The number 666 - the correct interpretation of this number is incredibly important for all people: for those who are full of prejudices and superstitions, as well as those who sincerely, with all conscientiousness, study the Holy Scriptures (Quran, Bible, Torah).
The number 666 literally translates as “Power. Sex. Money". In practice, the desire for power, sex and money are the main driving forces(stimuli) of material, visible life. Therefore, the number 666 is the basis of material Being and Consciousness.
The number 666 expresses the Energy that fills the physical nature of man with life. Being afraid of this number is the same as being afraid of your own body, your own desires and passions.
The meaning of the number 666 is absolutely identical to the meaning of the six. The number 666 is the same, only it is looked at from three different sides at the same time. It can be formulated as follows: the number 666 is a three-dimensional image of the six. Something like 3-D graphics in the world of numbers.
Everything is simple if you look at the root and see only the ESSENCE. This is (to which this site is dedicated) - nothing superfluous, secondary and feigned!
The meaning of the number 666
The meaning of the number 666 in spiritual numerology, these are the three main human passions: passion for gain, passion for sex, passion for power. It is these passions that allow the physical nature of a person to maximize their abilities, multiply and assert themselves.
Only through the energy of the number 666 can the PERSONALITY of a person truly manifest, open up and assert itself, there are no other ways. The spiritual essence (soul) of a person manifests itself through the energy of a different order, corresponding to the energy of the number 999.
All sins, illusions and delusions are generated by the Personality of a person, and not by the Soul. However, we are born into this world to become Personalities! Only thanks to the energy of the number 666 we have an amazing opportunity to cultivate a Personality in ourselves and do various (but necessary!) stupid things in this crazy world.
When I write “the energy of the number 666”, I mean a certain energy of the Universe, corresponding in quality to the energy of the number 666. In general, in spiritual numerology, the energy of each number corresponds to some type of energy of the Universe.
This must be understood without fail(!), if we apply the meaning of numbers to the Holy Scriptures. And what else needs to be remembered is that each person is a small copy of the Universe. Although it would be more accurate to say: the Universe is a large copy of a person.
The number 666 and the fate of man
The highest karmic goal of every person is the cultivation and education of the Personality in oneself. All our karmic tasks (goals) differ in form, but are exactly the same in essence: to generate a Personality in ourselves, educate it and bury it with dignity at the moment of physical death.
By the way, where, how and under what circumstances our mortal bodies will be buried is not particularly important. It is the burial of the Personality that matters, not the burial of the Body that the personality has used as an instrument. Needless to say, the Soul (spiritual essence) of a person does not die at all ... well, I said that so that no one would forget about it in the heat of introspection.
The number 666 and the personality of a person
The energy of the number 666 personifies in the Holy Scriptures the stimulating energy for the creation, reproduction and self-affirmation of the Personality of every mortal person.
A person can be considered born at the moment when she fully realized herself (and not in the maternity hospital with the first cries of a newborn). The real birth of a person occurs when she first feels (passes through herself) a passion for gain. There is a sense of ownership. "THIS IS MY DOLL!" - this is how the human Personality is born, loudly and demandingly. This is the true birth of man.
So the personality was born. This means that the first six in the number 666 worked. Now, according to the great Heavenly Scenario, a person must multiply in order to leave behind ungrateful descendants.
Reproduction requires the energy of the second six in the number 666 - the energy of sexual passion, human lust. Energy of sin! But… would one of us begin to multiply without this “energy of sin”? I beg you, we are too lazy!
Hooray! The personality has multiplied (spread), we have produced children and now we do not know what to do with them. But that's not the point. The main thing is that the energy of the second six in the number 666 has been applied at the visible level of human Existence and Consciousness.
Now the Personality in the process of its evolution must assert itself. By the way, from a spiritual point of view, the order is absolutely unimportant: either the personality first multiplies and then asserts itself, or vice versa, first asserts itself ... It is important that all stages are passed.
This is not the main thing, but the fact that the Personality must assert itself before dying is a natural life cycle. These are the immutable rules of the game called "human life" ... Of course, everyone asserts himself to the best of his abilities.
It is the turn of the energy of the third six in number 666 to manifest itself - the energy of power, lust for power, ambition (call it what you want, it all has one common root). In each of us, the energy of lust for power manifests itself in different ways, to the extent of our receptivity towards it.
Someone's lust for power spreads to entire countries, someone to a family, and someone is diligently suppressed inside out of fear of the reaction of the outside world. But suppressed lust for power still remains lust for power, just as adultery in thoughts is equated in the New Testament with physical adultery.
666 is the number of the beast
The energy of the "sinful" passions of the number 666 gives rise to competition in society. There is a need to be smarter, stronger, faster, bolder, more resourceful and cunning. Competition is great! Without it, society would vegetate at the level of the primitive system.
On the other hand (every number needs to be looked at from different angles), the passions of the number 666 constantly tempt us, enslave us, striving to lower our Consciousness to the level of animals, which, apart from personal space, mating and food, do not care about anything ... This is the true meaning of the expression “the number of the Beast ".
And if we have already started talking about the number 666 as the number of the devil, then we must clearly understand: the purpose of this fallen angel is to lower our Consciousness to the level of animals, through our own (!) weaknesses, that is, passions. In the spiritual sense, “weakness” and “passion” are absolute synonyms.
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Please tell us about the current understanding, modernized, of the number of the beast 666, when it is used on car numbers, on items used in everyday life, knives, etc. because as far as I understand everything matters and carries information. I would like to hear your opinion, Father Athanasius.
Priest Afanasy Gumerov, a resident of the Sretensky Monastery, answers:
To get rid of the embarrassment that you write about, one must clearly realize that objects and numbers that have existed since the beginning of creation become symbols (Greek symbolon - a sign) only when they are in the semantic (Greek semantikos - denoting), i.e. e. semantic, connection with specific people, phenomena or objects. Someone needs to make this connection. Moreover, it is necessary that a specific meaning be fully realized for a certain object or number. This is how a symbol is born. Note that the same object can be used in different symbolic meanings. So the cup in Holy Scripture means: 1. Judgments of God. “For thus said the Lord God of Israel to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath out of my hand, and drink from it all the nations to whom I am sending you” (Jer. 25:15). 2. God's favor. “The Lord is part of my inheritance and of my cup. You hold my lot” (Ps. 15:5). 3. The suffering of the righteous. “Can you drink the cup that I will drink” (Matthew 20:22). Thus, the meaning of the symbol depends on the biblical context.
The number 666 occurs 4 times in the Bible and only 1 time in the meaning that you mean: “In the gold that came to Solomon every year, the weight was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold” (1 Kings 10:14; 2 Chr. 9:13); “These are the sons of the land from the captives of exile, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, led to Babylon, returning to Jerusalem and Judah<...>the sons of Adonikam were six hundred and sixty-six” (1 Ezra 2:13). In all three quotes, 666 has only a numerical value and is not a symbol. It becomes a sign in the Apocalypse, because with its help the name of the most vicious and stubborn opponent (of people) of Jesus Christ is encrypted: “He who has a mind, count the number of the beast, for this is a human number; his number is six hundred and sixty-six” (Rev. 13:18).
Since the letters of the Latin alphabet, as well as the Church Slavonic, have a numerical value, since ancient times, attempts have been made to connect the number 666 with a certain name or word. For example, it was assumed that the word lateinos was encoded by this number. L - 30; A - 1; T - 300; E - 5; I - 10; H - 50; O - 70; C - 200; the sum is 666. Lateinos, i.e. Latin, meaning the Roman Empire. Others suggested that the number indicates the first persecutor of Christians - Nero: N - 50; E -6; P - 500; O - 60; N - 50. And if the words Caesar Nero are written in Hebrew consonants (there are no vowels in the Hebrew alphabet), their sum will also be equal to 666. There were many other attempts to connect this number with the name of a specific historical person.
The conclusion is obvious - any number used simply as a numeral has no spiritual meaning. Remove any thick book from the shelf of your library and there will be page 666. Traveling long distances, every time we meet the 666th kilometer post. Everyone has a 666th day by the end of the second year of life. Of course, it is sometimes difficult for a living person to get rid of unpleasant associations when it comes to some ominous symbols. However, trust in God and a healthy attitude towards spiritual life help us to carry out the work of our salvation fearlessly and joyfully.
Each person is guarded by an invisible protector, also called the Guardian Angel. These transcendent entities of unearthly nature accompany human beings throughout life path, giving hidden signs, signals.
A long time ago, angelic numerology was developed, which allows you to lift the veil over the magic of numbers, and it is easier for a person who has become familiar with it to understand the world around him. The meaning of the number 666, like other sets of numbers, is interpreted in two ways. Many people wonder why exactly 666 is considered a satanic symbol.
This is due to the image of the six, which resembles a condensing spiral, the processes in which are associated with the accumulation of information. The set of numbers 666 in numerology means a spiral that builds up the body of consciousness, changing the structure of the body.
The information absorbed by the spiral is “compressed”, gradually attracting its own kind.
On a certain life stage what matters is the fact that it becomes more difficult for a person to manage his own life, the effect of karma intensifies, filling reality with positive or negative events. The number 666, according to angelic numerology, reflects distorted information that can lead into darkness, intertwining the energies of the body, feelings, thoughts.
Positive meaning - maternal care, harmony
The meaning of the number 666 reflects a certain need for stability experienced by a person. 666 does not necessarily mean a "satanic" symbol, representing a compilation of the energy attributes of the six. These signs include such concepts as love, balance, peace, desire to serve, striving for an ideal, compassion, charity, lack of self-interest, sympathy.
The number 666 has a special energy that can unite the intellect and imagination, which means the desire to achieve your goals.
The angelic interpretation of the three sixes speaks of the desire of the heavenly forces to put your knowledge in order, thoughts to bring balance to your life, reduce the level of anxiety, allowing you to forget material problems, focus on the development of the soul. The positive value of 666 in numerology is some advice that recommends focusing on thoughts about what you really need. Maybe it's time to remember the family, home, give Special attention children.
The combination of numbers means a reminder of the need for spiritual development, self-improvement, and training. Numerology advises to focus on the humanitarian aspects, because you may simply not notice that someone living side by side with you needs support, help. Listen to yourself, perhaps the combination of these numbers means something secret for you, once forgotten.
Negative meaning - greed, unbridled passions
This set of numbers can also have a negative meaning, because most people born under the influence of a number can turn out to be mercantile, sometimes putting material values above the spiritual. The message says that you are overly concentrated on the material world, money, values. This is a kind of recommendation that allows you to think about the eternal at least for a while. The number 666, which appeared in human life, indicates that it is time to forget about harmony.
Positive energies are deflected from your essence, encountering tremendous resistance.
Perhaps in connection with this, you are experiencing anxiety, anxiety. 666 means that a serious barrier has appeared that interferes with balance and spirituality, besides, your susceptibility has significantly decreased. Sign 666 indicates a decrease in the influence of positive energy, asks you to look for a balance between the spiritual and material world with all your might.
We recommend that you keep faith and hope that your dreams and goals will not go unnoticed by higher powers, you can ask the angel for help, but he will be blind to your requests if you do not renounce greed. This set of numbers hints: try to help your neighbors more, focus on serving people, understand that the material and emotional side of life directly depends on karma. Try to change your attitude to life and you will see what it means to be happy.
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All peoples of the world attached great importance to numbers.
They were considered the embodiment of cosmic order, a reflection of Divine wisdom.
Some of the numbers - three, seven, nine - were considered sacred and, accordingly, happy; others (for example, the infamous "devil's dozen") - unlucky, associated with evil spirits.
But perhaps the most unlucky number is 666 - the "number of the beast."
The first mention of the "number of the beast" is found in the "Revelation" of John the Theologian - perhaps the only prophecy officially recognized by the Christian church. John details the appearance of a beast more powerful than all the demons of hell:
“And I stood on the sand of the sea, and saw a beast emerging from the sea with seven heads and ten horns: on its horns were ten diadems, and on its heads were blasphemous names” (Apocalypse, ch. 13).
This beast will have the body of a leopard, bear claws and lion fangs. He will rule the Earth for three and a half years, and before that, the Antichrist will join him, who will force many to worship the beast. Then the time will come for the great battle of Armageddon, the devilish power will be defeated, and Satan, together with the Antichrist, will be imprisoned for a thousand years, and the kingdom of Christ will be established on Earth ...
About the mysterious "" in "Revelation" it is said as if in passing: "Here is wisdom. Whoever has a mind, count the number of the beast, for this is the number of a man; his number is six hundred and sixty-six." This short phrase has given rise to many interpretations.
The simplest one, which generated the most panic, can be called "calendar". Every time the ominous three sixes appeared in the calendar, especially impressionable people began to expect the appearance of the predicted beast. But neither in 666 nor in 1666 did anything of the kind happen.
The last wave swept the world on June 6, 2006. Expectant mothers were terribly afraid to give birth on this day (especially after watching the movie "Omen"), many believers closed themselves in their houses and prayed, and mystics furtively glanced at the sky.
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, deputy head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, was even forced to make an official press statement in which he warned Christians against superstition:
“Unlike a pagan who is afraid of everything, including eclipses, numbers and signs, a Christian should not be afraid of anything and no one except God ... When the last times come, it depends not on the coincidence of numbers, but on how much people will deviate from evil and keep the commandments of God.
The “calendar” interpretation of the “number of the beast” can hardly be considered correct, because the text of the “Apocalypse” is deeply symbolic. In addition, it contains direct "hints", such as the words of one of the angels:
“The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will come out of the abyss and go to destruction ... And seven kings, of which five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come, and when he comes, he will not be long” .
So John the Theologian speaks of wisdom not by chance - most likely, this is a hint, a clue, accessible only to those who "have a mind."
Over the centuries, many attempts have been made to decipher the "number of the beast" - that is, to find out its name. One of the most common methods was Kabbalistic. He relied on the fact that in the time of John the Theologian, numbers were often replaced by letters of the alphabet. Thus, the sum of the letters of the name of the beast should have been 666. But there can be several such combinations, how can one choose from them the one that the prophet had in mind?
To decipher the “number of the beast”, it is important to compare the words of the “Revelations” with real historical events. The fact is that in the early Christian tradition, Roman emperors were called "beasts". Even Friedrich Engels in his work “On the History of Primitive Christianity” made an attempt to determine the time of writing the “Apocalypse” and made a calculation: the first “beast” was Augustus, the second was Tiberius, the third was Caligula, the fourth was Claudius, the fifth was Nero, the sixth was Galba, and the seventh is Otho. Otho ruled for only three months. Engels made a completely logical conclusion: John the Theologian wrote the Apocalypse during the reign of Galba, that is, from June 9, 68 to January 15, 69 AD.
The German orientalist Ferdinand Benari once proposed the following hypothesis: the number 666 hides the name of the Roman emperor Nero - the very beast that "was and is not." The fact is that on Roman coins that were minted for the eastern part of the Roman Empire, the inscriptions were made in Hebrew. At the same time, the vowels were omitted, and instead of "Nero Caesar" the inscription read "Nron ksr". If we add up the numerical values of these letters, we get exactly 666. But why exactly was Nero declared a "beast"?
If you turn to historical documents, it will become clear that the hatred of Christians for Nero had many reasons. The ancient Roman writer-historian Gaius Suetonius Tranquill left a biography of Nero. He was an extremely unbalanced, cruel and immoral person.
According to Suetonius, Nero executed Antonia, the daughter of Claudius, who after the death of Poppea refused to marry him, killed his mother and stepson. He forced his teacher Seneca to commit suicide, although he swore more than once not to harm him. When a tailed comet appeared in the sky, he learned from the astrologer Balbilla that it portends death to the supreme rulers.
Nero was seriously alarmed, but the astrologer told him that this disaster could be paid off with a brilliant execution. And the Roman emperor condemned to death all the noblest men of the state - the pretext was the disclosure of two conspiracies at once.
If Nero treated all his subjects with incredible cruelty, then with respect to Christians he came up with truly diabolical bullying. Most of all, the emperor liked to watch how Christians were thrown into a cage with predatory animals, and they tore them apart. Soon, during the conspiracy, Nero ordered one of his close associates to kill himself, the Christians sighed calmly. But not for long.
Servius Sulpicius Galba, who replaced Nero, turned out to be a weak ruler. He failed to bring order to the empire. Civil strife broke out in outlying provinces. It is not surprising that in these conditions there was a man who declared himself Nero, who allegedly was only wounded during the coup and managed to escape to the east.
Christians were horrified by these rumors. Still: one of the most terrible enemies has risen from the dead. They attributed the resurrection of Nero to Satan himself and waited in horror for the end of the world. The Christian faith at that time was not yet strong. In Roman cities, there were closed communities leading a semi-legal existence. If, at the time of the appearance of the false Nero, their members renounced their faith, this would mean the collapse of Christianity. Therefore, the shepherds took steps to strengthen the will of their charges.
It was during this difficult time that various “revelations” appeared. All of them were devoted to the same topic: the end of the world and the day of judgment will come soon, after which all the enemies of Christians will be destroyed, and Christians themselves will gain eternal life.
All the authors of the "revelations" (subsequently the Church canonized only one - the "Apocalypse" that has come down to us) used similar symbols: seven kings, forty-two months of the power of the beast, the number of Antichrist. And all of them, including John the Theologian, spoke of the end of the world as something inevitable and very close in time. However, the end of the world did not follow, and the name of Nero was forgotten over time.
It would seem that the Church should have consigned the "Apocalypse" to oblivion - as an unfulfilled prophecy. But the shepherds of the Christians were wise men. Therefore, they left the doctrine of the end of the world and the future the Last Judgment. It turned out to be a very effective argument that creates powerful motivation: our cause is right, someday all enemies will be destroyed, and the Kingdom of Christ will come on Earth.
Over time, the generally accepted interpretation of the number 666 was forgotten, and they began to “try it on” for the next tyrants that could be found in every era. For example, in the time of Peter I, the Old Believers considered him the Antichrist. First, it was the "eighth king" - as predicted in "Revelation".
Secondly, his reforms affected the interests of the Orthodox Church. Still: he took away the lands from the monks, canceled the post in the army, and even introduced completely alien customs at court - assemblies, tobacco smoking, unusual clothes ... The next "antichrist", according to the calculations of the same monks, was Napoleon. Through many permutations and combinations, it was possible to fit his name to the famous "666".
Later, Stalin, Bill Gates were called the "beast" ... And according to one version, the "beast" was not a person, but a whole state - the now collapsed USSR. The argument was very simple: we cut off the last letter "P" - it simply means a country - and read the name as "CCS country". And now we take the Old Slavonic edition of Revelation and see that the number of the beast often looks like SSS. The fact is that this is how the eighth letter of the alphabet was written - “green”, meaning the number six. Perhaps this is the strangest of the versions about the "number of the beast" - after all, "Revelation" was written not only and not so much for Russia, and this coincidence is not confirmed in other languages.
But back to the number 666 itself. From the point of view of the numerical symbolism of the Pythagoreans, this is the so-called triangular number. It expresses the sum of consecutive numbers from 1 to 36. The sixes that make it up are no less unusual. The number six is the first of the so-called perfect numbers, the sum of the divisors of which (including one and excluding the number itself) is equal to the number itself: 6 \u003d 1 + 2 + 3.
And here's another one interesting fact from the world of numbers: 666 is the sum of the squares of the first seven prime numbers. If we consider the number of the beast within the framework of the theory of stability of binary systems, as Andrey Osipov, Candidate of Technical Sciences, did, then we get quite interesting picture. The fact is that binary systems are stable in the range from one third to two thirds (in decimal form - from 33.3% to 66.6%). So if the number of people tempted by the beast reaches 66.6%, humanity as a system will begin to collapse...
According to biblical symbolism, six is a human number. First of all, man was created on the sixth day. But this is not the main thing: if the seven is closely connected with God and upper world, then the six symbolizes human perfection (which is an order of magnitude lower than divine), wealth and power.
In the East, there are whole queues for documents with a six - it is considered a real talisman that brings happiness to the owner. But what have not been found in the number 666 (or in connection with its use) by researchers from different corners peace!
They tried to declare the World Wide Web as a beast - the Internet (on the basis that www when translated into Hebrew and the corresponding calculation is 666) and dollar bills (they have a width of 66.6 mm)! And in 1997, the Greek computer scientist Thomas Psaras reported that three hidden double strokes are used in barcodes, which are simply separators for a computer, but by chance represent the number 6.
Thomas, apparently, was a fan of the Apocalypse, and concluded that the barcode on goods and documents is nothing more than the seal of Satan. As evidence, he cited words from the same prophecy: those who do not have the seal of Satan will not be able to buy or sell. Of course, journalists immediately picked up another sensation.
The number 666 has a strange effect on people. Christians do their best to avoid it, which gives rise to many curiosities. In some cities of the world, the 66th floor is missing in skyscrapers, that is, after the 65th, the 67th immediately follows. And on the US map you will not find road 666 - apparently, the Americans decided not to risk it.
Moscow Orthodox in the ornament on the new Russian passport saw three sixes. They came to receive new documents only after consultation with the priest. Before the elections to the Russian parliament in 2003 in the Tambov region, they decided not to make polling station No. 666 due to numerous appeals from believing voters.
In 2002, the trial, which took place in the city of Priozersk, became a sensation. Leningrad region and later called "the judgment against the devil." The city court officially recognized that the barcode of each taxpayer identification number (TIN) contains three sixes.
Despite the fact that the number of interpretations of 666 has exceeded a hundred, new hypotheses are constantly put forward. Increasingly, they no longer concern specific historical figures, but abstractions. For example, Oleg Molenko, rector of the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Toronto, believes:
“In itself, the number 666 does not mean anything, except for the actual number. But, I think, the name of the beast is not accidentally expressed by three sixes. God created the universe in six days, and on the seventh day he rested from his work. Hence, people have a seven-day week. If you remove the day of rest, there remains work, work, work. In this sense, the number six means deprivation of peace. And in a triple form - the deprivation of eternal rest.
The story of the "number of the beast" and the superstitions associated with it is a classic example of the influence of myths on human consciousness. The number 666 is indeed a human number. Its gloomy symbolism was invented by people. But, as often happens, the symbol got out of the control of its creators. And now thousands of people consciously or unconsciously eschew the number they count. And hundreds are trying to guess the name of the beast and calculate the date of the end of the world. (website)
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This verse says that the number of the beast is six hundred sixty-six; and it must be confessed that more ingenuity has been expended on this verse than on any other verse of Scripture.
18 Here is wisdom. Whoever has a mind, count the number of the beast, for this is the number of a man; his number is six hundred sixty-six.
(Rev. 13:18)
Modern translation: This requires wisdom. Anyone who has reason can understand the meaning of the number of the beast, for it corresponds to the human number. The number is six hundred and sixty six.
Who is this satanic beast represented here by such a symbolic number?
It must be remembered that in antiquity there were no numbers, and the letters of the alphabet also performed the function of numbers. So, in Cyrillic (Russian alphabet) A meant 1; B-2; IN 3; G-4, etc. Thus every word, and therefore every name, can also be a number.
One sweet and romantic use of this is given by Gustav Deisman. On the walls of Pompeii, a lover wrote: "I love the one whose number is 545", and thus called the name of his beloved and at the same time hid it!
666 - SEAL
Countless suggestions have been made regarding the number 666.
In view of the fact that this is the name of the beast, they distorted it in any way to fit their sworn enemy; and therefore 666 also meant the Pope, Napoleon, the leader of German Protestantism, Martin Luther, the founder of the Scottish Presbyterian Church, John Knox, and many others.
So, during the Second World War, they managed to create a system according to which it turned out that 666 is Hitler!
Archenemy of the Church
Revelation is written in coded language; therefore, it is quite obvious that here, where the name of the sworn enemy of the Church was concerned, the most reliable code was chosen.
Oddly enough, the key to the code seems to have been lost very early, because even such a great theologian as Irenaeus of Lyons, who lived in the second century, did not know what was behind this symbolic number.
Four of the very first guesses
We present here four of the very first suggestions.
- Irenaeus of Lyons suggested that it could symbolize Euanphas.
In Greek: E - 5; U - 400; A - 1; H - 50; F - 9; A - 1; C - 200; and the sum - 666. But what is Euanphas - Irenaeus knew nothing about this; that is, he replaced one riddle with another. - It has been suggested that the word is Lateinos.
L - 30; A - 1; T - 300; E - 5; I - 10; H - 50; O - 70; C - 200; the sum is 666. Lateinos could be understood as Latin and, therefore, it could symbolize the Roman Empire. - The third suggestion was that the word is Teitan.
T - 300; E - 5; I - 10; T - 300; A - 1; H -50; and the sum is 666. Two values could be derived from teitanos. AT ancient Greek mythology the titans rebelled against God. Secondly, the emperors Vespasian, Titus and Domitian were from the family of Titus, and perhaps they could be called titans. - A fourth suggestion was made that the word was arnoume.
A - 1; P - 100; H - 50; O - 70; U -400; M - 40; E - 5; and the sum is 666. There is a possibility that arnoume is a form of the Greek word arnoumai, "I deny." In this case, the number symbolizes the denial of the name of Christ.
None of these assumptions seem convincing. The chapter itself offers us the best clue to the riddle.
Again and again a mortally wounded head is mentioned, which later healed. As we have already seen, this head symbolizes the legend of Emperor Nero Nero redivivus, and, therefore, we can well assume that the number has something to do with Nero.
In many ancient lists, the number is given as 616. If we write the name Nero in Latin letters and give them numerical values, we get: H - 50; E -6; P - 500; O - 60; H - 50, and the sum - 666; if you write the name Nero without the last N, the sum will be 616. And if the words Caesar Nero are transcribed in Hebrew consonants, their sum will also be 666.
Thus, it can be assumed that the number of the beast symbolizes the emperor Nero, and that John predicts the coming of the Antichrist in the form of Nero, the embodiment of evil, who has returned to this earth.
666 - seal on Jews professing Judaism
There is a place in the Bible where the number 666 is mentioned:
(1 Kings 10:14)
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1 The Queen of Sheba, having heard of the glory of Solomon in the name of the Lord, came to test him with riddles.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with very great wealth: the camels were laden with spices and a great amount of gold and precious stones; and she came to Solomon and talked with him about everything that was in her heart.
3 And Solomon explained to her all her words, and there was nothing unknown to the king that he did not explain to her.
4 And the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the house that he had built,
5 And the food at his table, and the habitation of his servants, and the orderliness of his servants, and their clothes, and his butlers, and his burnt offerings, which he offered in the temple of the Lord. And she couldn't resist anymore.
6 And she said to the king, It is true that I have heard in my land about your deeds and about your wisdom;
7 But I did not believe the words until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, not half was told to me; You have more wisdom and wealth than what I heard.
8 Blessed are thy people, and blessed are these thy servants, who stand before thee always, and hear thy wisdom!
9 Blessed be the Lord your God, who was pleased to place you on the throne of Israel! The Lord, out of His eternal love for Israel, made you king, to do judgment and justice.
10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a great abundance of spices and precious stones; Never before had there come so many spices as the Queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
11 And the ship of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir a great quantity of mahogany and precious stones.
12 And the king made of this mahogany a railing for the temple of the Lord and for the king's house, and a harp and a psalter for the singers; never before has so much mahogany come, nor seen to this day.
13 And King Solomon gave the Queen of Sheba everything she wanted and asked for, beyond what King Solomon had given her with his own hands. And she went back to her own land, she and all her servants.
14 The weight of the gold that came to Solomon each year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
15 more than what [was received] from the peddlers of goods and from the trade of merchants, and from all the kings of Arabia and from the regional rulers.
16 And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of wrought gold, six hundred [shekels] for each shield;
17 and three hundred smaller shields of wrought gold, three minas of gold went into each shield; and the king set them up in a house of Lebanese wood.
18 And the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold;
19 there were six steps to the throne; the top at the back of the throne was round, and there were armrests on both sides near the seat, and two lions stood at the armrests;
20 and twelve more lions stood there on six steps on either side. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom.
21 And all the drinking vessels of King Solomon [were] of gold, and all the vessels in the house of Lebanese wood were of pure gold; there was nothing of silver, because silver was considered nothing in the days of Solomon;
22 For the king had a Tarshish ship on the sea with Hiram's ship; every three years a Tarshish ship came bringing gold and silver and ivory and monkeys and peacocks.
23 King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.
24 And all [the kings] on earth sought to see Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
25 And they offered him, every one of themselves, a gift: vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and clothes, and weapons, and spices, horses and mules, every year.
26 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had fourteen hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen; and he placed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
27 And the king made the silver in Jerusalem equal to common stones, and the cedars, according to their abundance, made equal to sycamore trees [growing] in low places.
28 Horses were brought to King Solomon from Egypt and from Kuva; royal merchants bought them from Kuva for money.
29 A chariot from Egypt was received and delivered for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. In the same way, with their own hands, they delivered [all this] to the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aramea.
(1 Kings 10:1-29)
Historical note, Solomon's gold.
The annual receipts and reserves of gold during the reign of Solomon were very huge, judging, as we read, that his shields were of hammered gold, golden vessels for drinking, small shields (screens) of gold and an ivory throne overlaid with pure gold and silver. Silver and gold in Jerusalem were in his time equivalent to simple stones (10:10-22; 2 Chronicles 1:15).
Five years after Solomon's death, the Egyptian king Shusakim came to Jerusalem and took all of Solomon's gold (14:25,26; 2 Chronicles 12:2, 9-11).
Only recently, in 1939, was the mummy of Susakim discovered in Tanis, Egypt. She lay in a gold-covered sarcophagus.
It is possible that this was the gold that he brought out of Jerusalem.
Thus we know that King Solomon received 666 talents of gold every year. From whom? This gold came as an annual tribute from the Jews (Jews professing Judaism). Each Jew had to hand in one piece of gold.
From here we learn that the seal of the devil is on the Jews or Jews professing Judaism. In addition, we know that Moses brought this people out of the sea (this beast will come out of the sea).
One can see an example of the zealous attitude of one of the Jews who persecuted the disciples of Jesus:
9 True, and I thought that I should do much against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 This is what I did in Jerusalem: having received authority from the chief priests, I put many saints in prison, and when they killed them, I gave voice to it;
11 And in all the synagogues I repeatedly tormented them and forced them to blaspheme [Jesus], and, in excessive fury against them, I persecuted even in foreign cities.
12 For this reason, going to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,The book of Revelation covers not only the times of the early Christians. Naturally, everything that is written in it is useful for study and instruction, both today and for future generations. It is worth taking into account the prophetic version of the presentation, which was used in the books of the Old Testament. John used it while writing while imprisoned. Thus, having secured the importance of the words in it, he was able to safely address them to the Christians in Jerusalem. Indeed, for an ordinary Roman of that time, everything that was stated in it - to put it mildly, did not fit into the framework of ordinary reasoning. John could not directly write, for example, about Nero, about the destruction of Jerusalem and about the persecution of Christians. Such a message would not pass censorship. The image of King Solomon, the Temple and the wealth of his reign, is very similar to the description of Ionne Heavenly Kingdom and the Tsar. It is worth comparing the image of King Solomon, his greatness, wealth and wisdom before falling into sin with the images described in the book of Revelation. When studying the book of Revelations, please note that it is very difficult to study, especially in absolute interpretations.
