Revelation 13-Mark of the beast!

The Mark of the Beast

16And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, 17so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

18Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is six hundred sixty-six.c 

Mark of the beast, some say this is imaginary but I take it literally. We are moving to a digital world with digital currency. You may be using it now! Your work or retirement funds are deposited into your bank account. You go to the store and buy food and you pay with a debit card. Some are using Apple Pay or Chase Pay, Google Pay....... Scan a bar code on your smartphone and the transaction is completed. 

I heard of a business implementing implanted chips in the employees hand, using it to clock-in and out of work recording their time, breaks and a GPS tracking their whereabouts.

I believe, the mark of the beast may be an implanted chip allowing purchase of food or products and debiting your account and keeping track of your movements.

So what does the number 666 mean and how was it derived?

The truth is we don’t know the mystery of the number, other than God assigned this number to the beast.

“Here is the solution of this mystery: let him that hath a mind for investigations of this kind, find out a kingdom which contains precisely the number 666, for this must be infallibly the name of the beast. ‘H Latinh basileia, The Latin Kingdom, has exclusively this number.” (Clarke)

Blessings, David