The Number Of This Man!
"Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding
calculate the number of the beast, for it is the
number of a man: His number is 666."
Revelation 13: 18
The most famous number in the Bible is in Revelation 13:18:
666—the number associated with the Beast (the Antichrist).
Revelation 13:18 suggests that determining the
meaning
of 666 will require wisdom and understanding.
Interpretations through the centuries have fallen into
two main categories: One, 666 refers to an individual,
or two, 666 refers to fallen humanity as opposed to
the perfection of Jesus
Christ.
Students of Scripture for the last two thousand years tried
to identify the Antichrist.
Suggestions range from individual
Roman emperors to the whole Roman Catholic Church and
from individual popes to individual national rulers through
the centuries.
Even few American political leaders have been
nominated as the
Antichrist. No one knows who
the Antichrist will be, but we do know what kind
of ruler he will be: powerful, charismatic,
persuasive, deceptive, and diabolical.
Christians should have no fear of the Antichrist
and his reign of terror. Be thankful you belong
to Christ and will avoid the coming Tribulation
(Revelation 3:10).
"Abounding sin is the terror of the world,
but abounding grace is the hope of mankind."
A. W. Tozer
