The religious aspect of the mark of the beast, I believe, is this:
Man was created on the 6th day. So 6 is the number of man.
3 is the number of The Triune God.
Three sixes is the deification of man.
Satan has deceived mankind and has them thinking they do not need God and can do anything they like, and are capable of anything man puts his/her mind to. And man has declared himself and his systems of thinking to be the arbiters of right and wrong. Man wants to be independent of God, and thinks to make his own way, with disastrous results.
Man says, "We don't need God to heal us. We can heal ourselves with medicines we invent!"
Man says, "We don't need God's spirit to communicate or discern. We have satellites to communicate instantly with one another around the planet."
And other such boasts.
Man was created on the 6th day. So 6 is the number of man.
3 is the number of The Triune God.
Three sixes is the deification of man.
Satan has deceived mankind and has them thinking they do not need God and can do anything they like, and are capable of anything man puts his/her mind to. And man has declared himself and his systems of thinking to be the arbiters of right and wrong. Man wants to be independent of God, and thinks to make his own way, with disastrous results.
Man says, "We don't need God to heal us. We can heal ourselves with medicines we invent!"
Man says, "We don't need God's spirit to communicate or discern. We have satellites to communicate instantly with one another around the planet."
And other such boasts.