The second beast was allowed to put breath into the statue of the first beast. Then the statue of the first beast could talk and put to death whoever would not worship it. 

     The second beast forces all people, important and unimportant people, rich and poor people, free people and slaves; to be marked on their right hands or on their foreheads. It does this so that no one may buy or sell unless he has the mark, which is the beast’s name or the number of its name.

         In this situation wisdom is needed. Let the person who has insight figure out the number of the beast, because it is a human number. The beast’s number is 666.