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In the first century in Rome there was a place called the Agora which was the market - it was the place where people would buy & sell food, clothing and other items. At the entrance to the Agora there was a large statue which depicted the Roman Caesar. In 58-64 AD it happened to be Caesar Nero.

Nero is one of the most evil men to ever walk the face of the Earth. The people and writers of that time referred to him as the "beast". To give you an idea of what made him so evil, he had his mother executed. He kicked his pregnant wife to death. He lit Rome on fire, a third of which burned to the ground. He blamed the Christians for it, and then unleashed a 3 1/2 year (42 month) persecution against them. He impaled Christians on stakes and lit them on fire to provide light while he ate dinner. He put Christians in the coliseum and watched as hungry lions tore them apart. This was Nero.

The required admittance fee to enter the Agora during that time was to pay a fee and then kneel down and worship the statue of Nero. After doing so, the Roman soldiers would place a mark of ash on people's forehead or right hand to show homage had been made. Unless you worshiped the statue of the "beast" and received the mark, you could not go in to buy, sell or trade. This was the mark of the "beast" Nero - which happened almost 2000 years ago. 

What is also interesting is the fact that in the Greek and Hebrew languages, each letter of the alphabet was given a corresponding number. Adding up these numbers gives a numeric value to a word or name. When applying this method to "Caesar Nero", the number is 666.

Sound familiar?