How would you argue something as being the mark of the beast without being able to reference the bible?
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well you cant with out using the bible. but you can reference a totalitarian government. this in itsself is a beast so if you turn it around like that it can bring all of your audience in. try linking it to the jew symbols in nazi germany if you get stuck but thats a real dramatic scene to bring into a paper when you may be able to get at the point with out using it.
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In Rev. 13:18, it says, "This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666." That's the source for it. It also says in v. 16-17 that that mark will be placed on everyone because we will not be able to buy or sell without it. Basically a tracking system. In fact, the entirety of Chapter 13 is about satan and him coming to enslave the world.\n\nAnd why are you embarrassed to talk about it with your Bible teacher?  That's his/her job. If they intimidate you perhaps you need to find a new Bible study group. Just a thought.
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Mark of the Beast \nRevelation 13:16-18 states: \n"He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast_(numerology)
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There have probably been thousands of attempts to remove the number 666 from it’s Biblical context and give an explication.\n\nWhat must be remembered is that the book of Revelation was written in symbolic language. It was never intended by God to be interpreted literally. When people try to use passages out of a symbolic context to prove a point, or “twist” a symbol to explain their own preconceived ideas, they sin and distort the text.\n\nI’m going to give you a very simple explication of the entire book of revelation, here it is:\n\nThere is a great spiritual battle going on between Christ and Satan. All mankind is involved in this battle. You are either on Satan’s side or Christ’s side. Christ wins the battle. Those who are members of His body, the church of Christ win with Him. That’s the message of the book.\n\nIn symbolic language God records the spiritual battle. Those who were the original recipients of the book (Revelation 1:1-3) knew firsthand of the battle. The book was written to instruct and comfort them. \n\n" ALSO 666 may stand for man’s imperfection."
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Revelations 13:18.\n\n"Here is wisdom.  Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six."\n\nNAS
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The Beast appears as a satanic version of Christ. We have to be careful what we are looking for because the Jews missed Jesus when he came because they were waiting for a worldly warrior, not the suffering servant lamb that takes away the sins of the world.The Beast could be a literal man like many think or a messenger of GOD like Muhammad or anyone or anything else that resembles Jesus Christ. So watch and pray. We will see soon enough.\nMay GOD richly bless you.
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No, actually you misunderstand as do most. 666 is the Mark of the Beast. The "Anti-Christ," The False Prophet and the Beast are all three different things. The Devil will eventually take the body of the "Anti-Christ" but that is another story. Anyway if you take the mark 666 or if it appears on you then you CHOSE the devil. That doesn't mean it is the Devil's number it means you rejected God.
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The number of the beast referred to in Revelations.\n\nEDIT: Catcherintherye asked \n"Contrary to what others have said 666 is not in the Bible. I bet all my balls if you can find it. \nSource(s):\nMedieval Philosophy Class. "\n\n\nso here it goes:\n\nIn the New Jerusalem Bible, Revelation 13:18 reads\nThere is need for shrewdness here: anyone clever may interpret the number of the beast: it is the number of a human being, the number 666. \n\nIn the New American Bible:\nWisdom is needed here; one who understands can calculate the number of the beast, for it is a number that stands for a person. His number is six hundred and sixty-six. \n\nIn the King James Version:\nHere is wisdom. 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. \n\nI assume his medieval history professor was pointing out that some Greek Language scholars believe that the Codex Alexandrius is actually the oldest surviving document containing what is now referred to as Revelations.  In that document the passage reads "kai ho arithmos autou hexakosioi hexēkonta hex" which they say does not literally translate to 666. \n\nI'm not a greek etymologist and have no idea whether their right.  Most Christians accept on faith whatever they are told to believe by their respective church leaders.  Most non-christians don't care.\n\nI kinda care but realize noone living today really knows.\n\nHope that helped,\nArmus
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i think there a sign of evil becus of my religion--hve u ever heard of the mark of the beast? i think tht it is just the begin of wht man wants...i wouldn't get one if i was u tho u never really kno......but thts my opinion......~1~real
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I don't guess, I know!\n\nRev.13:18 "Here is wisdom. 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."\nIt tells you exactly who the beast is: from the clues in the Bible.\n\n(REV.13:18) on the Pope's Crown (tiara) are these letters: VICARIUS FILII DEI; what do they signify? \nOUR SUNDAY VISITOR, (CATHOLIC WEEKLY) BUREAU OF INFORMATION," HUNTINGTON, IND., APRIL 18, 1915.\nROMAN NUMERALS FOR THESE LETTERS ARE: V=5; I=1; C=100; X=10; U=5; D=500; L=50 = THEY ADD UP TO 666.\n\n*Now we have alot of information about the beast; to start out with; we should find out (2THESS.2:4) "who claims to be God" and is "worshipped"? \nLet's see; this church (Rev.17:9)"sits on 7 hills" in Rome. \nIt wears (REV.17:4)"purple and scarlet". \nIt is a (REV.17:5)"mother church", so it has daughters or other churches following her. \nIt will think (DAN.7:25)"to change times and laws." GENERAL CATHOLIC CATECHISM\nIt even has casted "all the truth to the ground" = Dan.8:12\n"All the world has followed it" = Rev.13:12-15\n*It had a(REV.13:1-3)deadly wound that was healed.\nTHE CATHOLIC ADVOCATE (AUSTRALIA), APRIL 18,1929.\nFRONT PG. OF S.F. CHRONICLE WITH HEADLINE "HEAL WOUND OF MANY YEARS"; FEB.12,1929)\n\n*Daniel 2:32,38; 7:4; 3:1 "Head of Gold" = Lion = Babylon = King Nebuchadnezzar\n*Daniel 2:32: 7:5: 5:25-28; 6:28; 8:20 "Breast and Arms of Silver" = Bear = Medo-Persia = King Darius & Cyrus\n*Daniel 2:32; 7:6: 8:21 "Belly and thighs of brass" = Leopard = Greece = Alexander the Great\n*Daniel 2:33; 7:7,8,24,25: 8:9,12 "Legs of Iron" = Dreadful Beast = Rome\n*Daniel 2:33 "Feet part of iron and part of clay" = Divided Empire\n\n**Now the 10 horns represents kings or kingdoms and 1 comes up among the them and destroys (DANIEL 7:8,23,24)three. THE 10 HORNS ARE POLITICAL: ANGLO-SAXONS, FRANKS, ALAMMI, OSTROGOTHS, LOMBARD, SUEVI, BURGUNDIANS, VISIGOTHS, VANDALS, HERULI, AND THEN A LITTLE HORN COMES UPON THE SCENE THAT IS RELIGIOUS-POLITICAL THAT HAS DESTROYED THE HERULI, VANDALS AND OSTROGOTHS. NOW DETERMINING WHO THE HORN IS: A.C. FLICK, THE RISE OF THE MEDIAEVAL CHURCH. (PUTNAM'S 1909 ED.)PP.148-149.\n*FROM ALL THE CLUES; WE KNOW IT'S THE ROMAN EMPIRE (REV.17:4; COMPARE TO MATT.27:28 AND MARK 15:17 \n\nRev.17:9-10 "AND HERE IS THE MIND WHICH HAS WISDOM. THE SEVEN HEADS ARE SEVEN MOUNTAINS, ON WHICH THE WOMAN SITTETH.(Catholic Church sits on 7 hills in Rome)\nAND THERE ARE SEVEN KINGS: FIVE ARE FALLEN, AND ONE IS,(Italy and Germany ending in the Hitler-Mussolini Axis 1870-1945AD) AND THE OTHER IS NOT YET COME; AND WHEN HE COMETH, HE MUST CONTINUE A SHORT TIME."\n\nREV.17:10 was fulfilled on television when the Papacy said "that Benedict would be Pope for a short time."\n\nREALLY HIS IMAGE IS GOING TO COME ALIVE! WHEN HE PUTS CHURCH AND STATE TOGETHER. HERE'S JUST A PIECE OF IT IN--"POPE'S DREAM OF HEALING CHRISTIAN RIFT STILL A DISTANT GLIMMER" IN ENTERPRISE RECORD DATED: SUNDAY JUNE 12, 2005.\n\nThese 10 (Rev.17:12-13)rulers will be giving their support to a coming union of church and state in Europe, which will aspire to world dominance. After an interlude of apparent peace and prosperity, the system will plunge the whole world into a nightmare(World War 3). That's why Jesus has to come back; he has to save the world from total destruction. Matthew 24:21,22,29,30.\n\nTo understand the Mark of the beast--you have to read all these scriptures.\n\nFirst of all; we have to know the opposite of it.\nThe Seal of God is in the 4th Commandment in Exodus 20:8-11; references are John 4:22-24 and Rev.14:7. \nSabbath in Encyclopaedia Americana, Vol.24, pp.68-69.\nThe Sabbath Day is Saturday.\nLook it up in dictionaries, encyclopedias and etc.\n\nBut anyway a SE
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Actually nobody believes that “the number of the beast” is 666 any longer. \n-There was a discovery of a piece of parchment that is now the earliest record of Revelations (in Greek) that clearly reads 616. \n-This was a game commonly played at the time (we know this 'cause there are lots of ancient carvings that say things like "I love the woman whose name is 457" stuff like that) So you would assign the letters in a persons name different number values and then take a persons name and add up the numbers and you get a sum. In this case 616 likely refers to the Emperor who was promoting blasphemous idol worship of himself. And the writer of Revalations was trying to make the point about how evil this was and that the only one to be worshiped is "the one true God". And this using numbers was a way of talking about someone without using their actual name and so only those in the know would understand and you could get away with calling the emperor a jerk and not get put in jail or hung or worse…
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Honestly there is no way to prove the bible. You can prove some of the history the bible tells us but you cannot "know" if its real or not. It takes Faith.  And to me and the things that have been revealed to me in my life it takes more faith for me NOT* to belive the bible then for me to belive it.
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Just so you know where I stand. I asked a question of whether or not all the Bible should be taken literally or not. The best answer chosen was a good one.\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ales.wK5IftnZfqP3dD5hbHsy6IX?qid=1006012504879\n\nWhen Jesus said regarding the bread and the wine, "this is my body and this is my blood of the New Covenant", He was not speaking literally. When the Bible says that the blood of Jesus washes away sin, we do not go off to mount Calvary and look for spots of blood to wash our sins away. Jesus said, "I am the door, whoever enters by any other way is a theif." The disciples did not turn to Jesus and see a large board with hinges and a knob. Jesus was saying there is a single way to heaven, and He is the Way.\nQuite a bit of the Bible is spoken in allegorical and metaphoic language. Jesus said that He was the Light of the world, the Good Shepherd, Living Water, the Bread of Life, and more. He came as the Lamb of God. He will return as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. All of which is true, but all spoken in a metaphoric language.\n\nWrath, I have not run in to any Christians who believe the Bible is 100% literal. However, there are many areas of the Bible that ARE literal and many are trying to change the statement because it is not politically correct, or they have an agenda or they find it personally offensive.\n\nCase in point:\nRobert Anderson worked for Scotland Yard during the Victorian era. He was the main investigator for finding Jack the Ripper. He took the prophecy in Daniel and was able to calculate the coming of the Messiah to the DAY. This is in the his book "The Coming Prince". He started this project based on taking the prophecy as being literal. He was rewarded for this effort with knighthood from Queen Victoria and became Sir Robert Anderson. However, in this same book, he notes the prophecies about Israel being gathered together and becoming a nation once more. Seeing how this has never happened in history, he dismissed the literal meaning as pure fantasy. In May 14th 1948, this brilliant man was proven wrong. The idea that the Jews would return to the land and make it Israel was so preposterous that this brilliant man equated it to being metaphorical--the literal interpretation was too hard to believe. So we could easily make a mistake by either way.\n__________________________\n\nBTW-This topic reminds me of a very good movie called "Lady Jane". One of the main focuses was the rise of the Protestant movement against the Roman Catholic church--especially in regard to transubstantiation. The Roman Catholics took the sacraments as being literally the body and blood of Christ, while the Protestants kept arguing that it was metaphorical. Check it out sometime!
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You can't. And if you try, you just get confused and irritate people. The bible in not a science book and science books are not religious texts. Science is about mass and energy, religion is about truth and love.
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666 is commonly known as the Number of the Beast in the Book of Revelation in bible\n\nIn bible Revelation 13:17 states: \n"... no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or name of the beast, or the number of his name." \n\n\nAs per king james version\nHere is wisdom. 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. \n\nThe Greek manuscripts (actually copies of the prototype were written in Greek, although others argue the originals were written in Hebrew) do not literally render the phrase as six-six-six (three Greek words for six in a row -- εξ εξ εξ) but as χξϛ´ (it is 666 in Greek numerical form) or sometimes six hundred sixty-six\n\n\nBut interestingly it has got many mathematical properties\n\n666 is an abundant number. It is the sum of the squares of the first seven prime numbers.\n\nSince 36 is both square and triangular, 666 is the sixth number of the form n2(n2 + 1) / 2 (triangular squares) and the eighth number of the form n(n + 1)(n2 + n + 2) / 8 (doubly triangular numbers.)\n\nThere is no number whose value of Euler's totient function φ is 666, making it a nontotient.\n\nThe harmonic mean of the digits of 666 is an integer: 3/(1/6 + 1/6 + 1/6) = 6. 666 is the 54th number with this property.\n\nIn base 10, 666 is a palindromic number, a repdigit and a Smith number. A prime reciprocal magic square based on 1/149 in base 10 has a magic total of 666.\n\nThe Roman numeral representation of the number 666 (DCLXVI) uses once each the Roman numeral symbols with values under 1,000, and they occur in exact reverse order of their respective values (D = 500, C = 100, L = 50, X = 10, V = 5, I = 1).\n\nOn the Microsoft Windows operating system, the key sequence Alt+666 will create a capital U umlaut (Ü).
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Literally, a missing of the mark, according to the Hebrew and Greek Bible texts. God himself sets the “mark” that his intelligent creatures are to reach. Missing that mark is sin, which is also unrighteousness, or lawlessness. (Rom. 3:23) Sin is anything not in harmony with God’s personality, standards, ways, and will, all of which are holy. It may involve wrong conduct, failure to do what should be done, ungodly speech, unclean thoughts, or desires or motives that are selfish. The Bible differentiates between inherited sin and willful sin, between an act of sin over which a person is repentant and the practice of sin.\n\nAnything not in harmony with, hence contrary to, God’s personality, standards, ways, and will; anything marring one’s relationship with God. It may be in word, in deed (doing wrong acts  or failing to do what should be done, or in mind or heart attitude  . Lack of faith in God is a major sin, showing, as it does, distrust of him or lack of confidence in his ability to perform.
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The *Bible* doesn't say.\n\nLawrence\nhttp://www.truebiblesermons.com