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Thursday, March 3, 2022

Contrast chart for Mark, Number and Name

Revelation 13:11 I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon. 12 He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. 13 He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people. 14 He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived. 15 It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads; 17 and that no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.


Identifier

Those who dwell on the earth

Those who dwell in heaven

Source god

Saw another beast with first beast

Behold the Lamb

Location of their god

Coming up out of the earth

Standing on Mount Zion

Appearance of their god

Two horns like a lamb

The Lamb (see chapter 5)

Sounds

He spoke like a dragon

Sound from heaven

Like the sound of many waters

Like the sound of a great thunder

Like harpists playing on their harps

Where worshipers dwell

The earth and those who dwell in it

Before the throne

Before the four living creatures

Before the elders

Methods and motives

of the god we worship

He exercises all the authority of the

first beast in his presence (hierarchy)

The Lamb redeems (humbles Himself

to become like us, Immanuel)


He makes the earth worship the first

beast (force, compulsion)

The Lamb stands, and those who

follow Him stand with Him and

follow Him wherever He goes


He deceives all who dwell on the earth

because of the signs he was granted to

do

In their mouth was found no lie

Reasons and motives for worship

Worship the first beast, whose

fatal wound was healed

These were redeemed by Jesus from

among men


Make an image to the beast who

had the sword wound and lived

The first fruits to God and to the Lamb


Performs great signs

They sing a New Song (a faith not

based on feelings but from a genuine

appreciation of being loved)


Even making fire come down out of the

sky to the earth in the sight of people

(shock and awe tactics)

They had been redeemed out of

the earth

Proximity words

Exercises all the authority of the

first beast in his presence

Before the throne

Before the four living creatures


Making fire come down out of the sky

to the earth in the sight of people

Before the elders


The signs he was granted to do in

front of the beast

With the Lamb was 144,000

Source of god authority and power

Spoke like a dragon

They sing a New Song


Authority of the first beast

in his presence

Name (identity) of the Lamb and

the Father of the Lamb


He makes the earth worship

(compulsion)

They sing a New Song


He deceives because of the signs

In their mouth was found no lie


A fatal sword wound that was

miraculously healed

(The standing Lamb that was

slaughtered is alive forevermore)


Great signs he was granted to do

to deceive

Redeemed by Jesus the Lamb


Ability to make fire come down out of

heaven to earth (referencing Elijah's

challenge to establish God's authority)

A sound from heaven like waters,

thunder and harp music


It was given to him to give breath to it

No one could learn the song

except the 144,000


Cause as many as wouldn't worship the

image of the beast to be killed

(intimidation)

They follow the Lamb wherever

he goes

Use of authority and power

He makes people worship the

first beast

They sing a New Song (spontaneously)


Give breath to it, to the image of

the beast

(It was the Lamb who originally gave

breath to humanity in Eden)


Cause those who won't worship image

to be killed

Redeemed by Jesus from among men


Causes all to be given a mark on

their right hand or forehead

No one could learn the song

except the 144,000

Instructions

He makes the earth and those who

dwell in it to worship the first beast

Having his name, and the

name of his Father (worship is about

receiving identity from someone)


Saying to those who dwell on the earth,

that they should make an image

to the beast

They follow the Lamb wherever

He goes (The Lamb is the

perfect image of the Father)


No one would be able to buy or to sell,

unless he has that mark, the name

or the number

Calculate the number of the beast

600, 60, 6

Key identifiers of followers

The earth and those who dwell in it

Who had been redeemed

out of the earth


All, the small and the great, the rich

and the poor, and the free and the slave

Those who follow the Lamb

wherever He goes


Worship the first beast

They are not defiled with women


Worship the image of the beast

They are virgins



First fruits to God and to the Lamb



In their mouth was found no lie


Cause as many as wouldn't worship the

image of the beast to be killed (they are

blamed for catastrophes from God

imposed on the world)

They are blameless

Location and type of identifiers

That mark on their right hand

or forehead

Lamb and Father's name on

their foreheads


The name of the beast

Name of the Lamb and his Father


The number of his name

With the Lamb a number,144,000


On the earth, in the presence of and

in front of the first beast

In heaven before the throne and

the 4 living creatures and the elders



In their mouth was found no lie



Revelation 14:1 I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads. 2 I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps. 3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth. 4 These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb. 5 In their mouth was found no lie, for they are blameless.

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