To 'calculate' the number of the beast add 6 + 6 + 6 and that equals 18 - the number of the beast and the number of the verse; 1 + 8 = 9, the number of man (Israel)
[We just watched Thief In The Night Friday night.]
Watched it about 6 months ago - had not seen the whole movie since the 1970s.
The acting was still bad, of course. But I was surprised how good it actually is.
I don’t think the Mark of the Beast will come in the immediate aftermath of the Rapture but rather 3-1/2 years later.
It was accurate to see that the grocery stores were taking nothing for payment except the Mark of the Beast - and advertised it - seems a little ...... COVID-19-like........