Revelation 13:8-15

8All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world. Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain

9Whoever has ears, let them hear.

10“If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed Some manuscripts anyone kills with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.” Jer. 15:2 This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people.

The Beast out of the Earth 11Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12It 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. 13And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 14Because 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. 15The 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.