Ted Porter (17 Oct 2013)
"The Name of the Man whose Number is Six Hundred Three Score and Six"

Who is this man in the Bible with the number of Six hundred threescore and six?  What if I told you that you probably wouldn't recognize his name if I told you?  What if I also told you that most of the World has never heard his name?  What if I then went on to tell you that he is believed to have died some time in the 1940's?  Would you dismiss all of this without first examining the evidence?  You may ask, "How can one man's death in the 1940's have any relevance today?"  But then you should also askHow can one man's death almost 2000 years ago have more relevance than any other event in history today?  And the story begins.
 
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.  Revelation 13:18
 
Who is this beast who has the number belonging to a man?  And who we are told to let those with understanding count his number?  One will note Revelation 13:18 does not say the beast is a man.  The beast is a beast.  The man is a man.  But the number of this man becomes the number of the beast.
 
To what end?  Well, every man, woman, and child legally living in the United States can be issued their own unique number.  This is administered by the United States government through the Social Security office.  Each person receives a Social Security card.  A card can be reissued if lost or stolen but the number itself is never reused, even after a person's death.  They are inactivated though when the Social Security office receives notice of a person's death.
 
Without this number, no one in the United States can legally sell the fruits of their labors nor reap the benefits of their labors by receiving money, enabling them to buy what they want.  In other words, without this number, no one in the United States can legally work and get paid.  In addition, without a child having this number, no one can claim that child as a dependant enabling them to reduce their income tax burden.
 
These numbers are highly sought after by illegal aliens.  Those in the country illegally without a valid US birth certificate cannot receive this number from the United States government.  Consequently, these numbers are sold on the black market.  To best work, they must be from people who are believed to have died but the Social Security administration has no record of their death and consequently their number is still active.
 
Such it is with one Harrison J. Bounel who was born in 1890, issued a social security number, showed up in the 1940's census, but has failed to show up in any census since then.  While he can be presumed dead, without a death certificate, his Social Security number is still active and being used by none other than, well you guessed it.  And has been since 1979.
 
Now on to the number itself.  You may ask, where is this understanding required to count the number of six hundred three score and six?  Well, for one it was revealed in the best selling "Left Behind" series of 16 books which ran from 1995 to 2007.  That understanding reveals the number 216.  It is quite simple.  it is counting six sixes of six.  Or put another way, multiplying the digits in 666.  Which is the same as multiplying the digits in 600, 60, and 6, ignoring any zero's which would make the result zero.  Remember that  zeros are placeholders and the concept of zero itself as a number in its own right is a fairly modern invention.  So the same result of 216 is also arrived at by multiplying six hundred, three, a "score" which is equal to 20, and 6.
 
Now, applying this same principle to the Social Security number assigned to a man in Connecticut some 70 years ago.  First, we must realize there are really three numbers separated by hyphens that make up any Social Security number.  The first number is the area number made up of 3 digits.  In this case, multiplying the non-zero digits belonging to this man gives us the number 8.  The second number is the group number made up of 2 digits.  Multiplying the non-zero digits of this second number belonging to this man gives us the number 48.  The third number is the serial number made up of 4 digits.  Multiplying the non-zero digits of this third number belonging to this man gives us the number 160.  And the total for these three numbers is 8 plus 48 plus 160 which is 216.  Perfect match.
 
Now the Social Security number of this man is in the public domain and quite easily found.  When one considers that the Social Security number of this man was used and continues to be used by one, would you believe it if I told you, many call "the beast", to establish and keep legitimacy, the importance of Revelation 13:18 bringing it to our attention cannot be overstated.  To think this was written close to 2,000 years ago.  Without the number, this "beast" has no standing to work in the United States.  With the number, this "beast" stands on the top of the world.
 
Now the beast described in Revelation does not make his accomplishments alone.  The book of Revelation makes this clear.  There are three in what is called the unholy trinity, the serpent, the beast of the sea, and the beast of the land.  Both the serpent and the beast of the land give their power to the beast of the sea.  Let's start with the serpent.  Revelation 12 introduces us to the dragon, that old serpent, called the devil and satan. 
     
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.  Revelation 12:9
 
We are next introduced to the beast of the sea, which many simple call "the beast", in Revelation 13:1 and the beast of the land, which many simply call "the false prophet", in Revelation 13:11.  In Revelation 13:4 we see the dragon giving power to the beast of the sea.
 
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?  Revelation 13:4
 
In Revelation 13:12 we see also the false prophet using his power for the benefit of the first beast, the beast of the sea.
 
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.  Revelation 13:12
 
In fact the description of the second beast we have in Revelation 13:11-18 is many times in how he relates to the first beast.
 
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.  Revelation 13:15
 
Now starting with a false assumption that the Bible says the first beast is a man, leads one to question why the Bible does not say the second beast is also a man, or the dragon is a man.  It must be because they are not men.  That leads to the question then, what are they?  If they are not men, then they must be only spirit beings.  But this is also a false conclusion because the Bible bears witness to itself that all three of these are not only spirit beings but physical, being all three possessed.
 
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.  Revelation 16:13
 
That still begs the question as to what this physical flesh and blood dragon and two beasts really are.  Well, they can be exactly what the Bible says they are if they are Nephilim.  The dragon would have reptilian DNA mixed with human while the two beasts would have bovine type DNA mixed with human.  Now, this may seem science fiction to many, yet it is recorded that these days will be like the days of Noah.
 
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  Matthew 24:37
 
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.  And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.  And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.  Genesis 6:4-8
 
In the English numbering of letters after the Greek and Hebrew, the word "Nephilim" has a value of 221.  It is of interest that this is the closest number to 216 that is divisible by 13.  Now the King James does not use the word "Nephilim" but often translates the word as "giants".  Other times it has used the word "Anakims".
 
Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.  Deuteronomy 1:28
 
A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:  Deuteronomy 2:21
 
What if I also told you that the word, "Anakims" also has a value of 221?  Let those with understanding count the first and last name of the beast.