And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and the number of his name, standing on the sea on glass, holding harps of God.I wonder what is meant here by having been victorious. If the book is in chronological order, the east has not yet been defeated, and basically holds undisputed control over the world. By most standards, he hasn't been defeated at all.
One possibility is that this is somehow out of chronological order, and it's some kind of jump to the future where the beast is defeated. Another possibility is that this takes place in a narrow time frame between the defeat of the beast, and his being locked in the Abyss. The third, and I fear correct alternative, is that these are the martyrs who refused to follow the beast or his rules, and were killed for their faith by him and his followers.
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