Ok now I will conclude posting on this topic (maybe) bc I feel it is past and I don't live in the past.
The Beast that the false prophet was given power to by the dragon (2nd beast ). In Rev. 13 the beast from the sea was as a whole Rome. But the details about 666 referred to Caesar, namely Nero. Nero was a brute animal if you read Suetonius and Tacitus annals from their Roman history. Nero tortured Christians in the arena. His wife at the time was a Jewish proselyte and wanted Christians tortured.
That said, the 2nd beast in Rev.13 was from the land (meaning it's Israel) leaders and authorities of the synagogue.
I'm pulling this from memory so I recall that the mark, the buying and selling, all had to do with the Jews not being able to buy or sell at the Temple unless they had the coins stamped with Caesar's head on it and had given the power to the 1st beast by saying " We have no king but Caesar."
John 19:15 At this, they shouted, "Away with Him ... - Bible Hub
“We have no king but Caesar,” the leading priests shouted back. ... They cried out, “Away with him, away with him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I ...
Since you are a Preterist, I can see why you say that.
That theology however is not Biblical. According to your theology, Preterism = No signs today point forward to Christ's return Jesus “came” in 70 AD All of Matthew 24 is fulfilled, both partial and full Preterism agree on this.
Now the problem with this theology is...... If you think on the implications of believing the “prophecies” as past events, it will change nearly everything you have ever learned from the Bible.
Harriet, as the first century neared its close, 7 historical churches are addressed in John's Revelation. REALVILLE History tells us Revelation was written late in the first century. In Irenaeus’ work entitled, “Against Heresies” chapter 13:18, Irenaeus tells us when John had his apocalyptic vision and wrote the book........
“For that [referring to John’s vision] Irenaeus wrote the following......:
“We will not, however, incur the risk of pronouncing positively as to the name of Antichrist; for if it were necessary that his name should be distinctly revealed in this present time, it would have been announced by him who beheld the apocalyptic vision. For that was seen not very long time since, but almost in our day, towards the end of Domitian's reign” (written 180 AD).
Now WHY do you accept the theolgy and where did it come from???????
The view that 70 AD was the fulfillment some point to its development in the 16th century. This theory is said to be invented in the early 1500’s by a Jesuit named Alcasar to counter the Reformers' claim that the Roman Catholic Church was the “great whore... mystery Babylon” sitting on the beast in Revelation 17. Alcazar wrote a large commentary, “Investigation of the Hidden Sense of the Apocalypse,” which suggested the entire book of Revelation is pagan Rome and the first six centuries of the Church's existence.
One has to willfully convince him or her self into denial to come to conclusion that the Old Testament prophecies have already fulfilled and the Lord has no more use for nation and people of Israel. We are watching the birth of a global government, a global religion and a global economy today. It is a fact Earthquakes, famines, wars and pestilences are increasing in both scope and intensity. These are all taking place in the same time period, numerous world wars and internal conflicts, a rise of false prophets and false Christ's as never before. One is hard pressed to prove this is a first century fulfillment, it goes against all logic, present reality and accurate Bible interpretation. The Bible says “...no prophecy is of private interpretation” 2 Peter 1:20.