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What about 666?
When 666 appears in the Bible it relates to either gold (wealth), idolatry, or people control (today, nations have gold reserves to secure national currencies). Solomon's wealth included an annual income of 666 talents of gold (1 Kings 10.14) and he subsequently descended into idolatry (1 Kings 11). When a remnant returned from captivity to Jerusalem, they included 666 from the people of Adonikam (Ezra 2.13). Adonikam was a noble sent from Babylon to rebuild the Temple - a false priest given to idolatry. The number 666 is strongly inferred in Nebuchadnezzar's image of gold (Dan 3). Its dimensions were 60 cubits high and 6 cubits wide, and when the people heard the sound of 6 instruments (Dan 3.5 KJV, NASB) they had to fall down and worship the image. Those who did not were to be killed. So in Nebuchadnezzar's image we see 666 is associated with gold, idolatry and enforced worship on pain of death.
Nebuchadnezzar's image foreshadows the end time 666 scenario:
"... the number of the beast ... is the number of a man: his number is 666" (Rev 13.18)
Here we find the Antichrist (the beast) using wealth (buying or selling), idolatry (image worship) and extreme control over the nations on pain of death (Rev 13.11-18). Clearly, 666 is not a nice number!
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