take the phrase Vicarius Filii Dei(which ties in with catholicism), it adds up to 666. some kabbalahists view it as a holy day. in some pagan beliefs a numerical chart for each planet has the sun added up to 666, and therefore 666 represents the sun. man created numbers.
2006-11-21 07:04:57 · 8 answers · asked by Kismet 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
dunno but it was said that ceasar nero added up to 666 somehow too. all throughout history people have thought the end of the world was at hand for one reason or another. ever seen that show 24? about the group of fanatics that are working it so that the end of the world happens in their life time? that they cause armegeddon so that they can see it happen, so they can prove god exists or whatever. *shrug* i wouldnt be suprised. people just so desperately want it to happen as a final proof.
2006-11-21 07:08:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Here ya go: 666 is an abundant number. It is the sum of the first 36 natural numbers (i.e. 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666), and thus a triangular number, and the sum of the squares of the first seven prime numbers (i.e. 22 + 32 + 52 + 72 + 112 + 132 + 172 = 666).
Since 36 is both square and triangular, 666 is the sixth number of the form n2(n2 + 1) / 2 (triangular squares) and the eighth number of the form n(n + 1)(n2 + n + 2) / 8 (doubly triangular numbers.) i.e., the "unholy trinity)
Sound like garbage? It is.
There are a million possibilities...some early Christians thought it was the number of the name of Nero Ceasar. Some people think that "www" (as in the internet) is hebrew for 666.
Ridiculous speculation. But hey, who ever thought there would be a Y!A R&S site??
In other words....it doesn't matter.
Stop tring to figure it out.
Nobody knows the day nor the hour of Christ's return. Jesus said that. That's enough for me.
St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons warned even in 170 AD against "counting the number of the beast".
"It is therefore more certain, and less hazardous, to await the fulfillment of the prophecy, than to be making surmises, and casting about for any names that may present themselves, inasmuch as many names can be found possessing the number mentioned; and the same question will, after all, remain unsolved. For if there are many names found possessing this number, it will be asked which among them shall the coming man bear." [Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book V, Ch. 30]
2006-11-21 07:19:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The wild beast has a name, and this name is a number: 666. Six, as a number, is associated with God’s enemies. A Philistine man of the Rephaim was of “extraordinary size,” and his “fingers and toes were in sixes.” (1 Chronicles 20:6) King Nebuchadnezzar erected a golden image 6 cubits in breadth and 60 cubits high, to unify his political officials in one worship. When God’s servants refused to worship the image of gold, the king had them thrown into a fiery furnace. (Daniel 3:1-23) The number six falls short of seven, which stands for completeness from God’s standpoint. Therefore, a triple six represents gross imperfection.
A name identifies a person. So how does this number identify the beast? John says that it “is a man’s number,” not that of a spirit person, so the name helps to confirm that the wild beast is earthly, symbolizing human government. Just as six fails to measure up to seven, so 666—six to the third degree—is a fitting name for the world’s gigantic political system that fails so miserably to measure up to God’s standard of perfection. The world’s political wild beast rules supreme under the name-number 666, while big politics, big religion, and big business keep that wild beast functioning as an oppressor of mankind and a persecutor of God’s people.
2006-11-21 07:46:30 · answer #3 · answered by tillah519 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hebrews suitable meanings with numbers. case in point, if something grew to become into pronounced thrice--it grew to become into seen emphatic--it particularly is why God grew to become into called--Holy, Holy, Holy is our lord god Almighty. God is suitable with the variety 7. The variety 7 meant perfection. The variety 6 grew to become into in basic terms lacking 7--so it ability imperfection. it extremely is positioned thrice in a row to point utter imperfection.
2016-12-29 07:30:33 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A fragment from the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, dating to the Third century, gives the more mundane 616 as the mark of the Antichrist."
Taken from:
http://www.religionnewsblog.com/11134/beasts-real-mark-devalued-to-616
2006-11-21 07:08:48 · answer #5 · answered by Miss. Bliss 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was meant to picture Nero, that's all
2006-11-21 07:10:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
read apocalypses 10 or 12 you'll find out why
2006-11-21 07:07:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
way people made it up it all BS
2006-11-21 07:09:14 · answer #8 · answered by fame4000 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋