Talk:Number of the beast

New quote on Mark of the Beast being money

Found this quote recently: "The juxtaposition of buying and selling with the mark of the beast refers to the fact that Roman coins normally bore the image and name of the current emperor. "The inability to buy or sell would then be the result of the refusal to use Roman coins." Quote is by Professor Adela Yarbro Collins, she joined the Yale Divinity School in 2000 after teaching at the University of Chicago Divinity School for nine years. Prior to that, she was a professor in the Department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. Source: Crisis and Catharsis: The Power of the Apocalypse, Westminster John Knox Press, (1984) Page 126. Raquel_Baranow (talk) 17:31, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

United(6 letters) States(6) Dollar(6): the "666 mark of the Beast that everyone must have to buy or sell with" - The Revelation Chapter 13. On the back of the US $1 Dollar Bill, the #13 is encoded 13 times, i.e. ANNUIT COEPTIS(13), E PLURIBUS UNUM(13). Simply counting the number of letters in a word/name/phrase and giving that number symbolic meaning is Step #1 in any language's gematria as in Simple(6,74) English(7,74) Gematria(8,74) - google that... Ronald(6) Wilson(6) Reagan(6) was the "666 1st Beast" or Ronald(6) W.(1) Reagan(6) was the "616 1st Beast" whose actions were the opposite of the Christ. "I saw a beast rise up out of the sea" (Rev 13:1) prophecies the only movie that Ronnie & Nancy Davis Reagan appeared in together: Hellcats of the Navy (1957) which was based on the book Hellcats of the Sea about a submarine commander during WWII and his love interest Helen. As the 40th US president, Reagan was "ruler of the world, lied to all nations and was wounded yet lived". When they bought their California ranch, its address was 666 St. Cloud Road: they immediately had it changed to 668. Reagan was born on 2/6, Matthew 2:6 (KJV), "Out of you will come a governor to rule my people Israel." Reagan was Governor of California - "his feet were as the feet of a bear" (Rev 13:2) - before becoming US president... George Walker Bush Jr. was the "2nd Beast" whose actions were the opposite of the Christ. "He exercised all the power/authority of the 1st Beast...he made fire come down from the heavens" with the "destruction of Babylon" Iraq War. Bush Jr. was president on 6/6/06 and 6:66 am = 7:06. George Walker Bush Jr. & Nancy Reagan were both born on 7/6, Matthew 7:6, "Don't give what is holy to dogs, don't throw your pears to swine, they'll trample them and turn on you." - Brad Watson, Miami 71.196.11.183 (talk) 15:07, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Request for Advice - "wisdom"

This is a really important topic. The major problem is the word "wisdom"("Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast").

Wisdom is a big word, in fact many types of thoughts and ideas can be called "wisdom". Since "wisdom" is such a big word, almost anything can be used to interpret.

That's the problem. However, I found "wisdom" explained in Book of Revelation, and that's what I'm trying to add to this Wikipedia article:

"Wisdom" in Book of Revelation

17:3	So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
17:9	And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sat. [King James Version; the New International Version Bible and the New American Bible use "hills" instead of "mountains"].
17:12	And the ten horns which thou saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

Please note what I'm trying to add is an important element of this topic, and its source is Bible. I'd like to hear your advice on this ...

PS Some content of this article is from dieyu.org ... It's "original research" on this topic which I'm not adding to Wikipedia.

Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dieyu2012 (talk • contribs) 09:36, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi - I reverted you before I saw this. Thanks for asking your advice. Basically, we shouldn't simply be taking quotes from the Bible and using them in this way, but should be finding sources meeting our criteria at WP:RS and using what they say about the biblical source. Note that if it's disputed, then we show the significant views in proportion to their significance - see WP:NPOV. Dougweller (talk) 09:50, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

REPLY: Thanks for the advice. Understood.

Wikipedia is not a primary source. We do not simply reprint primary sources without explanation. We're not a secondary source either (but a tertiary one), so that explanation must come from another secondary or tertiary source. Ian.thomson (talk) 13:41, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

REPLY: Thanks. Understood.

Sigh, what I'm trying to do, is to alert people about 666. I take this so seriously, because I'm Dieyu(check dieyu.org to see what it means). In fact, I have "wisdom". I'm going to add some really serious content to this "talk" page - it's "original research", meanwhile, it's the truth. I hope it won't be deleted. It's the truth of this topic. (I respect Wikipedia and won't add "original research" to the main article. I only add this to "talk" page, which is allowed here as far as I observed ...)

We're not a blog for spreading one's views, even talk pages are not to be used as a soapbox.
The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.
First, in the context of Book of Revelation, "wisdom" is never about number of a name ... Since "wisdom" is a super big word, almost anything can be used to interpret - God wouldn't allow any misunderstanding, so "wisdom" is in fact explained in Book of Revelation: Bible said, "where the whore sat, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues". Bible said, "a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns". Bible said, "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sat." Bible said, "And the ten horns which thou saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast." Summary: "woman sit" - "peoples" / "beast" - "seven mountains" and "ten horns" - "wisdom" The only possible answer is that human has "seven mountains" and "ten horns". And the only reasonable interpretation is that "seven mountains" are two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, and a mouth; "ten horns" are human hands - this is where to count in the context of "wisdom" in Book of Revelation. This is it. Now, isn't it weird? Why call eye as "mountain"? And, why call hand as "king"? This is "wisdom": "mountain" is what is close to sky - high; "king" is the ruler. Yes, for those who have "wisdom", hand is the "king". It is higher than eyes and ears. I know it sounds unbelievable. That's because you really don't understand hand - "I was once blind and now I see" ... "seven seals" are right on your hand, I have opened it, and truly, you can open it too. Then, you shall see, hand is higher - it's "horn". It's the ultimate pattern of what's happening between sky and earth. You'll be "X". Great Whore Screen is her face, keyboard is her vagina, and human fingers are penis. Bible said, "And he said unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sat, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." Bible said, "a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy". Name is how something is called. Name of blasphemy is when something is inappropriately called. With keyboard, everything is called by pattern of hitting. 666 666 is of mouth shut and fingertips on both hands. Here is the way to count: head has two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, and a mouth, which add up to seven, since Hit Language is used in communication, people don't open mouth to talk, as mouth is closed, so there are only 6 open; hand is of arm, palm, and fingers, arm has two sections, palm has one section, and fingers have three sections, so fingertips are number six, on both sides. 666 is Hit Language(keyboard, typing, etc).

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dieyu2012 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia really does not care about "truth". We only summarize what reliable academic secondary and tertiary sources say, with as little deviation from the sources as possible. Ian.thomson (talk) 14:32, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Futurist Prospective

I currently lack the time to personally undertake this, but I would point out that the futurist prospective is omitted here. There used to be a a futurist viewpoint, but it was gradually eroded, with several contributors putting up information that is best described as "personal viewpoint" plus undocumented material. On 5 September 2012, member PICO deleted the entire futurist section (admittedly, a flawed section) with the derisive remark that it is a "fringe view". I submit that a futurist prospective on Revelation is shared by millions, especially in the US and especially in evangelical religious groups.

The core of belief, shared by most futurists, is that (a) the events of Revelation will be fulfilled at some point in the future; (b) The Beast and his Mark reference some as-yet-unknown person in the future, and not a historical personage; (c) The Biblical reference that one cannot buy or sell without having the "Mark of the Beast" (Rev. 13:17) refers to some sort of physical mark/implant which a person will have to have in order to engage in any commerce. Theories about the nature of such a mark have evolved with new scientific developments, from a tattoo to a microchip implant, but the central idea that the "Mark of the Beast" represents a future requirement that a person have a physical mark on the head/hand in order to buy or sell has not changed.

As currently structured, the article leans very heavily towards the Preterist/Historicist viewpoint. I submit that balance would be attained by adding a paragraph on the futurist viewpoint.

Dave-c-anderson (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:58, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Hi, my main aim will be to point out the "self-evidence" revealed here by using a language to describe algorithms of complexity theory I am researching. It's really quite simple, revelation is about the mechanisms of power and control and the mechanisms by which they renew themselves. What makes it especially interesting is how many ideas and historical events fit into this framework or algorithm. Simply put, the brain has knowledge and understanding that transcends words - and hence manages to express these quite interestingly visually... (perhaps seeing as that the vision centers of the brain far predate those to do with language). So while the beast might have been Nero Caesar an the mark the mode of exchange bearing his image, today its incarnation may be telecommunications and Google. Links to any primary or secondary sources or forums furthering this study will be appreciated! Dagelf (talk) 14:19, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia does not accept original research, see WP:NOR. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:12, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

the mark of the beast

is it possible there is only one person with the mark of the beast? or are there others? don139.173.54.11 (talk) 23:17, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

what if someone did? would you suppose that person was an evil being spreading havoc over the earth? what if it was satan itself? i asked someone what would it mean to have that number on your forehead? and they replied it would mean you're the devil. why is that number considered so evil? look at the various ways the devil has been portrayed? honest to say he's usually a pathetic angry creature suffering from one problem to another! what kind of advice could you give to a person with the mark of the beast? don139.173.54.11 (talk) 23:28, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Regarding your first post, The Book of Revelation describes multiple people getting the mark of the beast, though the number of the beast belongs only to one individual, the Beast.

Regarding your second post, Wikipedia does not pretend to know what the future holds, and we're not a forum for discussing it, or for advice. The Book of Revelation rather plainly and clearly describes the Beast as an evil individual, and all Christian interpretations of that book hold that the Beast is at least connected to Satan, if not Satan himself.

If you are interested in learning about the Number of the Beast and the Mark of the Beast, I recommend actually reading the Book of Revelation, straight through, like a story. It will be confusing, trained theologians can't agree on what it means, but that is the source of the story about the Mark of the Beast, and you can at least get the general story straigt. Your friend's interpretation of the Mark of the Beast does not line up with a straight forward reading of the story, at no point in Revelation does it say that the Mark of the Beast is the same as the Number of the Beast.

Also, as you can find in our article, "666" as the number of the beast is considered by most theologians to be some sort of code, with mainly dispensationalists believing that it's literally that number. Ian.thomson (talk) 02:27, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: moved with no opposition. —Darkwind (talk) 03:43, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

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Number of the Beast → Number of the beast – There's no reason to capitalize beast here; I fixed a few instances that were capitalized in the body, where most were already lowercase, in agreement with most sources; now the title needs to be fixed. Dicklyon (talk) 17:32, 7 April 2013 (UTC)

• Comment The Beast (Revelation) capitalizes the "B" -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 07:45, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Fixed. It was 90% lowercase, in agreement with its sources. Dicklyon (talk) 06:09, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

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Catherine Cory identified??

Catherine Cory identified 666 with Emperor Nero in a 2006 book? How come then that I heard it 20 years ago? I think the discovery actually predates the 20-th century, and that Catherine Cory either refers to that discovery or enhances it. Rursus dixit. (^mbork³!) 15:46, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

James Austin Bastow wrote about this[[Emperor+Nero&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8jPcUcz2J8qH0AWb0oDACw&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=666%20with%20[[Emperor%20Nero&f=false in the 19th century. Dougweller (talk) 16:04, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Rursus dixit. (^mbork³!) 16:47, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

calculation of four numbers

The prince of this world and it's mark ,false or true. the mark of the hand 3*3*3*3*2=162 3+3+3+3+2

$1/((2/3)^{2})=2.25\,$

$1/(({\sqrt {5}}/3)^{2})=1.8\,$

$2.25*1.8=4.05,2.25+1.8=4.05,1.8/2.25=0.8,\,$

${\sqrt {0}}.5orsin45/40.5={\sqrt {2}}/81\,$

$45*4=180\,$

$40.5*4=162\,$

$1/{\sqrt {(}}(2.25))^{2}*2)={\sqrt {2}}/81*180\,$

$162+162+162+180=666\,$

$4+4+4+1/0.225=16.44444\,$

$666/40.5=16.444444444444444444444444444444\,$

${\sqrt {8}}+{\sqrt {8}}+{\sqrt {8}}+{\sqrt {2}}/81*180=666*{\sqrt {2}}/81\,$

difference from a circle to a circle gives 162*1rad and the circle 180*1rad.

Modern identifications of 666

One omission in this article is any reference to the phenomena of identifying contemporaries as the Beast. As the late Fr. Raymond Brown notes that "preachers have identified the Beast from the Earth whose number is 666 as Hitler, Stalin, the Pope, and Saddam Hussein" (An Introduction to the New Testament [New York, 1997], p. 773). An example of this would be the graffito that was commonly seen back in the 1980s about "Ronald Wilson Reagan = 666". I mention this not because I believe it (I doubt the identification in graffito was ever entirely serious, although it expressed a common sentiment), but because this identification is common enough to merit mention in a sentence or two. -- llywrch (talk) 18:11, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Belphagor's Prime

Is there a place here for Belphagor's Prime 1,000,000,000,000,066,600,000,000,000,001? Xxanthippe (talk) 01:51, 1 November 2013 (UTC).

Ronald(6 letters) Wilson(6) Reagan(6) / Ronald(6) W.(1) Reagan(6): the "666 1st Beast", George Walker Bush Jr.: "2nd Beast", United(6) States(6) Dollar(6): the "666 mark of the Beast"

Ronald(6) Wilson(6) Reagan(6) was the "666 1st Beast" or Ronald(6) W.(1) Reagan(6) was the "616 1st Beast" whose actions were the opposite of the Christ. "I saw a beast rise up out of the sea" (Rev 13:1) prophecies the only movie that Ronnie & Nancy Davis Reagan appeared in together: Hellcats of the Navy (1957) which was based on the book Hellcats of the Sea about a submarine commander during WWII and his love interest Helen. As the 40th US president, Reagan was "ruler of the world, lied to all nations and was wounded yet lived". When they bought their California ranch, its address was 666 St. Cloud Road: they immediately had it changed to 668. Reagan was born on 2/6, Matthew 2:6 (KJV), "Out of you will come a governor to rule my people Israel." Reagan was Governor of California - "his feet were as the feet of a bear" (Rev 13:2) - before becoming US president... George Walker Bush Jr. was the "2nd Beast" whose actions were the opposite of the Christ. "He exercised all the power/authority of the 1st Beast...he made fire come down from the heavens" with the "destruction of Babylon" Iraq War. Bush Jr. was president on 6/6/06 and 6:66 am = 7:06. George Walker Bush Jr. & Nancy Reagan were both born on 7/6, Matthew 7:6, "Don't give what is holy to dogs, don't throw your pears to swine, they'll trample them and turn on you."... United(6 letters) States(6) Dollar(6): the "666 mark of the Beast that everyone must have to buy or sell with" - The Revelation Chapter 13. On the back of the US $1 Dollar Bill, the #13 is encoded 13 times, i.e. ANNUIT COEPTIS(13), E PLURIBUS UNUM(13). Simply counting the number of letters in a word/name/phrase and giving that number symbolic meaning is Step #1 in any language's gematria as in Simple(6,74) English(7,74) Gematria(8,74) - google that. - Brad Watson, Miami 71.196.11.183 (talk) 15:16, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Gematria / Isopsephy (Abjad numerals/hisab al-jummal) is NOT numerology, although a numerologist can use it

The alphanumeric code/cipher of gematria (Hebrew & English), isopsephy (Greek), or Abjad numerals/hisab al-jummal (Arabic) is often mistakenly called numerology. A numerologist can use gematria, but a numerologist can also use one's height & weight and that doesn't make one's height & weight numerology. A numerologist can also use one's area code & zip code, but that doesn't make one's area code & zip code numerology. - Brad Watson, Miami 71.196.11.183 (talk) 15:48, 18 December 2013 (UTC)