Revelation chapter 13 begins with a
beast (the Antichrist) raising up out of
the sea which represents the nations of
the world. The beast is the Antichrist or
the false messiah. He will be the final
world ruler, also known as the little horn
in the book of Daniel, chapter 7, v.8. "I
considered the horns, and, behold, there
came up among them another little horn,
before whom there were three of the
first horns plucked up by the roots: and,
behold, in this horn [were] eyes like the
eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great
things." Antichrist
Things during the end times will be
chaotic. A time of confusion and
uncertainty will cause the people to
desperately look for a strong leader that
could bring hope and security in a time of
fear and apprehension. People will
desperately seek a strong, charismatic,
authoritative leader who can pull the
world back from the very brink of
disaster.
Those people will get their wish as a
powerful, charismatic leader spouting
peace and unity comes on the scene. But
he will turn out to be much more than
they bargained for. He will be a dictator
whose cruelty will be more than any
other the world has ever known. This
man will be the Antichrist as he will rule
the entire world and receive its worship.

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Chapter 13

13:1 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.

Both Daniel and John also saw political
systems and leaders that they described
using the term "Beast". John sees this
beast coming up "out of the sea." This
beast is a gentile leader of a gentile
system. John didn't call it a beast
because it was a Gentile. He called it a
beast because It comes up out of the sea
of "nations".

In Daniel Chapter 7, the prophet records
a dream that he had in which he saw the
rise and fall of four gentile world
empires. Each was characterized as a
beast coming from the sea of nations. So
the beast from the sea is the political
part of the Antichrist's system. Satan is a
counterfeiter. So he has an "unholy
trinity" that consists of himself (Satan),
the Antichrist (the political, religious
beast), and the false prophet, (the
religious, political beast). Daniel's
Prophecies
The sea here represents the Gentile
nations of the world, from which this
beast comes. The beast is the Antichrist,
the false messiah (Matt.24:5, 24: 1 John
2 v.18). He is the final Gentile world
ruler, also known as the "little
horn" (Dan. 7:8, 20, 21, 24, 25) the
willful king (Dan. 11:36), the coming
prince (Dan 9:26), and the man of sin (2
Thess. 2:30.
This "sea" means large numbers of
people. One writer says unstable nations
of peoples. This beast has to do with the
powers of this earth opposed to
Christendom.

These "heads" show dominion. We have
said before that "ten" has to do with
world government and "horns" show
power. We know then that this has
something to do with the world
government and rulers of that. "Crowns"
show dominion. This "blasphemy" denies
the true God. It doesn't matter who the
"I" is here, but it is probably John.

It is not difficult to understand where
their power comes from. "Upon his
heads the name of blasphemy". This
beast has the ten horns of power. This is
the personification of what Satan does
with this world power. The
personification of evil is when it takes
over governments and the people who
are heads of those governments.

13:2 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.

His resemblance to a leopard, a bear, and
a lion refer to the first three beasts in
the vision of Daniel 7 (representing the
empires of Babylon, Medo-Persia, and
Greece). This Beast includes the people
and cultures of the three previous
empires, and is an outgrowth of the
Roman Empire itself.

The description of the Beast connects it
closely both to the dragon (Satan, 12:3)
and to the fourth beast of Daniel 7 (the
Roman Empire, Dan. 7:7, 23), though his
actions show him to be somewhat
distinct from both. (The horns and heads
are identified in Chapter 17).


As the first scripture indicated a beast
with seven heads, the other two, earlier
empires was Syria and Egypt. To make
the next scripture easy to understand, I
will name the 6 again. They are Syria,
Egypt, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and
Rome. These are the 6 empires of the
past.

We will revisit this again in Rev 17 verses
8 to 14 which begins: The beast that
thou sawest was, and is not; and shall
ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go
into perdition: and they that dwell on
the earth shall wonder, whose names
were not written in the book of life from
the foundation of the world, when they
behold the beast that was, and is not,
and yet is. Be sure to read the next 5
verses as well in chapter 17.

Just so you know, the sixth beast is
Rome. They were, and then they weren't
as they were no longer a force, but will
be prominent again during the end
times.

13:3 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.
I believe this means the apparent death
of the Antichrist himself and the healing
of the "wound" the apparent
resurrection of the Antichrist.
Others tend to believe it to be the
decline and apparent disappearance of
the old Roman Empire, then the revival
of the new Roman Empire.
This revival causes amazement
throughout the world.
13:4-5 "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?" "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."

Eventually the Beast turns this unbridled
animosity toward all the people of God,
as Rev. 13 v.5-7 makes clear: "And he
was given a mouth speaking great things
and blasphemies, and he was given
authority to continue for forty-two
months. The Little Horn Then he
opened his mouth in blasphemy against
God, to blaspheme His name, His
tabernacle, and those who dwell in
heaven. And it was granted to him to
make war with the saints and to
overcome them." Earlier John makes it
plain that the beast's power and
authority and kingdom are given to him
by Satan. (v.2). And John also tells us
something revealed to no one else:
This is the beginning of the Great
Tribulation which Daniel spoke about in
when the sacrifice and the oblation
ceases. This is called the Abomination
of Desolation . Also see Matthew 24
verse 15.

He speaks blasphemy against God. The
power and authority of the Beast come
from Satan himself. Satan has his own
false "trinity": Satan acts as the Father,
the Antichrist as the Son, and the False
Prophet as the Spirit who attempts to
bring glory to the Antichrist (v. 11,12).
13:6 And he opened his mouth in
blasphemy against God, to blaspheme
his name, and his tabernacle, and
them that dwell in heaven.

"The beast was given a mouth to utter
proud words and blasphemies and to
exercise his authority for forty two
months. It is Satan's secret desire to
have other creatures worship him. The
Jews accused Jesus of blasphemy
because He said He was God, and He
was crucified for blasphemy. But
declaring that one is God is blasphemous
only when untrue.

In the case of Antichrist during the
Tribulation period, it will be untrue, but
such supernatural powers will be given
him by the devil himself that he will
appear to have Godlike characteristics
and thus deceive many human beings.
Thus during the first 3-1/2 years of the
Tribulation the Antichrist will be merely a
man endowed with demonic power, but
during the last 3-1/2 years, he will
actually be Satan himself, clothed with
the Antichrist's body as the antichrist is
the second person to be indwelled by
Satan. Judas was the first. Remember
Satan is not divine. He does not have
the power to create, that is, to make
something out of nothing.

He can only take what God creates and
manipulate it or manufacture it into
something else. He can, however,
indwell individuals. Even his demonic
imps have that power.
13:7-8 "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." "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 unbelievers of the world will be
deceived into believing that the Beast is
a god (2 Thess. 2:4 11). Only those
whose names are written in the book of
life will refuse to worship the Beast. The
Beast will persecute the saints of God,
and exercise power throughout the
world. The Lamb was slain from the
foundation of the world in the sense that
Christ's redemptive death for mankind
was part of God's plan from eternity
past.

The Power of the Beast - "He was given
power to make war against the saints
and to conquer them." Today the world
is prepared for a one world
governmental philosophy. That
philosophy, propagated by Satan and
advocated by the intellectual, godless,
atheistic leaders of world governments
today, is rapidly spreading across the
earth.

As already seen, humankind has just
about come to the conclusion that the
only solution to the problem of
continuous war is a one world
government.

That government will be the devil's
government, established during the
Tribulation. In the midst of that time he
will assume control himself and, as verse
7 tells us, will exercise power over
"every tribe, people, language and
nation."

Satan's "authority" will be all but
unlimited, and almost everyone on earth
will worship him. This is the very thing
Satan has sought from the beginning,
worship from angels and men. Of course,
believers in Christ will not worship
Antichrist, because they will have their
names written "in the book of life of the
Lamb."

This book of life of the Lamb contains the
names of all those who have called on
the Lamb of God for salvation. Book of
Life of the Lamb
13:9 If any man have an ear, let him
hear.

You see, this again, is a warning not to let
this go in one ear and out the other, but
to take heed to this warning. This is
emphasizing a very important truth.
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.
This is just another way of saying,
whatever you sow, you will reap. Those
who teach false doctrine causes his
neighbor to go into captivity and so will
those who teach it.

In Matthew Jesus taught Peter that they
that take the sword shall perish with the
sword when he cut off Malchus's ear.
(i.e. don't return evil for evil). End time
believers are to depend on God and not
to take matters into their own hands.
This scripture is for the believers alive at
that time during the Antichrist's
persecution.

God will punish those who do evil. The
Beast and his followers will be
overthrown and judged. Patience (Gr.
hupomone) is perseverance or
endurance. Those who have genuine
saving faith will endure all the
persecution of the Beast because they
are God's saints.

13:11-12 "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." "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."
Verses 11-12 couples the three evil
personages of the Tribulation that are
the opposite counterparts of the person
of God. Just as the dragon has already
been anti-God and the first beast is anti-
Christ, so the second beast will be anti-
Spirit. His capacity in working for the
worship of the Antichrist will correspond
with the present ministry of the Holy
Spirit. This second beast is the False
Prophet. He will not seek to cause
people to worship himself. He will not
court his own personal prestige but will
work purely for the purpose of getting
others to worship the Antichrist. This evil
scheme will be used by the devil and his
2 cohorts to deceive people during the
Tribulation. They will victimize many
individuals because they will traffic in
amorality.

In these 2 verses 5 characteristics chart
the role of the False Prophet.
1. "Then I saw another beast, coming
out of the earth". Many Bible
teachers suggest that his coming up
out of the earth indicates that he will
not come up out of the sea of
peoples, as the first beast does. That
is, he will not be of mixed
nationality; that he comes out of the
earth (around Palestine) may indicate
that he will be a Jew. This points to
an apostate Jew who, during the first
3-1/2 years, will lead Israel to make
a covenant with Antichrist and
deceive them by hiding his apostasy
until the middle of the Tribulation
period, at which time he will serve
his purpose by revealing his apostate
beliefs and practices.
2. "He had two horns like a lamb." The
Lord Jesus Christ is often referred to
in the Gospels and in the book of
Rev. as "the Lamb of God". As such
He has taken away the sin of the
world. The False Prophet coming on
the earth will look like a lamb with
two horns. Lambs do not have horns,
which are symbols of authority;
instead, they are meek and mild
animals. The Lord Jesus said in the
Sermon on the Mount, "Watch out
for false prophets. They come to you
in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they
are ferocious wolves" (Mat. 7 v.15)
The False Prophet will come to Israel
in sheep's clothing, but God terms
him "a beast".
3. "He spoke like a dragon" suggest that
he will derive power of speech from
the devil who is the dragon. This
False Prophet will deceive human
beings by acting like a lamb; but
really he will speak the words of
Satan.

4. "He exercised all the authority of the
first beast on his behalf." The close
relationship between these two
world leaders is seen in the fact that
the False Prophet will be given
power by the Antichrist himself. His
whole purpose will be to work
toward the complete dominance of
the earth by the Antichrist, including
a form of religion satisfactory to the
Antichrist.

5. "He made the earth and its
inhabitants worship the first beast."
The False Prophet's basic purpose
and operation with all of this power
from the Antichrist and speech from
the devil will be to drive people to
worship the Antichrist. When indwelt
by Satan in the midst of the
Tribulation, the Antichrist will be so
deceived about himself that he will
deem himself God and seek the
worship of human beings. (2 Thess. 2
v.3- This form of worship will be
propagated by the second beast or
False Prophet. He may well be
described as the high priest of the
Antichrist's religious system during
the Tribulation period.

13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so
that he maketh fire come down from
heaven on the earth in the sight of
men,
The False Prophet will deceive
unbelievers of the earth by means of
wonders and miracles, accomplished
through satanic power. He will produce
the miracles of Elijah and as a false Elijah
as he will lead people to worship a false
messiah.

13:14-15 "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." "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."

The False Prophet will cause an image of
the Antichrist to be built and will have
power to "give breath to the image of
the first beast". In the midst of the
Tribulation, after the Antichrist has been
slain and resurrected, the False Prophet
will cause people to build an image like
Nebuchadnezzar's image and will
demand that it be worshiped.
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
By some mysterious means unknown in
the previous history of the world, he will
give life to that image. How long it will
manifest life we are not told. What
characteristics it will have we are not
told. Possibly the only characteristic it
will manifest is that it can "speak".
(v.15) This speech will be caused by the
False Prophet, who in turn will get his
authority from the Antichrist and the
dragon, Satan himself.
He will issue an order that all who do not
worship him will be killed. Rev. 20 v.4
tells us that many will be slain by the
guillotine.

Everything the false prophet does is
calculated to increase the power and
authority of the Antichrist. That is not
surprising, for he receives his own power
and authority from the Antichrist.
13:16-17 "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:"
"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."

This is the Mark of the Beast," one of the
most often quoted and least understood
end time prophecies of the Bible. The
word translated "Mark" means, literally,
"graven." It conveys the sense of being
"branded." Mark of the Beast
The custom of the Hebrews, when they
took a slave for life, was to mark them
by driving an awl through their ear. (see
Exodus 21v.6)


In John's day, slaves were branded by
their owners in a similar fashion.
Accepting the mark of the Beast means
you are sold into slavery, to Satan.
Without a mark, a person will be unable
to engage in routine commerce. Notice
here, it does not say you cannot live. It
says you cannot buy or sell. DO NOT
TAKE THIS MARK; Jesus will help you.
Anyone who accepts this mark during the
Tribulation has already made his choice,
and that choice will permanently
disqualify its wearer from heaven.
Remember when you get the mark you
MUST swear allegiance to the Antichrist
as god.

It isn't merely economic, it is a worship
system. Accepting the mark is
tantamount to a rejection of Jesus. This is
a permanent, irreversible rejection.
Many currently worry that they will
accept the mark accidentally, such as the
case with national ID cards. This is not
so. To accept the mark of the beast, one
will knowingly agree to renounce God
and to accept this mark. Without the
mark, no one will be able to buy or sell
and will fear they and/or their family will
die. But to accept the mark means
eternal death.

"If anyone worships the beast and his
image, and receives a mark on his
forehead or upon his hand, he also will
drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
which is mixed in full strength in the cup
of His anger; and he will be tormented
with fire and brimstone in the presence
of the lamb." (Rev. 14 v.10)
13:18 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 False Prophet will use this mark as a
means of forcing people to worship
Antichrist. He will demand that everyone
have his mark on their foreheads or on
their hands in order to buy or sell. One
can scarcely imagine the pressures of
having to possess such a mark in order to
secure the necessary food for his family.
There are many views on what the 666
stands for but no where is it given in the
bible as to what it means exactly.


I was told by programmers when I was
reading various chat groups before Y2K
began that some computer programs
begin with a starting coding of 666.
That's why there are many who today
will not receive any type of computer
chip implanted into them. Nor do they
want any sort of a national ID which is
again is something that is computer
driven.


Many think that the Antichrists name
(first, middle and last) each will contain 6
letters each.


I personally believe that when that time
comes, those with discernment of the
Word will know exactly what it means.
We do know that to accept the mark is to
accept Antichrist as God and thus deny
God. Only those who walk with Christ
will be able to understand why taking of
this mark can not be done even if it
means death to their physical body.

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