The new
testament of the devil supreme has also at the end a passage that rebelliously
identifies his own killer—“antichrist” in christian terminology—by way of an
arithmetical figure.
“This
calls for wisdom. Whoever is intelligent can figure out the meaning of the
number
of the beast, because the number stands for a man’s name. Its number is 666”
(Revelation 13:18).
The
speaker obviously knows himself who “666” represents. As he does not come
clean
with it, he obviously wants to keep the person’s name hidden. Tracing out the
man
behind
the number is a task for the intelligent. Figure it out if you can, says the
text to
readers
as a challenge. The clue given is that it stands for a man’s name.
Since
the observation forms part of the bible and since the author declares it
possible for intelligent heads to “figure out” the true meaning, it may be
inferred that the
person
alluded to figures in the bible itself. How else can the author say that the
intelligent can duly figure him out. The two remarks, “This calls for wisdom,”
and “if
you are
intelligent,” also go to show that the key to the number is placed in the
bible
itself.
When
you write or say 666, you are writing or saying only one number—6. The
other
two 6’s are mere repetitions of the first 6. In the Revelation to John, Jesus
did not
utter
666, but rather
6-6-6.
It follows that instead of seeking a “beast” with the number
666, we
should seek one with the number 6.
Is
there a being then in the bible that is identifiable with the number 6.
There
does exist such a being in the bible. This is none else than the being
portrayed in the bible as father of the human race, namely, Adam.
Genesis
1:26 30-31: “And god said, let us make man. And so it was done. And
god saw
all that he had made and found it very good. So evening came, and morning, and
a sixth
day passed.”
The
creation of man was accomplished in the bible on the sixth day. Man is thus
associated by the bible with the number 6.
Revelation 13:18 says the number stands for a man’s name. Therefore, what
Jesus
actually said here was, it stands for the first man’s name. The crucial word
“first” is
suppressed out as part of his rebellion against truth.
The man
in Revelation 13:18 whom Jesus and christianity regard as Anti-christ is
the
same being named as Adam in Genesis.
Since
Adam is represented as the first man and since all mankind is portrayed as
descended from him, it is some representative of the humankind as a whole that
Jesus
pinpoints as his killer. Antichrist is Jesus’ adversary. Since Jesus calls the
humankind his
enemy,
Jesus is mankind’s enemy, in other words the devil supreme.
The
reason why Jesus although aware as to who his enemy is, does not plainly
reveal
the enemy’s identity, is that his words are addressed to the same enemy.