Contrasting the Lamb and the Beast (Chart)
The Lamb | The Beast |
A Slain Lamb (Rev. 5:6) | A ferocious beast (Rev. 13:1) |
7 horns, eyes, spirits (Rev. 5:6) | 7 Heads, 10 Horns, 10 Crowns (Rev. 13:1) |
4 Living Creatures and 24 Elders fall down in worship (Rev. 5:8) | All the world worships the Beast and the Dragon (Rev. 13:3-4 |
Worshippers say “Worthy is the Lamb (Rev. 5:12) | Worshippers say “who is like the Beast?” (Rev. 13:4) |
All in heaven, earth, under the earth, and in the sea worship the Lamb (Rev. 5:13) | Nearly all those who dwell on the earth will worship the Beast (Rev. 13:12) |
A Great Multitude stands before the Lamb (Rev. 7:9) | The Beast deceives all but the believers (Rev. 13:8, 12) |
The Lamb comforts and nourishes his followers (Rev. 7:13) | Almost all the world takes the Beast’s mark (Rev. 13:16) |
The Lamb has 144,000 witnesses (Rev. 14:1) | The Beast uses his mark to control the populace (Rev. 13:17) |
The 144,000 freely follow the Lamb (Rev. 14:4) | There is no buying or selling without the mark of the Beast (Rev. 13:17) |
Those following the Lamb will dwell with Him forever (Rev. 22:5 | The Beast and his follower spend eternity in the Lake of Fire (Rev.14:9-10) |