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.
- What is this wild beast?
- What does the Antichrist do?
- Where does the idea of 'the abomination that makes desolation' first described?
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