The Beast out of the Earth
Revelation 13:11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of
the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12 It
exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and
made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal
wound had been healed.13 And it performed great signs, even causing
fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because
of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast,
it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up
an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 The
second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so
that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image
to be killed. 16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich
and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their
foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the
mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
18 This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has
insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man.[e] That
number is 666.
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