The Beast (Revelation) or governmental powers. This was first expressed in the imperial cult of Rome, but finds expression at all times of history. In his commentary, Michael Wilcock says "Religion, indeed is too narrow an identification of the second beast. He is, in modern parlance, the ideology-whether religious, philosophical, or political-which 'gives breath to' any human social structure organized independently of God." The idealist perspective on the number of the beast rejects gematria, envisioning the number not as a code to be broken, but a symbol to be understood. Because there are so many names that can come to 666 and that
The Beast (book) which 'summons rage and pity but also admiration in the reader'. Martinez won the WOLA-Duke book award for "The Beast" in 2014. He also won the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards in 2016. The Beast (book) The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail is the first book by El Salvadorian journalist Óscar Martínez. The book was originally published in Spanish in 2010 as "Los migrantes que no importan" (The Migrants that Don't Matter). It was translated into English in 2013 by Daniela Maria Ugaz and John B. Washington. The book follows the harsh journey of