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#1 2021-05-09 12:16:29

mathland
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The Number 666

I first saw the number 666 in the book of Revelation Chapter13. The apostle John was given a vision of future events, some of which have already taken place. The number 666 will be a mandatory worldwide personal identification mark, that according to John, will be established by the beast of Revelation 13. The beast in this chapter is the person we know as the Antichrist. From a pretribulational rapture view, the beast will make his world debut after the rapture of the church.

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#2 2021-05-09 13:19:38

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Re: The Number 666

In my opinion, it is just a natural number with the interest mathematical property : Sum of the first 36 natural numbers:  i.e. 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666.

Because 36 is also triangular, 666 is a doubly triangular number. Also, 36 = 15 + 21; 15 and 21 are also triangular numbers, and 15² + 21²  = 225 + 441 = 666.

The Roman numeral for 666, DCLXVI, has exactly one occurrence of all symbols whose value is less than 1000 in decreasing order (D = 500, C = 100, L = 50, X = 10, V = 5, I = 1).


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#3 2021-05-09 17:30:01

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Re: The Number 666

ganesh wrote:

In my opinion, it is just a natural number with the interest mathematical property : Sum of the first 36 natural numbers:  i.e. 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666.

Because 36 is also triangular, 666 is a doubly triangular number. Also, 36 = 15 + 21; 15 and 21 are also triangular numbers, and 15² + 21²  = 225 + 441 = 666.

The Roman numeral for 666, DCLXVI, has exactly one occurrence of all symbols whose value is less than 1000 in decreasing order (D = 500, C = 100, L = 50, X = 10, V = 5, I = 1).

In other words, you do not make a connection between the number 666 and the book of Revelation. Below is a passage from chapter 13. The apostle John wrote this book on the Island of Patmos (modern day Turkey). John was exiled to the Island of Patmosby the Romans for preaching the gospel. 

Here is a passage from the chapter that describes the beast (the Antichrist).

16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

Revelation 13:16-18

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#4 2021-05-09 18:30:32

Jai Ganesh
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Re: The Number 666

mathland wrote:
ganesh wrote:

In my opinion, it is just a natural number with the interest mathematical property : Sum of the first 36 natural numbers:  i.e. 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666.

Because 36 is also triangular, 666 is a doubly triangular number. Also, 36 = 15 + 21; 15 and 21 are also triangular numbers, and 15² + 21²  = 225 + 441 = 666.

The Roman numeral for 666, DCLXVI, has exactly one occurrence of all symbols whose value is less than 1000 in decreasing order (D = 500, C = 100, L = 50, X = 10, V = 5, I = 1).

In other words, you do not make a connection 666 and the book of Revelation 

Here is a passage from the chapter that describes the beast (the Antichrist).

16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

Revelation 13:16-18

I think the subject has already been discussed.

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#5 2021-05-10 00:14:43

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Re: The Number 666

This is off-topic with post #1 here - I initially didn't look much beyond the thread title - but anyway, I'll just quickly say that 666 happens to be a Smith number.

Wikipedia: "In number theory, a Smith number is a composite number for which, in a given number base, the sum of its digits is equal to the sum of the digits in its prime factorization in the given number base."

For the number 666 (base 10):
     (a) The sum of its digits is 6+6+6 = 18
     (b) The sum of the digits in its prime factorisation (2x3x3x37) is 2+3+3+3+7 = 18
     And (a) = (b) = 18.

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#6 2021-05-10 10:56:17

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Re: The Number 666

phrontister wrote:

This is off-topic with post #1 here - I initially didn't look much beyond the thread title - but anyway, I'll just quickly say that 666 happens to be a Smith number.

Wikipedia: "In number theory, a Smith number is a composite number for which, in a given number base, the sum of its digits is equal to the sum of the digits in its prime factorization in the given number base."

For the number 666 (base 10):
     (a) The sum of its digits is 6+6+6 = 18
     (b) The sum of the digits in its prime factorisation (2x3x3x37) is 2+3+3+3+7 = 18
     And (a) = (b) = 18.

Good information here. Thank you.

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