This is MISLEADING! People do so little research nowadays and will accept anything as the truth as long as its thrown around long enough and labeled as “new”. It completely makes sense that the enemy (satan & his elite followers) would try and masquerade this number as good in the end times and at the same time provoke confusion among God’s people. With only a bit of context the number even explains itself, let me explain:

Revelation 13:16 – 18
16 Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, 17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. 18 This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.

So by focusing so much on what the actual number is it is clear that people seem to mis the fact that in the last days people will need to have this mark in order to trade. With a single search anyone can find that we are entering an era where a RFID micro chip will be the future in replacing ID cards, banking cards, cash etc. In the future this chip will be mandatory.

As the verse implies: “This calls for wisdom…”