Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: rich@mont.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: 666's and Beasties everywhere. Message-ID: Date: 18 May 91 05:55:37 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: UMC Math Dept. Lines: 20 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In rrmorris@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Rodney Raym Morrison) writes: > 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. I heard an interesting interpretation of 666 recently. The theory is that it was originally written down as VI VI VI and was subsequently misinterpreted as the roman numeral representation for the number 666. The more sensible interpretation becomes evident with knowledge of the motto of the roman empire (not sure if this is spelled right): vini vidi vichi (I came, I saw, I conquered) abbreviated in those days as VI VI VI. So the mark of the beast would be a reference to militarism or military conquest of some kind. Makes lots of sense to me .. what's scarey is when you consider which is the biggest military power on earth today, and which is capable of bringing on a world-wide catastrophe. Rich