December
22nd Revelation 13 The Wild Animal
1: And I stood upon the sand of the
sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns,
and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 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. 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. 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? 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. 6: And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against
God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 13: And he doeth great wonders, so that he
maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 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. 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. 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: 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.
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.
John next describes a strange beast
indeed. It rises out of the sea. For 3½ yrs he has power from the Dragon to do
his evil work. He comes into Israel
to blaspheme God. He takes the rule of the whole earth. Every nation is subject
to him. John sees another beast coming out of the earth. He is the
administrator of the first beast. He has the power to do great wonders even
fire from heaven. And he sets up an idol of himself in the temple of God.
This is ‘The Abomination which makes desolation’. He makes all have the mark of
the beast.
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