Meaning of Numbers: The Number 6
The number 6 and its meaning are related to man and human weakness, the evils of the devil and the manifestation of sin. Man was created on day six of creation week. Men are appointed 6 days to labor and then they are commanded to rest on the seventh day (Friday sunset to Saturday sunset).
A Hebrew slave had to serve 6 years before he could be released in the 7th year. Six years were appointed for the land to be sown and harvested. The number is also associated with Satan in his temptation of Jesus.
The bringing together of triple six is the mark of the end time Beast power of Revelation. As such, it represents the very best system of governance that mankind can produce without God and under the constant influence of his chief adversary.
Man's system on earth is made up of three parts (economic, religious and governmental) all of which are influenced and led by Satan. When 666 is multiplied by 7 it equals 4662, which depicts man's total imperfection under Lucifer. When added across, 4 + 6 + 6 + 2 = 18, with this total, when divided by three, equals six.
Appearances of the Number Six
Jephthah (in the East) served 6 years as a Judge of Israel (Judges 12:7). The Bible mentions six earthquakes (Exodus 19:18, 1Kings 19:11, Amos 1:1, Matthew 27:54, 28:2, Acts 16:26).
Jesus was accused six times of being demon possessed (Mark 3:22, John 7:20, 8:48, 8:52, 10:20 and Luke 11:15).
The first miracle of Jesus' ministry involved having the servants at a Cana wedding fill 6 large stone vessels full of water. These containers likely held anywhere from 96 gallons (363.4 liters) to 144 gallons (545 liters) of liquid total! Immediately after the pots were filled the water in them became wine (John 2:1 - 11).
Tempting God
Scripture records that Christ was asked 6 times, most of the time by those who were self-righteous, to produce a sign to prove who he was and the claims he made.
1) The Pharisees demand a sign after they accuse Christ of casting out demons by the power of Satan (Matthew 12:38, Mark 8:11). Jesus' response was that the only sign that will be given is that of Jonah the prophet.
2) The Pharisees and Sadducees try to tempt Jesus by asking for a sign (Matthew 16:1).
3) The twelve disciples, on the Mount of Olives, ask Christ what will be the sign of his Second Coming and the end of the world (Matthew 24:3, Mark 13:4).
4) Some people who saw him cast a demon out of a person ask him for a sign from heaven (Luke 11:16).
5) After cleansing Jerusalem's temple at the start of his ministry, some Jews who saw what Jesus did demand a sign (John 2:18).
6) People who Christ miraculously fed ask him for a sign so that they may believe in him (John 6:30).
Number 6 and Sorcery
There are 6 references, in the New Testament, to people who practiced sorcery. Sorcery is defined as divination by the assistance of evil spirits.
1) In the end time, false prophets and false Christs will produce great signs and wonders (sorcery) for the expressed purpose of deception (Matthew 24:24)
2) Apostle Paul's first missionary journey takes him to the island of Cyprus (Acts 13:4 - 52, 14:1 - 25). He meets with the island's Governor who is accompanied by Elymas (also called Bar-Jesus), a man who was a false prophet and sorcerer.
3) In Samaria, a man named Simon the Sorcerer (Simon Magus) observes Philip preaching the gospel and performing a number of miracles. He feigns repentance, gets himself baptized, and then follows Philip where he sees him perform signs and wonders.
Simon also observes that Peter and John, after they come to the city and perform the laying on of hands ceremony on people, they receive God's Holy Spirit. Simon soon approaches the two apostles and tries to buy the ability to give the Holy Spirit so that he can further promote his deceptions (Acts 8). His attempt is assertively resisted by Peter. Simony, the act of attempting to buy or sell a church office or preferred treatment, gets its name from what Simon attempted to do.
4) While visiting Philippi during his second missionary journey, the apostle Paul runs into a slave woman "possessed with a spirit of divination" (Acts 16:16). Her masters use her soothsaying skills to make money.
5) Traveling Jewish exorcists, using various charms, incantations and so on, pretend to heal people and cast out demons (Acts 19:13).
6) The seven sons of a Jewish chief priest named Sceva try, but fail miserably, at casting out demons (Acts 19:14 - 16).
More Info on Biblical Meaning of 6
In Gematria, the value of 6 is represented by the Hebrew letter Vav. In the Greek alphabet it is represented by the letter Digamma.
The books of Galatians, Ephesians and 1Timothy contain 6 chapters.
The Biblical chapters of Job 25, Psalm 1, 13, 23, 53, 126, 128, 150, Isaiah 4, 12, 20 and Malachi 4 contain 6 verses in the King James Bible.
Many people (primarily Jewish religious leaders), toward the end of Jesus’ life, had come to believe he was guilty of some kind of crime or heinous sin. A total of 6 people, however, are recorded as stating that he was innocent of all the charges leveled against him.
The 6 people who found the Lord innocent of the charges against him were Pontius Pilate (Luke 23:14), Herod (Luke 23:15), Judas (after the devil left him - Matthew 27:3), Pontius Pilate's wife (Matthew 27:19), one of the thieves on the cross near Christ's (Luke 23:41) and a Roman Centurion who was at the crucifixion (Luke 23:47).