Here is wisdom. 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.

Revelation 13.18

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold.

1 Kings 10.14

No number in the history of the World has stimulated more speculation than the enigmatic 666 of Revelation 13. The verse above contains the explicit imperative (psephisato, let him calculate) from the root psephidzo (count, S# G5585). This verb is the root of (Isopsephia = 1499) - the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Gematria - from the roots "isos" (same, S# G2470) and "psephos" (pebble/count, S# G5586).

The study of the number 666 must therefore be understood as a command from the Lord, and should be obeyed. But to obey this command requires that we lay the foundation for the entire study of Numbers in Scripture, for the correct understanding of any number, like that of any word, depends on its context and relative meaning to other elements of the same class. This requires an indepth study, which is one of the purposes of this website. This study is not new. It has been known and practiced since ancient times. In the second century, Iraneus fought against its abuse by the Gnostics in his Against Heresies  while St. Clement of Alexandria  (as he is known to the Catholics and Greek Orthodox) practiced it with some alacrity while remaining (for the most part) within the bounds of Christian orthodoxy.

Six and Thirteen

The appearance of the Number 666 in Revelation 13 integrates with the distribution of both the Greek word (Hex, Six, S# G1803) and the Hebrew word (Vav, Hook, S# H2053), the name of the Sixth Letter. Both of these words each appears exactly 13 times in Scripture! The significance of this "coincidence" is amplified by the natural geometry of the Number 13, which is fundamentally hexagonal - sixfold - since it is the first non-trivial Star Number:

There are many deep and profound ramifications of the relation between the Numbers Six and Thirteen. This Star Number is the basis of the Unity Holograph (Shema) just as the Hexagon/Star pair 37/73 forms the basis of the Creation Holograph. The Number 13 carries the fundamental significance of Love and Unity while Six carries the connotation of Work. Thus God's Work of Creation is intimately associated with these Numbers. The Star Numbers are the the root form of the Logos Star, the geometric representation of the prime number 373, the value of the Word God spoke to create the World.

The Numbers Six and Thirteen come together in the Prime Number 613 which is the quintessential self-chosen Number of the Jews, who concluded long ago that there are exactly 613 Commandments in the Torah. This number was one of the first to catch my attention many years ago because of the associated identities (613 = In the Torah = The First Covenant = Circumcision, etc.) Likewise, it is the Jews who recognized the profound spiritual significance of the Number 13, which they immortalized in their count of God's Thirteen Attributes of Mercy  and Maimonides codification of the Jewish Faith as Thirteen Articles . Note also that 613 = 13 + 600, which is the sum of the ordinal and sofit values of the Thirteenth Letter Mayim.

One of the most enduring mysteries is the near universal superstitious fear and distrust of the Numbers Six and Thirteen, especially in light of God's use of these numbers in Scripture. Nearly all Christians who study numbers in Scripture assign dark and sinister meanings to both of them. Aversion to the Number Six arises primarily from its association with Man (who is fallen and sinful) and the Number of the Beast. But this is an historical abberation that ignores the much more significant association of Six with God's great work of Creation. We must never forget that evil is a perversion of the fundamental goodness of God's Creation.

The reason for aversion to the Number 13 is much less obvious, there being a host of divergent explanations for this superstitious fear, technically known as triskaidekaphobia . Suggestions vary from the thirteen witches in a coven, the thirteenth guest at the Norse god Odin's ill-fated feast to the thirteen partakers of the Last Supper. Christians typically note that the first occurrence of thirteen in Scripture is in the context of rebellion (cf. Genesis 14) and that Genesis 13.13 contains the first occurrence of "sinners." They also note that some references to Satan are multiples of 13, though how they ignore its primary significance - which has been noted for centruries by the Jews who counted God's Thirteen Attributes of Mercy - remains a mystery. Personally, I think it is due to sloppy, incomplete and superstitious thinking. Nor can I discount the possible influence of anti-semitism which would reinforce the dark cloud over both numbers 6 and 13.

Each number has polarity - we can view both its positive and negative.phpects. This is particularly evident with the Numbers 6, 13, and 666. Prejudice has discolored the understanding of many, if not most, people interested in Numbers and the Bible. This should serve as a clear warning of the absolute necessity that we guard against self-deception.

666 in Creation

Let us begin in the beginnning. The Number 666 figures prominently in the Creation Holograph. This originates in the geometric and algebraic properties of the Number 6 which is deeply integrated with space-filling hexagonal symmetry, Hexagon/Star pairs such as 19/37 and 37/73 (cf. The Work of Creation). All of this is profoundly integrated with Base Ten and the prime Numbers 3, 7 which is explained with extreme precision by Vernon Jenkins in his article A Matter of Numerical Symbiosis . All these ideas then cohere in the astounding fractal hexagonal prime Star Number 373 which represents the Logos/Word (cf. The Logos Star). Most significant is the reiterative triangular structure of Genesis 1.1 which is the product of both the Hexagon/Star pairs 19/37 and 37/73:

The threefold appearance of the 36^th triangle 666 in the sum of Genesis 1.1 forms a visually symmetric division of the number 2701 as the 73^rd triangle:

The blue outline consists of 216 = 6 x 6 x 6 counters, which coincides with the value of the cubic Holy of Holies, which contained the Ark of God (Arun Elohim = 343 = 7 x 7 x 7). It would appear there is a deep integration of the Creation of the Universe with the Tabernacle of God. Indeed "Heaven is [His] dwelling place, and the earth is [His] footstool." The significance of this will be seen below when we examine the connection between 666 and Holiness.

We also should note that the Hebrew description of the dimensions of the cubic Holy of Holies, which God specified to be exactly 20 x 20 x 20 cubits, also evaluates to 666:

The Number 666 also appears in two other fundamentally important creation passages. In Jeremiah 10.12 we read:

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

Note the connection with Wisdom and Creation. We have the identity:

Note the reference to Wisdom (Hokmah = 73) which integrates with the declaration of Revelation 13.18: "Here is wisdom." The Number 6 is the Number of both Man and Cosmos. It appears twice in Isaiah 42.5:

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein:

We have the pair of identities:

The sum of the entire verse is the product of two hexagonal numbers, 3439 = 19 x 181. The Number 666 also appears in the Fourth Day:

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

We have the identity:

This identity is part of a larger complex that includes the Number 777, as seen in the image below:

The sum of this phrase is therefore 666 + 777 = 1443 = 3 x 13 x 37 which relates to the Full Creation HyperHolograph through the identity:

13 x 37 = 481 = The Beginning (He Genesis)

Note that 13 and 37 are the second and third hexagonal Star Numbers. The integration of the Number Six, hexagonal symmetry, and Creation is very strong here.

666 in the Garden

The perfection of the Number Six remained unblemished until the serpent entered the Garden and tempted Eve to sin. As an aside, we should note the identity of he who spoke to Eve. We have the pair of identities:

This is a translingual alphanumeric identity linking the liar in Genesis with the the false prophet of Revelation! It certainly would seem like a rather long stretch to assign this to "mere coincidence." It is part of a large set of identities based on multiples of the prime number 503 that culminates in the value of the Abomination of Desolation. There are also very significant identities listed under the prime Number 1697, which denotes the fully articulated Word of God.

Returning to the theme of 666: The lying promise of the devil was that Adam and Eve would be "as gods" [KJV] or "like God" [NIV]. The variation in translation is due to the plural ending of Elohim which allows the interpretation of "gods" in certain contexts rather than the typical "God." The translation "like God" is suported by the Lord's statement that after eating the fruit, Adam and Eve had indeed become "like Us." In any case, we have the identity:

This identity is based on the sofit value of Mayim (600). The standard value (40) will also play a significant role, as seen below.

After succumbing to the tempation, God cursed the Serpent, Eve, and Adam. Adam's curse was specifically related to work - hence the Number 6. Adam and Eve were then driven from the Garden, and God placed cherubim and a flaming sword to keep the way of the Tree of Life:

666 and Labour under the Sun

Forever after the Fall, the Number 6 would be marked with the sin of Man and the suffering Work he would be subject to all the days he would live upon this earth, under the sun. The relation between this vain work and the number 666 is seen in this passage from Ecclesiastes (vs. 1.2f):

Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

We have the identity:

The symbol of the Sun as signifying Work is strong. It connects the Number 6 and the Number 21 , which is the sixth triangular number, 21 = Sum(6). The word Sun (Shemesh) is a Shin KeyWord that is maximized on Spoke 21 in the Book of Ecclesiastes (cf. Under the Sun). The deep relation between the Number Six and the Sun manifests in the Sun being darkened in in both the Sixth Hour of Christ's Crucifixion and the Sixth Seal opened Revelation 6. The link between the Number 6 and the Sun is part of the ancient Jewish Kabbalistic tradition. This is discussed further below under the heading 666 and Solomon's Gold.

The connection between Profit, Work, and the Number 666 is amplified in Acts 19.25f:

For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

We have the identity:

The connection between Work and Six is first established in God's Six Day Work of Creation which then forms the foundation of the Six Days of Labour and the Seventh Day Sabbath. It is, therefore, one the most firmly established numerical teachings in the Bible. Likewise, the connection between Six and the Sun is established in the repetive reference to man's labour "under the sun" in Ecclessiastes. These links are further integrated in the letters that spell (HaShemesh, The Sun) which are an anagram of the Hebrew word for a six-sided geometric figure, (Meshushah, Hexagon), from the root (Sheysh, Six). This root will be seen below in the discussion of 666 and Solomon's Gold

It is this context of Work, Wealth, and Profit that relates most directly to the famous passage from Revelation 13

And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. 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.

Of course, the Number 6 is the Number of Man, whose creation occurred on the Sixth Day and whose destruction is prohibitted in the Sixth Commandment.

666 and Satan's Pride

Fearful superstition has no place in the study of God's Word. We need to ask ourselves why the Number 666 is associated with the Beast of Revelation 13. The devil's false promise that Eve would be "like God" does not invladate the identity (K'Elohim, Like God) = 666. This word is used elsewhere in Scripture in reference to the One True God, e.g. Psalm 77.14

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God [K'Elohim]?

The word "our" is italicized because it does not appear in the Hebrew. A more literal translation would have been simply "who is so great a God as God?" So how are we to interpret this? The undestanding begins in God's revelation of Satan's motivation in Isaiah 14:

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

Scripture is perfectly clear - Satan's motivation is pure pride, to be like God! Exactly the same thought emerges from the gematria of the declaration he repeated twice, where we now view the standard value of K'Elohim:

This satanic pride finds its utlimate expression in 2 Thessalonians:

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

It doesn't get any plainer than this. Satan's.phpiration is to set himself up as God Almighty. Indeed, he seeks to be like God = 666. Though there are dark overtones associated with the Number 666, these are the negative images of the extreme holiness that comes from God's supernatural design based on the Number 6, as we shall see now.

666 and Holiness

There are many holy phrases whose gematria comes to 666. Perhaps the most significant is this from 2 Chronicles 35.3:

And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

We have the identity:

This fully integrates with the place where the Holy Ark was placed - the cubic 20 x 20 x 20 Holy of Holies called the Davir = 216 = 6 x 6 x 6. Both these numbers 666 and 6 x 6 x 6 figure prominently in the Creation Holograph (see above).

Exactly the same number is found in Leviticus 8.9, when Moses annointed Aaron and his sons:

And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.

We have the identity:

The essential holiness of the Number 666 can not be denied. It is designed by God. It marks the Beast because the Beast seeks to b.phpheme God and sit in the Holy Place, exactly where the Holy Ark = 666 sat!

As a finally example, we have these multiple occurrences of the phrase "of/from God":

• John 1.6: There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
• John 9.16: Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
• John 9.33: If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
• 2 Peter 1.17: For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
• 2 John 3: Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

In each case, the highlighted words are translated from the Greek phrase "para Theou." We have the identity:

In light of these identities, we must understand that God Himself is revealing the Number 666 as His own Number which marks the true intent of the the Devil, the Pseudochrist - i.e. False Christ, the true meaning of Antichrist - who would if he could, sit upon God's Throne in the Holy of Holies, "shewing himself that he is God."

666 and God's Secret Place

The Holy of Holies had no light in it at all. The Holy Ark (= 666) - where God said He would meet with Moses - sat in complete darkness. This corresponds exactly with what the Lord said of Himself through the Prophet David in Psalm 18.11:

He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

We have the identity:

This really sums up the Holy side of the relation between Darkness and the Number 666.

The Evil Dark Side of 666

Every number can be thought of as a single Pole with two ends. For example, Karet (To Cut Off) is an anagram of Keter (Crown). Since an anagram uses the same letters, both Karet and Keter have the same numeric weight (620). The Rabbis understand this as a warning that those who inappropriately seek the powers of Keter (e.g. for personal gain) are in danger of being cut off from God. The Number 666 is no different, and the extreme holiness derived from its association with the Temple and Work of God is quickly transformed into godless darkness when that holiness is b.phphemed. This mirrors exactly what happened when God's perfect Creation (based on the Number Six) was marred by sin. Below are the primay identities that relate to the dark side of 666.

The identity from Deuteronomy 5.32 (to turn away = 666), is particularly intriguing. It describes the content of the only verse in the New Testament indexed by the 666. We read (John 6.66):

From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

666 and Solomon's Gold

As mentioned above, the Number 666 is associated with the Sun, which itself is associated with the metal Gold. Scripture associates Gold and 666 in I Kings 10.14:

Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold.

A close examination of the underlying Hebrew yields an astounding identity. Here is an interlinear translation of the highlighted words:

The first three red letters spell the word (Shemesh, Sun, S# H8121). The last two have the value 26 which coincides with the value of the Lord's Name (YHVH). God unites these elements in Psalm 84.11:

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

Here is an interlinear translation of the first clause:

There is no Hebrew word corresponding to the English "is" in this verse. As is typical in Hebrew, the idea of "is" is communicated by a simple appostition of two or more words. Thus, we have the identity:

As with the other identities relating to God's sectret place, the Holy Ark and the Holy Crown, we see that 666 properly belongs to the Lord God Almighty. It is associtated with the Beast because of his b.phphemous attempt to usurp God's place in the Holy of Holies.

Mathematical Properties of 666

• 666 is the 36^th triangular number (note that 36 = 6 x 6):
  • 666 = Sum(36)
  • 666 = Sum(6 x 6)
  • 666 = 37 x (6 + 6 + 6)
  • 666 = 2 x (3 x 37 x 3) This symmetric form mimics the form of Genesis 1.1 = 2701 = 37 x 73 and the form of God's creative Logos = 373
• All substrings of 666 are triangular:
  • 6 = Sum(3) = 1 + 2 + 3 = 1 x 2 x 3
  • 66 = Sum(11) This integrates with the structure of Scripture through the identity Wheel (Galgal) = 66 = Number of Books in the Wheel.
  • 666 = Sum(36) = Sum(6 x 6)
• 666 is the largest triangular number consisting of a single repeated digit.
• 6, 36, and 666 are each the sum of powers of 1, 2, and 3:
  • 6 = 1¹ + 2¹ + 3¹
  • 36 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³
  • 666 = 1⁶ - 2⁶ + 3⁶

  There is a general geometric relation between the sum of cubes and the squares of triangular numbers:

  Sum of first N cubes = Square of Nth Triangle

  For example the 3rd triangle is 6 and 6 x 6 = 36 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³, as above. This leads to a series of identities relating to 36 and 666 that are based in geometry:

  • 36 = 15 + 21 = Sum(5) + Sum(6) This is an example of the general formula Square(N) = Sum(N-1) + Sum(N)
  • 666 = 15² + 21² = 225 + 441 = Sum(5)² + Sum(6)²: This is an example of the general formula Sum(Square(N)) = Sum(N-1)² + Sum(N)². We can use this to rewrite 225 and 441 (which are squares of triangles):
    • 225 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ + 4³ + 5³
    • 441 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ + 4³ + 5³ + 6³

    This then allows us to rewrite the formula for 666:

  • 666 = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ +4³ + 5³ + 6³ + 5³ + 4³ + 3³ + 2³ + 1³
• 666 is the sum of the squares of the first seven primes:
  • 666 = 2² + 3² + 5² + 7² + 11² + 13² + 17²
• 666 is the sum of the first 144 digits of the decimal expansion of Pi - 3. Note 144 = 12 x 12 = 6 x 6 x 4.
• Both 6 and 666 are double triangular numbers of powers of 2:
  • 6 = Sum(Sum(2))
  • 666 = Sum(Sum(2 x 2 x 2))

  These could also be written in the somewhat symmetrical form:

  • Sum(Sum(2))/2 = 3 = Sum(Sum(2 x 2 x 2))/222

Many interesting properties of 666 are listed on MathWorld's page Beast Number  and on Mike Keith's page The Number of the Beast .

Collected Identities relating to 666

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