpretive method (although it was common long before Revelation was written). Perhaps the number of his name is more closely associated with his deeds and not a numerical value of his name. Daniel 7:25 says the little horn will change the times and the laws. To my understanding, there were 613 commands that are not authorized to be altered. Could 666 be pointing to the lawless deeds of the lawless one, the false messiah that will be revealed as a result of apostasy in Israel?

I have yet to find solid evidence of this interpretation. Just getting the hampster wheel spinning. Thoughts?

The number 6 is related to man...he was created on the 6th day. 666 is the number of man. in some translations it is 616 such as papyrus 115 but could just be a scribal error. You have seen 777 and 888 as numerical values representing The Father and the Son? Many suggest this person was Nero...

 

[tailgator]

A constant theme in Revelation is the two-fold witness: 1) Keeping the testimony (name) of Jesus and 2) obeying God’s commands (works). The seven churches were judged along a scale of how well they kept that two-fold witness.

Similarly, the mark of the beast is described as the name of the beast or the number of his name. The mark is on the forehead (name) or on the right hand (works). Since 666 is the number of the beast’s name, it is associated with the deeds of a particular man.

People have been trying to use gematra to decipher it, but I think that might be an incorrect interpretive method (although it was common long before Revelation was written). Perhaps the number of his name is more closely associated with his deeds and not a numerical value of his name. Daniel 7:25 says the little horn will change the times and the laws. To my understanding, there were 613 commands that are not authorized to be altered. Could 666 be pointing to the lawless deeds of the lawless one, the false messiah that will be revealed as a result of apostasy in Israel?

I have yet to find solid evidence of this interpretation. Just getting the hampster wheel spinning. Thoughts?

I know Benjamin netanyahu has mentioned putting microchips in everyone in Israel a few years ago.

Give it another year or two and see what he decides to do once these wars are done.If someone sends him help(the false prophet),then I would expect his plan to be established quickly.

 

[daq]

What is the natural man?
Consider the lily-like flowers of the field, (שושני, Matthew 6:28-30).
All flesh is as grass, Isaiah 40:6-8, James 1:10-12, 1 Peter 1:25-26.

Matthew 6:28 Hebrew Bible
וללבוש למה תדאגו התבוננו נא אל שושני השדה הצמחות אינן עמלות ואינן טות׃
(Matthew 6:28 Greek Text Analysis)

In one particular Hebrew text of the Apocalypse the harlot of Rev 17 has the name on her clothing, as well as the beast having the same, and the harlot also has the number written on her forehead, and this is quite obviously how it should be according to what is written in Rev 13:15-18, for how can she be an integral part or aspect of the kingdom of the beast if she has not complied with what is written in Rev 13:15-18?

Revelation 17:5 Hebrew Bible
ועל מצחה כתוב שם סוד בבל הגדולה אם הזנות ותועבות האדמה׃
(Revelation 17:5 Greek Text Analysis)

סוד בבל הגדולה אם הזנות ~ SOD BABEL THE GREAT MOTHER OF HARLOTS

Revelation 17:3-4 (Hebrew Revelation)
3 And he brought me into the wilderness, and I saw the woman being seated upon the beast, whose appearance was as the appearance of lilies, and it was full of names of blasphemy, and it had seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was clothed with garments of red having the appearance of lilies, and she was arrayed in much gold and goodly stones and gems, and there was in her hand a golden cup full of uncleanness.
Hebrew Revelation PDF

The Testimony of the Meshiah is the Spirit of the prophecy, (Rev 19:10).

Shoshani = "lily-like"(flowers) - Sefaria Search: שושני (re: Matthew 6:28)
(See entry #4 - Klein Dictionary).

 

[Barraco]

I do think it was intended to be gematria, a numerical relationship with a name. John was captive to the Romans and had to present his revelation in code, as Jesus appears to have given it to him. After all, Jesus gave his messages in the code of parables when Israel was hostile to him and he did not want to incite his enemies before the time.

The usual reference is to Nero, but Nero doesn't really fit. If anything, he is a sort of pre-figuring of Antichrist. Really, the name of the 1st Latin ruler fits better than Nero, and was viewed as such in the Early Church. If it didn't make sense to anyone, then what was the value in giving the Revelation?

So all I think 666 is saying is that the Antichrist would be a Latin ruler, or Roman Emperor. That would've been provocative to Romans at the time, if John had come out and said Caesar is a forerunner of the Antichrist!

To say it was the number of a man was typical of saying Antichrist would be both a kingdom and an individual man, a king. To imprint this identification on the head and hand may indeed be a modern chip--don't know?

That definitely would have been provocative. I'm not closed off to the idea. Domitian did claim to be a god, encouraged Anatolian cults to worship him, and did censor the public on religious matters. If he found anyone deviating from traditional Roman religion (like the vestal virgins), he would have them punished and/or executed. Nobody maximized this level of censoring against Christians in Anatolia more than Diocletian in the early fourth century. But the name Caesar has no relevance to audiences today. If the beast is a future kingdom, why stamp it with a name of the past?

I know there are variations of Caesar's name in the German word kaiser and the Russian word tsar. Perhaps whoever the future ruler of the upcoming alliance is will utilize some variation of the word Caesar. But I don't think he will be ethnically or nationally Roman. I think he will be Jewish, a false messiah that leads a blessed and successful Israel astray.

 

[RandyPNW]

That definitely would have been provocative. I'm not closed off to the idea. Domitian did claim to be a god, encouraged Anatolian cults to worship him, and did censor the public on religious matters. If he found anyone deviating from traditional Roman religion (like the vestal virgins), he would have them punished and/or executed. Nobody maximized this level of censoring against Christians in Anatolia more than Diocletian in the early fourth century. But the name Caesar has no relevance to audiences today. If the beast is a future kingdom, why stamp it with a name of the past?

I know there are variations of Caesar's name in the German word kaiser and the Russian word tsar. Perhaps whoever the future ruler of the upcoming alliance is will utilize some variation of the word Caesar. But I don't think he will be ethnically or nationally Roman. I think he will be Jewish, a false messiah that leads a blessed and successful Israel astray.

It could be that he will be Jewish--I don't know. But I was saying that the number 666 worked out to King Lateinos, founder of the Roman Empire. Irenaeus recognized the association very early on, indicating that people of the time made that association.

Its value would only be in confirming Dan 7 and its depiction of the "4th Kingdom" as being the last one in history before the coming of the Messianic Kingdom. In fact, some like myself believe that in a sense the Roman Imperial Tradition continues across Europe today. Well after the fall of Rome in 476 AD, imperial rule continued in the Eastern part of the Empire. And in the West, it was revived under the Germanic kings and the Holy Roman Empire.

Saying that the number of the Beast was 666 simply confirms that the Antichrist will rise out of Europe, which we now know was the new home for God's Kingdom after the fall of Israel. And it is here that religious apostasy has been taking place since perhaps the Renaissance, and especially after the Enlightenment era. It's been a warning, perhaps, to Christians to expect the fall of Christianity, just as Israel had fallen. Just a thought....

 

[Benaiah468]

The reference to 666 can have many meanings, both religious and mystical, but it also seems to be a coded reference to the gematria of the Roman emperor, an emperor who famously persecuted the early church. If we take the letters of the emperor's full name, written in Hebrew and considered as their numerical equivalent, we find the famous 666 (this rare form of Nero's name was actually found in an Aramaic document from Qumran). If we do the same in Greek, we get exactly double the sum


Caesar Nero
קסר נרונ
19. ק Quph 100
15. ס Samech 60
20. ר Resch 200
14. נ Nun 50
20. ר Resch 200
6. ו Vav 6
14. נ Nun 50
Σ 666


Nero Caesar
Ερων Καεσαρ
13. Νν Nu 50
5. Εεϵ Epsilon 5
17. Ρρ Rho 100
24. Ωω Omega 800
13. Νν Nu 50
10. Κκϰ Kappa 20
1. Αα Alpha 1
5. Εεϵ Epsilon 5
18. Σσςϲ Sigma 200
1. Αα Alpha 1
17. Ρρ Rho 100
Σ 1332

1332/2 = 666

 

[RandyPNW]

The reference to 666 can have many meanings, both religious and mystical, but it also seems to be a coded reference to the gematria of the Roman emperor, an emperor who famously persecuted the early church. If we take the letters of the emperor's full name, written in Hebrew and considered as their numerical equivalent, we find the famous 666 (this rare form of Nero's name was actually found in an Aramaic document from Qumran). If we do the same in Greek, we get exactly double the sum


Caesar Nero
קסר נרונ
19. ק Quph 100
15. ס Samech 60
20. ר Resch 200
14. נ Nun 50
20. ר Resch 200
6. ו Vav 6
14. נ Nun 50
Σ 666


Nero Caesar
Ερων Καεσαρ
13. Νν Nu 50
5. Εεϵ Epsilon 5
17. Ρρ Rho 100
24. Ωω Omega 800
13. Νν Nu 50
10. Κκϰ Kappa 20
1. Αα Alpha 1
5. Εεϵ Epsilon 5
18. Σσςϲ Sigma 200
1. Αα Alpha 1
17. Ρρ Rho 100
Σ 1332

1332/2 = 666

I have pointed this out a number of times, and it does have historical credibility. The name is simply "Latin man," and the number is the equivalent of this.

It merely suggests that the Antichrist will emerge out of the Roman Imperial Tradition--it isn't an atempt to affix the title of "Antichrist" to any particular person until he actually arises out of this tradition. It is just pinpointing the location, or tradition, out of which this man will come.

I will quote what I've shared before...

There are many speculations, almost as old as the Bible text itself, regarding the meaning of 666 or to whom it is referencing. The Catholic Church states that Irenaeus (130 - 202 A.D.), an early church "father," wrote about whom this number might reference. He stated that the Greek word "Lateinos," when given their corresponding Greek values and added up (30 + 1 + 330 + 5 + 10 + 50 + 70 + 200), equals 666. The word itself means "Latin man."

https://www.[bless and do not curse...o not curse]/prophecy/what-does-666-mean.html

Lateinos is perhaps the equivalent of Latino. That is, the Antichrist will be Latin, or Roman.

King Lateinos was the founder of Rome and the Roman Empire. In the Greek, every letter has a numerical value. The numerical value for “Lateinos” is 666. Therefore, the beast is clearly identified as the Roman Empire, as the number 666 identifies the founder of the Roman Empire–Lateinos.

What is the Number of the Beast? – Church of the Eternal God

I don't believe any of the Church Fathers believed Nero was 666 or the Antichrist.

 

[Benaiah468]

I have pointed this out a number of times, and it does have historical credibility. The name is simply "Latin man," and the number is the equivalent of this.

This of course seems also a possibility offered by the Isopsephy, although in many cases the word is written without Epsilon, Latinus (Λᾰτῖνος)


Lateinos
λατεινος
11. Λλ Lambda 30
1. Αα Alpha 1
19. Ττ Tau 300
5. Εεϵ Epsilon 5
9. Ιι lota 10
13. Νν Nu 50
15. Οο Omicron 70
18. Σσςϲ Sigma 200
Σ 666

 

[tailgator]

What is the natural man?
Consider the lily-like flowers of the field, (שושני, Matthew 6:28-30).
All flesh is as grass, Isaiah 40:6-8, James 1:10-12, 1 Peter 1:25-26.

Matthew 6:28 Hebrew Bible
וללבוש למה תדאגו התבוננו נא אל שושני השדה הצמחות אינן עמלות ואינן טות׃
(Matthew 6:28 Greek Text Analysis)

In one particular Hebrew text of the Apocalypse the harlot of Rev 17 has the name on her clothing, as well as the beast having the same, and the harlot also has the number written on her forehead, and this is quite obviously how it should be according to what is written in Rev 13:15-18, for how can she be an integral part or aspect of the kingdom of the beast if she has not complied with what is written in Rev 13:15-18?

Revelation 17:5 Hebrew Bible
ועל מצחה כתוב שם סוד בבל הגדולה אם הזנות ותועבות האדמה׃
(Revelation 17:5 Greek Text Analysis)

סוד בבל הגדולה אם הזנות ~ SOD BABEL THE GREAT MOTHER OF HARLOTS

Revelation 17:3-4 (Hebrew Revelation)
3 And he brought me into the wilderness, and I saw the woman being seated upon the beast, whose appearance was as the appearance of lilies, and it was full of names of blasphemy, and it had seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was clothed with garments of red having the appearance of lilies, and she was arrayed in much gold and goodly stones and gems, and there was in her hand a golden cup full of uncleanness.
Hebrew Revelation PDF

The Testimony of the Meshiah is the Spirit of the prophecy, (Rev 19:10).

Shoshani = "lily-like"(flowers) - Sefaria Search: שושני (re: Matthew 6:28)
(See entry #4 - Klein Dictionary).

That would make sense seeing the harlot recieves the cup of the wine of the wrath of God which is given to them who worship the beast ,it's image and recieve it's mark.

If we look at the beasts kingdom ,we see the people in it are immigrants .They have immigrated from all nations ,tongues and peoples.They followed the beast from all over the world.

What really irks me is the government of my home country fully supports the beast in all it does.The beast wants bombs so they give it bombs.The beast want missiles so they give it missiles.The beast wants F35s so they give it F35s.
It never ends..Before you know it they will give the beast the armed forces to practice the authority of the beast on its behalf.It will make fire come down out of heaven and kill anyone who doesn't except the beast.They will go to any lengths to support that beast.

 

[tailgator]

Daniel 8:24
And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.


It's my own tax dollars giving the beast his power and that just aggravates me to no end.
He wouldn't have all that power if these idiots running this country didn't keep giving it to him.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

A constant theme in Revelation is the two-fold witness: 1) Keeping the testimony (name) of Jesus and 2) obeying God’s commands (works). The seven churches were judged along a scale of how well they kept that two-fold witness.

Similarly, the mark of the beast is described as the name of the beast or the number of his name. The mark is on the forehead (name) or on the right hand (works). Since 666 is the number of the beast’s name, it is associated with the deeds of a particular man.

People have been trying to use gematra to decipher it, but I think that might be an incorrect interpretive method (although it was common long before Revelation was written). Perhaps the number of his name is more closely associated with his deeds and not a numerical value of his name. Daniel 7:25 says the little horn will change the times and the laws. To my understanding, there were 613 commands that are not authorized to be altered. Could 666 be pointing to the lawless deeds of the lawless one, the false messiah that will be revealed as a result of apostasy in Israel?

I have yet to find solid evidence of this interpretation. Just getting the hampster wheel spinning. Thoughts?

God only numbered one set of law, that He personally wrote.

Exo 32:28 So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments

Deut 4:13 So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone.

Out of the Ten Commandments only one of those is both a time and a law Dan 7:25, the Sabbath commandment

Exo 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it

God had the foresight to use Remember- because He knew everyone would forget and it was changed just as predicted that sadly most people follow instead of obeying God.

The Catholic church takes credit for this change that the whole world wondered after (have the same mindset)

It is well to remind the Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, and all other Christians, that the Bible does not support them anywhere in their observance of Sunday. Sunday is an institution of the Roman Catholic Church, and those who observe the day observe a commandment of the Catholic Church.
—Priest Brady, in an address, reported in the Elizabeth, NJ ‘News’ on March 18, 1903.

Q. Have you any other way of proving that the Church has power to institute festivals of precept?
A. Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her; —she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority.
—Rev. Stephen Keenan, A Doctrinal Catechism; New York in 1857, page 174

They even go on to say when one observes Sunday in lieu of the Sabbath commandment it is a mark of their authority (over God’s) which is what the mark of the beast is about. On whose authority do we worship. Scripture tells us whoever we obey is who we serve Rom 6:16 Should we obey God the way He said, or those who changed God’s times and laws

Of course the Catholic Church claims that the change was her act. And the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters.
—C. F. Thomas, Chancellor of Cardinal Gibbons, in answer to a letter regarding the change of the Sabbath, November 11, 1895.

The Sabbath commandment carries God’s seal- has His name title and territory and He said when keeping its a sign between Him and us Eze 20:12 Eze 20:20 Exo 31:13

This is the problem
Rev 14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”

And God gives us the solution but will we believe
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

The commandments of God is His version Exo 20, not what was changed by man that sadly most follow. Its always best to obey God the way He said than to follow the popular traditions of man. Jesus speaks of this very thing and defines in vain false worship is keeping our rules over obeying the commandments of God quoting directly from the Ten Commandments Mat 15:3-14

 

[FactFinderFrank]

 

[FactFinderFrank]

Disclaimer: I am not the maker or the uploader of that video, but I think the person who did make it has hit the nail with a giant sledgehammer.

 

[Marilyn C]

THE MARK.

`And he causes all. Both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name

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..` (Rev. 13: 16 - 18)



THE MARK – Gk. `charagma,` a distinguishing sign as a badge of servitude.

This I see as a chip implanted under the skin with all the details of that person`s life, health, medical, finance, etc. Information of that individual that is presently available on our chips, on our cards or in our phones. Information that separates you from every other person on the planet. Information that is needed to connect you into man`s new order. Then finally it is information that means allegiance to the Global Leader.



THE NAME – Gk. `onoma,` a `name,` (lit. or fig.) authority, character.

This I see as the authority of the world leader. If you desire to `buy or sell` then you will need this authority. Today we need to have all sorts of authority to work in opportunity shops to working with children, to doing business etc. The world system requires their authority for you to transact & do business. The world system believes it has the power & authority to regulate people`s buying & selling.

It will be the authorisation from the IMF, (International Monetary Fund) and will be stored on the chip, (the Mark) also.



THE NUMBER – Gk. `arithmos,` a number, from `airo,` reckoned, accounted, computed.

`Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.` (Rev. 13: 18)

I believe the number of the `beast,` the Global Leader is his numbering system for every person on the planet and stored on the Mark. It will be a number within 6 digits, 6 digits, 6 digits.

It will be similar to the bar code which is scanned for objects. Note the long bar in between each set of numbers. That marks off the `6`s.` It will cover billions of numbered people.

 

[Douggg]

Disclaimer: I am not the maker or the uploader of that video, but I think the person who did make it has hit the nail with a giant sledgehammer.

No, the beast person will not be a muslim, as the beast claims to be god - which is against the fundamental principles of Islam.

I personally don't know yet what the name of the beast, nor how the 666 is the number of the his name, nor what the mark of the beast's name is.

The name of the beast person is something he may choose to call himself - when he recovers from a deadly wound. Or it could be his actual name. I do encourage all my brothers and sisters in Christ to continue to figure out the identity of the person by solving the mystery of the 666 and potential mark of his name.

So far though, none of the solutions, to me, seem to be correct. But keep trying and praying over it.

 

[Marilyn C]

No, the beast person will not be a muslim, as the beast claims to be god - which is against the fundamental principles of Islam.

I personally don't know yet what the name of the beast, nor how the 666 is the number of the his name, nor what the mark of the beast's name is.

The name of the beast person is something he may choose to call himself - when he recovers from a deadly wound. Or it could be his actual name. I do encourage all my brothers and sisters in Christ to continue to figure out the identity of the person by solving the mystery of the 666 and potential mark of his name.

So far though, none of the solutions, to me, seem to be correct. But keep trying and praying over it.

Remember Douggg, that the Global leader gets rid of EVERY religion. Thus, no Islamic religion. He comes from Islam but eventually destroys it for he desires all the worship to himself. (Rev. 17: 16, 13: 7 & 8)

 

[Douggg]

Remember Douggg, that the Global leader gets rid of EVERY religion. Thus, no Islamic religion. He comes from Islam but eventually destroys it for he desires all the worship to himself. (Rev. 17: 16, 13: 7 & 8)

Hi Marilyn, if he denounces Islam, then why would he take Islamic symbols to to promote himself ?

I don't see the person rising out of Islam, because to become the Antichrist, he has to be anointed the King of Israel, thought-to-be messiah in the eyes of the Jews at one stage on his path to his demise.

 

[Douggg]

It may be that because the person will recover from a deadly wound, and come back to life - he may adopt for himself the name Adoniam, which I am told by Jews (Judaism) means "my risen lord". And that because the children of the old testament Adonikam person numbered 666 (Ezra 2:13), that may be something he will adopt that his followers take than number, to signify that they are his children.

For people to buy into taking the 666 number, the false prophet and the beast person are going to have to put a positive spin on it, because of the wide spread awareness of the negativity involved with 666. It is going to be a time of upmost deception.