Charles Spurgeon Commentary Revelation 14:9-10

"And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, If any man worshippeth the beast and his image, and receiveth a mark on his forehead, or upon his hand, he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:" — Revelation 14:9-10 (ASV)

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

How we ought to dread any collusion with deadly error, any fellowship with the hypocrisies and falsehoods of those who would deceive, for if we receive the mark of the beast either in our forehead, so as to have unbelieving thoughts, or in our hand, so as to do evil deeds, we will have to suffer in company with Babylon, that great system of error which is only an imitation and a counterfeit of Christianity! What tremendously terrible words these are: He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb!

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead, or on his hand, that person will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

How clear, therefore, we ought to keep clear of this idolatrous system!

For even if we do not have the mark of the beast on our foreheads by an open profession of loyalty to it, yet if we have the mark on our hands by being sharers in Rome's sins, we will also be sharers in her plagues concerning Romanism in all its forms. The great message to be proclaimed today is, "Come out of her, my people; – come away from her, as far as the poles are asunder; – that you are not partakers of her sins, and that you do not receive of her plagues."

And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

They sometimes say that we talk very dreadfully about the world to come. Do we say more than the Scripture says? Do we use more terrifying emblems than the Holy Spirit uses when he speaks in this manner? This is a generation that is not to be pleased, neither do we seek to please it. God's wrath is terrible, and our language cannot be too strong to express the overwhelming power of it.