The Book Of Revelation (Revelation 13)

If a person understands this chapter, then he will understand the great book of Revelation.

Today in this chapter we are going to be introduced to the anti-christ.

This chapter discusses two terrible rulers that are to arise in the end time, the antichrist and his cohort.

WHO IS HIS COHORT?

He is the world-wide religious leader who will help the antichrist gain and maintain control over the world.

Their rule will be vicious and cruel that the Scripture calls them beasts.

They will launch the most terrorizing holocaust ever witnessed by the world.

Literally millions of people will be slaughtered, not only in one or several nations but all over the world.

• The murder and evil will be so terrible that God just will not take the evil of man any longer.

• The antichrist will not only bring the world to the brink of disaster, he will cross the brink and cause the utter destruction of the world as we know it.

• Under the antichrist, the world will be utterly decimated and destroyed.

Today there is a great spiritual evil ?ghting to lead man away from God, struggling to get people to live ungodly and evil lives. But in the end time this spiritual evil—the dragon, that old serpent, the devil is going to be cast down to earth.

He will no longer have access to heaven to accuse the brethren, he is cast down to the earth and for seven years he will be in control.

When he is here, he knows that he has only a short time left before God dooms him for eternity. Therefore, he is going to unleash his wrath and fury beyond anything the world has ever known.

In the last days the devil is going to launch a campaign of evil and terror unparalleled in human history that it staggers the imagination.

How is Satan going to do this?

Through a world leader…a leader who will gain control of all the world.

WHO IS THIS LEADER?

The anti-christ. Satan is going to raise up a man who will be the very embodiment of evil--everything that Satan wants a man to be.

Let’s get a close look at this anti-christ from the scriptures.

• We must not forget the first three and a half years of the tribulation period will be a time of deception to win the hearts of the inhabiters on earth.

• The second half of the three and a half years will be known as the GREAT TRIBULATION.

In Revelation 13 we will be concentrating on the last three and a half of years of the tribulation period.

In these eighteen verses I have broken this chapter into three divisions, such as…

I. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ANTI CHRIST

Revelation 13:1-3 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. 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. 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.

We see a lot of symbolism in this chapter, such as:

• Sand of the sea

• Beast rise up out of the sea

• Seven head

• Leopard

• Ten horns

• Ten crowns

• Bear

• Lion

We could spend a great deal of time speculating on this description but when it is all over with we will come up with this…THE ANTI-CHRIST IS ONE BAD, EVIL DUDE!!!

We live in the age where:

• United Nation would like for us to become one government. We call this globalism.

• We live in an age when they want to do away with borders.

• We live in an age where we only have one currency.

United States can not be found in the scriptures. It could be when at this time the United States will no longer exist.

One of the reason President Donald Trump is hated and despised because, I AM NOT THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD, I AM PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Our age is getting ready for the anti-christ.

After all of this symbolism of the anti-christ we need to notice several things about the anti-christ, such as:

(1) And the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

The Bible makes it clear that the dragon (Satan) gives Him his power and authority.

(2) And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed.