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 A name identifies a person. So how does this number identify the the beast? John says that It" is a man's number," not that of a spirit person, so the name helps to confirm  that the wild beast is earthly, symoblizing human government. Just as the six fails to measure up to seven, so 666-six to the thired degree-is fitting name for the world's gigantic  political system that fails so miserably to measure up to God's standard of perfection. The world's political wild beast rules  supreme under the name 666, while big politics, big religion, and big business keep that wild beast functioning as an oppressor of mankind and a persecutor of God's people.

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