"16/17...He (second beast) causes all, both
small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a
mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no
one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name
of the (first) beast, or the
number of his (first beast)
name.
18..Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding
calculate the number of the (second
beast) beast, for it is the number of a man: His
number is 666."
Who did the tribulation saints in Rev. 15:2 get the
victory over and over the number of his name? The
first beast or the second beast? They got the
victory over the first beast, over his image, over his
mark and over the number of his name.
Please read the verse below:
Rev. 15:2 "And I saw as it were a sea of glass
mingled with fire: and 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."
The saints got the victory over the first beast
described in Rev. 13:16-17, and over his image, and over his
mark, and over the number of his name. So why would
the Lord give us the number of the second beast in Rev.
13:18 as you imply if the saints are to get the victory over
the first beast, and over his image, and over the number of
his name? I would think the Lord would want the saints
to know the number of the first beast to identify who the
first beast is so that they don't worship him or his
image nor take his mark in the right hand or in the
forehead in order to buy or sell. I don't see
why they would need to know the number of the name of the
second beast (false prophet) because they don't get the
victory over the number of his name.