The second beast is not yet “causing” people to worship the Beast, but he is “now causing” them to be marked with his name or the number of his name – 666. It is a spiritual mark indicating commitment, devotion, and ownership. Without prejudice, the second beast now causes the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bondslaves, to be given their mark on their right hand or on their forehead. The forehead symbolizing spiritual devotion and the right hand symbolizing radical cultic commitment of one’s strength and purpose.
Possessing the mark is a pre-condition to success in the
market and religious economies of the world; though people seem to be unaware of this exchange they have made, their success for their soul. They are now marked either with his name (the Destroyer or Destruction) or the number of his name: 666. It takes wisdom to calculate the number of the Beast.
Six is the number of man, and it is not seven, the number representing completion. It is always falls short. Used three times, with three being the number representing perfection, this indicates that those who now take the mark will never find what they are looking for, as the number indicates perfect incompletion. They will always be seeking and never finding.
