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The beast's identity and the beast's number are usually interpreted by applying one of three methods: | The beast's identity and the beast's number are usually interpreted by applying one of three methods: | ||
* Using gematria to find the numbers that equate to the names of world leaders, to check for a match with the scriptural number. | * Using [[gematria]] to find the numbers that equate to the names of world leaders, to check for a match with the scriptural number. | ||
* Treating the number of the beast as a duration of time. | * Treating the number of the beast as a duration of time. | ||
* Linking the scriptural imagery and symbolism of the [[Antichrist]] with characteristics of world leaders who oppose [[Christianity]]. | * Linking the scriptural imagery and symbolism of the [[Antichrist]] with characteristics of world leaders who oppose [[Christianity]]. | ||
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A common preterist view of the Mark of the beast (focusing on the past) is the stamped image of the emperor's head on every coin of the Roman Empire: the stamp on the hand or in the mind of all, without which no one could buy or sell. | A common preterist view of the Mark of the beast (focusing on the past) is the stamped image of the emperor's head on every coin of the Roman Empire: the stamp on the hand or in the mind of all, without which no one could buy or sell. | ||
The idealist perspective on the number of the beast rejects gematria, envisioning the number not as a code to be broken, but a symbol to be understood. Idealists would contend that because there are so many names that can come to 666 and that most systems require converting names to other languages or adding titles when convenient, it has been impossible to come to a consensus. | The idealist perspective on the number of the beast rejects [[gematria]], envisioning the number not as a code to be broken, but a symbol to be understood. Idealists would contend that because there are so many names that can come to 666 and that most systems require converting names to other languages or adding titles when convenient, it has been impossible to come to a consensus. | ||
Some fundamentalist Christian groups, as well as Christian writers, interpret the mark as a requirement for all commerce to mean that the mark might actually be an object in the right hand or forehead with the function of a credit card, such as RFID microchip implants. Some of these groups believe the implantation of chips may be the imprinting of the mark of the beast, prophesied to be a requirement for all trade and a precursor to God's wrath. Similar objections were raised about barcodes upon their introduction. | Some fundamentalist Christian groups, as well as Christian writers, interpret the mark as a requirement for all commerce to mean that the mark might actually be an object in the right hand or forehead with the function of a credit card, such as RFID microchip implants. Some of these groups believe the implantation of chips may be the imprinting of the mark of the beast, prophesied to be a requirement for all trade and a precursor to God's wrath. Similar objections were raised about barcodes upon their introduction. | ||