The second beast had sought to compel all people, irrespective of social standing, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead (Revelation 13:16–17). The third angel now announces that all who once received that mark would now drink the wine of God’s wrath, full strength (Revelation 14:10).
9 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,