Reading Revelation the wrong way makes it a horror movie. Reading it the right way makes it an encouraging blessing. Bad interpretation of today’s passage is one reason people see Revelation as scary, ominous, & intimidating. It contains 2 of the most talked about symbols in Revelation, the mark of the beast and the number of the beast. From vaccines to computer chips to bar codes and social security cards fear of 666 can randomly show up in any setting. Both have been misinterpreted so often, by so many, it would be comical, if it weren’t so dangerously misleading. So why does John put these images in Revelation? How is this “blessed is everyone who reads this”? What if I could show you as followers of Jesus, whenever we see that number pop up it should bless us? What if I John wanted his readers to reflect on 666 more often? What would you think?