The Nature Of The Beast

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THE NATURE OF THE BEAST (REVELATION 13:1-10)

A young devil asked an old devil: "How did you manage to bring so many souls to hell?" The old devil answered: "I instilled fear in them!"

Answered the youngster: "Great job! And what were they afraid of? Wars? Hunger?" Answered the older: "No, they were afraid of the disease!"

The youngster quizzed, "Does this mean they didn't get sick? Are they not dead? There was no rescue for them?" The older answered: "but no . . . they got sick, died, and the rescue was there."

The young devil, surprised, answered: "Then I don't understand???" The old devil answered: "You know they believed the only thing they have to keep at any cost is their lives. They stopped hugging, greeting each other. They've moved away from each other. They gave up all social contacts and everything that was human! Later they ran out of money, lost their jobs, but that was their choice because they were afraid for their lives, that's why they quit their jobs without even having bread. They believed blindly everything they heard and read in the papers. They gave up their freedoms, they didn't leave their own homes literally anywhere. They stopped visiting family and friends. The world turned into such a concentration camp without forcing them into captivity. They accepted everything!!! Just to live at least one more miserable day . . . And so living, they died every day!!! And that's how it was very easy for me to take their miserable souls to hell.” (Anonymous)

Revelation 13, however, is an inspired account of the beast, from the song to the beast (vv 1-4), the sword from the beast (vv 5-10) and the sign of the beast (vv 11-18).

Who is the beast and what is the mark of the beast? Speculation in the past pointed to bar codes to vaccines in the present, blaming Bill Gates for implanting microchip in the vaccine! Some believe the beast is “a revived Roman Empire to be made up of 10 nations who will give their authority to a single individual,” a revived Roman leader who will be given great power. https://www.raystedman.org/new-testament/revelation/when-men-become-beasts

The beast could be the leader of any of the world’s great power countries, but the important is not his identity but his indoctrination. What kind of circumstances is fertile soil for the beast to operate? How do we resist him? Why is it important to break fellowship with the devil?

Take the High Road

1 And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. 2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. 4 Men worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, "Who is like the beast? Who can make war against him?" 5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise his authority for forty-two months. 6 He opened his mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. 7 He was given power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation. 8 All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast — all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.

The Greatest Villains of All Time:

11. Gollum (The Lord of the Rings)

10. The Alien

9. Voldemort (Harry Potter movies)

5. Hannibal Lecter (flesh eater)

3. Loki (evil stepbrother of Thor)

2. The Joker (Batman’s nemesis)

1. Darth Vader (Star Wars)

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-movie-villains/

The evil beast of Revelation 13 is a commanding, captivating, charismatic, controversial but celebrated religious figure in the last days. The beast of Revelation 11 and the dragon of Revelation 12 in the last two chapters were never religious nor worshipped, but the beast in this chapter was worshipped. The verb “worship” occurs in this chapter (Rev 13:4, 4, 8 , 15), along with chapter 19, more times than any chapter in Revelation. The fans and followers of the beast are interstate, intercontinental and international: