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What's up with 666, the "mark of the beast?"

Posted - November 1, 2019

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  • 6023
    Preterist theologians typically support the numerical interpretation that 666 is the equivalent of the name and title Nero Caesar (Roman Emperor 54–68 AD). Written in Aramaic, this can be valued at 666 using the Hebrew numerology of gematria, and was used to secretly speak against the emperor.
      November 1, 2019 12:02 PM MDT
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  • 32527
    It is a prophecy in the Book of Revelation.  People will be forced to take it or be prevented from buying or selling in the world's economy.
      November 1, 2019 12:46 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    6 is the number of mankind 
    66 is the goodness of mankind 
    666 is the badness of mankind 

    The mark is for capitalism;  no .mark is for socialism. 
      November 1, 2019 7:32 PM MDT
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  • 492

    6 - triangles
    6 - points
    6 - lines
    Just a bad dream he had, I guess.

      November 11, 2019 4:45 AM MST
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  • 32527
    You think a Jewish writer claims that the Jewish Star of David is the Mark of the Beast? 
      November 11, 2019 5:06 AM MST
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  • 492
    You're the one saying he was Jewish, not me.
      November 11, 2019 5:48 PM MST
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  • 13251
    You obviously don't know me very well.
      November 11, 2019 6:30 PM MST
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  • 492
    You're right and I don't have to. This post was edited by antibiotic at November 12, 2019 4:16 AM MST
      November 12, 2019 4:11 AM MST
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  • 32527
    The writer of Revelation was a Jewish person. John of Patmos.  Every book in the Bible ws written by Jewish people or their Patriarchs. The Bible refers to them as the Keepers of the Word. Rom 3:1-2
      November 11, 2019 7:30 PM MST
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  • 16197
    Luke (Luke/Acts) was a Gentile.
      November 11, 2019 11:32 PM MST
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  • 32527
    There is disagreement as to Luke being a Gentle. There is more Biblical evidence for his being a Jew. 
      November 12, 2019 4:41 AM MST
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  • 16197
    If he was a Jew, he wasn't a particularly devout one. In Colossians 4:10-11, Paul specifically differentiates between Luke the Healer and Demas, and his other colleagues "of the circumcision". His idiomatic usage is also at odds with his being Jewish, and texts dating back to the 2nd century give his place of origin as Antioch - which does not absolutely rule out his being Jewish but renders it unlikely. Also as a physician he would have had to perform many deeds which would make a Jew ritually unclean.
      November 12, 2019 11:09 PM MST
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  • 32527
    Paul was referring to those whom were preaching at that time and Luke was not. He working as Paul's personal Doctor and historian.  To mention Luke would not have appropriate in that context. 
      November 13, 2019 4:31 AM MST
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  • 32527
    As if there were no Jewish doctors at the time? If that were rhe case, why would Jesus use then is His preaching if no one in the crowd could relate. 

    How does a Gentile have inside knowledge of the Temple and its runnings? Gentiles were not allowed inside. Paul was arrested for bringing a Gentile inside the Temple. It was not Luke whom he brought in. This post was edited by my2cents at November 13, 2019 4:56 AM MST
      November 13, 2019 4:55 AM MST
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  • 492
    I do not think the star of David is the mark of the beast.
    Neither is:
    www = a vision of Roman numerals VI VI VI - 666
    or
    Ronald Wilson Reagan - 6 letters in each name -  retired to 666 St. Cloud Road in Bel-Air, California
    or
    any other man made non sense.

    Revelation 13:18 from the King James Bible reads.
    "Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."
    Not, and his number is "666".
    Either way, it was written by a delusional, deranged, old man going out of his mind, secluded from human social interaction.

      November 12, 2019 4:38 AM MST
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  • 32527
    Then what what then supposed meaning of your post? 
      November 12, 2019 4:42 AM MST
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  • 492
    If I was hexakosioihexekontahexaphobic, I'd have an answer for you.
      November 12, 2019 6:46 PM MST
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  • 32527
    So no meaning then? 
      November 12, 2019 6:50 PM MST
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  • 13395
    VI.. Village Idiot 


      November 12, 2019 6:34 AM MST
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  • 16197
    Forget the KJV, John the Seer didn't write it in English. Indeed there was no such place as England, the Angles (hence "Angle land") hadn't got there yet. It was inhabited by Gaelic-speaking Celts, occupied by the Romans and called Britannia.
    John wrote zeta, zeta, zeta - the sixth letter in the Greek alphabet and thus generally translated as 666. The KJV scholars mistranslated it, they did quite a lot of that. They brought their 17th century prejudices to the task of translation and didn't have access to the best texts. Those were in the hands of the Saracens who weren't feeling terribly generous towards infidels at the time, having repulsed several Crusades.
      November 12, 2019 11:15 PM MST
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  • 46117
    He's down actually.  
      November 11, 2019 6:01 PM MST
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