Revelation Lesson #13 Series

A thorough study of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show his servants things which must shortly come to pass. (Rev. 1:1)

Welcome to our study of the Revelation of Jesus Christ given unto Apostle John.

I am Phillip Smith, your host and fellow servant of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

As we continue our study in the Revelation of Jesus Christ, as given to John, we begin in chapter 13.

As we enter chapter thirteen, we transition to descriptions of the evil nature of the spirit realm. We have seen the overall picture of the spirit realm ordained by God and we have been given some of the description of His wrath upon unrighteous mankind. We turn our attention to the beast of Satan, his false prophet and the final wrath of God upon unrighteous mankind following the resurrection of the saints to meet Christ in the clouds.

Rev. 13:1. 13 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. We can determine quickly this beast is not of a righteous manner, but a beast for Satan, the unrighteous spirit beast. This is recognized by the description, ‘upon his heads the name of blasphemy.’

This beast has seven–complete, whole–heads. Seven means complete amount or whole, all encompassing. The idea is this beast has power over all the earth to inflict evil. We will see this identified again later, but let us look at it now.

In Rev. 17:3 we see a woman sitting upon a beast with seven heads. Vs. 3. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. In vss. 7-9. 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 8 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. 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

The beast with seven heads is Satan’s beast representing seven mountains–all the land of earth. (there are seven continents on earth) The horns represent powers or kings/kingdoms which rule with evil intentions. On the heads of these kings are blasphemies against God. They will rule over their lands or kingdoms denying the people the chance to hear or know about God. These crowns depict royalty or rulerships. (those with authority)

Rev. 13:2. 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.

The beast is like a leopard, swift, fast. His feet are like a bear, big, strong, powerful to tear and destroy. His mouth like a lion, loud and commanding, Satan gave him his power and authority.

Do you recognize what Satan is doing? He is setting his kingdom like God has done his. God gave all power and authority in heaven and on earth to His son, Jesus. Satan is setting a ruling class similar; the beast is his second in command. He has given him his power and his seat. Remember, the dragon is Satan.

Let us compare the beast of Satan to the beast of God we identified in chapter 4:6-9. 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

God’s beast has eyes 'Before and behind’ to see all around. There are four different beasts, each with differing tasks to perform. One like a lion, one like a calf, one like an eagle and one with the face of a man. They all had six wings. They did not rest day nor night. They did the work of worshiping God.