name' point to the fact that in both cases it is the Name that is

significant.  Before going further into 'the number of his name' we shall

learn a little by contrast from the emphasis laid in this book upon the name

of the Lord and the application of that name to the believers of the period:

'Hast not denied My name' (Rev. 3:8).

'He had a name written, that no man knew' (19:12).

'His name is called The Word of God' (19:13).

'On His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS'

The second reference demands a moment's consideration before

proceeding.  The Vatican MS. reads in 19:12, 'many diadems having names

written, and a name written, which no one knows except Himself'.  This gives

us our first contrast:

'Upon his horns ten diadems, and

'Upon His head many diadems

upon his heads the names of

having a name written' (19:12 as

blasphemy' (13:1 as Gk.).

Surely it is patent to all that the name written on the many diadems of

Christ will be the exact contrast to those blasphemous names written on the

heads of the beast.  If 'blasphemy' sums up the seven names of the beast, the

words 'holiness to the Lord' will sum up the names on the diadems of 'the

King -Priest' of God.  Another name, written on the thigh of the coming

Christ, is 'King of kings, and Lord of lords'.  This name is in direct

contrast to Gentile domination.  Daniel uses the words in his interpretation

to Nebuchadnezzar of the head of gold, 'Thou, O king, art a king of kings ...

ruler over them all' (Dan. 2:37,38), and we meet it again in Revelation

17:18, 'and the woman (supported by the beast) ... is that great city, which

reigneth over the kings of the earth'.

'Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God ...

and I will write upon him the name of my God, and ... My new name'

'A 144,000, having His name, and the name of His Father, written on

their foreheads' (14:1 R.V.).

'And they shall see His face; and His name shall be in (on) their

foreheads' (22:4).

Here is a most evident contrast with the devotees of the Beast.  The

world at that time will be divided into two classes, the huge majority, those

that receive the mark of the beast; the persecuted minority, those that deny

not the name of the Lord, and who receive the name of the Lamb on their

foreheads.  Here we must examine a second contrast which is instructive.

The name of the Beast upon the

The name of the Lamb upon the

foreheads of those that dwell on

foreheads of the 144.000.

the earth.