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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  666 wrong number of prophetic beast?
For centuries, people have been intrigued by the number 666, the "number of the beast" from the Book of Revelation in the New Testament.
Now, the legendary number is getting a fresh look, as researchers are re-examining evidence the number may actually be 616.
While many Bible have footnotes saying the number translated from the original Greek could be 616, experts say new photographic evidence of an ancient fragment of papyrus from Revelation indeed indicates the number is indeed 616, instead of 666.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44169   (714 words)

  
 Pages of Shades - Legends, Myth & More...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The beastly palindromic prime number 16661 is such a number, since it is the 1928'th prime, and 1 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 1 = 1 + 9 + 2 + 8.
The number 666 is equal to the sum of the digits of its 47th power, and is also equal to the sum of the digits of its 51st power.
A Smith number is an integer in which the sum of its digits is equal to the sum of the digits of its prime factors.
www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/demons/numberofthebeast.htm   (2045 words)

  
 The Number of the Beast   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The nth triangular number is given by the formula T(n) = (n)(n+1)/2, and is equal to the sum of the numbers from 1 to n.
The nth doubly-triangular number is, among other things, the number of ways to paint the vertices of a square using a set of n colors, where the colors are distinct but rotations and reflections of a given colored square are considered the same.
If these 148 numbers (the first 148 digits of 1/149) are written as the top row of a 148x148 square grid, and then the digits of 2/149 as the second row, then 3/149 and so on, the result is a 148x148 pseudo-magic square, in which every row and column sums to 666.
users.aol.com /s6sj7gt/mike666.htm   (2724 words)

  
 The Number of the Beast: A Numerological Primer
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, three score and six.
It is this twofold function (letters serving as numbers, as well as letters) that lies behind the pseudo-science of numerology, known also as gematria (in Hebrew), isopsephia (in Greek), and abjad (in Arabic).
If we add the numbers in the second row, their total is 666, the Number of the Beast.
www.merriampark.com /numbeast.htm   (2741 words)

  
 Number of the Beast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is important to note that the website for Oxyrhynchus states that the number has been refuted as represented as 616 or 665 and also that 666 can not be a representation of Nero.
Stauffer concluded that the "beast" can in general only refer to a Roman emperor and specifically only to Domitian, also because he had reigned during the proposed time of origin of the Apocalypse.
The Beast is said to have "a human number" in that the governments that the beast symbolizes are all of a human origin, they aren't made up of spirit or demon entities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Number_of_the_Beast_(numerology)   (1557 words)

  
 THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST AND THE BIBLE CODE
The numbers of occurrences at larger skips matches better the expected number of occurrences and deviations are not as big as at lower skips.
The number of occurrences of בבל at skip +1 in the Tanach is 333.
The number 666, the number of the beast from the book of Revelation, has been occuping the minds and hearts of many Bible scholars for centuries.
www.carelinks.net /books/lp/numberbeast.htm   (5213 words)

  
 666, the number of the beast, the number of mankind (mark of the beast?)
The beasts of Rev. 13 represent man exercising his sovereignty apart from God, man conformed to the image of the beast rather than to the image of God.
It is also true of "the image of the beast" which is a copy or replica of the "first beast", having been "created" by the second lamb-like beast.
The phrase "it is the number of a man" (vs. 18, NIV) could be translated "it is the number of [humanity]"; that is, of humans separated from God.
home.netcom.com /~crmin/666_number_of_man.html   (789 words)

  
 The End Days -- Catholic Prophecy and Doctrine: The Number of the Beast
Indeed the beast like a lamb exercises all its power from the first beast, in its presence, and it forces the earth and all its inhabitants to adore the first beast.
The statue or idol, built in honor of the beast to be adored by all men, is the Antichrist.
Thus the number, 333, expressed one, two and three times, expresses the principal mysteries of the Catholic faith which are: (1) The Unity and the Trinity of God, (2) the incarnation, the passion and death, and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
www.aculink.net /~catholic/beastnum.htm   (1212 words)

  
 666: Unravelling the number of the Beast : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
666: Unravelling the number of the Beast : HindustanTimes.com
The Book of Apocalypse calls the Antichrist a "red dragon"; alternately, the Antichrist is a "scarlet beast having seven heads and ten horns" or a "beast with two horns, like a lamb," who, however, speaks as a dragon.
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," or 666.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1714521,00110002.htm   (566 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden at Epinions.com
The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
Number of the Beast is one of the greatest heavy metal albums ever.
The Number of the Beast is a tour de force of speed, wailing guitar solos, heavy duty rhythm, and the powerful vocal stylings of Dickinson, who has a voice that can match Chris Cornell's in terms of pure screaming power.
www.epinions.com /content_109411602052   (889 words)

  
 666 - The Number of the Beast
Some folks have believed the beast’s number was to be a certain year.
Because the beast’s number will have something to do with the Antichrist's name, scholars have been busy working equations to figure which world leaders have had names equaling 666 in some way.
Any time a bill numbered 666 is produced by a governing body like the UN or Congress, prophecy watchers give the document a good going-over to see if it has a connection with end-time events.
www.raptureready.com /rr-666.html   (699 words)

  
 The Number of the Beast
I believe the mark or number of the Beast will be a financial identification system that the Antichrist will establish during the tribulation.
Even though it is clearly defined as a mark that will be placed upon the right hand or forehead, a number of people throughout history have attached new and even weird meanings to the number 666.
Because the Beast number will have something to do with the Antichrist's name, scholars have been busy working equations to figure out if every world leader of their day has a name that can be made to equal 666 in some way.
www.raptureme.com /rap32.html   (749 words)

  
 666 The Number of the Beast / The Death of Pope John Paul II and 666
The number 666, which supposedly represents the name of the Antichrist, is another source of controversy.
The number 666 retains a peculiar significance in the culture and psychology of Western societies.
666 is the 260th non square-free number: {4, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 20, 24,..., 648, 650, 652, 656, 657, 660, 664, 666,...}.
www.thenazareneway.com /666_the_number_of_the_beast.htm   (4059 words)

  
 666: the number of the beast : history and myth of 666
The number of the beast has been interpreted to stand for Pope Leo X (by Michael Stifel (1486 - 1567)).
13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
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 - - 666.
www.popsubculture.com /pop/bio_project/sub/666.html   (729 words)

  
 Ralph the Sacred River: The Number of the Beast: 616?
The Greek number of Nero Caesar is not “666”.
(2) Because the number of the beast is the number of a person, the character of the beast is the character of a certain type of person.
The number of the beast actually has a scriptual answer, we don't have to guess as its meaning.
ralphriver.blogspot.com /2005/04/number-of-beast-616.html   (2660 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Number of the Beast: Music: Iron Maiden   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Number of the beast was the first Maiden album i bought and it just inspired me buy more Maiden albums.
My favourite songs are; The number of the beast, run to the hills, hallowed be thy name, 22 arcacia avenue, children of the damned, gangland, total eclipse, invaders then the prisoner.
I like the number of the beast so much because of the changes in tempo, the awsome guitar solos and the heavy drumming.
www.amazon.co.uk /Number-Beast-Iron-Maiden/dp/B0000251VW   (1284 words)

  
 666: Reckoning the Number of the Beast
Satan and the Beast are cast into the Lake of Fire for eternity, and all their followers are slain.
However, what this paper will do is examine some of the interesting mathematical properties of the Number of the Beast, as well as take a look at some of those people who have been identified as the Beast, and how their identities were deduced.
The Number of the Beast is one of only six integers which are equal to the sum of their digits and the cubes of their digits.
homepages.ius.edu /RVEST/Beast666.htm   (1858 words)

  
 The Other Number of the Beast
One feature of particular interest is the number that this papyrus assigns to the Beast: 616, rather than the usual 666.
The number — chi, iota, stigma (hexakosiai deka hex) — is in the third line of the fragment shown below.
But why does it matter what the number is? For that, we have to turn to ancient Greek ideas about numerology.
www.csad.ox.ac.uk /POxy/beast616.htm   (152 words)

  
 666, The Number of the Beast
e.g., of the symbol of the ten-horned beast to be the Popes, and the sixth seal to the conversion of Constantine
Here we have indeed the number of a man, even the "man of sin" and it is a little singular, perhaps providential, that he should select a title which shows the blasphemous character of the beast, and then cause it to be inscribed on his miter, as if to brand himself with the number 666.
In Revelation 666 is associated with the number of the beast (from the sea), the Antichrist, and the harlot church of Mystery Babylon.
www.aloha.net /~mikesch/666.htm   (8969 words)

  
 Robert Heinlein: The Number of the Beast
As Heinlein got older, his books became more self-indulgent; Number of the Beast is interesting when tracing his development as a writer because it marks out the particular ways in which that would become manifest, though there are traces of it in some of his earlier writing.
The original motivation for the idea of six co-ordinates is that there shouldn't be an asymmetry between the number of spatial and the number of temporal co-ordinates.
I suspect that for many the annoyances in The Number of the Beast will outweigh its merits, but I still find it enjoyable, one of those books to which I return when I am ill or tired.
www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/6422/rev0576.html   (747 words)

  
 Iron Maiden : The Number Of The Beast
Iron Maiden : The Number Of The Beast
To celebrate Iron Maiden's phenomenal history and in keeping with the recent international success of their Double DVD 'The Early Years' EMI release 'The Number Of The Beast' as a special single on 3rd January, 2005.
The title track of the band's third (and first number 1!!) album, 'The Number Of The Beast' was a Top 20 hit when originally released in 1982, and is rightly regarded as an all time Maiden classic.
www.emichrysalis.co.uk /mailers/iron_maiden/666   (265 words)

  
 MSJ - Dream Theater - The Number Of The Beast
Along with "The Number of the Beast," this is probably the low point of the show.
It is not that they do a poor job of playing the song; it is just that it sounds a bit more like it is on auto-pilot.
Since they were performing the album in original song order, they were left with a great track to finish this CD with.
www.musicstreetjournal.com /dreamtheaternumber.htm   (620 words)

  
 The Number of the Beast (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Number of the Beast is a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein published in 1980.
In the novel, the biblical number of the beast turns out to be, not 666, but
, or 10,314,424,798,490,535,546,171,949,056, which is the number of parallel universes accessible to the protagonists.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Number_of_the_Beast_(novel)   (544 words)

  
 666: Bivalent Myth - Free 666 Calculators
The famous apocalyptic text relating to the number of the Beast [Apocalyse (13/18)] is already on well-known of all.
Unfortunately, the Truth of the numbers, the secrets of the Bible and its numeric codes remained during too a long time the prerogative of the only initiates, of the occult sects or of the Churches [formerly, even the reading of the Bible was prohibited by the clergy].
However, the numerical language would have precedence on the alphabetical language, because, contrary to the language of the words, the language of the numbers is universal, logical and scientific.
www.666myth.com   (1704 words)

  
 666: the number of the beast
The "beast" in Revelation is a symbol for a person or organization which persecutes the people of God.
In Revelation 17, the beast is ridden by a prostitute!
It is possible then, that the number 666 was intended to be a clue pointing to the extensive international trade network of the beast, similar to that of Solomon thousands of years before.
www-personal.buseco.monash.edu.au /~hyndman/666.htm   (787 words)

  
 Count the Number of the Beast: Who is the Antichrist, The Beast of Revelation 13?
So "Alpha and Omega" and the number 801 are connected with Christ, and Flight 93 leaving at 8:01 AM EST is a sign that Christ was with the people on that plane that day, and gave the people on the plane the bravery to fight the terrorists, and save the U.S. from a greater disaster.
666 is the "Number of the Beast", the Antichrist, in Revelation 13.
In Revelation 17, the 10 horns of the beast are 10 kings who are in league with him, I think this is the C.I.S., and the seven heads of the Beast would be the heads of the seven districts that President Putin has divided Russia into.
members.tripod.com /~beastwatch   (23132 words)

  
 666 = Number of the Beast
"This calls for wisdom: let anyone with understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.
Thus the number of the Beast is the number of a man, not a system, not money, not a computer, not a title, not anything but the number of a male human being.
Although having the number of the Beast does not in itself mean he is the Beast-man, the Beast will have the number six hurdred sixty-six (666) when he comes, and will be a great liar.
becomingone.org /beastnumber.htm   (915 words)

  
 666 - Numbers of the Beast
At the end of the paragraph about this third beast, the author challenges the reader with an intriguing puzzle: "This calls for wisdom: let anyone with understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person.
This is mostly commonly done with names; thus every person has a number, the numerical value of his or her name.
So, when all is said and done, the number 666 will continue to intrigue numerologists and fascinate gamblers, be profitable for Hollywood but avoided by most other businesses, provide fodder for the apocalyptic warnings of fundamentalist preachers and challenges for the teachings of mainline Christian pastors.
catholic-resources.org /Bible/666.htm   (2421 words)

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