Both receive worship, though the Beast's worship is blasphemous (13 1, 5; 17:3).
The Lamb clearly represents Jesus; it receives worship before God's throne, having already suffered death and redeemed people from every nation (5:6-10).
If movies are the new religion, then cinematic celebrities form the new firmament, dazzling us with their glamour and receiving our worship as simply their due.
Generally, no graphic images of him exist, nor does he receive cult worship or appear in the mythology.
She was also strongly associated with the inundation of the Nile and received particular worship at Jabal al-Silsila, where rituals were performed for the inundation.
Sportsmen have joined the ranks of celebrities and now that wars are fought and won by clever machines rather than brave men and women, celebrities have replaced traditional heroes, ever more conditioned to receive our worship.
Until now, New York's growing Mormon population had no place to partake of the highest forms of worship -- receiving "endowments," or the church's teachings, contemplation in a light-bathed Celestial Room, "sealing" ceremonies for married couples or their children, and the baptism of the dead, a central Mormon tenet.
Catholics hear sermons, worship, receive the sacraments, and look for religious counsel and direction in their parish.
Now 70 and about to go on tour, Streisand has aged into a queenly figure who receives her fans' worship yet keeps them at a vast remove.
Shirley Scott, chief executive Charity Finance Directors Groupp: "Local authorities, the BBC and now places of worship receive grants from the government for the recovery of VAT.
