consider this...
Once there was a tremendous young philosopher who spoke eloquently about the nature of life. Many people were amazed by the depth of his understanding and the warmth of his feeling. But there were those who did not trust him. They even reproached him for his boldness. They could not believe that anyone so young as he could be so wise. They questioned and belittled his authority. He responded to them by saying, "Before Abraham was, I Am!"
a curious thing, for Jesus to say "I am" in the present tense when talking about a prophet who had been dead for centuries. Jesus is saying that he is "soul", or one with God, eternal - not a flawed ego, withered by time. through all religions the mystics and esoteric practitioners are all hung up about "now", or the present moment. Sufi mystics (the mystical branch of Islam) are said to be children of the eternal now. the soul, is described throughout Christianity and Hindu as eternal, immutable, unchanging, transcending time.
you can interchange the notion of God and Soul - if you wish you could think of simply God as eternal, immutable, unchanging, transcending time, rather than soul.
666 is the number marked on "the Beast" (or anti-Christ) in Revelation, the last book of the New Testament of the Bible, describing an apocalypse:
"He [the beast, or anti-Christ marked 666] required everyone - great and small, rich and poor, slave and free - to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name, Wisdom is needed to understand this. Let the one who has understanding solve the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man".
so who or what is 666? i think there is some indication that 666 refers to time, as opposed to the ageless soul, or timeless God.
24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute.
2+4=6; 60; 60.
is the "mark on the right hand" a wristwatch?
keep in mind 2466.
Adolf Hitler, born April 20
6 letters in Adolf,
6 letters in Hitler,
4th month - April
20th, Hitler's birthdate.
66420....
George Walker Bush Jr
6 letters in George
6 letters in Walker
4 letters in Bush
2 letters in Jr
6642....
or using the original German spelling of "Bush" which was "Busche"
6 letters in George
6 letters in Walker
6 letters in Busche
more? his birthdate is July 6th, 1946. 7/06/1946
what would be 66 minutes past 6? 7:06am. which seems to me to be as close as you'll get to 666 on a wristwatch.
boo!