Does the antichrist really have a number? Is it 616 or 666? Us Satanists have a favorite number. 8 . Because it always returns to itself. Just asking out of curiosity, not inflammitory. Thank you.
2006-09-19 14:20:23 · 31 answers · asked by Spookshow Baby 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I've heard that 666 was a mistranslation and it's really supposed to be 616.
2006-09-19 14:23:22 · update #1
Button:, read my details better. I'm asking out of curiosity. Humans are naturally curious creatures.
2006-09-19 14:29:13 · update #2
I do really hope it is 666. My name is Joshua Daniel Martin and wouldn't it be so exciting if I could be the Antichrist!
Then again I could just use my middle initial if it were actually 616.
2006-09-20 06:45:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
666
2006-09-19 23:30:00 · answer #2 · answered by Not perfect, just forgiven 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The antichrist number was refering to Nero. Romans had numbers, and St Paul (was it Paul?) was trying to say that Nero was evil. He burned Christians and stuff, and he was crazy all around. He burned half of Rome to make a new palace and blamed it on the Christians. St Paul was a political prisoner, so he had to write in a way the the Christians of the time would understand but not be obvious. The whole Revelations has pretty much already happened....Jesus said we wouldn't know the time or anything so Revelations isn't really going to have those signs. I don't know about the rest though--the part about the book of life and such.
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shadowgirl
2006-09-20 20:15:03 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. T, formerly known as Shadow. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if the word "Antichrist" appears in the Revelation, but the number 666 does.
2006-09-19 21:22:16 · answer #4 · answered by Warren D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are not interested in prophetic interpretation on the level of Joseph or Daniel it hardly matters. You will always read the Word in a spotted fashion. It will not be beautiful or coherent to you.
The number is 666 - or 2x3 with triple digits.
2006-09-19 21:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That had been mistrued. Most translations have 666.
This was another ball thrown by the Roman Church to take our eyes of the VICARIUS FILII DEI (Vicar of Christ), or the pope; which when added in roman numerals = 666.
V = 5
I = 1
C = 100
A = 0
R = 0
I = 1
U = 5
S = 0
= 112
F = 0
I = 1
L = 50
I = 1
I = 1
= 53
D = 500
E = 0
I = 1
=501
112 + 53 + 501 = 666
2006-09-19 21:25:27 · answer #6 · answered by Sky_blue 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess it's 666. Are you really a Satanist. I never met a Satanist before. Good Luck with that!
2006-09-19 21:23:23 · answer #7 · answered by STONE 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In Revelation 13:16-18 it says that the mark of the beast is 666. Your question refers to the mark of the beast. However the answer is Salvation through Jesus Christ.
2006-09-19 21:35:05 · answer #8 · answered by lizard lover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number 666 is said to represent the Antichrist. I don't think it's in the Bible, at least I don't remember it. I am a Christian and I like the number 8 because for me it represents infinity.
2006-09-19 21:23:46 · answer #9 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is six-hundred and sixty-six. Half of God's perfect number of 12 written three times to indicate complete imperfection. It is not the number of the antichristos, but the number of a certain man whose beastly treatment of the early Christian Church earned him the title of the Beast.
This man (actually there were two) was a certain historical personage alive and well when The Book of Revelation was written. But tell me, why do you ask? Your profile indicates that you are atheist/agnostic and don't even believe in a devil, much less God?
And not trying to be inflammatory but the Jews and early Christians considered '8' as one of their "good" numbers. Amazing, huh?
H
2006-09-20 13:22:17 · answer #10 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋