“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.”
Revelation 13:18 KJV
As John was given revelation, “This will require wisdom to understand: Let the one with insight interpret the number of the wild beast, for it is humanity’s number —666.” This is the son of Adam’s number or man’s number. The beast is equated to the nature of humanity. The number 666 is the number of man; not an incarnation of the devil, but human nature; and man was created on the sixth day. The wild beast rising out of the ground (which man was made from) is the sin of man that wars against our souls and prevents the image of Christ from emerging in fullness within believers. The number 666 cannot be literal, for a literal number would need no wisdom to interpret. Both the mark of the beast and the mark on the foreheads of God’s faithful followers, is a metaphor of the character of the beast revealed by thoughts (foreheads) and by actions (the hands). As the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, we are to pray that people find their identity in Christ and crucify their fleshly nature and carnal mindedness, allowing the image of Christ to come into its fullness. Amen!
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