"Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666."

Revelation 13:18

Truly I don't have a clue what this means. On the surface it says that the antichrist's name will equal or be 666.

But I think it's alot more than that.

I just want to hear other peoples take on this.

there's an infinite number of takes on it. I try not to worry about it anymore

What he said, but basically the idea is that Greek and Hebrew letters also have numerical value and the letters of the Antichrist's name, when added up, equal six-hundred and sixty six.

and there's always tons of people at any given time that their numbers add up. I mean important people. Every generation. No use worrying about it

666 is an odd number(His number is only 666 at times, it symbolizes the coming of the age of aquarius).... I think that the antichrist will be a good thing when he comes. But I found something interesting: I turned 666 into a binary value,and then started to use it for different things like games and such. Also, satan's numbers are 2 and 11. This is what I found the binary value of 666 to be: 110011011. Eleven appears three times, with 2 zeros in between 2 elevens. I think I did my math right anyway. But when I use the number(the binary form..... the schoolteachers don't like it when I just flat out use 666) things get better, or odd things happen. I used it as a screenname for a game I was never good at, I won nearly every time. whether you think it's real or not.... is up to you.

interesting

quote:Originally posted by chaoszero:

666 is an odd number(His number is only 666 at times, it symbolizes the coming of the age of aquarius).... I think that the antichrist will be a good thing when he comes. But I found something interesting: I turned 666 into a binary value,and then started to use it for different things like games and such. Also, satan's numbers are 2 and 11. This is what I found the binary value of 666 to be: 110011011. Eleven appears three times, with 2 zeros in between 2 elevens. I think I did my math right anyway. But when I use the number(the binary form..... the schoolteachers don't like it when I just flat out use 666) things get better, or odd things happen. I used it as a screenname for a game I was never good at, I won nearly every time. whether you think it's real or not.... is up to you.

sorry dude, you doing well on your game was not caused by your screenname being satanic, but by you [B]thinking[B] that you had an evil side-kick... the binary number 110011011 is an odd number, not even. your math was off by 255. the number you wrote was 411 base 10. sorry for calling you wrong, but im not sorry that you are wrong--stay away from trying to play with the occult... at best it wont work, and i would hate to find out the worst senerio.

666 in base 10 is 101001010 in binary.

quote:Originally posted by Optimus Prime:

666 in base 10 is 101001010 in binary.

sorry prime, but i think you missed a digit (bigit? ) in there.

10 1001 1010

i could be wrong too, but my point was that he didnt have the correct number, so he was summoning the wrong powers...

555 = Humanity

666 = The Sign Of The "Beast"

777 = God



This is how the numbers are used in the biblical/religious terms, though some believe 666 actually was meant to signify Sex because the "numbers" used were all written in lowercase, thus not indicating numbers, but letters.

crowley anyone???

if you dont know what im talking about some people (i do) believe a man named aliester crowley was the antichrist. google him, you should get a ton of info.

most people think its bullshit, ive had my doubts at times.

quote:Originally posted by seraph~aral:

crowley anyone???

if you dont know what im talking about some people (i do) believe a man named aliester crowley was the antichrist. google him, you should get a ton of info.

most people think its bullshit, ive had my doubts at times.

If he was the Antichrist, then he wouldn't be dead. And he is.

ModelFifteen

Biblical Numerology....thats an interesting read.

"6" in the number of "Man"....God created man on the sixth day.

The Bible is a Prophetic Book, One of Gods litterary styles is to place "Types" in his book. Now, bear with me, Im building up to a point, and will show you something mildly trippy!

A "Type" is a foreshadow of something to come, or a clue to something to come. For example,

quote:Num 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.



In Numbers 21, The Israelites were bitten by poiseness snakes, God told Moses to make a Brazen Snake, and to lift it up on a pole, and whoever looks at it will be Saved.

Little did Moses know, that Snake on the Pole was a "Type" of Christ, even Jesus said it was......

quote:Jhn 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:



This Antichrist of Revelation 13 has types to, and Nebuchadnezzar is one of them, look what he sets up.....

quote:Dan 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon

Heres a Type of Antichrist that sets up an Image that the whole world at that day and age, were to worship.

The Images' dimensions were 60 by 6!

I hope I didnt fry anybodies noodle! Not only did God prophesy that the AntiChrist was gonna do what he said in Revelation 13, but God laid out a "Type" also.....theres many more "Types" that I will not get into tonight.

quote:Originally posted by Optimus Prime:

666 in base 10 is 101001010 in binary.

666 is the decimal version of 1010011010, which is the binary version of 666.

To recount...

1 * 512 = 512

0 * 256 = 0

1 * 128 = 128

0 * 64 = 0

0 * 32 = 0

1 * 16 = 16

1 * 8 = 8

0 * 4 = 0

1 * 2 = 2

0 * 1 = 0

Add them all up, and you get 666.

ok well, I can't lie and try to say my understanding of it is the only one (fucking fundamentalists), but here is my understanding.

in jewish numerolagy, prime numbers were considered holy, as in 3,5,and 7. actually not just holy, but PERFECT to be more exact. 6 is an unperfect number in jewish numerology. so having three 6's is to have perfect inperfection, or perfect evil.

"If man is five...

And the devil is six..

Then God is seven...

This monkey's gone to Heaven."

Monkey Gone To Heaven-The Pixies

The method of calculation is called Gematria, and there are many words that equal 666. It should be 666 in Roman numerals not Arabic, unless a proper transliteration method is provided.

DCLXVI

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quote:Originally posted by aTribeCalledSean:

in jewish numerolagy, prime numbers were considered holy, as in 3,5,and 7. actually not just holy, but PERFECT to be more exact. 6 is an unperfect number in jewish numerology. so having three 6's is to have perfect inperfection, or perfect evil.

That was the dumbest coincidental thing anyone has ever posted.

quote:Originally posted by Lundmark:

Originally posted by aTribeCalledSean:

in jewish numerolagy, prime numbers were considered holy, as in 3,5,and 7. actually not just holy, but PERFECT to be more exact. 6 is an unperfect number in jewish numerology. so having three 6's is to have perfect inperfection, or perfect evil.

That was the dumbest coincidental thing anyone has ever posted.



actually i learned it in a theology course, so suck my nuts. and the instructor was a rabbi.

quote:Originally posted by aTribeCalledSean:



actually i learned it in a theology course, so suck my nuts. and the instructor was a rabbi.



I am surprised a true rabbi would teach this, as gematria and Kabbalah are AFAIK, subjects not taught to the uninitiated.

It isn't some secret holy numerology, it was kind of common knowledge to all jews, like 13 is an unlucky number to about everyone in western culture. It was like that but on a larger scale, prime numbers were perfect. even numbers were evil. It's not kabbalah or gemetria, it was just numerology of the jewish massess.

isnt 666 the mark of the beast.when you, if left behind,come to a time when you must recive the mark to pretty much live your life isnt it said to be 666?

quote:Originally posted by Auron547:

isnt 666 the mark of the beast.when you, if left behind,come to a time when you must recive the mark to pretty much live your life isnt it said to be 666?



yeah, kinda. But the poster was refering to the specific passage. He wanted to know what 666 meant symbolically, because the passage says that only he who understands, will understand it.

quote:Originally posted by Gyhth:

555 = Humanity

666 = The Sign Of The "Beast"

777 = God





"Burn, motherfucker......burn." They mentioned that, 5,6,7 thing in that Bloodhound Gang song.

Watch The Omen (only the first one, the other two suck).

I also have one of those names where all three parts have 6 letters, satanic me!

one time at the local go-kart track, I was in line and the dude in the number 6 car went a lap sputtering along, and then the car died up the back straight. he was pushed back, thrown into another car and carried on. then when my turn came, I jumped into the number 7 car and found I had the fastest of the lot... even against the blue cars! I smoked everyones ass!

Iron Maiden rules. screw you.

quote:Originally posted by jimbo_aust:

"Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666."

Revelation 13:18

Truly I don't have a clue what this means.

It is clear you are not the person this text is talking about.