“Wisdom is needed here. Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.” Revelation 13:18
“Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined by these trials. But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. Only those who are wise will know what it means.” (Daniel 12:10) This scripture in Daniel applies to the time of the end which is in Revelation. Who are the wise? They are the ones that have given their hearts to Jesus. Only those that are coved by the blood of Jesus can understand the number of the beast. John is saying that the number of the beast, and however powerful and strong he may think he is, this number is the number of man. It is not the number of God which is 7. This number 7 denotes perfection, completion, totality, and universality. Man cannot go but so far; he is not God. Man’s problem is not a domestical problem; it is not a medical problem; and it is not a scientific problem; and it is not a geographical problem. Our problem is a spiritual problem, it is a sin problem and man can do nothing about the sin problem. Only Jesus Christ can fix the sin problem.
Somehow, the number 666 is a clue to the identity of the beast. Revelation 13 also mentions the “mark of the beast” (verses 16–17), and popular thought often links 666 with the mark; however, the mark of the beast and 666 appear to be two different things. The mark of the beast is something people must receive in order to buy and sell. The number 666 is associated with the beast/Antichrist as “his” number.