Season 15 • Episode 4 Revelation 13–14

The Mark of the Beast

Story Time: The Beast from the Sea, The Marketplace Blockade & The 144,000 Sealed with the Lamb on Mount Zion

Two beasts demand worship and an economic mark on the hand or forehead, while on Mount Zion the Lamb stands with 144,000 bearing the Father's royal seal.

Theme Verse (): “Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark... Then I looked, and behold, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads.”

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The Beast from the Sea, The Marketplace Blockade & The 144,000 Sealed with the Lamb on Mount Zion

Main Characters in S15E4 (4)

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Jesus Christ

The eternal Son of God and promised Messiah — who calmed the Galilean storm, washed His disciples' feet, bore our judgment on the cross, rose as Firstfruits, and returns on a white horse as King of Kings.

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The Sealed Overcomers (144 (Shawna's Bible Study Season 15 Episode 4 portrait)

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The Sealed Overcomers (144,000)

The redeemed company standing unshaken with the Lamb on Mount Zion in Revelation 14:1 — stamped on their foreheads with the Lamb's name and the Father's name before any beast could enforce a counterfeit mark.

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The Beast from the Sea

The composite tyrannical empire rising out of the sea in Revelation 13:1–10 — combining the leopard, bear, and lion of Daniel 7 with a mortally wounded head that parodies Christ's resurrection — before being seized and cast alive into the Lake of Fire.

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The False Prophet (Beast from the Earth)

The second beast of Revelation 13:11–18 — who looks gentle with 'two horns like a lamb' yet 'spoke like a dragon,' performing counterfeit signs, animating an idolatrous image, and enforcing the economic blockade of the mark of the beast.

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John the Apostle

The youngest apostle and 'disciple whom Jesus loved' — who witnessed Christ calm the Galilean tempest and, as an aged prisoner on Patmos, wept before the sealed scroll and recorded the Book of Revelation.

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Original Greek & Hebrew Root Words in S15E4

Greek • G2342

Therion — “The Ravenous Beast / Predatory Empire”

A wild, venomous, predatory beast of prey—sharply contrasted in Greek with *zoon* (the living creatures around God's throne) and *arnion* (the gentle Lamb, Revelation 13).

Greek • G5480

Charagma — “The Branded Mark / Imperial Stamp”

An etched engraving, brand on livestock/slaves, or the official imperial stamp of Roman emperors pressed onto commercial contracts and coins (Revelation 13).

Greek • G4973

Sphragis — “The Royal Seal / Sacred Signet”

A royal signet ring or official sovereign seal impressed into wax to signify inviolable ownership, protection, and authenticity (Revelation 7 & 14; Ephesians 1).