It works for Kerry too...
9/12 and 9/13 2001 - Florida Cash 3 lotto numbers were 666 two days in a row.
So long, Jerusleum...
It’s probably nothing, however, I believe we’re getting a foretaste of how the AntiChrist will be received in the world.
What is your answer?
George = 6 letters
Walker = 6 letters
Bush, Jr = 6 letters
or
Busche (the original German spelling) = 6 letters
Ergo, Bush must be the antichrist! It is written in his name!
Or...it’s just a coincidence. Just like this Obama/lottery thing.
I say you’re delusional.
shabbat shalom
I thought someone figured out the number of the Beast wasn’t really 666, but I can’t remember what it was, and I am too lazy too look it up!
On Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2002 — 9/11/02 — the New York State lottery numbers were 911, an eerie coincidence that set many people to thinking or, perhaps more accurately, to not thinking.
Obama’s fault.
It works for Kerry too...
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The great empire will be torn from limb,
The all-powerful one for more than four hundred years:
Great power given to the dark one from slaves come,
The Aryana will not be satisfied thereby.
Nostradamus prediction.
Ronald - 6
Wilson - 6
Reagan - 6
Be careful who you give this info to about the 666. I was very upset today because I sent a link about this to a coworker because I thought it was funny. I made light of it. She is an 0bama supporter and told me she did not appreciate getting the email. I wanted to tell her she should grow a sense of humor but instead I apologized and told her I meant no harm. I thought it was funny. She said some of the comments in the link I sent her were mean spirited. I don’t recall seeing anything like that. I was almost tempted to tell her don’t turn me in to the 0bama secret police. But I suspect her response would not have been good.
How sad we have come to a point where we have to be afraid to say anything, even in jest. This person is not really in a position of power but I still was disturbed by our conversation because I thought this is a sign of things to come. All we’ve heard about for years is how Bush has taken away our rights but now we have to fear our government and our fellow citizens for real. These people are so slavishly devoted to their cult idol that it should concern all of us. I’m glad Free Republic is here for me to express myself. I hope it will remain so.
After that news conference today, I’m thinking our president-elect would have trouble qualifying as the anti-christ’s goofy sidekick, let alone the top job itself.
Just to clarify... I meant it was the 666 drawing in the IL lottery I told my coworker about. There was a link to Yahoo Buzz, or whatever they call that site, where someone made some humorous comments about it. I even put a smiley face in my comments to indicate to anyone with a brain this was a joke. But oh Heaven forbid we use any kind of satire in regard to lord 0bama. This great healer and uniter already has caused plenty of division and hard feelings.
17b-18. Although the mark was invisible, John conceived of it as being the name of the beast or the number of its name. This is an introduction to one of the most celebrated and controversial symbols in Revelation, the number six hundred and sixtysix, as it is given in most texts including the third-century Chester Beatty Papyrus p47. However, a variant number, 616, found in the fifth-century Codex C (Ephraemi), was known to Irenaeus, who wrote toward the end of the second century. The verse in which it is found, but one of a total of more than four hundred in Revelation, has been given far more attention in popular thinking than it deserves. Indeed, for many people Revelation is chiefly thought of as the book containing this mysterious number. Unfortunately, John intended it to be something of an enigma; as he says, it calls for wisdom, and only he who has understanding can discover its significance.
In contrast to our modern usage, neither the Hebrews nor the Greeks had special numerical symbols; instead, they used the letters of the alphabet as numbers. Accordingly, following the clue of 17b, the number of its name, 666, has generally been considered a cipher which can be resolved into letters spelling a name. An example of this is seen in the Sibylline Oracles 1:324 ff., where by equating letters and number, !Ihsou’v (Jesus) equals 888 as follows: I(10)+H(8)+S(200)+O(70)+U(400)+S(200)= 888.
It is thought that the cipher 666 was formed in an identical manner. But what name lies behind it? According to John it is a human number (RSV), or the number of a man (KJV), which may mean that the hidden name is personal and historical. This, however, is not certain, since in apocalypticism human beings often symbolize angels, just as animals symbolize human beings. But on the assumption that the name is personal, since the number is that of the beast symbolizing the imperial line, it should be the name or title of an emperor. This rules out suggestions like Latei’nov (i.e., the Roman Empire) and Tei’tan (Titan) in Greek, or the Hebrew equivalent of Primitive Chaos (Tiamat; a proposal of Gunkel). The search being narrowed to an emperor, the notorious Gai’ov Kai’sar (Gaius Caesar) has been proposed. The letters of his name do add up to 616, the variant noted by Irenaeus, but this fails to account for the much better attested 666.
The connection of the beast with Nero redivivus has led others to find the solution in his name. This may be done by transliterating the Greek Ne6rwn Kai’sar (Neron Caesar) into Hebrew letters and giving them their numerical equivalents in the following manner: (200)r+(60)s+(100)q+(50)@2+(6)w+(200)r+(50)n. These sums, when added up, total 666. Furthermore, if the proper name is written without the final “n,” according to the Latin form, the sum is 616, the variant reading already noted.
If this identification is correct, it fits very well into the practically certain belief that the beast is closely related to the satanic Nero, returned to life. It quite fittingly bears his name, just as the scarlet woman in 17:3-5 quite properly has the name Babylon (symbolizing Rome) on her forehead. Furthermore, as Nero redivivus, the Antichrist is compared and contrasted with Christ; thus the number 666 may be compared and contrasted with his number, 888.
Lohmeyer in his commentary proposes a wholly different solution (Die Offenbarung des Johannes [Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1926; “Handbuch zum Neuen Testament”], pp. 115-16). He states that according to Pythagorean numerology, 666 is a so-called triangular number, being the sum of the numbers from 1 through 36 inclusive; further, 36 is itself the sum of the numbers from 1 through 8. Accordingly, 666 is resolved into 8, a number which has special significance in 17:11, “As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to perdition.” Accordingly, so Lohmeyer observes, the number 8 designates the fearful, demonic Antichrist whose end is at hand. The number 666, then, is a human number which is a cipher for the demonic number 8. Thus by coincidence Lohmeyer arrives at practically the same conclusion: the number is that of the Antichrist who in 17:11 is also Nero redivivus.
With the appearance of these two beasts in ch. 13, the leading characters of the apocalyptic drama have now come on the stage, save for the scarlet woman, the bride of Christ, and God and Magog, who make their entrance later. On the one side, the evil side, are Satan, the beasts representing the demonic Roman emperors and the Antichrist, the angels of Satan, the pagans who are generally grouped as enemies and persecutors of the Christians, as well as Jews and apostate Christians, who are also on Satan’s side. On the other, the good side, are God, Christ, the archangels and angels, the two heavenly witnesses, the four living creatures, the twenty-four elders, and the faithful Christians, especially the martyrs. The forces of Satan and God are in battle array; the two sides of evil and good are about evenly balanced; and the cosmic war is reaching its dramatic and inevitable conclusion. The struggle will be a desperate one to determine whether righteousness or evil is to rule. Through it all, however, the reader is made conscious of the author’s belief that God is more powerful than Satan, indeed, that he is all-powerful; and he is assured that despite temporary evidences to the contrary, God will overcome Satan and bring his evil reign to an end.
Coincidence
6969 So whats that mean then?
Ha! Richard Simmons is the antichrist, everyone knows that.