Revelations a Study.Section 10. Chapter 13:1 thru 13:18, The beast
The beast as described in scripture is the anti-christ, or as God calls him the Assyrian. Many believe this is Satan but the Scriptures state otherwise. Lets take these next few verses and break them down. Rev 13:1 And “I”=John, stood upon the “sand”=the edge of humanity, of the sea=man, and saw a “beast”=anti-christ, rise up out of the “sea”= man, having “seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns.”seven heads = 7 Mountains, ten horns = Ten kings, seven crowns =7 Kings., and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. Anamils attributes are always used in scripture to describe the attributes of God and a man.The key words that we are looking for in prophecy are, “was like”,“were as” & “as the”, these words should indicate to you automatically that an animal is only a medium to describe something else.
Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a “leopard”=who has great vision, and his feet were as the feet of a “bear”great power,, and his mouth as the mouth of a “lion”=power to devour: and the “dragon”=Satan, gave “him”= anti-christ,
“his power, and his seat, and great authority”= Satans powers are given to the anti-christ.[Ref; Dan_7:6, Dan_7:7; Hos_13:7; Hab_1:8 Psa_22:21; Isa_5:29; Hos_11:10; Amo_3:12; 2Ti_4:17; 1Pe_5:8]
Rev 13:3 And I saw “one of his heads” = Mountain{Kingdom} Eze 30:24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast., The beast will take by force 3 kingdoms and the other 4 will capitulate. [Ref; Rev_17:10, 2Th_2:9-12.]
Rev 13:4 thru Rev 13:7 are best described by Daniel, this is the time of great confusion and deception. Please read the description by Daniel. Rev 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Rev 13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Rev 13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
Rev 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. [Ref; Dan_7:21, Dan_7:25, Dan_8:24, Dan_8:25, Dan_11:36-39, Dan_12:1]
We are going to get into the full meaning of Daniel concerning Revelations, in our next study.
This verse is one that is used by many to show that the Church will still be here during the 7 year Tribulation period. Rev 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Rev 13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
Rev 13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. [Ref; Isa_33:1, Isa_26:21]
Rev 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. [Dan_7:8, Dan_7:24, Dan_7:25; 2Th_2:4]
[Mat_7:15; Rom_16:18; 2Co_11:13-15 Rev 13:12] Rev 13:11continued; And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. The most exciteing thing about the Bible is that every thing, ever verse, every chapter ties together. these next few verses help explane Rev. 13:11 thru 13:18. “2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” “The son of perdition”; is not saying that the anti-christ is the son of Satan but that he has all the attributes of Satan. The largest part of Chapter 13 of Revelations is self explanitory.
Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. These next verses explain Rev 13:13 thru 17. Lets Read. Dan 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
There are many different intrepretations of Rev 13:18, Numerlogy doesnt work, nor is it a resurected man, that is against scripture. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. The number 666 is a mans name in the pure Hebrew dialict which God said that He would restore to the people of Israel. To guess on the name would be non constructive. So I must leave it the way it is for now. end section 10.
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