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The Bible doesn't say that 666 is the number of the Devil. It says:

"...it is the number of a MAN..." (Rev.13:18).

The Bible refers to this "man" as "the Beast."

Theories abound as to "why" the number is "666."

One idea that "6" is "man's number" and "7" is God's number... based on the "seven day week."

God allots "6" days for man to do his work... but the "7th" is the "Lord's Sabbath" that "completes" the week, in which man's work is to cease.

God's number [7] is thought by some to represent "completion" or "completeness."

Along with this goes the idea that "3" symbolizes "perfection." One example of which can be found in the structure of the book of Revelation, in which we see "three" sets of "sevens" -- the seven seals, the seven Trumpet plagues and the seven vials of God's wrath.

By the end of the prophetic book of Revelation, then, we see the "perfect completion" of God's plan... and a "new beginning" for the Family of God.

So, if this comparison can be made regarding the number "7" -- a similar one might be made regarding the number "6" and "man." The Bible doesn't go into it... it's just one of many theories of men with which to pass one's time.

"6" falls just short of "7"... not quite "complete." Man isn't "done" yet.

So, perhaps "666" might mean "perfectly flawed." The ultimately imperfect man. The Bible does tell us that the "Beast" will be "possessed by Satan" [the Dragon - Rev.12:9]:

"...I... saw a Beast rise up out of the sea... and upon his heads the name of blasphemy... and the Dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority." (Rev.13:1-2)

This "man" [Beast] is the one that men, today, refer to as "the Antichrist." [The Bible doesn't call him that... but men do].

As Adam and Eve sold themselves and their children into slavery to the Dragon in the beginning... so might this prophesied "final human leader of Satan's world" be "perfectly evil" and instrumental in bringing all the generations of man's labors to a "perfectly human" conclusion: the end of all life on earth, unless God steps in to stop it and Jesus Christ returns.

"And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." (Matt.24:22)

We are told when Jesus returns to earth in wrath, making war... the first two that He rounds up will be ol' number "666," the "Beast," and his priest, the False Prophet, whose miracles and lying wonders shall have caused the world to "worship the Beast."

"...the Beast was taken, and with him the False Prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the Beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a Lake of Fire burning with brimstone." (Rev.19:20)

One thing is sure. Before anyone can figure out who the Beast is "by adding up his name to equal 666"... the whole world will know who he is.

Only he won't be seen as "the Antichrist." He'll be viewed as "the savior of the world" a "worshiped hero" and a "god."

"...all the world wondered after the Beast. And they worshipped the Dragon [the world has been worshiping Satan since the Garden of Eden] which gave power unto the Beast: and they worshipped the Beast, saying, Who is like unto the Beast? Who is able to make war with him?" (Rev.13:3-4)

The Devil is a "spirit being" and doesn't have a number. "666" is the number of a man. A "perfectly wicked" man whom Satan will use to bring the world to the brink of destruction and the cessation of all life on it, if God doesn't step in to stop it as the Bible prophesys.

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Actually, the number 666 is NOT the number of the devil but is the supposed number assigned to the 'end-time' Antichrist of The Bible's Book of Revelation. In the Semitic languages (Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic), every letter/word has a numeric value. It is known as the Abjad System. The Bible was originally written in a Semitic language and 666 would be the numerical equivalent of whatever name the future Antichrist would be known.

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17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name18Here 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 threescore and six. While, in context, it is not clear that 'the beast' is actually the devil himself, what is clear is that the beast is evil and that a willingness to accept the mark of the beast brings eternal damnation with the devil in hell.

The similarities are only subtle though, because, like the beast, the devil wants worship to be directed to him (either directly or through any other means - as long as it is notdirected to the one true God) and the devil also has totalitarian spirit of domination, he loves to control and force people to do things and enslave them, rather than merely persuading, which is what the beast is also into in the account in Revelation.

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The nefarious connotations of 666 weren't invented by some heavy metal band -- they are rooted in the Bible.

The final book of the New Testament is Revelation, and for centuries theologians have pondered its highly symbolic, prophetic language. Revelation tells of impending Armageddon, an end of all time, when a great war will be fought between good and evil, and God will triumph. In Revelation, "the beast," also called the Antichrist, personifies evil.

Revelation, Chapter 13 speaks of the beast and how to identify his followers. According to verses 16 and 17, they will have the mark or the name or number of the beast on their right hands or foreheads. Verse 18 introduces the number 666 itself: "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 threescore and six."

It's unclear why the specific number 666 is the number of the beast. According to Dial-the-Truth Ministries, the number 6 is the number of man because in the Bible, God created man on the sixth day. Elsewhere in the Bible (Matthew 16:23), Satan is described as being "man-centered" (as opposed to God-centered). Thus the devil's number would be a twist on man's number. This is just one theory, and the number 666 has generated plenty of debate.

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the number '6' is a numerical representation of man ... the word devil means 'deceiver' , therefore the 'deceiver' is a man ( as a nation ) that is the physical counterpart of Satan on the planet Earth , that would be the biblical nation of Easu, Edom ( red ), or Idumea. These are all the same family according to the Bible, and ... they are still in the Earth today !!!

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 threescore and six. ( Revelation 13:18 )

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Um no not really the spirit might like to be giving out numbers or try to trick you, you know therre are tricksers out there but yess it is considered to be a devil number what happen to me and my friends were it spelled out 666 then Satan and then it went around in circles and possesed one of my friends ruby and said she heard screams that sounded like hell.

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In the New Testament of the bible, in Revelations Chapter 13, verses says a mark was forced onto people who idealist the image of the beast to be placed on their right hands or foreheads, it contained the name of the beast or the number of its name. verse 8 says: "this calls for wisdom. Let those who have insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666". The reason why it is the number of man, is because we are all sinners and without the believe in God's son, Jesus Christ, coming down on the earth to die for our sins we would end up in hell with the beast. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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666 is not the number of the Devil... it is the identifying number of the soon-coming "BEAST" who shall be "A MAN" [a coming world leader wielding both political and military power] to whom the Dragon ["...that old Serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world..." - Rev.12:9] will GIVE HIS POWER and AUTHORITY over the nations of the earth.

"The BEAST I saw [will continue to follow the pagan customs and traditions handed down from the four 'beastly' government systems of past world history: Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome] was like a LEOPARD [Greece], and his feet were BEAR'S [Persia] feet, and his mouth a LION'S [Babylon] mouth. THE DRAGON GAVE HIM [the Beast; the MAN] HIS POWER AND HIS THRONE and GREAT AUTHORITY..." (Rev.13:2 MNT Montgomery New Testament)

"...the Devil led Him [Jesus] up and showed Him ALL THE KINGDOMS [governments] of the inhabited earth in an instant of time, and the Devil said to Him: 'To you WILL I GIVE ALL THIS AUTHORITY and this glory; for IT HAS BEEN HANDED OVER TO ME [long ago by Adam and Eve, to whom God gave authority over the earth; but who subsequently handed it over to the Serpent - see Genesis 3], and I GIVE IT TO WHOMEVER I WISH. If then YOU WILL WORSHIP ME, it shall all be yours.'" (Luke 4:5-7 MNT)

Satan the Devil has OWNED the government leaders of the world since Adam and Eve gave to him their sovereignty over the earth, which God gave to them in the beginning. And just like the major world leaders of the past... so shall the coming "Beast" [along with the WORLD over which he shall rule] CONTINUE TO WORSHIP "that old Serpent" in the closing days of God's plan.

"...THE WHOLE EARTH was following the Beast, wondering. MEN WORSHIPED THE DRAGON because HE GAVE HIS AUTHORITY to the BEAST; and they WORSHIPED THE BEAST, saying: 'Who is like the Beast? Who can fight him?... The Beast WAS ALLOWED to wage war upon the [God's] saints, and to CONQUER THEM; and there was GIVEN HIM AUTHORITY over every tribe and people and tongue and nation..." (Rev.13:3-7 MNT).

The number 666 is not the Devil's number -- it's the number of A MAN!

"Here is wisdom. Let him WHO HAS UNDERSTANDING count the number of THE BEAST; for IT IS THE NUMBER OF A MAN; and his number is 666." (verse 18)

Satan WILL POSSESS HIM... but 666 is the Beast's number.

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actually its 06-06-06, and wasnt 666 until the original The Omen movie in 1976, and a whole bunch of fictional histories came about to justify it. including what one of these other users are saying. basically it was supposed to be the date of the apocalypse after something thousand years after Satan had been cast down from heaven or something like that.

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It should be 333

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ok

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