The meaning of 666 and its identity

[Ronald David Bruno]

Well I quess you missed this part... The fact that the prophets understood a year as 360 days is well attested, and can be seen in the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation as seen in the use of "time, times and half a time" (i.e. 1+2+0.5=3.5), "1,260 days" and "42 months". These references represent a period of 1260 years (based on the 360 day Jewish year multiplied by 3.5). Divide 1,260 days by 42 months and you will get a 30-day month, as 12 months of 30 days equals 360-days in a year

These time periods occur eight times in scripture:
Daniel 7:25, "time, times and a half".
Daniel 9:27, "half one set of seven".
Daniel 12:7, "time, times and a half".
Revelation 11:2, "42 months".
Revelation 11:3, "1260 days".
Revelation 12:6, "1260 days".
Revelation 12:14, "time, times and a half".
Revelation 13:5, "42 months".

We see how the 1260 day-for-year prophecy is found in Daniel 7, 9 and 12 and again in Revelation 11, 12 and again in Revelation 13. so many chapters in the Bible all pointing to that same 1260 year period which today we know as "the dark ages". These "1,260 days" spanned the Middle Ages and so we are given many clues that show us what identifies this antichrist entity, which at the same time is represented by a man. And it clearly it cannot be Nero, or Mohammed, or any of the many others some claim as they do not fit the description or the timeline..

Days, months and years - we all know what they mean in life and in scripture. You are changing the meaning of days and months to years. Liberals today do that often, good is evil, evil is good, etc. Did you vote for Biden too?

 

[Taken]

Lets look at what scripture shows us...

Isaiah 8:16 "Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples."

A seal was something that held fast and in this context was binded up.

Deuteronomy 6:2,8 That you might fear the LORD your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you....And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

and we see it will be a sign...

Exodus 13:9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth.

Exodus 31:13,17 Truly My Sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the Lord that does sanctify you....It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever.

and it is forever. But look at what do you do on the Sabbath, can we say 'worship' God.

The Mark of the Beast is about keeping of God's law especially worship, same as it always has been, and the Sabbath is at the center.

Little by Little, Bit by Bit…

OT men Knew of coming Prophecy…
A SAVIOR, (Messiah to be sent them), to Reveal more Knowlledge.

That is past.
Jews, Gentiles alike are now in the progression (of little by little) Deciding “IF” they …
Believe IN God…
And
Believe IN Jesus being the promised Christ Messiah.

Believers….are ONE thing.
Confessing “heartful” Belief…is ANOTHER thing….which is the effect of “sealing”, Baptized with the Holy Spirit”, born again, quickened, having Gods Seed, “being sanctified…ie SET APART”, to ONLY be “claimed” “marked” “redeemed” BY the Lord God.
Jesus Overcame the World, Evil, Wickedness, Death….AND a man “WITH and IN” the Lord and “Christ WITH and IN” such man…belongs to God FOREVER…
He can NOT be “subject” to receiving the mark of the Beast…because he is essentially ALREADY “claimed”, by God.

Glory to God,
Taken

 

[Stumpmaster]

This is more likely the configuration....but it all comes down to the old pagan sun worship

I like this

3 x 6 x 37 = 666

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[Hobie]

Then, provide a Biblical refutation of my argument in post #19.
That’s how a debate works.

Petty denials without evidence mean NOYTING . . .

Scripture is clear...
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

 

[Zachariah.]

The meaning of 666 and its identity

666 is primarily a Physical Mark upon a person, WHO is in agreement with A (positioned head Governor) called by men (a king, president, chairman, etc.) called in Scripture a BEAST (which shall ultimately BE Satan himself) of World Wide Ungodly Governance OVER a World Wide Population “WHICH” such portion of said Population DOES NOT have God”s SEED.
(Gods SEED, being the guaranteed precursor to that individual established to Receive Gods Mark upon them, according to the Timeframe, God has Established and Promised.)

Glory to God,
Taken

Yes. Renounce government and all forms of external control. Then shall we have freedom.

 

[Stumpmaster]

Yes. Renounce government and all forms of external control. Then shall we have freedom.

More like anarchy.

Here is the exhortation of the Scriptures:

1Pe 2:13-19 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority, (14) or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. (15) For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men. (16) Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. (17) Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king. (18) Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable. (19) For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

 

[Illuminator]

Scripture is clear...
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

IX. Misunderstanding about Romans 3:23 (“All have sinned”)​

Rom. 3:23 – Some Protestants use this verse “all have sinned” in an attempt to prove that Mary was also with sin. But “all have sinned ” only means that all are subject to original sin. Mary was spared from original sin by God, not herself. The popular analogy is God let us fall in the mud puddle, and cleaned us up afterward through baptism. In Mary’s case, God did not let her enter the mud puddle.

Rom. 3:23 – “all have sinned” also refers only to those able to commit sin. This is not everyone. For example, infants, the retarded, and the senile cannot sin.

Rom. 3:23 – finally, “all have sinned,” but Jesus must be an exception to this rule. This means that Mary can be an exception as well. Note that the Greek word for all is “pantes.”

1 Cor. 15:22 – in Adam all (“pantes”) have died, and in Christ all (“pantes”) shall live. This proves that “all” does not mean “every single one.” This is because not all have died (such as Enoch and Elijah who were taken up to heaven), and not all will go to heaven (because Jesus said so).

Rom. 5:12 – Paul says that death spread to all (“pantes”) men. Again, this proves that “all” does not mean “every single one” because death did not spread to all men (as we have seen with Enoch and Elijah).

Rom. 5:19 – here Paul says “many (not all) were made sinners.” Paul uses “polloi,” not “pantes.” Is Paul contradicting what he said in Rom. 3:23? Of course not. Paul means that all are subject to original sin, but not all reject God.

Rom. 3:10-11 – Protestants also use this verse to prove that all human beings are sinful and thus Mary must be sinful. But see Psalm 14 which is the basis of the verse.

Psalm 14 – this psalm does not teach that all humans are sinful. It only teaches that, among the wicked, all are sinful. The righteous continue to seek God.

Psalm 53:1-3 – “there is none that does good” expressly refers to those who have fallen away. Those who remain faithful do good, and Jesus calls such faithful people “good.”

Luke 18:19 – Jesus says, “No one is good but God alone.” But then in Matt. 12:35, Jesus also says “The good man out of his good treasure…” So Jesus says no one is good but God, and then calls another person good.

Rom. 9:11 – God distinguished between Jacob and Esau in the womb, before they sinned. Mary was also distinguished from the rest of humanity in the womb by being spared by God from original sin.

Luke 1:47 – Mary calls God her Savior. Some Protestants use this to denigrate Mary. Why? Of course God is Mary’s Savior! She was freed from original sin in the womb (unlike us who are freed from sin outside of the womb), but needed a Savior as much as the rest of humanity.

Luke 1:48 – Mary calls herself lowly. But any creature is lowly compared to God. For example, in Matt. 11:29, even Jesus says He is lowly in heart. Lowliness is a sign of humility, which is the greatest virtue of holiness, because it allows us to empty ourselves and receive the grace of God to change our sinful lives.
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[Stumpmaster]

This is more likely the configuration....but it all comes down to the old pagan sun worship

Those sites completely miss the extreme narcissism whereby it is not the sun that is the object of worship but the son of perdition.

2Th 2:3-4 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, (4) who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

 

[Illuminator]

Those sites completely miss the extreme narcissism whereby it is not the sun that is the object of worship but the son of perdition.

2Th 2:3-4 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, (4) who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

Amen.
675 Before Christ's second coming the Church must pass through a final trial that will shake the faith of many believers.574 The persecution that accompanies her pilgrimage on earth575 will unveil the "mystery of iniquity" in the form of a religious deception offering men an apparent solution to their problems at the price of apostasy from the truth. The supreme religious deception is that of the Antichrist, a pseudo-messianism by which man glorifies himself in place of God and of his Messiah come in the flesh.576

676 The Antichrist's deception already begins to take shape in the world every time the claim is made to realize within history that messianic hope which can only be realized beyond history through the eschatological judgment. The Church has rejected even modified forms of this falsification of the kingdom to come under the name of millenarianism,577 especially the "intrinsically perverse" political form of a secular messianism.578

677 The Church will enter the glory of the kingdom only through this final Passover, when she will follow her Lord in his death and Resurrection.579 The kingdom will be fulfilled, then, not by a historic triumph of the Church through a progressive ascendancy, but only by God's victory over the final unleashing of evil, which will cause his Bride to come down from heaven.580 God's triumph over the revolt of evil will take the form of the Last Judgment after the final cosmic upheaval of this passing world.581

footnotes:
574 Cf. Lk 18:8; Mt 24:12.
575 Cf. Lk 21:12; Jn 15:19-20.
576 Cf. 2 Thess 2:4-12; 1 Thess 5:2-3; 2 Jn 7; 1 Jn 2:18,22.
577 Cf. DS 3839.
578 Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris, condemning the "false mysticism" of this "counterfeit of the redemption of the lowly"; cf. GS 20-21.
579 Cf. Rev 19:1-9.
579 Cf. Rev 19:1-9.
580 Cf Rev 13:8; 20:7-10; 21:2-4.
581 Cf. Rev 20:12 2 Pet 3:12-13.

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74. This means that all diligence should be exercised by States to prevent within their territories the ravages of an anti-God campaign which shakes society to its very foundations. For there can be no authority on earth unless the authority of the Divine Majesty be recognized; no oath will bind which is not sworn in the Name of the Living God. We repeat what We have said with frequent insistence in the past, especially in Our Encyclical Caritate Christi: "How can any contract be maintained, and what value can any treaty have, in which every guarantee of conscience is lacking? And how can there be talk of guarantees of conscience when all faith in God and all fear of God have vanished? Take away this basis, and with it all moral law falls, and there is no remedy left to stop the gradual but inevitable destruction of peoples, families, the State, civilization itself."[46]

Divini Redemptoris (March 19, 1937) | PIUS XI

Encyclical Divini Redemptoris of Pius XI, 19 March 1937

www.vatican.va

 

[Zachariah.]

More like anarchy.

Here is the exhortation of the Scriptures:

1Pe 2:13-19 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority, (14) or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. (15) For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men. (16) Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. (17) Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king. (18) Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable. (19) For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

Good luck with that. Also, Anarchy does not mean "no rules". It means "no rulers". Jesus was a true anarchist as he was in open rebellion against all institutions of control. Government (Rome), Religion (Jewish Pharasies) and of course, the greatest of them all. Money.

 

[Taken]

More like anarchy.

Here is the exhortation of the Scriptures:

1Pe 2:13-19 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority, (14) or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right. (15) For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men. (16) Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. (17) Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king. (18) Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable. (19) For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

It’s a delicate balance between, master, servant, agreeing, disagreeing, nullification and submission.
Ignorance has become the norm to exalt and the line blurred.

Glory to God,
Taken

 

[Zachariah.]

It’s a delicate balance between, master, servant, agreeing, disagreeing, nullification and submission.
Ignorance has become the norm to exalt and the line blurred.

Glory to God,
Taken

When we are all created equal, only the belief in authority will let us think otherwise.

 

[Taken]

When we are all created equal, only the belief in authority will let us think otherwise.

All persons are equally created; bodily formed by the hand of God, given a soul from God and offered a new spirit….AND Gods gift of Freedom to choose what to Believe.

It’s the Governor / Governed that can quickly become good, bad and ugly. Thus my point being a delicate balance. It becomes a challenge, particularly for generation after generation which is cunningly groomed to believe bad is good, and seemingly the only choice.
The reality is the F-words work in Favor to oppress and dominate. Free - Fear, blasted 24-7, year after year triumphs. Sad…thus the Caution and Delicacy.
Man can break ones spirit and kill the body.
God can rebirth the spirit or destroy the body and soul.

God Bless You,
Taken

 

[Zachariah.]

All persons are equally created; bodily formed by the hand of God, given a soul from God and offered a new spirit….AND Gods gift of Freedom to choose what to Believe.

It’s the Governor / Governed that can quickly become good, bad and ugly. Thus my point being a delicate balance. It becomes a challenge, particularly for generation after generation which is cunningly groomed to believe bad is good, and seemingly the only choice.
The reality is the F-words work in Favor to oppress and dominate. Free - Fear, blasted 24-7, year after year triumphs. Sad…thus the Caution and Delicacy.
Man can break ones spirit and kill the body.
God can rebirth the spirit or destroy the body and soul.

God Bless You,
Taken

Authority claims the ownership of somone else. Control is a fear based conciousness and will always amount to chaos.

There is no grey area, you are either completely free or you are not.

 

[Taken]

Authority claims the ownership of somone else. Control is a fear based conciousness and will always amount to chaos.

There is no grey area, you are either completely free or you are not.

I would disagree.

A person is FREE to BELIEVE as he chooses and announce his belief or not…
About Anything.

Regarding a person, there is and will forever be an authority figure, office, etc. higher in status, higher in power.
It is an individuals choice and standing to “manage” in a way most beneficial to him, and can do so, by arranging his own affairs with the least subjection to a higher power.
Some do so with Integrity.
Some do so with short-sightedness.
Some do so via underhandedness.

Every persons BODY, shall DIE. No exceptions, God requires that all persons SHALL Die.

Scripture teaches: Submission…
To God, to parents, to appointed authorities….that does not translate to mean, AGREE with, argue with, or change ones Belief.

In short, it’s managing whose sandbox one is willing to play in or reject.

Glory to God,
Taken

 

[Hobie]

Days, months and years - we all know what they mean in life and in scripture. You are changing the meaning of days and months to years. Liberals today do that often, good is evil, evil is good, etc. Did you vote for Biden too?

Christ used it and it also pointed to Him...

We see where Christ Himself used the day for a year principle in Luke 13:32-33. As He did regularly, Jesus was ministering, when some Pharisees approached Him and we see what He said...
Luke 13:31-33
31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

They told Him that Herod wanted to take Jesus’ life prematurely, but yet he couldn’t. Jesus prophesied that He would be perfected on the third day. What was Jesus’ perfection, it was at the end. He knew that only when the time was right, He would be perfected through His sacrificial death on the cross. Jesus’ reference of today, tomorrow, and the third day was directly related to His ministry on earth. He spoke using the symbols of the Old Testament to state that His public ministry would be no less than or no more than approximately three years. He employed the day for a year principle found in scripture relating to symbolic Bible prophecy where each day (in prophecy) equals one literal year.

 

[Zachariah.]

I would disagree.

A person is FREE to BELIEVE as he chooses and announce his belief or not…
About Anything.

Regarding a person, there is and will forever be an authority figure, office, etc. higher in status, higher in power.
It is an individuals choice and standing to “manage” in a way most beneficial to him, and can do so, by arranging his own affairs with the least subjection to a higher power.
Some do so with Integrity.
Some do so with short-sightedness.
Some do so via underhandedness.

Every persons BODY, shall DIE. No exceptions, God requires that all persons SHALL Die.

Scripture teaches: Submission…
To God, to parents, to appointed authorities….that does not translate to mean, AGREE with, argue with, or change ones Belief.

In short, it’s managing whose sandbox one is willing to play in or reject.

Glory to God,
Taken

Maybe you should go back and read the new testament. Jesus was in open rebellion with all systems of control. Rome (government), Pharasies (religion) and money. He tought us about our enherent sovereignty and guided us in the laws of morality. Natural Law.

Your intitled to believe what you want that's true, however it's people like you that comply with government and the forces of evil and ultimately affect everyone else's freedom due to your own ignorance and belief system. And when your beliefs manifest actions that directly or indirectly affect the freedom of other people, they have become unacceptable.

I don't like the word belief. Belief is what's wrong with the world. When I speak of these things it's not because it's my opinion or my belief, it's because I have come to know and understand these things. Through years of study, from an eclectic variety of sources. You to should go and learn these things. If everyone did, the world wouldn't rapidly be falling into tyranny. But it is. And it's because people choose to be ignorant of these subjects.

 

[Hobie]

Those sites completely miss the extreme narcissism whereby it is not the sun that is the object of worship but the son of perdition.

2Th 2:3-4 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, (4) who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

Look and see who it is...
'Revelation 13:5 says this first beast would also blaspheme God. Luke 5:21 reads, “And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

Today in the Catholic Church they allege that every Priest has power to forgive sins. Catholic Quote: “To pardon a single sin requires all the omnipotence of God... The Jews justly said: ‘Who can forgive sins but God alone?’ But what only GOD can do by His omnipotence, the PRIEST can ALSO do by saying ‘Ego te absolvo a peccatis tuis’ [I absolve you from your sin].” — Alphonsus de Liguori, Dignity and Duties of the Priest, pages 34-35.

No man on Earth can forgive sins. As for power, Elizabeth I defied the Pope and he sent word to all Catholics in England not to obey the Queen. Henry of Germany offended the Pope and he had to stand barefoot in the snow for three days to pay penance to the Pope before he would forgive him.

The Papacy also regularly make claims to take the place of God on Earth, which is clearly according to the Word of God blasphemous. John 10:33 says, “The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone you not; but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a man, makest thyself God.” As stated previously, the beast makes many blasphemous claims and this is another Biblical definition for blasphemy and criteria for identifying the beast enforcing the mark.

Remember that the apostle John demonstrated that antichrist came from the early Church and he also demonstrated that antichrist was in place of God. Does the Pope put himself in place of Christ, and hence match the definition of antichrist?

“We hold upon this earth the place of God almighty.” — Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter, June 20, 1894.

“The Pope is not only the representative of Jesus Christ, but he is Jesus Christ, Himself, hidden under the veil of human flesh.” — Catholic National, July 1895.

“The Pope and God are the same, so he has all power in Heaven and earth.” — Pope Pius V, quoted in Barclay, Chapter XXVII, p. 218, “Cities Petrus Bertanous.”....

What about this mysterious number 666 that sends a shiver down the spine of so many people when they hear or see it, as they conceive it as being the devils number. Is 666 really the devils number? The book of Revelation says that 666 is the number of his name and that it is the number of a man. Revelation 13:16-18 reads, “And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 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.” The word translated “count” in the verse eighteen above means to count, compute, calculate or reckon according to the Thayer dictionary.

So 666 is the number of a mans name and Revelation says that this man is the head of this antichrist beast power. Since the beast power is the Papal Church, it is not hard to work out who the most prominent man of this system is. The Pope wears a triple tiered crown which signifies he is the king of Heaven and Earth and Purgatory. This of course is obviously wrong. There is a King of Kings and His name is Jesus Christ our Lord. He is King of Heaven and King of Earth and since there is no purgatory, that one can go to the Bishop of Rome. On the original crown are inscribed the words in Latin, the Papal title “VICARIUS FILII DEI”, which means “Vicar of Christ” or Substitute for Christ, which is synonymous with Antichrist, i.e., assuming the power of God on earth. The literal meaning of each word of this Papal title is as follows: VICARIUS - substituting for, or in place of, FILII - means son and DEI - means God. They now deny that this was ever a Papal title but the evidence though it is no longer blatantly obvious, does still exist. Here is one of their very own quotes.

Question: “What are the letters supposed to be in the Pope’s crown, and what do they signify if anything?”
Answer: “The letters inscribed in the Pope's mitre are these: Vicarius Filii Dei, which is the Latin for Vicar of the Son of God. Catholics hold that the Church which is a visible society must have a visible head. Christ, before His ascension into heaven, appointed St. Peter to act as His representative. Upon the death of Peter the man who succeeded to the office of Peter as Bishop of Rome, was recognized as the head of the Church. Hence to the Bishop of Rome, as head of the Church, was given the title ‘Vicar of Christ.’ Enemies of the Papacy denounce this title as a malicious assumption. But the Bible informs us that Christ did not only give His Church authority to teach, but also to rule. Laying claim to the authority to rule in Christ’s spiritual kingdom, in Christ’s stead, is not a whit more malicious than laying claim to the authority to teach in Christ’s name. And this every Christian minister does.” — Our Sunday Visitor, (Catholic Weekly), April 18, 1915, thirteenth question under "Bureau of Information,” p. 3, (on page 2 appears “sanctions for the editor” from Pope Pius X, dated May 17, 1914; from the Apostolic Delegate, John Bonzano, dated April 27, 1913; and from J. H. Alerding, Bishop of Fort Wayne, Ind., dated March 29, 1912).... 666 The Mark Of The Beast - Page 2

 

[Red Baker]

The meaning of 666 and its identity​

(Part one of two)

It is truly not that hard to understand if one only look for the answer in the word of God alone.

Revelation 13:16-18~"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 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."

Here is wisdom: That is, a man void of the Spirit of the Living God.

The number 666 is easy to understand if we stay with God's word~consider:

EVERYONE unknowingly has received this mark! They are born with it! Only by the mercy and grace of God can one be delivered from it! It is called HUMAN DEPRAVITY! A bible truth/doctrine that most hate and reject. The key to understanding the mark of the beast is seen here as among other places in the scriptures.

Zechariah 13:6-9~"And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

What is TWO PART of a whole? 666, these are they that shall be cut off and perish in the lake of fire. What is one-third of a whole? A small remnant of that whole. These shall call upon the name of the LORD and God will hear them: and he will say, "It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God". Selah

a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

Signifies men and women that are able to move freely within the apostate church of the latter days of the last days, are in fellowship with each other as far as worshiping the spirit of antichrist one that opposes the true gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

[Red Baker]

The meaning of 666 and its identity~part two​

Now concerning the mark of the forehead. As for the forehead, it is where the mind is, and is illustrative of man's thinking. By giving us spiritual images of believers with the name of God written in their foreheads, it is revealed their minds are sealed in Christ Jesus so that their thoughts become one with his. Believers all have one mind as they are all sealed or secured of the Spirit in Christ.

Romans 15:6~"That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Again:

1st Corinthians 2:16~"For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."

Believer's having the name of God written in their foreheads are illustrative of a people who are of one Spirit where God is guiding them in their will and in their thinking. It is the fulfilling of Old Covenant prophecy.

Hebrews 10:16~"This is the Covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will write My law into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them."

No one would look at Hebrews 10:16 and even begin to think that God means that He's literally written Scripture on someone's heart, or that He has literally carved laws on our foreheads or in our minds. Because of the Spirit we readily understand its imagery or a spiritual metaphor illustrating our spiritual nature. And yet, some theologians will take the verse in Revelation chapter 13, which is an even more obviously symbolic and spiritual book, and try and force the name or number of the non-literal beast, to be literally something marked in one's forehead. And ironically, usually, all while looking at the beast, it's horns, and it's rising from the earth and sea, as symbolic. There is no scriptural justification for this type of interpreting. Not in the context, content, or character of the chapter can we "read into" Scripture such ideas. The mark is no more talking about a literal mark, than Hebrews 10:16 is talking about literal marks of Scripture written upon our hearts or passages scribbled in our minds. It is mere symbolism that we are sealed with God's Spirit in our minds (2 Corinthians 1:22, Ephesians 4:30, Revelation 7:3), that we have an earnest desire to obey God's laws and do His will by our hand. It is by the Spirit ingrained upon our hearts and minds that we will and do.

2nd Timothy 1:7~"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

Philippians 2:13~"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure."

All true believers have the spirit of a sound mind, the one mind in Christ Jesus. The name of Christ is the word of God, and that is what is spiritually sealed within our minds that we would obey and work and do.

By the same token, those who are deceived by the spirit of Satan also have the same mind and purpose in life. But instead of the mind of lawfulness, they have the mind of lawlessness once they have given themselves over to a false system of worshipping. Their desire is not to do the will of God, but to be disobedient and do the will of their father, the Devil. Even though the very ones given over to this spirit of antichrist are so blinded they truly think they are serving God, Jesus Christ, and following the scriptures! A STRONG DELUSION has been given to them by God by LEAVING THEM TO THEIR OWN SINFUL LUST just as God did to Pharaoh of old.

Ephesians 2:2-3~"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others."

Jesus told the Scribes and Pharisees that their mind was defiled because they were of their father, the Devil. Why? Because the mind of the people of Israel was given over to that prince or ruler, Satan. Spiritually speaking, he had become their king and held them in bondage (John 8:36). In this same fashion, when the church falls into the apostasy illustrated in Revelation chapter 13, these also will be brought into bondage by Satan. And as the true believers are sealed in their foreheads to signify they are all of one mind in the Spirit of Christ, so these will be spiritually marked in their forehead signifying that they are all of one mind in the spirit of antichrist. Indeed, as it is written:

Revelation 17:13~"These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast."

One mind, one spiritual father, one character of the beast. Collectively, we have either the mind of Christ, or the mind of Satan. And those who fall away are spiritually defiled. The same type of illustration as found in Titus, where it speaks about the mind of the unrighteous being defiled.

Titus 1:15~"Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled".

This is what the mark on the forehead symbolized. That their mind is defiled and they are all of one spirit to give their hand in work for the beast's kingdom. So again, the mark of the Beast in man's hand and forehead is not a carnal or fleshly mark, rather it is the mark of the flesh, or of carnality. For the carnal mind is illustrated in the will of the flesh. The mind being marked signifies carnal thinking, and the hand signifies the will of the flesh in agreement on the same gospel. The mark is a token of the nature of disobedience and signifies that one does not have the Spirit of God, but is sold out to the flesh. And one who has the mark of the beast in his head, has the sign of death upon him.

Romans 8:5-8"For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God."

How can we answer the question, "What is the mark of the beast?" We answer that it is the carnal mind, the mind spiritually marked of the beast that has deceived them that they take on his character and do his will. Their hand is to serve in his kingdom to the same gospel, rather than in Christ's. And in this same cryptic fashion, Revelation 17:5 talks about the Harlot with a name written on her forehead saying "Mystery Babylon, the Great, the Mother of harlots, and abominations of the earth." Is this a literal woman with literal writing in her forehead? Again, not at all. It is symbolic language signifying a fallen spiritual city that outside looks rich and true, but inside is abominations and filth. To look for a literal woman with a name literally marked in her forehead would be foolishness. Yet this type of unsound hermeneutic is routinely practiced by many theologians in Revelation. But in these cryptic images we see battle against the one true God, and the images of the god of this world. One Kingdom of the Lamb, with the man of law serving God, and the other is the kingdom of the beast, with the man of lawlessness (sin) serving Satan. Images of the Christ, and of the false Christ.