Number of the Beast Route 666 in New Mexico was changed to U.S. Route 491. A New Mexico spokesperson stated, "The devil's out of here, and we say goodbye and good riddance." The phobia has been a motif in various horror films such as "The Omen" and its 2006 remake, and in music albums such as Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast". The Number of the Beast also appears in other films such as "Pulp Fiction", "The Doom Generation", "End of Days", "Bedazzled", and "The Phantom of the Opera". Some women expressed concern about giving birth on June 6, 2006 (6/6/06). In November
Historicist interpretations of the Book of Revelation Historicist interpretations of the Book of Revelation Historicism, a method of interpretation in Christian eschatology which associates biblical prophecies with actual historical events and identifies symbolic beings with historical persons or societies, has been applied to the Book of Revelation by many writers. The Historicist view follows a straight line of continuous fulfillment of prophecy which starts in Daniel's time and goes through John's writing of the Book of Revelation all the way to the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. One of the most influential rhetorical aspects of the Protestant historicist paradigm was the speculation that the Pope could be