This is sort of a late response, but let us look briefly at the Third Angel's Message of Revelation 14 for a moment.
"And the third angel followed them saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb" (Rev. 14:9, 10).
"If any man worship the beast...."
"This first beast with seven heads and ten horns is probably the whole company of infidels and, enemies, and persecutors of the people of God, from the beginning to the end of the world. The seven heads are seven kings, that is, seven principal kingdoms or empires which have exercised, or shall exercise, tyrannical power over the people of God....The ten horns may be understood of (as) ten lesser persecutors" (SDA Bible Student's Source Book, vol. 9, p. 112).
"...and his image...."
"An image to the first beast would be an organization functioning on much the same principles as that beast's organization. Among the principles by which the first beast operated was the use of the secular arm to support religious institutions. In imitation the second beast will repudiate its principles of freedom. The church will prevail upon the state to enforce its dogmas. State and church will unite, and the result will be the loss of religious liberty and the persecution of dissenting minorities" (SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, pp. 821, 822).
"...and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand...."
"This mark being in the hand or in the forehead may indicate that not only one's labor (the hand) but also one's belief is affected" (Ibid. p. 822).
"The same shall drink of the wine...."
The wrath of God is mentioned here as being poured out "without mixture." Heretofore, God's wrath has been mixed with mercy. This time the wrath of God will be poured out unmixed with mercy. Some have come to understand this as being the time of the seven last plagues of Revelation 16 because of what is written in Revelation 15:1 which reads: "And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God."
"...and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone...."
"The seven last plagues fall upon the worshipers of the beast and his image (Rev. 16:2). In addition, these devotees of the beast rise in the second resurrection and receive their punishment (ch. 20:5, 11-15)....In both there will be torment. The first will end in death when Jesus appears from heaven (see on ch. 19:19-21), the second in eternal death" (see on ch. 20:14).
"...in the presence of the Lamb."
"Both the plagues and the destruction of the wicked after the millennium will take place upon this earth. However, in the latter case the camp of the saints will be upon the earth. Christ will be with His people, and doubtless many angels will be there" (Ibid. pp. 831, 832).
M.A.