What does 666 mean in the bible?

[beehumble]

Many experts on the passage in Matthew 24 (the Olivet Discourse) state that Jesus was asked two questions and answered both simultaneously, thus He was speaking of both the events of 70 AD and the events of the Second Coming. One such source is *The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life * by Father Charles Arminjon.

While no one will know the specific day and time, there will be signs given to us who are not in darkness. Scriptures say so. Jesus said there would be signs and to look up when we see them. Too many Catholics only quote this verse in a stand-alone (Proof-text) fashion and say we won’t know when He comes and stop there, and so they completely ignore the part about how He said there would be signs that serve to announce His return is near. This is a mistake.

From *The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life * by Father Charles Arminjon:

“Although Christ wanted to leave us ignorant of the exact time of the end of the world, He deemed it fitting to give us detailed information on the manner and circumstances of this great event.” (page 21)

“Accordingly, in order not to give rise to any misunderstanding or false interpretation, Christ tells us that the afflictions and prodigies of nature, which will mark the latter ages of mankind, are only the prelude and the beginning of still greater sorrows: ‘These are the early stages of the birth pangs.’” (page 12)

"It is important, though, to consider that Christ, in His prophecy, combines in a single scene the signs relating to the end of the world and those relating to the destruction of Jerusalem. He does so, first, because of the analogy between the two events…Secondly, because in God there is no distinction or succession in time. The impending events and those more remote are clearly present to His mind, and He sees them as if they had occurred at the same moment…Hence in His prophecy He shows [the Apostles], as it were, two perspectives and two horizons, having analogous features and alike in relief, pattern, and coloring. In St. Matthew and St. Mark, the two events - the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world - seem rather to be merged. In St. Luke, the two occurrences are very clearly distinguished: there are features that refer solely to the end of the world… " (page 13)

Jesus was using Typology when He answered the questions - the Old Covenant events in 70AD serve as a type for what will come at the fulfillment of the New Covenant (the time of the Second Coming). Typology is a very useful and important tool in Biblical exegesis; much of what is said in Revelation, Matthew 24 and other places refers to both the times of the Apostles in the 70 AD era and also to the end of the age, for example. Both Preterists and Futurists ignore or forget that to further their own arguments. Typology reveals the events to be both of the past and of the future - the past events serve as types for what is to come.

No doubt the 666 reference serves as a type meaning both Nero and things of the future, not even necessarily limited to a person of the future, but persons and or things that are anti-Gospel, anti-church, anti-Christ in nature, that will be prevalent at the end of the age.
For example, Nero persecuted the People of God, and that is a mark of the evil ones, the “beast”, so one mark of the “beast” at the end of the age could be persons who, like Nero, persecute the People of God during the end times.

God bless you.

 

[marine13]

While I don’t believe I could explain The Book of Revelations and the reference to “666” succinctly due to my relatively new and maturing understanding of the book I would suggest others to read The Lamb’s Supper by Dr. Scott Hahn. It is a wonderful book that really helped me to understand the Catholic view of Revelations and how through this work we can better understand the Mass.

 

[ryanoneil]

Protestant? Tattoo? Microchip? Not my words!

I believe the antichrist is yet to come.

When during Roman times did people need the mark on their forehead or their hands?

While I agree with what Patrick is saying, I believe the mark in Revelation is internal. The mark on the hand signifies what one does as a result of loyalty to the beast and on the forehead signifies how loyalty changes the way one thinks.

The same is true of the mark of the lamb. It is not seen, just like when God said he would put his law in them and write it upon their hearts. It is an inward commitment of the will that shows itself in the way we live. It is not on the skin.

So, to show allegiance to the emperor was to compromise ones faith (mark of the beast) and you would get along just fine in the empire. To not compromise and keep one’s faith (mark of the lamb) often marked people for death by the state.

 

[beehumble]

While I agree with what Patrick is saying, I believe the mark in Revelation is internal. The mark on the hand signifies what one does as a result of loyalty to the beast and on the forehead signifies how loyalty changes the way one thinks.

The same is true of the mark of the lamb. It is not seen, just like when God said he would put his law in them and write it upon their hearts. It is an inward commitment of the will that shows itself in the way we live. It is not on the skin.

So, to show allegiance to the emperor was to compromise ones faith (mark of the beast) and you would get along just fine in the empire. To not compromise and keep one’s faith (mark of the lamb) often marked people for death by the state.

Yes I agree with that as one understanding of the ‘mark’.

One interpretation, to me, is that at the end there will be ‘Church’ and ‘anti-Church’ - those staunchly, violently opposed to the Gospel teachings of Jesus presented to the world through His Church - those following the ‘beast’, versus those who adhere to the teachings - the People of God. Jesus said there would be great tribulation, and one interpretation of tribulation is persecution. Those opposed to the supremacy of God and His laws and in favor of man writing his own rule of law, will violently oppose and persecute God and His Law and His people - “Saul why do you presecute me?”

A true man knows enough to worship the Creator; to lose this is to lose one’s humanity thus becoming beast-like. Godless leaders and those who follow them can be said to be ‘beasts’ and worshipers of the beast; their ‘mark’ is seen in their foreheads as thoughts (speech and writing) and in the hand - their action; both marks reveal a rejection of worship owed to the Creator, replacing it with love of self and love of this world.

These beasts - for they cannot be called human - will surround the camp of the Holy ones of God just before the end, says Revelation chapter 20. We saw this with the rise of Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. And we are seeing this now, with governments allowing abortion and same-sex marriage, and euthanasia. Of late we see our own government here in the US trying to remove conscience clauses to force those who cling to God to instead follow the beast. The recent government brief presented to the Supreme Court sides with removing the religious exemption from discrimination rules - will this result in the government trying to force the Catholic Church to accept women as priests? We see Ireland debating a law that would breach the seal of confession. We see worldwide persecution of Christians, both physical and spiritual persecution. The physical persecution leads to death of the body; spiritual persecution leads to death of the spirit, to apostasy.

Father Gobbi once identified the beast, or one of them, as freemasonry.
Read this article about the death of Otto Habsburg and note its reference to freemasonry; note too that Fatima happened at a time when freemasons were in charge of Portugal and trying to stamp out religion and the Church. These are examples of the mark of the beast:

insidethevatican.com/articles/otto-von-habsburg.htm#G1273858792421

Here is a key paragraph from the above article showing hte ‘war’ between the Church and freemasonry (note that the Holy Roman Emperor ended up over the centuries becoming the head of Catholic Austro-Hungary.)

In today’s world, it is usually not the person of the pope that is under direct attack, but the Christian faith itself. In Europe, Pope Benedict, like his predecessor, enjoys enormous respect, but the trend in public policies cuts to the core of Christian civilization. When Emperor Karl was in exile, representatives of the same Freemasonry that had engineered his downfall offered to engineer his re-instatement, if he would agree to give them control in just two areas – the education of children and laws regarding marriage. Karl, of course, refused. And yet, the boldest Freemason of Karl’s day would not have dared hope for the policy climate that prevails in the European Union today – where nations contemplating membership are pressured to embrace abortion, where a distinguished Italian public servant was barred from European office for daring to state his adherence to longstanding Catholic doctrine, and where redefining marriage to include same-sex relationships is the latest trend.

idlespeculations-terryprest.blogspot.com/2011/07/funeral-of-otto-von-habsburg.html
Note though that what I say here does not preclude the possibility of the rise of an actual anti-Christ at the end of the age.

God bless you.

 

[patrick457]

While I agree with what Patrick is saying, I believe the mark in Revelation is internal. The mark on the hand signifies what one does as a result of loyalty to the beast and on the forehead signifies how loyalty changes the way one thinks.

The same is true of the mark of the lamb. It is not seen, just like when God said he would put his law in them and write it upon their hearts. It is an inward commitment of the will that shows itself in the way we live. It is not on the skin.

So, to show allegiance to the emperor was to compromise ones faith (mark of the beast) and you would get along just fine in the empire. To not compromise and keep one’s faith (mark of the lamb) often marked people for death by the state.

This is also what I believe for the record: I don’t think we should spend time looking for tattoos or any other accessory worn on the hand or on the forehead if we’re going to look for the charagma of the Beast.

 

[Big_Ro]

While I agree with what Patrick is saying, I believe the mark in Revelation is internal. The mark on the hand signifies what one does as a result of loyalty to the beast and on the forehead signifies how loyalty changes the way one thinks.

The same is true of the mark of the lamb. It is not seen, just like when God said he would put his law in them and write it upon their hearts. It is an inward commitment of the will that shows itself in the way we live. It is not on the skin.

So, to show allegiance to the emperor was to compromise ones faith (mark of the beast) and you would get along just fine in the empire. To not compromise and keep one’s faith (mark of the lamb) often marked people for death by the state.

I like this explanation. As always, ryanoneil is spot on. Good work brother. I pray that my understanding will grow as yours clearly has.

 

[ryanoneil]

Thanks to the generations that came before me, that I’m able to pass it on.

 

[Samson01]

If you tell me what your footnote in your Bible says I would reckon that my footnote in my Bible would say something different whether slightly or completely.

If Nero is/was the antichrist, what on earth would that make Hitler, Stalin and Mao?

Sorry if that was rude, Nelka. As for an antichrist, the enemy does not know the time or day and has one on earth at any given time. For Revelations, has happened, is happening, will happen. These are not just my theory’s. God Bless. Samson

 

[SoD3rick11]

It’s a mark of slavery, of sin, and implicates us in the sins of the last beast empire. It is related to our thoughts and deeds as has been mentioned.

It is also associated with Nero Caesar (as well as Antiochus Epiphanes IV, Dominitian, and all antichrist empires/rulers, etc), Latinos (vulgar latin?/related etymologically to ‘hidden’?/godless roman empire?), and Teitan (sun worshipping?/horus?).

The beast is explained in the book of Daniel, so it it merely becomes a matter of identifying the last and final beast empire with attributes of all the previous beast empires.

7 In the first year of Baltasar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream: and the vision of his head was upon his bed: and writing the dream, he comprehended it in few words: and relating the sum of it in short, he said:

2 I saw in my vision by night, and behold the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

3 And four great beasts, different one from another, came up out of the sea.

4 The first was like a lioness, and had the wings of an eagle: I beheld till her wings were plucked off, and she was lifted up from the earth, and stood upon her feet as a man, and the heart of a man was given to her.

5 And behold another beast like a bear stood up on one side: and there were three rows in the mouth thereof, and in the teeth thereof, and thus they said to it: Arise, devour much flesh.

6 After this I beheld, and lo, another like a leopard, and it had upon it four wings as of a fowl, and the beast had four heads, and power was given to it.

7 After this I beheld in the vision of the night, and lo, a fourth beast, terrible and wonderful, and exceeding strong, it had great iron teeth, eating and breaking in pieces, and treading down the rest with its feet: and it was unlike to the other beasts which I had seen before it, and had ten horns.

8 I considered the horns, and behold another little horn sprung out of the midst of them: and three of the first horns were plucked up at the presence thereof: and behold eyes like the eyes of a man were in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things.

9 I beheld till thrones were placed, and the Ancient of days sat: his garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool: his throne like flames of fire: the wheels of it like a burning fire.

10 A swift stream of fire issued forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times a hundred thousand stood before him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened.

11 I beheld because of the voice of the great words which that horn spoke: and I saw that the beast was slain, and the body thereof was destroyed, and given to the fire to be burnt:

12 And that the power of the other beasts was taken away: and that times of life were appointed them for a time, and time.

13 I beheld therefore in the vision of the night, and lo, one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to the Ancient of days: and they presented him before him.

14 And he gave him power, and glory, and a kingdom: and all peoples, tribes and tongues shall serve him: his power is an everlasting power that shall not be taken away: and his kingdom that shall not be destroyed.

15 My spirit trembled, I Daniel was affrighted at these things, and the visions of my head troubled me.

16 I went near to one of them that stood by, and asked the truth of him concerning all these things, and he told me the interpretation of the words, and instructed me:

17 These four great beasts are four kingdoms, which shall arise out of the earth.

18 But the saints of the most high God shall take the kingdom: and they shall possess the kingdom for ever and ever.

19 After this I would diligently learn concerning the fourth beast. which was very different from all, and exceeding terrible: his teeth and claws were of iron: he devoured and broke in pieces, and the rest he stamped upon with his feet:

20 And concerning the ten horns that he had on his head: and concerning the other that came up, before which three horns fell: and of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and was greater than the rest.

21 I beheld, and lo, that horn made war against the saints, and prevailed over them,

22 Till the Ancient of days came and gave judgment to the saints of the most High, and the time came, and the saints obtained the kingdom.

23 And thus he said: The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be greater than all the kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

24 And the ten horns of the same kingdom, shall be ten kings: and another shall rise up after them, and he shall be mightier than the former, and he shall bring down three kings.

25 And he shall speak words against the High One, and shall crush the saints of the most High: and he shall think himself able to change times and laws, and they shall be delivered into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time.

26 And judgment shall sit, that his power may be taken away, and be broken in pieces, and perish even to the end.

27 And that the kingdom, and power, and the greatness of the kingdom, under the whole heaven, may be given to the people of the saints of the most High: whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all kings shall serve him, and shall obey him.

28 Hitherto is the end of the word. I Daniel was much troubled with my thoughts, and my countenance was changed in me: but I kept the word in my heart.

Check out Exodus 13:9 & 13:16:

13 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 Sanctify unto me every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, as well of men as of beasts: for they are all mine.

3 And Moses said to the people: Remember this day in which you came forth out of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought you forth out of this place: that you eat no leavened bread.

4 This day you go forth in the month of new corn.

5 And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to thy fathers that he would give thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey, thou shalt celebrate this manner of sacred rites in this month.

6 Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be the solemnity of the Lord.

7 Unleavened bread shall you eat seven days: there shall not be seen any thing leavened with thee, nor in all thy coasts.

8 And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: This is what the Lord did to me when I came forth out of Egypt.

9 And it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a memorial before thy eyes: and that the law of the Lord be always in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

10 Thou shalt keep this observance at the set time from days to days.

11 And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Chanaanite, as he swore to thee and thy fathers, and shall give it thee:

12 Thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb for the Lord, and all that is first brought forth of thy cattle: whatsoever thou shalt have of the male sex, thou shalt consecrate to the Lord.

13 The firstborn of an *** thou shalt change for a sheep: and if thou do not redeem it, thou shalt kill it. And every firstborn of men thou shalt redeem with a price.

14 And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What is this? thou shalt answer him: With a strong hand did the Lord bring us forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

15 For when Pharao was hardened, and would not let us go, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beasts: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb of the male sex, and all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.

16 And it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a thing hung between thy eyes, for a remembrance: because the Lord hath brought us forth out of Egypt by a strong hand.

Someone mentioned that there are two references in the old testament to 666 being related to the number of talons of gold brought to Solomon each year, which suggests to me it is related to taxation. There is also a mention in Ezekiel 9:4 “…“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.”” This may not be altogether unrelated?

Let me know what you think. I have done much research on this matter, and believe I have identified the mark. It is unnerving to say the least.

 

[Alfred_Persson]

1. 666 is a biblical allusion to a man’s name in the Old Testament: Adonikam.
2. The Holy Spirit inspired this Riddle to strengthen the faith of the generation alive in the End Time fighting against unprecedented apostasy (2 Th. 2:3-4; 1 Tim. 4:1; 2 Tim. 4:2). and mockery of God’s Word the Bible (Jude 1:18; 1 Tim. 3:1-5; 2 Pet. 3:3). Adonikam’s name will be the actual name of the Beast that rises and the solution indicates both Providential Preservation and Inerrancy of Scripture are true, as both 666 and 667 are correct and God prevented copiests from reconciling the number as modern textual critics are wont to do.

We solve riddles by heeding its details, and spotting any double entendre hinting at a solution. For example, Samson’s riddle (Judges 14:14) contained the solution, honey eaten from the carcass of a lion (Judges 14:8-9, 18):

So he said to them: “Out of the eater came something to eat, And out of the strong came something sweet.” Now for three days they could not explain the riddle. (Jdg. 14:14) NKJ

The word “lion” in Hebrew (ʾarî) is almost identical to an Arabic word for “honey” (ʾary).-Wolf, H. (1992). Judges. In F. E. Gaebelein (Ed.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel (Vol. 3, p. 468). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.

Lets Solve the 666 Meaning:

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. (Rev. 13:18) KJV

John said 666 is the number OF a man, not the number code for a name. That’s double entendre, 666 springs from the man, 666 exists because of what the man is or does, it is not his name in code. We must pay attention to the detail with strictness, John insisted we COUNT to arrive at 666, that is one half of the equation. To solve the riddle we must deduce the missing half of the equation that equals 666 and then determine what man caused that calculation to exist, for it is “OF” him. Therefore Gematria, numerology, symbolic meaning, etc. are completely irrelevant.

Lets review other details to find what else is implied in the wording:

This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666. (Rev. 13:18) ESV

Christians seek wisdom in scripture, therefore John’s call for it must involve the Bible. Adonikam is the only Bible name of a man 666 and a calculation point to that everyone (3588 ὁ ho) understanding the Bible can find. Once directly (Ezra 2:13) and once after a calculation (Neh. 7:18) subtracting Adonikam’s father who must have had the same name, so 667-1=666 still points to Adonikam. The only man directly causing 666 to exist and also the calculation resulting in 666 to exist, is the man Adonikam. As John thus says he is the Beast, 666 is the number OF the Beast also:

The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. (Ezr. 2:13) KJV

The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. (Neh. 7:18) KJV

Having these two verses point to the same name is like having “two witnesses” establishing the matter (Deut. 19:15).

Adonikam alone is the elegant solution, it alone assembles John’s puzzle according to the double entendre. 666 directly points to Adonikam in Ezra, but we must subtract Adonikam’s father from 667, to obtain 666 to again point to the same name. Hence, both the number and the equation are OF the man, OF the Beast, OF the Name (Rev. 13:17). Its genitive, neither the number or the equation would exist if Adonikam didn’t have the children he had, so its “OF” him.

Not so Kabbalistic Gematria. The pieces just do not fit, and regardless how it is tweaked, so many names are produced it will never satisfy John’s expectation only one name will result and the probability the reader will pick the name John had in mind is infinitesimal.

 

[SnoopSword]

6 = the number of ‘man’ (because he was created on the sixth day)
66 = the number of books in the ‘accepted’ Prot. Bible Canon

The man (6), makes his own image by spiritually joining his ‘soul/self/temple’ to the 66 books. Therefore;

6 & 66 = 666

The main issue with the 66 book Canon, is it is a REJECTION of the Apostles and it VIOLATES a spoken law directly from Christ’s own mouth to his appostles: ‘do not be called Rabbi… there is only one…’. Scripture is God breathed? Well God literally breathed the red letter so its of the HIGHEST ‘importance’ (well… Im half kidding actually… Jesus DID speak to St. Nicodemus. The SECRET TEACHING is, Jesus Himself actually verifies that Nicodemus DID hear him speaking - he was LITERALLY describing to him, and the READERS, his literal speaking at that moment which uses his BREATH, and was recorded onto red letter. Their whole discussion lives for us in ‘real time’ and offers us a PROOF that the unbaptised, those WITHOUT baptism themselves, or who are not of God, will NOT be able to understand that exchange. ANYONE READING THIS will know EXACTLY what I’m talking about if you’ve als banged your head against the wall trying to get people to accept the clear common sense of the verse. They simply can NOT understand it! The first true major heresy in 1500 years was nased off a misinterpretation off thst verse because they themselves stopped baptizing their babies and were thusly cut off from Gods tree. This heresy now controls 35% of all American ‘Christianity’ but they are fully OUTSIDE the Church for many reasons that would be too lengthy to get into).

ANYHOW, back to the calling someone else their Rabbi:

Calling another a Rabbi INSTANTLY places that person outside the Body of Christ and Christianity and our ONE TEACHER. This is why Jesus told his apostles NOT to call THEMSELVES Rabbi - that was for FUTURE generations like us NOT to place ourselves in a Lordship relationship with anyone called ‘Rabbi’.

This means that if any student/follower of Christ, and CERTAINLY for those with ‘high ordination’, freely choses to place himself under the Lordship of another Rabbi, then that person is serving TWO Master which is incompatible with Christ. So what did certain people do? I dont know for sure. But it seems it realy has to do with a Printing press cutting out the additional books to save costs. Eventually they were informally rejected much later but I dont know where.

REGARDLESS, They chose the OT because they placed their BELEIF in other Rabbi’s rather than Christ’s own anointed fathers of the Church. Saints in fact.

BUT NO! The Protestants (some say King James own clique) decided that other Rabbi’s were '‘GOD ORDAINED’ GAURDIANS OF SCRIPTURE!! They ABANADONED their confidence in the Holy Spirit and INSTEAD, placed their FAITH, TRUST, AND HOPE onto OTHER RABBI’S WHO REJECT CHRIST!

Because of this, they have ACCEPTED to subject themselves to other Rabbi’s and thusly have been CURSED with 66 books as a telling result… a VERY WANTING number if there was one! But the MARK of 666 is whenever they marry their Bible to their soul for salvation (American ‘Psuedo-Sola-Scriptura’.

(note this doesnt go for mainline Protestant Churches with sacraments as a whole because the number 66 itself isn’t bad and Sola Scriptura means something totally different., but it is a sign for anyone who choses to join that Canon to their ‘self’ for salvation (35% American Christians). Their soul get seared (branded) like a hot iron bearing the mark 1 Tim 4?).

Note 2: The modern Psuedo-Sola-Sciptura of the past 200 years has been the core source of every cult and heresy imaginable. From Left Behind to the modern state of Israel. Every evil imaginable against the our Faith has been done as a result of these wolves dressed as sheep. I can go on and on but Ive seen enough now to know that 35% of so called American Christians are COMO,ETELY outside of Protestantism and have NEVER been part of the Protestant Church. They are literally Pagans with Bibles working to destroy the Catholic Church. Thats all they can think about. Its what founded the Masonic lodge and the rest of America. This has been in the work for 500 years now. God cast them out of Europe to the Americas. They serve other Lords. They are at emnity with us. They are literally not even baptised. You have no idea. i could go on and on lol…)

 

[Alfred_Persson]

6 = the number of ‘man’ (because he was created on the sixth day)
66 = the number of books in the ‘accepted’ Prot. Bible Canon

The man (6), makes his own image by spiritually joining his ‘soul/self/temple’ to the 66 books. Therefore;

6 & 66 = 666

The main issue with the 66 book Canon, is it is a REJECTION of the Apostles and it VIOLATES a spoken law directly from Christ’s own mouth to his appostles: ‘do not be called Rabbi… there is only one…’. Scripture is God breathed? Well God literally breathed the red letter so its of the HIGHEST ‘importance’ (well… Im half kidding actually… Jesus DID speak to St. Nicodemus. The SECRET TEACHING is, Jesus Himself actually verifies that Nicodemus DID hear him speaking - he was LITERALLY describing to him, and the READERS, his literal speaking at that moment which uses his BREATH, and was recorded onto red letter. Their whole discussion lives for us in ‘real time’ and offers us a PROOF that the unbaptised, those WITHOUT baptism themselves, or who are not of God, will NOT be able to understand that exchange. ANYONE READING THIS will know EXACTLY what I’m talking about if you’ve als banged your head against the wall trying to get people to accept the clear common sense of the verse. They simply can NOT understand it! The first true major heresy in 1500 years was nased off a misinterpretation off thst verse because they themselves stopped baptizing their babies and were thusly cut off from Gods tree. This heresy now controls 35% of all American ‘Christianity’ but they are fully OUTSIDE the Church for many reasons that would be too lengthy to get into).

ANYHOW, back to the calling someone else their Rabbi:

Calling another a Rabbi INSTANTLY places that person outside the Body of Christ and Christianity and our ONE TEACHER. This is why Jesus told his apostles NOT to call THEMSELVES Rabbi - that was for FUTURE generations like us NOT to place ourselves in a Lordship relationship with anyone called ‘Rabbi’.

This means that if any student/follower of Christ, and CERTAINLY for those with ‘high ordination’, freely choses to place himself under the Lordship of another Rabbi, then that person is serving TWO Master which is incompatible with Christ. So what did certain people do? I dont know for sure. But it seems it realy has to do with a Printing press cutting out the additional books to save costs. Eventually they were informally rejected much later but I dont know where.

REGARDLESS, They chose the OT because they placed their BELEIF in other Rabbi’s rather than Christ’s own anointed fathers of the Church. Saints in fact.

BUT NO! The Protestants (some say King James own clique) decided that other Rabbi’s were '‘GOD ORDAINED’ GAURDIANS OF SCRIPTURE!! They ABANADONED their confidence in the Holy Spirit and INSTEAD, placed their FAITH, TRUST, AND HOPE onto OTHER RABBI’S WHO REJECT CHRIST!

Because of this, they have ACCEPTED to subject themselves to other Rabbi’s and thusly have been CURSED with 66 books as a telling result… a VERY WANTING number if there was one! But the MARK of 666 is whenever they marry their Bible to their soul for salvation (American ‘Psuedo-Sola-Scriptura’.

(note this doesnt go for mainline Protestant Churches with sacraments as a whole because the number 66 itself isn’t bad and Sola Scriptura means something totally different., but it is a sign for anyone who choses to join that Canon to their ‘self’ for salvation (35% American Christians). Their soul get seared (branded) like a hot iron bearing the mark 1 Tim 4?).

Note 2: The modern Psuedo-Sola-Sciptura of the past 200 years has been the core source of every cult and heresy imaginable. From Left Behind to the modern state of Israel. Every evil imaginable against the our Faith has been done as a result of these wolves dressed as sheep. I can go on and on but Ive seen enough now to know that 35% of so called American Christians are COMO,ETELY outside of Protestantism and have NEVER been part of the Protestant Church. They are literally Pagans with Bibles working to destroy the Catholic Church. Thats all they can think about. Its what founded the Masonic lodge and the rest of America. This has been in the work for 500 years now. God cast them out of Europe to the Americas. They serve other Lords. They are at emnity with us. They are literally not even baptised. You have no idea. i could go on and on lol…)

Was that satirical?

It was hilarious.

Thanks.

 

[PNEUMA]

What does 666 mean in the bible ?

It means gold.

 

[Alfred_Persson]

It means gold.

Not to John, he says its the number of a man, not gold.

 

[PNEUMA]

Not to John, he says its the number of a man, not gold.

The name of a man, Goldman

 

[Alfred_Persson]

The name of a man, Goldman

Witty, but scripturally incorrect.

 

[PNEUMA]

The secret name could also be Solomon, cause he’s the one with 666 talents of gold. Many things in the book of Revelation are drawn from the old testament. The beast could also just be the false king of Israel, the opponent of Christ. Solomon was king of old Israel.

 

[Alfred_Persson]

The secret name could also be Solomon, cause he’s the one with 666 talents of gold. Many things in the book of Revelation are drawn from the old testament. The beast could also just be the false king of Israel, the opponent of Christ. Solomon was king of old Israel.

Incorrect. The riddle requires a count that results in 666, therefore Nehemiah 7:18 is the only possible solution, the Father also being named Adonikam.

The “mind that has wisdom…understanding” can discern the EQUATION that results in 666.

John gave us one half of the equation, saying its 666. The riddle requires we deduce the other half, what equals 666 to discern the number of the beast. Its the number of a man, Adonikam.

 

[Athanasiy]

The theme of the Antichrist and the number of the beast is now very popular among the Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Since Ukraine, as a ship, has turned its sail from Moscow to the West, the priests of the Moscow Patriarchate are increasingly preaching about the number of the beast, and the Antichrist.
And what is interesting is that EU for them is an approaching antichrist.
You can hear a warning about the danger of a biometric passport, and the future microchip.
It already forms the believer’s pie-in-the-sky mentality.

Therefore, it should be added that those who undertake to interpret the number of the beast and political events without critical criticism and without weighting are behaving unwisely.

 

[abucs]

What does 666 mean in the bible ?

I always thought it was the page after 665.