CHAPTER 13 - BEASTS RISE OUT OF THE SEA AND LAND This is an informational chapter from the little book that tells us about the last Gentile world political and world religious power and the men that lead them just before the return of Jesus Christ. These entities become totally controlled by Satan... [ Continue Reading ]
_2 AND THE BEAST WHICH I SAW WAS LIKE UNTO A LEOPARD, AND HIS FEET WERE AS THE FEET OF A BEAR, AND HIS MOUTH AS THE MOUTH OF A LION: AND THE DRAGON GAVE HIM HIS POWER, AND HIS SEAT, AND GREAT AUTHORITY._ We know that Satan is the power behind this Beast because we have been told that Satan is the... [ Continue Reading ]
_3 AND I SAW ONE OF HIS HEADS AS IT WERE WOUNDED TO DEATH; AND HIS DEADLY WOUND WAS HEALED: AND ALL THE WORLD WONDERED AFTER THE BEAST._ Satan will incarnate the man described as the Beast after a head wound kills him. Satan will be allowed by God to raise this world leader back to life to deceive... [ Continue Reading ]
_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?_ This verse is saying that the world will worship the man possessed by the Devil. No one will believe that anyone can defeat this... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ In the first four verses it is talking about the rise of a world empire and the verses only give us some hints of a man but the rest of the chapter primari... [ Continue Reading ]
_6 AND HE OPENED HIS MOUTH IN BLASPHEMY AGAINST GOD, TO BLASPHEME HIS NAME, AND HIS TABERNACLE, AND THEM THAT DWELL IN HEAVEN._ When Satan enters this man, the first thing this man does is speak blasphemy against God, his tabernacle and those that dwell in heaven. He will probably claim that all i... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ There should be little doubt about the power of this being. He will make war and overcome all followers of Jesus/Jehovah. He will have power over al... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ The entire world will worship the Beast as the “God of Gods. They probably will name him Zeus. The verse also indicates that those still on e... [ Continue Reading ]
_9 IF ANY MAN HAVE AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR._ _ 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._ In those days, anyone who leads people to take the Beast forces captive shall the... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ John sees another beast come out of the earth. This beast comes out after the first beast and is seen in the last 3 ½ year period. The first Beast came out of the “sea” which in... [ Continue Reading ]
_12 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._ Like the first Beast, the second beast will have great power but His purpose will be to promote and force worship of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_13 AND HE DOETH GREAT WONDERS, SO THAT HE MAKETH FIRE COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN ON THE EARTH IN THE SIGHT OF MEN,_ This False Prophet will do great wonders. Apparently, he will have the power to call down fire from heaven like Elijah did. The False Prophet may even claim to be Elijah. Many Jews have... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ This False Prophet will have the pow... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ This person will have power to make the image of the first Beast have life and speak (the image set up... [ Continue Reading ]
_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:_ This False Prophet will cause all to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads. The power of this individual is over the entire world. Much has... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ No one will be able to buy or sell anything unless they have taken the mark, the name or the number. Most likely a person’s hand or forehead will need to be scanned to complete a... [ Continue Reading ]
_18 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 of the Beast will be 666. If you study numeric patterns in the Bible, six is the prime number for man while God’s number i... [ Continue Reading ]