Revelation 14:8-10

⁸ Then another angel, a second, followed, declaring, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She who made all nations drink of the [maddening] wine of her passionate unchastity [idolatry].

• During the Great Tribulation the world’s economy and governmental system will be failing. The world will not know it though. Look at the Great Depression or the economic collapse of 2008. The masses had no idea that it was coming. People were partying and celebrating, they were marrying and then everything crashed around them. 
• But during the end times we will be used by our Father to give food, physical and most importantly spiritual, and provision without the ability to buy or sell. 
• We will be used to spread the message of the Kingdom and the Kingdom is not just in word, it is power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit working through man.
• And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them], 1 Corinthians 2:4
• Babylon is not just a church, but the world's system of operating. The world operates through money and human power, not through the glory of our Father.
• We will not have the mark of the beast, or the approval of the beast, but yet we will still be looked to by millions of people for the Truth. The mighty message of the Kingdom will be sounded through us. The Holy Spirit will be on us stirring the hearts of those who hear us and persuading them of the Truth that will set them free.  

⁹ Then another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a mighty voice, Whoever pays homage to the beast and his statue and permits the [beast’s] stamp (mark, inscription) to be put on his forehead or on his hand,

• There will be 3 major messages that we are used to share during the end times. The gospel of the Kingdom, so we will be used to help people. Our second message will be that the world's system of doing things is failing and our third will be that the anti-christ is not who he claims to be.
• We will be used to do the works that Jesus did and even greater ones during this time. If men are being lovers of self, prideful and boastful then the end times will probably be good financially. But people will be empty. The love of money does not bring us peace and as we are being used people will see true peace and joy and they will want it. The worlds systems will hate us, but the people will want us.
• I believe that our Father will cause us to be very successful too in proclaiming His Truth to the masses. 

¹⁰ He too shall [have to] drink of the wine of God’s indignation and wrath, poured undiluted into 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.

• To take the mark of the beast is a dangerous thing. But it is unclear exactly what doing it is. So I believe that this has to be a sin that the fallen angels commit and one that we cannot. If man could commit this sin, I believe that our Father would have specifically and exactly spelled it out for us.  
• People will be mesmerized by what our Father allows the anti-christ to do for sure. Many will probably even go and hear and see him. But I believe that our Father will never allow us to buy in whole heartedly to his message. If Jesus would allow such a thing, and it meant damnation without a chance of parole, then what it would really mean is that Jesus had failed to keep and protect those who He went to the Cross to help. Remember that Jesus came to save the lost.
• So this is why I believe that taking the mark of the beast is a sin committed by the fallen angels, who are posing as men on the earth.