The number ‘666’ has become a part of our culture, showing up in horror movies, and horror spoofs alike for generations. There are reports of people refusing to use phone numbers with the sequence in it, or finding significant in financial markets when values of 666 appear. The number comes from The Book of Revelation 13:18 “let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number or a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six”. This just one of many numbers that appears in the bible whose meaning has been distorted, miss applied and misunderstood. (more…)