For many people, just saying the number sends shivers up their spines, as it conjures up ominous images of secret occult ceremonies and the cataclysmic final days of Bible prophecy.
Could one of these men be the leader described in the Bible whose number is 666?
Who, or what, is the Antichrist? Evil alliance, or sinister individual? Some say his appearance is still in the future. Others say he appeared long ago in the days of ancient Rome. But the Bible indicates that he is alive today!
Yes. It’s true. The company behind a lot of our personal beauty, health, household, and pet products was the subject of close scrutiny in the 1980s, when their corporate logo was believed to be Satanic in nature.
In 1971 at IBM headquarters, George Laurer was assigned the task of designing a system of codes and symbols that would make the grocery industry more efficient. The result, introduced sometime in 1973, was the UPC barcode.
The easy access to the internet is becoming the most popular way to buy and sell anything, from used goods on eBay to just about everything under the sun at Amazon.com.
The rumor goes something like this: “A three-story computer in Brussels, Belgium, called ‘The Beast,’ is described as being the brain-child of the European Common Market. It is said to be ‘self programming’ and is intended to track the buying and selling activities of every person on earth.
In 1980, a popular former actor named Ronald W. Reagan took the stage as the most influential person in the world. He’s noted for helping to bring America out of an economic crisis and for helping to bring an end to the Soviet Union. But when people began taking a look at his full name, Ronald Wilson Reagan, they got to be a little nervous.
Have you seen the email that reveals the full name of Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, as William Henry Gates III? Supposedly, when converted into ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) decimal code, the name “Bill Gates III” adds up to 666. For this reason some have speculated as to whether or not he could be the anti-christ.