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The Marks Weighed
The beast from the sea, one mark at a time: which readings claim each mark, and how their arguments stand.
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The marks are those Scripture gives of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13, set out in depth on The First Beast. Each page here takes one mark and weighs the readings side by side. "Claims" says only whether a reading uses the mark; how well it does is on each page.
| # | Mark | Texts | Irenaeus | Thiel | Fr. John | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power on loan from the dragon | Revelation 13:2, 4 | Yes | Not directly | Yes · probable | Weighed |
| 2 | Built from Daniel's beasts | Revelation 13:1–2; Daniel 7 | Yes | Partly | Yes · probable | Weighed |
| 3 | A counterfeit resurrection | Revelation 13:3, 12, 14 | Yes | No | Yes · probable | Weighed |
| 5 | Boasting and blasphemy | Revelation 13:1, 5–6 | Yes | No | Yes · probable | Weighed |
| 6 | Worship demanded | Revelation 13:4, 8, 12, 15 | Yes | Partly | Yes · probable | Weighed |
| 7 | War on the holy ones | Revelation 13:7, 15 | Yes | No | Yes · possible | Weighed |
| 8 | Universal reach | Revelation 13:7–8 | Yes | Yes | Yes · possible | Weighed |
| 12 | A limited time | Revelation 13:5 | Yes | No | Yes · possible | Weighed |
| 13 | A number that calls for wisdom | Revelation 13:18 | Yes, without a name | No | Not as a name · ungraded | Weighed |
| 14 | The response asked of the faithful | Revelation 13:9–10 | Weighed by fruit | Weighed by fruit | Weighed by fruit · not graded | Weighed |
The beast from the earth, the false prophet, is weighed in the same way. Its marks are being added now.
| # | Mark | Texts | Irenaeus | Thiel | Fr. John | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | A counterfeit lamb | Revelation 13:11–12 | Yes | Not in the material reviewed | Yes · probable | Weighed |
| 9 | Deception by signs | Revelation 13:13–14 | Yes | Not in the material reviewed | Yes · possible | Weighed |
| 10 | An image that speaks | Revelation 13:14–15 | Yes | No; inverts it | Yes, held open · possible | Weighed |
| 11 | Control of buying and selling | Revelation 13:16–17 | Yes | Partly | Yes, conditions not met · probable | Weighed |
Revelation 17, the harlot who rides the beast and the ten kings, is weighed on its own page: The Harlot and the Ten Kings.