So...what is so singular about today, you ask? Is it the fact that it is day M+4 ("M" = my birthday)? Not quite...although that is still important. Today marks the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth year of this millenium. Well...actually, that's not true at all. Technically, this is the 7th year. People seem to take the decimal '0' for granted. So, if you wanted the sixth of everything, you'd wait for 6/6/05. Sorry bub....you all missed it by one year!! :-pAll of that foolishness aside, what exactly is the significance of this number? We start in the Book of Revelations (which I'm also told is not its correct name). It's the last book in the standard King James bible (for those of you who never quite get that far). Revelations is the only one of the books in the bible that I find entertaining. The imagination involved is just absolutely fascinating (of course, assuming that it is simply imagination)! An excerpt from that book....
"Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell who does not have the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom: let anyone with the understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a person. Its number is six hundred and sixty-six."
666 is considered to be the number of the "beast". Others argue that 616 is actually the correct number, but who am I to part with tradition? :) According to wikipedia...
"In some interpretations of Christian eschatology the “Beast” is believed to refer to a being controlled by or equated with the Antichrist, whereas some scholars, such as Dr. Delbert Hillers and the editors of the Oxford & Harper Collins translations, contend that the number is a code for the Roman Emperor Nero, a view that is also supported by the Roman Catholic Church."
Did you know that there is even a named phobia of this number?? It's called "Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia". If you don't believe me, then look it up! :)
My fascination with this date is very simple. It's the day that 'The Omen' is being re-released! Woohoo!! It's gonna suck, but I have to see it anyway!! :)
IN ADDENDUM....
Just so I can sound like all of the crazy conspiracy theorists out there, I noticed that my hit counter was at 1,144 hits at the time of my writing this. Now, grated that it's exactly 1,000 off, the number 144 is signifficant since the Book of Revelations also mentions that 12,000 people will be saved from each tribe of Israel (12,000 x 12 tribes = 144,000). Yeah...I know....It's a stretch. But why not! :)
2 comments:
It seems kind of lame to get worked up over today's date. After all, the number itself is six hundred and sixty-six, not three sixes. The original Greek text shows the number as Chi Xi Sigma not Sigma Sigma Sigma. Of course, some early texts also list it as six hundred and sixteen which would be Chi Iota Sigma in the original Greek. To be worried over the date June 6, 2006 is silly because it doesn't even have the number 666 (or 616). Oh and the dates wouldn't line up proper anyways due to all the changes in the calendar system over the years, even more so since the Gregorian calendar (de facto standard) was created long after the Book of Revalations was written.
I couldn't agree more! Well...I couldn't agree more with all the stuff that didn't include all the Greek letters. You lost me there. :)
It's not the date that gets people worked up. It's the fact that the current representative calendar signifies today with the triple 6. ANYTHING with triple 6 will get people worked up...it's almost hilarious. Heck...Highway 666 in California had to be renamed! :)
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