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Noted New Testament scholar Poythress provides an understandable and practical look into Revelation in this insightful commentary. Poythress focuses on Revelation’s core message and ensures that its details do not cloud the big picture. He shows Revelation to be a “picture book, not a puzzle book,” relevant and applicable to the daily lives of Christians.

or they may be blatant and harsh, as in the Roman Empire or modern totalitarian countries, where Christians may suffer the confiscation of their property. What is the mark (vv. 16–17) of the Beast? It is a counterfeit for the seal of God’s name on the saints (7:2–8; 14:1; cf. Ezek. 9; Deut. 6:8). The Beast owns those who are marked, and they are his slaves (14:9; 19:20; 20:4). A mark denotes spiritual allegiance and ownership, both in the case of God’s mark and in the case of the Beast’s counterfeit
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