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Originally posted by lostinspace
The book of Genesis identifies the meaning of the numbers six and seven. Seven is easy to explain, but six requires wisdom to figure it out why six is worse than seven.
Genesis 2:2 reads
"And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made."
Everything he made was "very good", and that proclamation came at the end of the sixth creative day. Six still sounds pretty good but it wasn't considered finished until the seventh day.
These next scriptures set the wisdom in motion as to why it is a man's number and falls short of God's number seven.
Genesis 6:5,12
"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth."
The Deluge happened after this proclamation. Since man ruined the earth, God decided to ruin man. He was so hurt by their erring ways he went as far as to say he felt regret that he made them.
Man formed many governments after the Deluge and the peoples of the earth suffered from those "trial and errors" up to this day. Suffering was a constant result with human rulers. Mankind always complained about how they were being oppressed. Good intentions usually turned into corrupt leaders. The list could go on and on. Could the governments increase longevity or stop sickness or even death? No. But God says he can.
The number six represents man's rulership over himself. Man has ruleth over another man to his own hurt. (Ecc. 8:9)
Originally posted by SmokeyTheBear
During the making of one of the exorcist films, the second one i think, the fax machine completely turned of and wouldn't go back on but it was printing out constant 6's
Originally posted by Rugoolian
well if 666 also means WWW then explain this then most websites on the net start with www
Nero's rule is often associated with tyranny and extravagance. He is known for a number of executions, including those of his mother and adoptive brother, as the emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned", and as an early persecutor of Christians. This view is based upon the main surviving sources for Nero's reign — Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio. Few surviving sources paint Nero in a favorable light. Some sources, though, including those mentioned above, portray him as an emperor who was popular with the common Roman people, especially in the East.
For centuries, people have been intrigued by the number 666, the "number of the beast" from the Book of Revelation in the New Testament. Not only is it mentioned in the Bible, it has been associated with the Satanism, universal price codes and the game of roulette, as the numbers on the wheel add up to 666. Now, the legendary number is getting a fresh look, as researchers are re-examining evidence the number may actually be 616.
Fragment from Book of Revelation mentions 616 in the third line – chi, iota, sigma (courtesy Egypt Exploration Society) In the King James Version of the Bible, the well-known verse of Revelation 13:18 reads: "Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." While many Bible have footnotes saying the number translated from the original Greek could be 616, experts say new photographic evidence of an ancient fragment of papyrus from Revelation indeed indicates the number is indeed 616, instead of 666.