So I've been thinking about everyone and how they worry about the numbers 666 as the mark of the beast..

It occurred to me (probably others too) that the number 666 isn't referencing a number at all but a format of numbers.

Working with computers for the last 10 years, I started thinking about what kind of number would do anyone any good being stamped on a person's hand or head.

The answer I came up with is a MAC address.

For those of you who don't know what a MAC address is, it is the physical address of the network card inside of a computer.

An IP address on the internet can belong to anything and can be redirected, etc. A MAC address is unique to a PCs network card (hackers sometimes try to spoof these MAC addresses to conceal their PC's identity or location)

A MAC address on a person would be a great way to keep track of and identify a vast number of people and their money across computer networks all over the world.

What does a MAC address consist of?

6 sets of hexadecimal number combinations (triplets of 6, 666)

Go to the network properties of a Windows PC, select the network adapter and click configure. Look for MAC address or Physical Network Address to find your MAC address.

Just a guess on my part... I probably don't have all the details in this post, but seems interesting to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal

Hahahah... no, if you believe in that hunk of junk, 666 is just the opposite of what god stands for get it? 333 is god, 666 is the devil. But I don't believe in number crap....

dude has a point. we willeventually out smart ourselves and technology will overun us. no doubt.. if we keep diggin deeper and deeper into our own knowledge we will extinct ourselves.. and then what a world of technology-robots, and self operated mahcines.. and us as slaves. !! ima buy me a freakin plasma cutter and get ready!

hate to let you in on this. revelations is written in the style of a political satire at the time, and most readers at the time would recognize the characters lampooned. 666 is gematria for nero caesar, and if you read the description of the beast carefully, and with knowledge of the symbolism at the time of writing, it is a perfect fit. of course, the writers of the new testament, the council of constantinople, either didn't know this or didn't care.

And the winner is... The guy with that avatar

I always entertained the fantasy that revelations was written by a schicophrenic. Just my thoughts namasteSheri

And in line with Gideon Mage's line of reasoning, any student of Latin will recall the famous phrase of the Roman Empire, "Veni, Vidi, Vinci." "I came, I saw, I conquered." The first and last letters of each word: vi vi vi ... in Roman numerals is equivalent to 666.

why does it have to mean anything? i think people read too much into the tiny details of the Bible

I'm sure glad you guys have all the answers!

Now I don't have to think about anything!

Thanks for the in depth responses!

maybe its all the things that are 666... the whole combination of them.

this is my personal fav...

W = poltical slogan for george w bush



1. two points emerging from three. Two out of three is 666repeating
2. three points over two points. 3/2 = .666 repeating.

the antichrist is someone who works for a chist like cause in unchrist like ways.
George bush has hijacked the christian party to win his presidency. Now he is waging a war an ideological war that continues to escalate.

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but i dont believe his is THE antichrist, just a ignorant or enlightend puppet.

Hitch,
That is a really interesting take on things. I often thought that the mark of the beast could NOT simply be the numbers "666", because I think that even the most ardent atheists would refuse to have that stamped on their head or hand. I know that for awhile people suspected that the numbers 666 were actually some sort of binary code inside a computer chip that could be implanted in the body.
When I was in law school I took a technology law class, and they mentioned rather casually how people are looking into implanting computer chips in their bodies for various purposes. That freaked me out, because nobody even thought twice about that concept!
It would have to be something that doesn't OBVIOUSLY state "666" though, and I think your thoughts certainly bear some consideration.

Gideon was quite right that 666 was intended to mean Nero Caesar. Revelation was written with the expectation that all of those things would happen in the same generation it was written, and other examples are clearly aimed at the Roman government of John's time, which had exiled him on the Isle of Patmos. For example, the "Child" represents the newly formed Christian Church, and the "Dragon" seeking to devour it is the Roman government that was persecuting christians at the time. If that wasn't clear enough for its Christian readers, the dragon has seven head to represent the seven hills of Rome. Logic would dictate that since Jesus did not return, or anything else in that prophecy occured by 100 AD, when that generation died out, we must obviously recognize this was a "false" prophecy. Instead, though, people are making millions selling books about the apocolypse in our time, and fundamentalists think the Pope is the "anti-christ"!

I did find it curious however, that the Koran has exactly 6,666 verses.

Well, fundamentalists never liked Catholics, so it doesn't surprise me that they think the pope is the antichrist.
Seriously though, I did hear that theory before - I think it has something to do with the olive branch and prophecy of St. Malachy?

The bible says that someone with wisdom will be able to figure out that 666 stands for a persons name i dont know how this works but its there.

Haven't they recently discovered an older version of Revelations which gives the number of the beast as 616......?

Yes, and this all has to do with Gematria.

Hello Dear.

The number 666 stand's for six hundred and sixty six Chinese Emperor Generations, which are made up of 39 of our Earth years. Satan who still currently sits on the board of the Eternals, of the Planet Hoova Said to the chairman of the board (Yahweh) and the rest of the panel that he could never see any good coming out of their newly created "Mankind", and that he would give this newly created humanity six hundred and sixty six generations to prove to them that we can become wise and peaceful, because this amount of time is how long it takes for a newly created humanity to dawn on science that can either be used in a positive, or a negative way to demonstrate to them if we can become wise and peaceful with our science, and to prosper with it, or in turn use it for the negative where we will eventually destroy ourselves with it.

The 666 generation clicked around the time the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima! A terrible start to the dawning of our new scientific age, and to show our goodness and wisdom to our creators!

Not much time left to wizen up, not much wisdom still, and too much greed in this World. This in our creator’s eyes must be an appalling situation to their experiment in freedom of choice and Gaining wisdom. We wait for December 21st. 2012 with much amazement to the outcome.

Amen.

We'll have coffee at Starbucks on Dec 22, 2012 and discuss what went wrong with your prediction!

No...it's definitely Nero.

Is that spelled NIERO?

LMAO
My spelling was correct.

Yeah, Yeah! Whatever...

So it's not that mischief maker on our forums Claudius Niero?

At times I have to think twice.

Read the stories and make your own conclusions this brings us wisdom my young friend!

Then based on the story I must conclude that I am down with Satan. Seems like a friendly chap, no?

A very much misunderstood chap, more the point. He is the tester of humanity, the one who puts temptation in our path to see the outcome. Seen any good rainbows lately?

I have actually. You think people read too much into 666?

It is SOOOOO FUnnnnY! How people are frightened of "THE UN-KNOWN" I tell you the facts! Do your maths and work out the story it is a great challenge to the mind...

Right. There's nothing foreboding about the number. One should just study Gematria, that's where it all stems from. People fear a mistake in other words.

No, no! They fear the devil who is supposed to be Satan and they fear the devils number 666. X 20=?

Okay, doll, 666 is a human number. And 666x39 in Hebrew numerology would be the number 4, which isn't foreboding either...

Who said we are talking Hebrew? The original texts were in Hebrew the creators speak all languages and are able to translate in any numerology. 666x39=25.974 years since their creation of present life on Earth, plus say 60=26034

666 is related to Gematria which is Hebrew numerology so it is apt to creep into the conversation. I think that's interesting with the number of years. But may I ask where you got 39 from?

Found you again Claude! You can run but you cant hide!

^Captain Obvious strikes again...

Hello My Irish friend I am not hiding. Don't you enjoy having a laugh as we go along our merry way? It makes life all that much more fun and there is no harm intended. I respect you for your beliefs and I also would like to be respected for mine. Is this not what we work on these forums for to share our views and have a laugh?

I wonder thet IF the number 666 is the antichrists number...would he be so obvious to use this number? It would be kind of hard to rally people behind your cause if everyone knew you were the son of satan or whatever...methinks he would be more clever. No, the number 666 just signifies emperor Nero back in them days..

It's the alphabet, 26x26=676. -10....

Or ADD 10....
Peace or Annihilation.

maybe 666 is just a number that had some personal significance to John- he who had the vision

No, for the last time it has to do with Gematria and Nero.

Why must you all make this so complicated... 333 is a holy number. 666 is a demonic number. In another words, in The Christian religion, 333 is good
666 is the opposite of good, so it is 666... No mark of the beast, or anything else, it's that simple... Some of your theories are like how some people connect Bush to Satan by the ammount of characters in his name... BTW I don't believe in number crap, I just know what they stand for

How is it opposite just because it's multiplied?
How is it evil if it is?
Why/How?
In The Christian understanding of religion, opposites aren't always used to describe/interpret good from evil...

It's not multiplied, ask the person that made that crap up, All I know is that's how it is, I don't believe in stuff like that... numbers are numbers

Interesting hidden 666 on dollar bill



"Announcing the Birth of a New Secular Order"

Well, here we have a PYRAMID WITH A CAPSTONE, AND THE capstone IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE PYRAMID itself, but floats above it, denoting an UNFINISHED WORK, to be finished when the NEW WORLD ORDER and LUCIFER TAKES THE THRONE OF CHRIST FOR HIMSELF. Notice that the capstone itself, also known as the CHIEF CORNERSTONE, is also a pyramid with A SINGULAR EYE, AND RAYS OF LIGHT SHOOTING OUT. Notice at the base OR foundation of this pyramid contains the Roman Numerals MDCCLXXV. Most people just read this as 1776, which it is. 1776 is the year the ILLUMINATI was established AS WELL AS the the birth of Independence of America. But hidden within 1776 is the number 600-60-6, not only the EXACT NUMBER GIVEN TO US BY JOHN in Revelation, but also in the EXACT SEQUENCE HE GIVES TO US!! Here is how it works, and hidden within this symbol is the word MASON, and the SIX POINTED OCCULTIC STAR!! Talk about DECEPTION!!

You see, the symbol stands for the KINGDOM OF GOD UPON THE EARTH, but it is NOT the God of the Bible, but rather the GOD OF THE OCCULT - LUCIFER, or SATAN, THE GOD OF THIS WORLD. First lets take a look at the Roman numerals and their actual values:

M = 1000 (USED MUCH LATER)

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1



Now this adds up to 666, does it not? The letter "M" was not used until much later, but it is important to unlocking the mystery as to why 600-60-6 is the actual and real number of the occult BEAST known as "MYSTERY", WHICH IS RUN BY THE SECRET SOCIETIES.

What we are going to do is to break down the MDCCLXXVI into three group:

MDC CLX XVI



Using the occult principal of applying a value to each corner of a pyramid, we find something so well hidden most people would never spot it, confirming exactly what Jesus Christ said about DECEPTION. The FIRST NUMERAL GOES ON TOP, THE SECOND ON THE LEFT BOTTOM, THE THIRD ON THE RIGHT BOTTOM. We take each group of three, with its own pyramid structure, and something very startling appears before our very eyes, for we have the number 666 on the top and on the bottom:





The first GROUP OF NUMERALS IS MDC. The pyramid has 1000 on the top. Because the West's foundation is based upon 10, and the ancient Babylonian system is based upon 6, we have 600 on both top and bottom. You see, 1000 is the same as 600 in the Babylonian system. D=500 and C=100. That is 600. If you had $1000 dollars it would be equal to $600 Babylonian dollars. Makes me wonder if we will have "DEVALUATION" based upon the Babylonian system. Only time will tell.

So the FIRST THREE NUMERALS of MDC stand for 600. As the REVIVED BABYLON HAS A FOUNDATION, THE BABYLONIAN SYSTEM OF SIX IS AT THE BASE, with the EVOLVED SYSTEM OF 10 at the top, representing AMERICA-BABYLON and the latter days numbering foundation of 10.

The SECOND GROUP OF NUMERALS is CLX. The C goes on the top, and represents 100 or the equivalent value of 60 in ancient Babylon. The FOUNDATION of the pyramid has L=50 and X=10 or 60!! Once again we find that both ancient Babylon and Modern Babylon are totally represented in this system.

THE THIRD GROUP OF NUMERALS is XVI. X goes at the top, and represents 10 or its equivalent value in ancient Babylon of 6. The BASE OF THE PYRAMID has V=5 and I-1 or 6!! And again we find that both systems of mathematics is found hidden deep within.

The end result is that we have both 1000 = 600, 100=60 and 10=6 or 666 in modern mathematics. The bases of each pyramid contain 600-60-6 in the ancient Babylonian system of sixes. Notice that the EXACT SEQUENCE given by John in Revelation is EXACT, and in the EXACT ORDER. I suppose that it is all just a coincidence and that John was smoking pot by the Great River and the real number is 616 not 666. And if you believe it is 616, you will deserve the other deceptions being handed out by our so-called "experts" in archeology who have also told us how we all "evolved" from pond scum.

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That's all very interesting, but unfortunately modern Biblical scholars now know that your apparent mastermind of this whole insidious plot, the so called "Lucifer", is nothing more than a mistranslation by early Christians of an account about a Babylonian king that has absolutely no connection with final angels, wars in Heaven, etc. Even the word is latin, and has no place in the original Hebrew scriptures.

I have mentioned it on other posts... One the freemasonry post in the ancient history section... The 13 points/bricklayers of the pyramid go in 4 directions.
26x26= 676.

676-10?

Or add 10.

The Pythagorean number for complete-ness- 10.

frankly, i'm convinced that all numbers and mathematics are demonic... especially algebra II... *grumbles*

Hmmm...she has a good point.

I do remember, that in the Catholic Bible, it says on the bottom of the page where 666 is mentioned in Revelations. The number 616 is also a possible number. Do the math.