A possible candidate for the mark of the beast?

[Danny]

This electronic temporary or permanent tattoo on the wrist or forehead that grants you telepathic power:
http://www.uber-facts.com/2013/02/scient...52Btwitter


Revelations 13 16-18
New Living Translation (©2007)
He required everyone--small and great, rich and poor, free and slave--to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead.
And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.
Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666*.


*or 616 or 665 or Chi Xi Stigma.


Could well be a false flag or a coincidence but all possibilities must be studied.

What do you think?

[Gino Green]

I am the false Shepard.

[Ungratefulapple031]

I think you dropped your tinfoil hat.

[Pestyhot526]

Yeah...that seems just like a number.


Or not.

[Blue dragon]

I think that is the most retarded thing i have ever heard of in my life.

[Joey]

It would be wrong to read John's writing outside of its context. The latest technology has nothing to do with the mark. It was a reference to the Jewish phylacteries. Revelation is to be interpreted symbolically.

[Excessiveskate489]

Dude, no tattoo can give anyone "telepathic powers". ROFL

[Gracco]

nah

but this is: http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/169

[c.]

SDA's think its everyone will be forced to worship God on Sundays. Funny, because Revelations, etc, etc, say NO ONE will be allowed to worship God on ANY day during the Tribulation. So much for SDA's take on 666.

Mormons say they will fight the antichrist and win, then rule the world for Christ thereafter. Oye. So much for the mormons take on 666.

JW's say they.... well, you get the picture by now.


So, I'm sitting here wondering what makes you think you are any different than cult religions in speculating on what God intends to keep hidden until its here? Because I'm thinking you may have a handle on what passes for human wisdom, but have yet to grasp godly wisdom. Just like those cults mentioned above.

[Yup]

The Bible book of Daniel sheds much light on the meaning of symbolic beasts. Chapter 7 contains a vivid tableau of “four huge beasts”—a lion, a bear, a leopard, and a fearsome beast with big teeth of iron. (Daniel 7:2-7) Daniel tells us that these beasts represent “kings,” or political kingdoms, that rule in succession over vast empires.—Daniel 7:17, 23.
Regarding the beast of Revelation 13:1, 2, The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible points out that it “combines in itself the joint characteristics of the four beasts of Daniel’s vision . . . Accordingly, this first beast [of Revelation] represents the combined forces of all political rule opposed to God in the world.” This observation is affirmed by Revelation 13:7, which says of the beast: “Authority was given it over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.”*
Why does the Bible use beasts as symbols of human rulership? For at least two reasons. First, because of the beastly record of bloodshed that governments have accrued over the centuries. “War is one of the constants of history,” wrote historians Will and Ariel Durant, “and has not diminished with civilization or democracy.” How true that “man has dominated man to his injury”! (Ecclesiastes 8:9) The second reason is that “the dragon [Satan] gave to the beast its power and its throne and great authority.” (Revelation 12:9; 13:2) Accordingly, human rulership is a product of the Devil, thus reflecting his beastly, dragonlike disposition.—John 8:44; Ephesians 6:12.
This does not mean, however, that every human ruler is a direct tool of Satan. Indeed, in one sense, human governments serve as “God’s minister,” giving structure to human society, without which chaos would rule. And some leaders have protected fundamental human rights, including the right to engage in true worship—something that Satan does not want. (Romans 13:3, 4; Ezra 7:11-27; Acts 13:7) Still, because of the Devil’s influence, no human or human institution has ever been able to bring lasting peace and security to the people.*—John 12:31.
“A Human Number”
A third clue to the meaning of 666 lies in its being “a man’s number,” or as The Amplified Bible puts it, “a human number.” This expression could not refer to an individual human, for Satan—not any man—has authority over the beast. (Luke 4:5, 6; 1 John 5:19; Revelation 13:2, 18) Rather, the beast’s having “a human number,” or mark, suggests that it is a human entity, not spirit or demon, and that it therefore manifests certain human traits. What might they be? The Bible answers, saying: “All [humans] have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) The beast’s having “a human number,” therefore, indicates that governments reflect the fallen human condition, the mark of sin and imperfection.
History bears this out. “Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed,” said former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. “History is a tale of efforts that failed, of aspirations that weren’t realized . . . So, as a historian, one has to live with a sense of the inevitability of tragedy.” Kissinger’s honest appraisal testifies to this fundamental Bible truth: “To earthling man his way does not belong. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step.”—Jeremiah 10:23.
Now that we have identified the beast and discerned how God views it, we are in a position to examine the final part of our puzzle—the number six and why it is written in triple digits—that is, 666, or 600 plus 60 plus 6.