2009-09-18T13:59:38-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/666/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rev%2013:18&version=NIV 2009-09-18T13:59:38-05:00 "666" is the number assigned to the beast described in Revelation. Christian scholars have long debated the meaning and symbolism of this number. http://biblica.com/niv/studybible/revelation.php 2008-07-03T15:45:19-05:00 This introduction to the book of Revelation reports on the author, date, occasion, purpose, literary form, distinctive features, interpretation, and outlink. For an adequate understanding of Revelation, the reader must recognize that it is a distinct kind of literature. Revelation is apocalyptic, a kind of writing that is highly symbolic. Although its visions often seem bizarre to the Western reader, fortunately the book provides a number of clues for its own interpretation. http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=95 2008-01-08T09:13:50-05:00 The principle of interpreting the prophetic portions of Holy Scripture as literally as the historical is recognized throughout the following pages, and it is upon this ground alone that the writer builds his hope of escaping a charge of presumption in submitting them for consideration...