Im sure i saw it before that movie, but you may be right and its just from that movie.666 actually being 999 was in the movie "End of Days" with Arnie. The idea was that (1)999 was going to be the apocolypse, and 666 was transcribed from a dream, since everything is backwards and upside down in dreams.
Perhaps it should, im intrueged about any 616 theory.It seems to me, from this thread, that 616 is the correct (as far as we know) numbering, not 666. So perhaps further speculation should be directed at the #616?
If there are 665 species of wild animals, then 666 would be the number of the beast (the one which we do not see as a wild animal as he is in human form).Cyperium where did you get the number 665?
If there are 665 species of wild animals, then 666 would be the number of the beast (the one which we do not see as a wild animal as he is in human form).
So 665 is the number of animal species.
However, I have no idea if there are less or more than 665 species, and what categories of species to exclude or include to make it so.
DCLXVI = 666
Just to point out that the no. 666 is actually DCLXVI in roman numerals, and that D,C,L,X,V and I, in turn, are the first six symbols in the roman numerical system in reverse order (i.e. I, V, X, L, C and D backwards). It's like us writing 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0, and then someone coming along to add them all up to get 45!
John (apparently) wrote the book of Revelation in Greek, but I think he quite likely used the Roman system for numbers (…historians feel free to correct me…), as, although the Greeks did have their own numeral system for a while, they were under Roman rule at John's time (Arabic/Indian numerals weren't in use in that region until centuries later).
Perhaps its not the number itself that's significant, but the fact that it can be represented by numbers. And what can be represented by numbers? Wealth of course, in the form of money!
'No one might be able to buy or sell unless they had the mark of the beast (...non-monetary wealth...) or the number corresponding to his name (...monetary wealth...).' (Rev 13.17)
I'm only guessing that the author was using the term to represent wealth, but I do think it's quite likely that he actually wrote DCLXVI
Opinions anyone?
P.S. Apparently χξς is used in some (Greek) versions, but I presume that these are not based on the original Greek.
P.S.S. I'm not a religionist; merely an intrigued observer.
*************In scripture that Number is said to represent a man. So the number is linked to a person not money.
In the Hebrew and Greek systems they used letters to represent numbers. And we are told in scriptures to calculate the number of the beast. So the name of the anti-christ will be made of letters that will add up to 666 using the Hebrew or greek system of lettered numbers.
The mark of the beast will be something that people will need to buy or sell anything it will be placed in the forehead or in the hand. It will probably be a implant able powered chip that will be used in an automated financial system where cash will be done away with.
We will see.
All Praise The Ancient Of Days
there is between 3-50 million species of creature on this planet, made up of Invertebrates and vertebratesIf there are 665 species of wild animals, then 666 would be the number of the beast (the one which we do not see as a wild animal as he is in human form).
So 665 is the number of animal species.
However, I have no idea if there are less or more than 665 species, and what categories of species to exclude or include to make it so.
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M*W: Adstar, I shall remind you that the "Ancient of Days" refers to the Sun.
saying the sun is the sun, a known life giver, which is the direct cause of the invisible sky daddy myth, Is laughable!. As opposed to your invisible sky daddy, creating the sun, Yeh right! rotflmao.MW I shall remind you that i consider your interpretations to be laughable. Derived from theories that do not deserve my consideration.
All Praise The Ancient Of Days