From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxa!cfiaime
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: Satan"s Number
Article-I.D.: ihuxa.184
Posted: Thu Jan 27 17:20:39 1983
Received: Sun Jan 30 10:09:45 1983
Reply-To: cfiaime@ihuxa.UUCP (Jeff Williams)
References: mhuxt.1098 pyuxjj.404

The reference to "The Number of the Beast" is Revelation 13:18.
If I may be so bold to quote the New English Translation of Revelation
13:11 - 18 in order to put this in context.

"Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth.  It had two horns
like a lamb's horns, and it spoke like a dragon.  (12)  It used the vast
authority of the first beast in its presence.  It forced the earth and all
who live on it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
(13)  This second beast performed great miracles;  it made fire come down
out of heaven to earth, in the presence of all men.  (14)  And it deceived all
the people living on the earth by means of the miracles which it was allowed
to perform in the presence of the first beast.  The beast told all the 
people of the world to build an image in honor of tthe beast that had been
wounded by the sword, and yet lived.  (15)  TThe second beast was allowed
to breathe life into the image of the first beast, so that the image could
talk and put to death all those who would not worship it.  (16)  The beast
forced all men, small and great, rich and poor, slave and free, to have a
mark placed on their right hands and on their foreheads.  (17)  No one could
buy or sell unless he had this mark, that is, the beast's name or the
number thatt stands for the name.
     (18)  This calls for wisdom.  Whoever is intelligentt can figure out
the meaning of the number of the beast, because the number stands for a 
man's name.  Its number is six hundred and sixty-six."

Various books have been published in the last 10 years concerning this
particular prophacy.  The best known is probably "The Late Great Planet
Earth" by Hal Lindsey.

Jeff Willians
BTL - Indian Hill