The decision to receive the mark is an irreversible decision. It is sobering to realize that receiving this mark of the beast is apparently an unpardonable sin (Revelation 14:9-10). In some way that is presently unknown to us, this number will be a crucial part of his identification. Interpreting this verse involves some guesswork. The truth is, Scripture does not clearly define what is meant by 666. Of course, all this is highly speculative. Some suggest that antichrist will be a man like Nero of old. It is suggested that if Nero’s name is translated into the Hebrew language, the numerical value of its letters is 666. Others have suggested that perhaps the number refers to a specific man-such as the Roman emperor Nero. (The antichrist is just a man, though influenced and possibly indwelt by Satan.)
One popular theory is that inasmuch as 7 is the number of perfection, and the number 777 reflects the perfect Trinity, perhaps 666 points to a being who aspires to perfect deity (like the Trinity) but never attains it. We cannot be certain how the number 666 relates to this personage or the mark, but Bible interpreters have offered many suggestions as to the meaning of 666 down through the centuries. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.Īpparently, people will somehow be branded, just as animals today are branded and as slaves were once branded by their slave owners. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.
Revelation 20:4 tells us that believers in the Lord Jesus Christ will refuse the mark of the beast: In Revelation 13, we read that the antichrist and the false prophet-a diabolical duo-will someday subjugate the entire world so that no one can buy or sell who does not receive the mark of the beast. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666. No one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.
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