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
Book of Revelation genre is apocalyptic, the author sees himself as a Christian prophet: Revelation uses the word in various forms twenty-one times, more than any other New Testament book. The predominant view is that Revelation alludes to the Old Testament although it is difficult among scholars to agree on the exact number of allusions or the allusions themselves. Revelation rarely quotes directly from the Old Testament, yet almost every verse alludes to or echoes older scriptures. Over half of the references stem from Daniel, Ezekiel, Psalms, and Isaiah, with Daniel providing the largest number in proportion to length and Ezekiel standing out