The Mark of the Beast and the Number 666: Allegiance, Not Technology. Few images from Revelation have provoked more speculation than the Mark of the Beast (χάραγμα / cháragma) and the infamous number 666 (ἑξακόσιοι ἑξήκοντα ἕξ / hexakósioi hexēkonta héx). Futurist interpreters have variously claimed it is a barcode, a microchip, a vaccine, or some secret technology.

Who Is The Antichrist In The Bible? The term Antichrist—so heavily weighted in pop culture, end-times charts, and fear-based theology—appears in exactly five verses in the entire Bible. And surprisingly to many, none of them are in the book of Revelation.