The Truth About 666

In this series, we will find out why the number of the name of the beast that comes up from the sea is 666.

This is one topic that nearly everyone on earth has an opinion on. My purpose in writing this is to give the reader sound information to work with. In order to open your understanding of the scriptures you must have knowledge of the history of the subject being referenced. Furthermore, I personally believe that the elect of God, in the generation that will face the beast, are required to understand the book of Revelations. This is the reason I am motivated to explain this now, so the reader can explain it to his family and they in turn to their family until the time comes.

Here is why I say this:

(Luke 19:41-44 [KJV])
And when he (Jesus) was come near, he beheld the city (Jerusalem), and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

God required His people, Israel, to know and understand the scriptures that told of the time when the Messiah would come to suffer and die for their sins. Because they did not know nor understand those scriptures judgment was executed on them.

I personally believe the same is true of the generation that will face the beast. God gave us the number of the beast, 666, to point us to the place we should look at in order to understand the imagery in the scriptures concerning the beast.