A Biblical Approach to the Number 666 Revelation 13:18 instructs us to treat the number of the beast as a human number and to count it as 666. Well-meaning, credentialed individuals have corrupted these instructions as a call to count the number of the beast's name by searching for some word or phrase whose characters have numeric values adding up to 666. Because the number of words and phrases adding up to 666 is almost limitless, the meaning must be pre-determined, followed by trial-and-error experimentation to find a word or phrase that proves the meaning. Yet, the instructions simply beckon us to count to 666 using the human counting system, and igred is the fact that the Bible itself contains an Old Testament counting of 666, as well as a human counting of something evil. Finally, here is a book which presents a Biblical solution to the riddle of 666, without overlooking the intended spiritual lesson inherent in the understanding.
