What does the number 666 signify?

Question

Thank you Marco, Fotoshop, Mark A., Beep and History. Some of you gave me more detailed explanations of the number itself, others the historical context. This was a hard call.

Answer 1

he association of the number 666 with
the Antichrist is derived from Revelation
13:18 in which John the Revelator
is told in his apocalyptic vision that the
number of the Beast is 666 and that the number
stands for a person. In John’s world of the
first century, the Beast that ruled the Earth
would have been the emperor, the caesar, of
the Roman Empire, Nero (37C.E.–68 C.E.).
Using the Hebrew alphabet, the numerical
value of “Caesar Nero,” the merciless persecutor
of the early Christians, is 666.
Although Jesus (c. 6 B.C.E.–c. 30 C.E.)
made it clear when speaking to the apostles
that no one will know the exact hour or day of
his Second Coming, for many centuries certain
Christian theologians have associated the
rise of the Antichrist to power and his
achievement of a seven-year reign over all the
Earth as a kind of catalyst that would set in
motion Armageddon, the last final battle
between good and evil—the ultimate clash
between the armies of Jesus Christ and Satan.
Ever since the Protestant Reformation, the
pope has been a favorite of certain Evangelicals
for the ignominious title. Many of the
pontiffs in the Middle Ages did exercise great
power over the rulers and the people of the
emerging European nations; and consequently,
there were numerous embittered princes
and fiery Protestant leaders who did seek to
affix the blame for a large number of repressive
social and religious programs on the Vatican.
However, contemporary popes have
wielded little political influence, surely none
that would place them in world-threatening
positions. There have been such men as Aleister
Crowley (1875–1947), who actually
appeared to covet and campaign for the position
by calling himself the Beast and 666.
Hollywood has capitalized on the fascination
of certain Christians and horror movie
fans with the menacing evil of the Antichrist
and depicted him in a number of motion pictures.
In Rosemary’s Baby (1968), an unsuspecting
young wife (Mia Farrow) is selected to
bear the Antichrist after her husband (John
Cassavetes) makes a pact with Satan. The
Omen (1976) spawned a series of three films
that follow the Antichrist from early childhood
to his position of wealth, power, and
charismatic mastery as an adult. In the first of
these films, Gregory Peck, as the unsuspecting
surrogate father of the Antichrist, is warned of
his son’s true identity by a number of priests
and other individuals who all meet untimely
ends. Although initially he considers such
warnings as the babble of the demented, he is
later shocked to discover the numerals “666”
on his son’s scalp and he resolves to do whatever
must be done to stop Satan’s will from
being accomplished. In spite of a valiant effort
on the part of the father, who now concludes
rightfully that his true son was killed and supplanted
by the disciples of the Antichrist, the
demon seed continues his destructive path to
world domination in two additional films. In
the The Chosen (1977), Kirk Douglas plays
another unaware father, an industrialist specializing
in building nuclear power plants,
who comes to realize that his son (Simon
Ward) is the Antichrist. In Lost Souls (2000),
a devout teacher played by Winona Ryder
must convince an unsuspecting young journalist
that he is the Antichrist before the
fated hour when his newly awakened demonic
awareness will seize control of his consciousness.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is challenged by
the almost impossible mission of preventing
Satan (Gabriel Byrne) from fathering the
Antichrist in End of Days (2000). In Stigmata
(2000), Byrne switches sides and plays a priest
who fights to thwart satanic interference
toward a young stigmatist, a woman who bears
the bleeding wounds of Christ’s crucifixion.
Bless the Child (2000) portrays a desperate
mother (Kim Basinger) who must somehow
prevent her specially gifted and blessed child
from becoming the human sacrifice that
would grant the Antichrist his full-powered
entry into the world.
Christians who believe completely that
the end times drama will play out according to
certain scriptural references maintain a wary
eye for signs of the Antichrist and the onset of
the Apocalypse, but not all Christians accept
the warnings of the advent of the Beast with
his telltale numerical designation of 666 or
believe that the traditional scenario of the
Antichrist and his seven-year reign has any
real relevance to the actual “signs in the sky”
that will precede the Second Coming of
Christ. In today’s world the term “antichrist”
lost much of its power to provoke fear after
the concept entered the popular mass culture.
For millions of modern secular men and
women, the Beast 666 has become merely a
sinister, but always defeated, villain in horror
movies, and his once dreaded title is often
loosely applied in an offhanded manner to
everything from cartoon figures to a wide
range of men and women in a vast spectrum of
modern society.

Answer 2

The number 6 is supposed to represent man since he was created on the 6th day.
The number 7 is supposed to represent God since he completed the world and rested on the 7th day.
The number 6 has also been associated with the devil and 666 is the number of "the beast" as told in The Revelations in the Bible.

Answer 3

It is a mark that signifies the bearer identifies with the "beast". A man whose control over the world is given to him by Satan (the archangel Lucifer). This dominion of the beast is held for seven years; where those who would follow him will hold his brand (mark) on their forehead or their hand. Those who rebel against this man will be forced into degragations, and torture,as well as imprisonment, and ultimately death.
It is said in the prophecies that those who do not bear this mark of the beast "666", will not be able to buy or sell anything. Nor will they be able to access any commerce of any kind, the banks, municipal offices, as well as the provincial or federal governments. All will be closed to the people who refuse to accept or deal with the "beast". In order to hold a job, or buy your groceries and pay your mortgage you will have to have the mark of the beast. You cannot pay your rent, bills, loans, unless you have the mark of the beast. Any financial transacition will be lost the ones who refuse to carry the mark of the beast.
This will be world wide!
The mark of the beast is the number "666" here we are cautioned to hold some wisdom concerning these end of times as predicted by one of God's Holy prophets.
Literally millions upon millions of people do not believe this.
I do believe this to be a true prophecy myself.
However when this is going to happen I don't know. I could be dead of disease or old age by the time the "beast" and his false prophet come to power. But then..... it could be here amongst us now. We don't know. When we do know billions will not believe it, even as he sits in the temple very few will believe that the beast is here!

Answer 4

Nothing really. Though in the book of Revelations it is reffered to as "The number of the beast". Alot of people were saying a whole bunch of crap about the world ending on 6-6-06 but did anything happen? NO. So clearly, the number is just "a number".

Answer 5

666 is referred to as the Number of the Beast in the Book of the Revelation (see Revelation 13:17-18).
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, 666 is considered to be symbolic. Because 666 in Greek numerals is χξς and χ stands for the Christ(Χριστός in Greek), ς for the man because the man was created the sixth day of Genesis (ς' in Greek numerals is number six) and the serpent, represented by ξ, came between them.

Answer 6

It comes from Revelations the last book of the Bible. It refers to "The Beast" which uses the numbers 666 as its mark. Many say that this was a hidden reference to Nero the emperor of Rome.

Answer 7

Six is the Hebrew number of imperfection, incompletion or sin. The number three is the Hebrew number for perfection or completion. Therefore 3 sixes would be something perfectly imperfect, something wholly and totally sinful. The devil.

Answer 8

It comes after 665 and just before 667.

Answer 9

THE DEVIL!!!
Its something that they used in the book of Revelations from the Bible to represent the devil.

Answer 10

The Illumanti brotherhood

the church in opposed... called them devil