Here are a few interesting items I came across about the number 666 in a book called "Countdown for Antichrist," by Dr. David Weber and N. W. Hutchings, that I would like to share.
The number of Antichrist who will seek to become God, will be 666. "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 three score and six" (Rev 13:18).
The number 6 is without a doubt the number of man. Man was created on the 6th day, and God ordained that man should work 6 days out of 7. Seven is the perfect number of God, and we read in Romans 3:23: "all have sinned, and come short of the Glory of God." Therefore apart from God and in the flesh, man is bound with the number 6 - one short of the standard which God demands. Regardless of how many 6's man adds to his number, even to 666, six can never become 7, yet man in his own pride keeps trying.
The number 6 brands the man who defies God and Gods anointed. Three examples are:
1. Goliath: this giant was 6 cubits in height, he had 6 pieces of armor, and his spear weighed 600 shekels of iron.
2. Nebuchadnezzar: his image was 60 cubits high, 6 cubits broad, and his worshiping music was produced by a band playing 6 instruments.
3. Solomon: after God made him the wisest and richest man in all the world, he began to get visions of divinity. If you read Solomon’s book, Ecclesiastes, in chapter 2, Solomon presented a roster of all his own accomplishments in life, giving no credit to God at all, and the 4 personal pronouns, I, me, my, and mine, are used 66 times.
The Romans started their numbering system using 6 letters in the alphabet. In Roman numerals 1 equals one, V equals five, X equals ten, L equals 50, C equals 100, D equals 500. Later on, several centuries later, the letter M was added, to equal 1000. But taking the origional 6 Roman numbers, and adding up their total value - we get 666 (1 plus 5 plus 10 plus 50 plus 100 plus 500 = 666). Do you think this is a coincidence? Since the Bible tells us that the Antichrist will come out of the revived Roman Empire?
Did you ever think what the word VISA means on your credit card? Sometime in the future, it is believed the credit card business will be incorporated through a single agency, and possibly VISA may be the one. "VI" in the word VISA are the Roman numerals for the number 6. "S" is the Greek letter SIGMA that equals 6, and the letter "A" in the Chaldean language (Babylon) stands for 6. In the name VISA we have 666 in Babylonian, Greek, and Roman - three nations whose armies invaded Israel. Do you think this is a coincidence? Or do you think this may have something to do with the future money system that will be controlled by the Antichrist, in which some people will receive a mark on their hand or forehead (Rev. 13:16-17).
In a book called the "New Money System" by Mary Steward, she outlines what the computer lines mean on all packaged goods in a grocery store. These lines, or bar graphs, are somewhat of a mystery as to their origin. Each number from 0 to 9 is represented by 2 lines. The thickness and spacing between the lines, determine the number. The number 6 is two thin lines spaced close together. If you look on any packaged item in your kitchen, you will see these 2 lines printed 3 times in the bar code. Once in the beginning of the graph (left side), once in the middle, and once at the end (right side). These 3 sets of lines comprise 666.
All the other lines stand for the manufacturer, the product, the price, etc. The 3 sixes also have slightly longer lines than the rest of the bar code graph. Now why is the number 666 printed on all packaged goods? Is this too a coincidence? Or does it have something to do with the Antichrist and the "End Time" money system.
To add more mystery to this - the question comes up - who is the inventor of this bar graph? Who is the person who developed the idea and had the computer designed around 666? It had to start from somewhere - who started it? For some strange reason nobody knows. When Mary Steward investigated the bar graph system to find its origin, she reached a dead end. Could it be the mystery man was inspired by Satan himself, getting things set up for his end time tribulation, by getting his mark - 666 - the mark of the beast, printed into his new money system?
By George Konig
Christian Internet Forum
www.georgekonig.org
June 22, 2003
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