Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!uunet!stanford.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: rrmorris@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Rodney Raym Morrison) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: 666's and Beasties everywhere. Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 04:41:35 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Lines: 22 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article rons@microsoft.UUCP (Ron STARR) writes: >Another thing to note in connection with 666 is that it may >not be THE number. My old RSV has a note indicating that >"other authorities" give the number as 616, as does my copy >of the NRSV. > >Perhaps all the ingenuity expended on 666 is beside the point. > >Anyone know the textual history? My understanding of the number 666 in Revelation is this: 6 is the number of man (man-made religion - rebellion against the Lord). 666 then, is A SYMBOL of this all-out rebellion against God. The source of this rebellion is the satanic trinity (Antichrist, beast, false prophet). - maybe I should say satan is the source, and the other three are the manifestation of this rebellion upon the earth. Satan always glorifies himself in an attempt to be who God is. That is why he has 'formed' this satanic trinity. Of course he has already lost the battle - he is defeated already, but still he seeks whom he may devour.