U.S. Route 491
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U.S. Route 491 is a north–south U.S. Highway serving the Four Corners region of the United States. It was created in 2003 as a renumbering of U.S. Route 666. With the US 666 designation, the road was
Gallup, New Mexico
Visitors touring Mesa Verde National Park, along US 491
The Abajo Mountains near Monticello
Old and new route number at the intersection with US 191 in Monticello
Number of the beast
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The number of the beast is associated with the Beast of Revelation in chapter 13, verse 18 of the Book of Revelation. In most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translations of the Bible,
U.S. Route 491
…US 666 designation, the road was nicknamed the "Devil's Highway" because of the significance of the number 666 to many Christian denominations as the Number of the Beast. This Satanic connotation, combined with a high fatality rate along the New Mexico portion, convinced some people the highway was cursed. The problem…
The Number of the Beast Is 666 by William Blake, 1805
Fragment from Papyrus 115 (P115) of Revelation in the 66th vol. of the Oxyrhynchus series (P. Oxy. 4499). Has the number of the beast as χιϛ, 616.
Bust of Nero at Musei Capitolini, Rome
Gematria by Athanasius Kircher, calculating various "names of the beast" (Lageinos, Teitan, Lampetis, Antemos) that sum to 666, and summing Jesus' name to 888