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It received power to fight a war against God's own people and to win against them. It received authority to rule over people from every nation, people from every tribe and people from every language. Nearly all the people who live on the earth will worship the wild animal. But those people whose names are in the Lamb's book of life will not worship it.[a] The Lamb wrote the names of these believers in his book from the beginning of the world. He is the Lamb that people killed as a sacrifice.

Everyone who can understand should listen carefully to these words:

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  1. 13:8 ‘The Lamb's book of life’ has the names of people who will live with God for ever. See Philippians 4:3, Revelation 3:5; 17:8; 20:12; 21:27.

It was given power to wage war(A) against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.(B) All inhabitants of the earth(C) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,(D) the Lamb(E) who was slain from the creation of the world.[a](F)

Whoever has ears, let them hear.(G)

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  1. Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain