Thematic Bible: Seen in its degrading marks left upon men


Thematic Bible



Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying in a loud voice, "Whoever worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or his hand

So the first angel went and poured his bowl on the earth. A horrible, painful sore appeared on the people who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the image.


"The expressions on their faces give them away. They parade their sin around like Sodom; they don't even try to hide it. How horrible it will be for them, because they have brought disaster on themselves!"

The wicked man puts up a bold appearance, but the upright thinks about what he is doing.

The second beast forces all people important and unimportant, rich and poor, free and slaves to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads,


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