Throughout the Bible in
prophecy Beast is symbolized as a Nation, kingdom or Empire. Therefore Beast in
prophecy is in the political realm. As in Daniel 7:17 These four great beasts are four
kings that will arise out of the earth.
1. The lion with
wings represented the Kingdom of Babylon (Daniel 7:4).
2. The bear with
three ribs in its mouth represented the kingdom Media and Persia (Daniel 7:5).
3. The leopard
with four wings and four heads represented the Kingdom of Greece (Daniel 7:6).
4. The dreadful
and terrible beast with ten horns represented the Roman Empire (Daniel 7:7).
More narrowly, these
Beasts achieved and exercised positions of governance and organized control
over a human community, particularly a state. These symbolic beast practice the
distribution of power and resources within a given community. They make laws
and exercised force, including warfare against adversaries. Whenever beast is
mentioned in Prophecy it identifies the Nation represented and you can trace
the acts of that nation/beast both in the Bible and history.
However, when it comes to
the book of Revelation theologians have removed beast from the political realm
of Nation, Kingdom and Empire and have placed it right in the middle of the spiritual
realm. Every beast in Revelation have a spiritual
theme to it according to Bible theologians today. That is no accident, Satan
has orchestrated this so that the children of God are totally confused and
cannot discern the time. Christians ought to be able to discern the time, only
then can they set a bulwark against the working of Satan. God cannot save his
people in the adherence of error. Satan is using theologians, ministers and
pastors of the word, so that the mark of the beast is not readily understood
and that children of God receive the mark of the beast without knowing that
they have.
Many Christians have
already accepted the mark of the beast, unbeknownst to them. They do not have a
clear vision as to whom or what the beast is. However they will vehemently deny that they
have accepted the Mark of the Beast.
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