7 It was allowed to fight against God's people and defeat them. It was also given authority over the people of every tribe, nation, language, and race.
8 The beast was worshipped by everyone whose name wasn't written before the time of creation in the book of the Lamb who was killed.
9 If you have ears,then listen!
10 If you are doomedto be captured,you will be captured.If you are doomedto be killed by a sword,you will be killedby a sword.This means that God's people must learn to endure and be faithful!
11 I now saw another beast. This one came out of the ground. It had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
12 It worked for the beast whose fatal wound had been healed. And it used all its authority to force the earth and its people to worship that beast.
13 It performed mighty miracles, and while people watched, it even made fire come down from the sky.