Revelation 13:12-17
13:12 He
exercised all the ruling authority
of the first beast on his behalf,
and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed.
13:13 He
performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of people
13:14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told
those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.
13:15 The second beast
was empowered
to give life
to the image of the first beast
so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
13:16 He also caused
everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave
) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead.
13:17 Thus no one was allowed to buy
or sell things
unless he bore
the mark of the beast – that is, his name or his number.
Revelation 14:11
14:11 And the smoke from their
torture will go up
forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have
no rest day or night, along with
anyone who receives the mark of his name.”
Revelation 15:2
15:2 Then I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing by the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God.
Revelation 17:8
17:8 The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss
and then go to destruction. The
inhabitants of the earth – all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world – will be astounded when they see that
the beast was, and is not, but is to come.