OK..here goes.
The number is the "mark of the beast" who was blasphemous against God in Revelation chapter 13. According to the chapter a person can't buy or sell anything without receiving this mark. So, if you didn't get it, you essentially were on your own (starving?). Receiving the mark was an outward sign of homage to the beast.
The Hebrew alpha-numeric meaning for the number 666 is "Kaiser Nerone" (Caesar Nero). Additionally, In Hebrew numerology, 6 is the number for man (created on the 6th day) and 3 is the number for God (Trinity). So, it is essentially the symbol of a man who makes himself out to be God.
So, one of the interpretations was that the early Christians were not to embrace Emperor worship. (Caesar was considered a god.) Another part of the prophetic imagery is that it belongs to something yet to befall humanity at the end-time period.
Enjoy. Sleep well!
you mean the number 3 is the number of God in Christian theology, not Hebrew.
but ya, i believe this interpretation of the revelation is more accurate than the literal acceptance... unless, you'd like to think Jesus riding a white horse, chopping heads off of people
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