I believe that this short post will help you understand more clearly just what the mark of the beast involves.
(Click Here to go to the topic which identifies the first beast of Revelation 13.)
Read this passage and then answer the question at the end?
Revelation 14:9-11 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Question: In verses 9-11 above, do these people receive the mark of the beast?
If you answered NO, then go back and read it again.
Now read the very next verse, verse 12.
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Question: Do those in verse 12 receive the mark of the beast?
If you answered YES, go back to the top.
Those in verses 9-11
worship the beast and
receive the mark of the beast.
Those in verse 12
keep the commandments of God and
the faith of Jesus.
Therefore, the mark of the beast has something to do with