666 What the H...?

666 The Number Of The Beast! Besides being the title of an Iron Maidden song, the number "666" holds an occult significane.

You must'v heard an extrazealous "rocker" yell 666 for no apparant reason, often 666 is commonly refered to the devil and all things evil, where does all this stem from?

The last part of the Bible, as some might know, is called "The Book Of Revelations". And beleive it or not, 666 originates from chapter 13.

Without going into the details of the Book Of Revelations, here's a small extract that shows where 666 is mentioned.

The '666' is an allusion to Revelations chapter 13 verse 11 (which describes the lamb dragon, the false prophet of Revelations) :

13:11 Then I saw another beast which rose out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.

13:12 It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound was healed.

13:13 It works great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of men;

13:14 and by the signs which it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast, it deceives those who dwell on earth, bidding them make an image for the beast which was wounded by the sword and yet lived;

13:15 and it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast so that the image of the beast should even speak, and to cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.

13:16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead,

13:17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.

13:18 This calls for wisdom: let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six.

Incidently verse 18 is the intro to the song 'Number of the Beast'.This is just an extract from www.awitness.org, im not an expert on religion (duh!), hence i apologise in advance if anything mentioned is not true.

Soon ill be posting a summary of the 13 chapters of The Book Of Revelations, with their interpretation (on of the many possible ones).

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