666 meaning

[phelan]

What is the meaning of numbers 666 in the Bible?

 

[geometer]

What is the meaning of numbers 666 in the Bible?

The numbers are given by three greek letters which correspond to the values 600:60:6

Jewish Kabbalists divide the act of creation into ten divine attributes known as countings(sephiroth). 600:60:6 correspond to the sixth sephirah which is beauty. Beauty is a wonderful thing but it becomes an evil if it is worshiped exclusively.

 

[Foreigner]

The numbers are given by three greek letters which correspond to the values 600:60:6

**600:60:6 **correspond to the sixth sephirah ****which is beauty.

On what basis do you make this connection?

 

[geometer]

On what basis do you make this connection?

A little bit of reading of Kabbaistic works. The entire western tradition is founded in the metaphysics of Kabbalah. Christians Muslims and Jews all draw from the wisdom of Kabbalah.

 

[Eucharisted]

Six hundred sixty-six is a Roman numerical that means “Caeser Nero”. Nero is the proto-antichrist, just as Genesis 3:15 is the proto-evangelicum.

 

[DavidMark]

This explanation of the meaning of “666” is not made up by me; it is authoritative and is based on the interpretations of Revelation by the Central Figures of the Bahá’í Revelation.

The “Three Woes” were Muhammad, the Báb (1819-1850) and Bahá’u’lláh (1817-1892).

The “Two Witnesses” of Rev. chap. 12 are Muhammad and 'Alí, who “stand up again” in the Persons of the Báb and His chief follower Quddus.

The “Woman and the Dragon” illustrates the feud beween the Hashemites and the Ummayads. Like Hagar, the progenitress of Muhammad, the Law of God went “into the wilderness” --that is the Center was moved from Jerusalem to Mecca. Abu Sufyan hated Islam and only became a believer when it was evident the cause of Muhammad would predominiate. His descendents sought to kill the descendents of Muhammad, as Herod sought to kill the children at the time of Infant Jesus.

The Umayyads had no interest in compassion generally, but exulted in cruel subjugation. This is the Beast that “came out of the pit” and took over the outward authority of the Cause of God, which was represented already at that time by Islámists, not muslims. The center of power was moved north to Damascus; and it was even attempted to re-locate the Ka’aba there, the Abrahamic Shrine designated by Muhammad as the Point of Adoration!

‘Alí ibn Abú Talib was married to Muhammad’s daughter Fatima, and was the father of Hasan and Husayn, and the line of Imams, those “12 Princes” promised to Abraham, through Ishmael.
In 638, Jerusalem was turned over to Caliph Umar by Patriarch Sophronius. Unfortunately, the third Caliph Uthman (pronounced Osman), had promoted the Umayyad Yazíd to administer Syria; and his brother Mu‘awiya succeeded him. Mu’awiya ordered ‘Alí, the fourth Caliph, attacked in Kufa (Najaf), Iraq, 27 January, 661, and he died two days later. ‘Alí, the first believer, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, designated by Him orally as the Successor. ‘Alí was the first spiritual Imam, the first Muslim scribe and teacher of calligraphy.
By 666, Umayyad power was firmly established in Damascus. Mu’awiya dismissed the claims of Hasan ibn ‘Alí, and it is said he was poisoned by his wife, at Mu’awiya’s urging, in 669. This the “number of a man” a calendar year, but all works to the contrast of the Cause of God in the world, which cannot be defeated.

 

[geometer]

The “Three Woes” were Muhammad, the Báb (1819-1850) and Bahá’u’lláh (1817-1892).

I don’t believe that you know what woes are…

 

[Eucharisted]

This explanation of the meaning of “666” is not made up by me; it is authoritative and is based on the interpretations of Revelation by the Central Figures of the Bahá’í Revelation.

The “Three Woes” were Muhammad, the Báb (1819-1850) and Bahá’u’lláh (1817-1892).

The “Two Witnesses” of Rev. chap. 12 are Muhammad and 'Alí, who “stand up again” in the Persons of the Báb and His chief follower Quddus.

The “Woman and the Dragon” illustrates the feud beween the Hashemites and the Ummayads. Like Hagar, the progenitress of Muhammad, the Law of God went “into the wilderness” --that is the Center was moved from Jerusalem to Mecca. Abu Sufyan hated Islam and only became a believer when it was evident the cause of Muhammad would predominiate. His descendents sought to kill the descendents of Muhammad, as Herod sought to kill the children at the time of Infant Jesus.

The Umayyads had no interest in compassion generally, but exulted in cruel subjugation. This is the Beast that “came out of the pit” and took over the outward authority of the Cause of God, which was represented already at that time by Islámists, not muslims. The center of power was moved north to Damascus; and it was even attempted to re-locate the Ka’aba there, the Abrahamic Shrine designated by Muhammad as the Point of Adoration!

‘Alí ibn Abú Talib was married to Muhammad’s daughter Fatima, and was the father of Hasan and Husayn, and the line of Imams, those “12 Princes” promised to Abraham, through Ishmael.
In 638, Jerusalem was turned over to Caliph Umar by Patriarch Sophronius. Unfortunately, the third Caliph Uthman (pronounced Osman), had promoted the Umayyad Yazíd to administer Syria; and his brother Mu‘awiya succeeded him. Mu’awiya ordered ‘Alí, the fourth Caliph, attacked in Kufa (Najaf), Iraq, 27 January, 661, and he died two days later. ‘Alí, the first believer, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, designated by Him orally as the Successor. ‘Alí was the first spiritual Imam, the first Muslim scribe and teacher of calligraphy.
By 666, Umayyad power was firmly established in Damascus. Mu’awiya dismissed the claims of Hasan ibn ‘Alí, and it is said he was poisoned by his wife, at Mu’awiya’s urging, in 669. This the “number of a man” a calendar year, but all works to the contrast of the Cause of God in the world, which cannot be defeated.

Your interpetation of the Bible is about as valid as a Muslim’s - which is to say, bogus. You don’t believe Jesus is God and the Lord Jesus Christ is the center of the Bible. So I can’t trust your interpretation. Besides, the Catholics get it right.

 

[COPLAND_3]

This is what I wrote in my commentary on Revelation litteralchristianlibrary.wetpaint.com/page/Chapter+13

The mark of the beast is nothing new, it has always been among us and is received by those who reject Christ. John tells us in his 1st epistle, “and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. This is the spirit of antichrist, of which you heard that it was coming, and now it is in the world already (1John 3:4).” But when the Antichrist does come in the flesh, he will make it to where Christians will not be able to buy or sell unless they confess that Jesus is not of God. The mark is not a literal mark that is on the hand or forehead, for the mark on the forehead means confession of faith, and the hand means the work of their hands.

This mark of the beast, 666, could be reckoned according to the Greek language since John wrote it in Greek. There are numerous ways to reckon it in Greek or other languages for that matter, such as Hebrew and Latin.

Here are a few

In Greek: Teitan, which τ three hundred, ε five, ι ten, τ three hundred, α one, ν fifty,— which taken together become six hundred and sixty-six.

In Latin: DICLUX, which letters are reckoned in this manner: since D figures five hundred, I one, C a hundred, L fifty, V five, X ten,— which by the reckoning up of the letters makes similarly six hundred and sixty-six.

In Hebrew: Nero Caesar" (or “Caesar Nero”) was NRWN QSR.

 

[Nathan_Wagar]

666 has often been shown to refer to Nero, which is possible, however the numbers don’t actually match up to his name exactly. Since I believe in multiple levels of fulfillment to Revelation, however, I see no problem with Nero being referred to.

I would be careful with Jewish Kabbalah, as the claim that many of our teachings draw from it is a bit suspect. Kabbalah is a form of mysticism that oftentimes seems to lose all ties with it’s traditional Jewish roots. They see numbers everywhere, literally.

7 Was often a holy number based on cevenant, involving holy oath-swearing. Apparently in the ancient Hebrew when swearing an oath, they would say I “seven” myself. This explains how creation was created in seven days; it was God’s sacred oath to creation, blessing it and making it holy. Notice how the sixth day is man. 6 oftentimes seems to represent mankind, baser instincts, etc. and can refer to evil, since 7 is the “spiritual” number.

In Hebrew, superlatives didn’t exist in the way we have in our language, so something would instead be repeated three times, as in the angels saying God is “holy holy holy.”

“666” would then represent the “the most evil” or “the most base.”

Again, this is only one viewpoint of many, but I believe it has much merit, and let’s the “man of sin” apply to Nero possibly, as well as many others, since history tends to move in cycles until we learn our lesson…

Interestingly, some early fathers and a Jewish tradition believe the actual “man of sin” (as opposed to simply one of many antichrists) would come from the tribe of Dan. This may have been just speculation, but the fact that it comes from multiple sources is interesting…

 

[BerhaneSelassie]

Many note that the Greek literally says 666 is a “human number” or “number of humanity” not a “number of a man” ie (a male). The Greek is more ambiguous than what our translations suggest.

Though I have read parallel between Kabalah and the book of Revelation I don’t see much that is convincing to show that Beauty is the 666.

Some thought 666 was 616 and there was a Governor of ruler given by the Romans to Israel where, he turned the Temple into a pagan temple and had a statue of himself put in it

 

[geometer]

Many note that the Greek literally says 666 is a “human number” or “number of humanity” not a “number of a man” ie (a male). The Greek is more ambiguous than what our translations suggest.

Though I have read parallel between Kabalah and the book of Revelation I don’t see much that is convincing to show that Beauty is the 666.

Some thought 666 was 616 and there was a Governor of ruler given by the Romans to Israel where, he turned the Temple into a pagan temple and had a statue of himself put in it

Kabbalah is the only western exposition of metaphysics available. If you need a metaphysical model of scripture, Kabbalah is all that there is. Most of catholic teaching ignores metaphysics. No one has said that it is the basis of what catholics teach.

Beauty is associated with the sixth position in the tree of life Tifaret. There are 27 number values for letters of the hebrew alphabet. One of the ways that the alphabet is assigned to the tree is through the sephirot themselves. Three letters are assigned to each sephirah.

keter = aleph yod kuph = 1:10:100

etc…

tifaret = vav samek mem = 6:60:600

Another note:

The number 666 in scripture is not given as the repetition of three sixes, so it has no relation to hebrew superaltives. It is given as three different greek letters.

 

[Foreigner]

A little bit of reading of Kabbaistic works. The entire western tradition is founded in the metaphysics of Kabbalah. Christians Muslims and Jews all draw from the wisdom of Kabbalah.

What in the Kabbalah points specifically to the number 666? Are you saying that the Beauty sephirah is assigned the 3 numbers, 6, 60, and 600 in the Kabbalah? If so, this is extremely interesting.

 

[kepha1]

OK, you know that 666 is the Number of the Beast, but did you know that:

660 Approximate number of the Beast

DCLXVI Roman numeral of the Beast

666.0000 Number of the High Precision Beast

0.666 Number of the Millibeast

/666 Beast Common Denominator

1010011010 Binary of the Beast

Beast 1-666Area code of the Beast

00666 Postcode of the Beast

1-900-666-0666 Live Beasts! One-on-one pacts! Call Now! Only $6.66/minute. Over 18 only please.

$665.95 Retail price of the Beast

$699.25 Price of the Beast plus sales tax

$769.95 Price of the Beast with all accessories and replacement soul

$656.66 Target price of the Beast

Route 666 Way of the Beast

666F Oven temperature for roast Beast

666mg Recommended Minimum Daily Requirement of Beast

Netscape 6.66 BetaBrowser of the Beast

i66686 CPU of the Beast

666I BMW of the Beast

668 Next-door neighbour of the Beast

 

[geometer]

What in the Kabbalah points specifically to the number 666? Are you saying that the Beauty sephirah is assigned the 3 numbers, 6, 60, and 600 in the Kabbalah? If so, this is extremely interesting.

It is the thirty-sixth triangular number, and 36 is the value of the name Eli.

It is said that the Torah has 70 facets. If a gem has 70 triangular facets, then the triangles join at 37 points, and pairs of those points establish 666 lines.

There are 36 decans in the year of the zodiac, each person is born during one of the decans. So in terms of parents there are exactly 666 possible pairs of decans in which ones parents could be born.

 

[Todd_Easton]

What is the meaning of numbers 666 in the Bible?

If you are simply asking where is it mentioned in the Bible, it is mentioned in Revelation 13:18, as a calculated number that stands for the name of a beast, a certain man, usually identified as the Antichrist, a false prophet who will perform supernatural signs (through the power of Satan) and lead the inhabitants of the earth astray into idolatry and intensely persecute Christians for a short time before Jesus Christ returns in glory and defeats him.

 

[matahari]

It is the thirty-sixth triangular number, and 36 is the value of the name Eli.

It is said that the Torah has 70 facets. If a gem has 70 triangular facets, then the triangles join at 37 points, and pairs of those points establish 666 lines.

There are 36 decans in the year of the zodiac, each person is born during one of the decans. So in terms of parents there are exactly 666 possible pairs of decans in which ones parents could be born.

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Surely kabbalah is connected to witchcraft and numerology and all those dark sciences forbidden in the Bible ?

 

[DavidMark]

I don’t believe that you know what woes are…

Remember, it is not my interpretation, but I accepted it. Maybe you don’t know
**
Therefore, it is certain that the day of woe is the day of the Lord; for in that day woe is for the neglectful, woe is for the sinners, woe is for the ignorant. That is why it is said, *“The second woe is past; behold the third woe cometh quickly!” *This third woe is the day of the manifestation of Bahá’u’lláh, the day of God; and it is near to the day of the appearance of the Báb.**(Abdu’l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 56)

***“The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.” *****The first woe is the appearance of the Prophet, Muhammad, the son of Abdu’llah – peace be upon Him! The second woe is that of the Báb – to Him be glory and praise! The third woe is the great day of the manifestation of the Lord of Hosts and the radiance of the Beauty of the Promised One. The explanation of this subject, woe, is mentioned in the thirtieth chapter of Ezekiel, where it is said: “*The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near.”/*B]2]
[1 Rev. 11:14.]
[2 Ez. 30:1-3.]

(Abdu’l-Baha, Some Answered Questions, p. 56)**

 

[DavidMark]

Your interpetation of the Bible is about as valid as a Muslim’s - which is to say, bogus. You don’t believe Jesus is God and the Lord Jesus Christ is the center of the Bible. So I can’t trust your interpretation. Besides, the Catholics get it right.

I would like to suggest, with all good-will and prayerful intent, that your take is the one absolutely in error. Long centuries of tradition are no guarantee to correct thinking. That the Pope opposed Muhammad from the beginning was a sorry sign for the health of Europe, and still for the world. A Pope called up the Crusades, which was anathema to Lord Jesus, whom we do believe in, and are certain He is the Center and Author of the authors of the Bible, despite your spite. In this war of spiritual truth, all the Catholics who have denounced Prophet Muhammad and ignored His Highness the Báb and disobeyed the Everlasting Father Bahá’u’lláh, will find, in this world or the next, they are denounced, ignored and punished. Even St. Peter denied the Lord three times, but he repented, to the extent that he sacrificed himself. This is what will be required of the entire church, to give itself up and seek perpetual existence elsewhere, because it won’t be granted for this world.

 

[Baloo]

Along with the Nero Caesar name add-up, I’ve also heard that Solomon brought in 666 talents of Gold into Israel each year, showing corruption.