In the issue of the contest all Christendom will be divided into two great classes--those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus , and those who worship the beast and his image and receive his mark . Although church and state will unite their power to compel " all , both small and great , rich and poor , free and bond " ( Revelation 13:16 ), to receive " the mark of the beast ," yet the people of God will not receive it . The prophet of Patmos beholds " them that had gotten the victory over the beast , and over his image , and over his mark , and over the number of his name , stand on the sea of glass , having the harps of God " and singing the song of Moses and the Lamb . Revelation 15:2 , 3 .
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