What Does the Number 666 with Regards to the Anti Christ Mean?
1) Direct Answer
666 is the number of the beast—the number of a man. It identifies the head of a world religious system that opposes Christ and brings man’s rule to its climax. It is man’s number (six) raised to its fullness (six-six-six), showing a complete, organized religion of man without the Word, enforced on the earth.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Revelation 13:16-18: “It is the number of a man… his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” God tells us to count it. It marks the beast system and the man who leads it.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4: The “man of sin” sits in the temple of God, shows himself that he is God—claiming spiritual authority in the very realm that should belong to Christ alone.
- Revelation 13:11-17: An image to the beast compels worship and controls buying and selling—mark in the right hand (works) or in the forehead (belief).
- Revelation 17:1-6, 9, 18: A woman (a church) rides the beast, sits on seven mountains, and rules over kings—religion joined with world power.
- Revelation 14:9-12: A fearful warning against receiving the mark; the saints are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
- Revelation 7:9-17; 20:4: The Bride is seen sealed and overcoming; those who refuse the mark and remain true to Jesus reign with Him.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Six is man’s number (man created on the sixth day). Seven is God’s completion. Triple six is man’s religion, man’s wisdom, man’s government—fully developed yet forever short of God’s perfection.
- The Bible calls it “the number of his name” (Revelation 13:17). So it’s not random; it identifies the leader of that system and the system itself.
- The mark in the forehead means you receive his doctrine; in the hand means you serve or cooperate with it. It is allegiance to a man-made religious power that replaces the pure Word.
- God has His mark too—the seal of the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30; Revelation 7:3). The sealed Bride cannot be deceived into worshiping the beast.
Short Reinforcing Statement
Stay with the Word and the Spirit of Christ. 666 marks the fullness of man’s religion against God; the seal of God marks the Bride who overcomes.
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The anointed ones at the end time
65-0725M §130
How bold they are. "Now, don't pay any attention to that nonsense; there's nothing to it. Don't go up there; it's just a bunch of noise. There's nothing to that; that's just all fiction; that's in your mind." See, see what I mean? Stand right in the presence of the Word and say it. Satan walked right in... As the Bible said over here in Jude, even the Archangel when disputing with Satan said, "The Lord rebuke you." Against the Word itself. And here is the antichrist, the anointed, standing right here against the ge...
Blasphemous Names
62-1104M §75
Here we got "Our Sunday Visitor" in there from the Catholic church, telling us just exactly what it is, see. And this answer to it said, "But wait a minute." Said, "There's been all kinds of names," said, "would make 666." I said, "But just a minute!" Said, "Your name might make six hundred, six..." But I said, "I don't sit on seven hills ruling the world though," see. See, that's right. See? ... show ... the judgment of the great whore, that sitteth on many waters; [Waters, Revelation 17:15, is thickness and multi...
The Seal of Antichrist
55-0311 §52
Tonight, right here in this great coliseum ... or, exhibit, where Christian Businessmen brought me out here so it would be outside of any church, so there wouldn't be any prejudice, so everybody could come together; but each person holding their little groups up like this, "Don't do this. Don't do this. Don't go out there, because he don't belong to our group, but belong to that group." This place ought to be packed and jammed, and standing out into the lot, with ministers up and down this platform, shaking one ano...
Seals 4: The Second Seal
63-0319 §107
All right. The next thing he did... What Christ set out for his church to do, it was against sin. "Oh, it don't mean that. It don't mean it. That was for somebody else. That's back a hundred years ago back yonder. That ain't for us." That's the anti---against. Then it become... Now the rider went out. He didn't have no crown, but he was given one ... that white horse. He had a bow, no arrow, see. So then when he went forth... Then after awhile he was given a crown, because you can't put a crown on a spirit's head....
Seals 6: The Fourth Seal
63-0321 §144
Now, just in closing I want to say these couple ... just a few words to you I got wrote down. We have skipped about on these four seals, first four seals. Now tomorrow night, we change the scene from the earth-things going on. He looks up here and sees the souls under the altar, the sacrifice altar. The next night the judgment strikes. And the fourth night ... the last night, Sunday night... I don't know what these others mean. I just read them like you did, but there's silence for a half hour. But there's somethin...