faith, and when we worship God, we are proclaiming our faith and allegiance. The language of victory, overcoming, or conquering (different English words are used in different translations for the same Greek word) is not only used in reference to believers. A scary and ominous picture emerges when the language of victory describes how the beast overcomes and kills believers (11:7; 13:7). John’s visions indicate that many Christians would not experience their best life now but would instead suffer