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From the apocalyptic fictional series, “Left Behind” (with a video game to match), to numerologists, scholars, theologians and Hollywood blockbusters, theories about “666” abound. But what is “666” all about, anyway?

The number finds its origins in the last book of the New Testament, Revelation. The book is the apocalyptic vision of the Apostle John on the island of Patmos. The story goes that the Roman government exiled John to the Greek isle for preaching about his faith. At the time, Christianity was an underground movement the government saw as a potential threat to the stability of Roman rule. After an unsuccessful attempt to kill him in boiling oil, the Romans sent John to Patmos for the remainder of his life, where he died an old man.… Read More...