The Meaning of 666
(This is an excerpt from a University Of Metaphysical Sciences course at www.umsonline.org, please feel free to visit the school website)
Patrick Bellringer discusses in his article 666, People Of The Lie the
subject of the Mark of the Beast and the number 666. He describes,
“Long ago a numbering system was established called the Roman Numeral
System. In that system 666 is deciphered as VI VI VI. In the Latin
language this refers directly to; Vini, Vidi, Vinci. These words have
the distinct meaning of: “I came, I saw, I conquered.” The Latin word
“Vini,” has since changed spelling to “Veni.” Thus, the abbreviation of
Vini, Vidi, Vinci, is VI VI VI or 666. This number also appears on the
front or forehead of the Pope’s Babylonian hatband as testimony that he
is indeed the present Emperor of Rome. This places the Pope in the
direct line of Julius Caesar, who was Pope prior to the birth of Jesus,
from 100 B.C. to 44 B.C.
He explains about the mark, in spite of resistance of
Christians to the Mark of the Beast (666) being placed on a person.
Most people have already accepted such a mark. The United States and
other countries presently require everyone be assigned a social
security number at birth. That number is used widely for tracking and
identification purposes.
Mr. Bellringer warns us not to become paranoid about all this. He
believes Satan is doing an excellent job through our churches of
teaching mind control in order that Christian people fear the Mark of
the Beast. He calls it a trap of thinking so a small number can hold
sway over our souls. As for condemning our souls to hell, only we can
do that ourselves. Body marks like tattoos have nothing to do with our
soul destiny. We are children of a Divine God, touched and marked by
God long before arriving on Earth. Like splinters of God’s mirror we
are each pieces of God’s Spirit. He writes, “God has already given to
us a divine number as His creations.” Those who are now pilgrims of the
Lighted Pathway have their names entered in God’s Book of Life. So,
Satan’s Mark of the Beast and the number 666 are really “no big deal!”
Bellringer introduces the numbering system that gives us the number
666. The Bible indicates that 6 is the number of man and/or Satan
(666). Using the English Alphabet and the Babylonian numbering system
(counting by sixes) and assigning man’s number 6 to the first letter A
of the alphabet, a system was constructed giving each succeeding letter
an increasing value of six. See the following chart:
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
G |
H |
I |
J |
K |
L |
M |
6 |
12 |
18 |
24 |
30 |
36 |
42 |
48 |
54 |
60 |
66 |
72 |
78 |
N |
O |
P |
Q |
R |
S |
T |
U |
V |
W |
X |
Y |
Z |
84 |
90 |
96 |
102 |
108 |
114 |
120 |
126 |
132 |
138 |
144 |
150 |
156 |
In
this system numbers carry a certain meaning. The number 3 is a neutral
number, depending on how it is used, it may have a good or an evil
connotation. The number 6 is the number of man (Satan) and therefore a
negative or evil number. The flip-side of 6 is 9, thus 9 is a positive
number of things that are good.
In The End of the Millennium (2004) Richard Seddon shows
how Steiner reveals the nature of Christ’s Second Coming. He identifies
The Beast as “Sorath,”[Beast in Hebrew], the Sun-Demon of the
Apocalypse, whose influence peaks every 666 years, from the year 666
until the present including 1998. Steiner said that this being or beast
will try to prevent mankind from seeing Christ’s manifestation in the
etheric realm. This is what creates the anti-Christ. According to the
article, The Second Coming consists of two aspects: (1) the
manifestation of Christ on the etheric plane, and (2) the attainment of
etheric vision on an individual basis. In his lecture The Ahrimanic Deception,
Steiner divulges, “Deep down in our souls, we know what is true,
because when we sleep, our spirit leaves our body (the etheric body
remains, or else we would die), and experiences the spirit world.”
Having false beliefs creates inner conflict, a source of much of the
“discord felt by modern man.” This discord mentioned by Rudolf
Steiner about false beliefs again takes us back to the words of The
Gospel According to Mary Magdalene “The Savior answered and said,
He does not see through the soul nor through the spirit, but the mind
that is between the two, that is what sees the vision.”
While a “mark” does not dictate our destiny, it may influence the way
we think. One such “mark” in our society is the dictionary. The
dictionary tells us what the author wants us to believe concerning the
meaning of the words in our language. The most commonly used English
dictionary today is Webster’s Dictionary. Let us tally the value of the
letters in the name “Webster’s.” (W-138, E-30, B-12, S-114, S-114,
T-120, E-30, R-108, S-114). When we added them together, we arrive at
“666” the “Mark of the Beast!” We accept “Webster’s” word definitions
and place them in our minds in the frontal lobe of our brain or
forehead and we carry our “Webster’s” dictionary in our hand as a
constant reference to verify the meaning of given words. And so we have
the Mark of the Beast in our forehead and in our hand. How clever! This
would appear to be a part of the “beast” system. Is Webster’s the
person who is revealed as “The Beast” in the “Bible” in Revelation?”
Maybe there is another person in today’s prophecies that is
more evil than Webster’s. Let us try Kissinger (Henry). (K-66, I-54,
S-114, S-114, I-54, N-84, G-42, E-30, R-108) Surprise! Our total again
is 666! Does Kissinger have such world-wide influence over world
leaders that he is the Beast of Revelation? Note that the words,
Webster’s Dictionary rate a “6” (negative) while Strong’s Concordance
rates a “9” (positive). Jesus and Christ separately each rate a “3” but
put together to denote a specific entity which is not his name at
all—Jesus Christ—they rate a “6” (negative). “God” is a neutral “3.”
Webster’s words for “God” (Yahuweh) rates a “6” as does “Lord,” but the
Strong’s Concordance definition for God (Yahshua) rates a “3.” The name
is wrong. The proper name is Lord God (Yahshua) which then rates a “9.”
If you accept Webster’s definition for Biblical words, then you accept
the “Mark of the Beast!”
These are solely the thoughts of Patrick H. Bellringer.
Interesting speculations, but perhaps not something to be taken too
seriously, or should they?
“So
once again we ask what is the significance of Biblical referrences to
‘The Beast’ and the number number 666. It seems that Rudolf Steiner has
once again provided us with the truth about all of this. In the End of the Millennium by Richard Seddon, we find out what Steiner revealed about the nature of Christ’s Second Coming.
Continuing with The Ahrimanic Deception Steiner says “the real
Christ must be sought today through all that can be gained from a
spiritual knowledge of the world.” He explains that we are to be wary
of people who swear by the Gospel alone but reject all real spiritual
knowledge. They will form the beginning of a congregation for Ahriman
when he appears in human shape in this modern world. The repulse of
concrete knowledge brought by spiritual endeavors by the professionals
among us will be in turn the hosts that will develop as adherents of
Ahriman. Steiner writes that this is now coming to pass. He tells us,
“It is there, it is at work in present humanity and one who speaks to
men today with the knowledge of spiritual science speaks into it, no
matter whether he is speaking on social or other questions. He knows
where the hostile powers lie, that they live supersensibly and that men
are their poor misguided victims. This is the call to humanity: Free
yourselves from all these things that form such a great temptation to
contribute to Ahriman’s triumph!”
Understanding The Significance Of Lucifier
So now let us approach the subject of Lucifer. Let’s explore some insights from an esoteric studies class that Rudolf Steiner held in Munich, Germany 1912. The title of the work is Cosmic Ego And Human Ego: The Nature Of Christ, The Resurrected (this
is a private work that is unavailable to the public, 1912)I understand
the confusion regarding these subject matters so it is with the utmost
attention to accurate scholarship that I give you the following
material. Read it with an open mind, understanding a novel and
different point of view about this fallen angel Lucifer and the work of
its hosts. The following are Steiner’s words:
“Certainly
it is fitting for the narrow, traditionally-formed Christianity to call
Lucifer the devil, and to hate him; but he who has an understanding of
human evolution knows that the Luciferic principle works in the genius.
It is the Luciferic spirits to whom we really owe the forward thrust,
given because they seek thereby their own evolution, and through which
we ourselves are enabled to grow out beyond our ego... We must free
ourselves from narrowness, from all orthodox Christianity which calls
Lucifer only a devil worthy of hatred. We must recognize the liberating
character of the Lucifer principal, which has also been ordained by the
good gods; for it drives us out beyond ourselves during the Earth
evolution...”
“[Christ] is fitted to lead the individual soul-being of man more and more to itself…
Practically, that will work out in the future so that through the
admission of the Christ principle into human nature, this human nature
will become more and more deepened, will take up more and more light
and live into its own being; so that the human being will have to feel Light and Love as belonging to his very self.”
As a sidenote, interestingly, the name “Lucifer” means
“Bringer of Light.” Some speculate that in some ways Lucifer is a
friend of humankind because it is Lucifer who won humankind the right
to “know” what God knows, even if that will take millennia of evolution
to achieve. In the process of doing that, humankind will go through
much trial and error, but will eventually reach a state of Godself and
realization of the mysteries of the universe.