Question:
What does
the Beast of
Revelation
13
stands for?
Answer:
There are
two beasts
in
Revelation
13 The
first one is
in the first
verses,
Revelation
13:1-8
and the
second in
Revelation
13:11.
"...This
beast is
first
described as
a kingdom
and then a
man.
Revelation
13:1
This beast
rises up out
of the sea.
The sea
figuratively,
speaks of
the Gentile
nations.
(See
Isaiah 60:5)
He will head
up a
confederacy
of ten
nations in
the end
times that
will
virtually
rule the
entire
world. The
man is a
Gentile and
is mentioned
in the Bible
as the
Antichrist
(1
John 2:18);
Roman prince
(Daniel
9:26);
Little horn
(Daniel
7:8);
Man of sin (2
Thessalonians
2:3) and
several
other names.
He is
anti-God and
Christ and
blasphemes
God and His
people
Revelation
13:6. He
rises as a
political-religious
ruler of the
world. This
was the
typical rule
of the dark
ages.
The second
beast rises
out of the
earth which
speaks
mostly of
Israel who
are the
inheritors
of the land
(Genesis
17:7-8)
This man
could be a
Jew who is
the right
hand man of
the first
beast. As
Christ had
His
predecessor
in John the
Baptist,
this first
beast will
have his in
the second
beast. He
does many
miracles and
deceives the
whole world.
He even make
an image of
the first
beast and
causes all
men to
receive a
mark and
worship that
image. He
causes the
image to
even talk. (Revelation
13:1218)
He is later
called the
"false
prophet."
Revelation
19:20.
This will be
Satan field
day. He
appeared in
the garden
as a
serpent. (Genesis
3:1). He
appeared in
the ages
since as a
lion, (1
Peter 5:8)
and at this
present time
and in the
future he
appears as
an angel of
light. (2
Corinthians
11:14).
He has
ministers in
the world
today
working hard
at his
purpose to
set up a one
world order
under the
antichrist.
The anti-God
spirit is
very
prevalent in
America and
the world
today.
Christians
are to
beware lest
they fall
into the
error of the
wicked. (2
Peter 3:17).
The unsaved
are to flee
from the
wrath to
come, (Matthew
3:7) by
repenting of
their sins
against God
and putting
their trust
completely
in the
sacrifice
Christ has
made for
their sins.
The closing
message of
the Bible to
you is,
"...whosoever
will, let
him take the
water of
life freely.
(Revelation
22:17)
Jesus said,
" I am the
door; by me
if any man
enter in he
shall be
saved.
John 10:9
Harold
Smith
