This is probably what I would consider to be one of the more simpler things in Scripture to understand, but it did take quite a bit of memorizing and joggling around in the brain to recognize. I had posted it on a website years ago, but I do not believe it is up anymore. Anyway, I frown upon all of the fancy calculations that try to literally name the antichrist. The fact that probably hundreds of thousands of people's names can be connected to this number using those numbering systems should testify to its absurdity. Sorry folks, God has drawn a line in II Thessalonians 2 and no amount of these fancy numbering systems is going to reveal the antichrist beforehand. If anything, I highly doubt his individual name is going to add up to "666" when he is revealed. In the Koine Greek, it is written using the characters Chi Xi Stigma denoting 600, 60, and 6, respectively, with the final letter being an obsolete character which can also have the meaning "to puncture, pierce, tattoo as in the manner to signify ownership".
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."
This verse gives the command to let him who has understanding psephisato/count, to reckon as with pebbles, the number of the beast. *Note: "to reckon as with pebbles" I recall reading in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and may have been from the prim. root. I'll have to double check later since its not a book I carry around with me all the time due to its size.
Revelation 17:9-12
"Here is the mind which has wisdom(some versions read 'understanding'): The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast."
In these verses, we have the mind which has wisdom, understanding, etc. So I applied here the command to count: The 7 heads are(=) 7 mountains on which the womand sits. There are also(+) 7 kings.
7 + 7 = 14
5 are fallen(-5), 1 is(neither + or -), and the other 1 is not yet come(-1).
So 14 - 5 - 1 = 8
and the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the 8th and is of the 7(neither + or -)
So we still have 8.
And the 10 horns are(=) 10 kings.
8 + 10 = 18, which coincidentally would be equal to 6 + 6 + 6.
So what does this tell us? A visible mark on the right hand or forehead, and a numbering/naming system based on a 666 or 18 design. Now beyond this it can only be guess work, but I believe in our day we can at least make an educated guess and still be on the safe side, Scripturally speaking. Obviously if the mark involves buying and selling, we can eliminate the idea that every individual mark is going to be the exact same. Sure, the mark is going to both work and look the same way with the same format on everyone receiving it since this will be the one universal thing that identifies those people who associate with and belong to the beast's system. However, there must be a distinction between each mark for reasons that should be obvious. The one possible way to accomplish this is by assigning each mark its own unique 18-digit number(or three sets of 6-digit numbers). With each digit having the possible number of 0-9, that is 10 different combinations possible per digit and 10^18 or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible combinations for the 18-digit number.
There are other speculations, questions, etc., but at this time I do not believe it would shed much light on the current subject: an equilateral triangle is 60 degrees at each angle. Man was created on the 6th day. For 6 days man shall labor and on the 7th day rest.
Hopefully this helps those who have been struggling with this!
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."
This verse gives the command to let him who has understanding psephisato/count, to reckon as with pebbles, the number of the beast. *Note: "to reckon as with pebbles" I recall reading in Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and may have been from the prim. root. I'll have to double check later since its not a book I carry around with me all the time due to its size.
Revelation 17:9-12
"Here is the mind which has wisdom(some versions read 'understanding'): The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.
The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast."
In these verses, we have the mind which has wisdom, understanding, etc. So I applied here the command to count: The 7 heads are(=) 7 mountains on which the womand sits. There are also(+) 7 kings.
7 + 7 = 14
5 are fallen(-5), 1 is(neither + or -), and the other 1 is not yet come(-1).
So 14 - 5 - 1 = 8
and the beast that was, and is not, is himself also the 8th and is of the 7(neither + or -)
So we still have 8.
And the 10 horns are(=) 10 kings.
8 + 10 = 18, which coincidentally would be equal to 6 + 6 + 6.
So what does this tell us? A visible mark on the right hand or forehead, and a numbering/naming system based on a 666 or 18 design. Now beyond this it can only be guess work, but I believe in our day we can at least make an educated guess and still be on the safe side, Scripturally speaking. Obviously if the mark involves buying and selling, we can eliminate the idea that every individual mark is going to be the exact same. Sure, the mark is going to both work and look the same way with the same format on everyone receiving it since this will be the one universal thing that identifies those people who associate with and belong to the beast's system. However, there must be a distinction between each mark for reasons that should be obvious. The one possible way to accomplish this is by assigning each mark its own unique 18-digit number(or three sets of 6-digit numbers). With each digit having the possible number of 0-9, that is 10 different combinations possible per digit and 10^18 or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible combinations for the 18-digit number.
There are other speculations, questions, etc., but at this time I do not believe it would shed much light on the current subject: an equilateral triangle is 60 degrees at each angle. Man was created on the 6th day. For 6 days man shall labor and on the 7th day rest.
Hopefully this helps those who have been struggling with this!
