Reflection on Rev 15:2

And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name.

The Apostle John was given a vision of the future of the Church. This whole vision, which the Apostle expresses through images of angels and various catastrophes, revealing spiritual battle with the devil and his angels – demons, ultimately ends with the casting of Satan into the lake of fire and the coming of God’s kingdom in glory. In several places of his revelation, he points to a so-called mark which the beast will force on all people. The Apostle warns against this mark of the beast and points out the terrible consequences of the mark. We feel that this testimony applies in an extraordinary way to our present. That is why we need to be very careful and vigilant, because this danger is linked to eternal punishment. On the other hand, he who overcomes shall receive an eternal reward in heaven.

The Apostle John saw those who have the victory over the beast, and it is specifically stated that they “have the victory over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name” (i.e. they refuse to worship his image or receive his mark and the number of his name).

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