To understand the Beast of Revelation 13 you must first understand how the beast of Revelation 13 interact with Daniel 2 & 7. Daniel 2 introduced the Image of Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniel 7 introduced the vision of beast by Daniel. Both these chapters introduced the succession of nations from Babylon to present and also introduced the first beast of Revelation 13. However there is no beast in Daniel representing the first beast of Revelation 13. Yet that beast is represented in both Daniel 2 and Daniel 7.
Synopsis of Daniel 2
This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Daniel 2:32, 33
Synopsis of Daniel 2
This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. Daniel 2:32, 33
Thou, O king, art a king
of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength,
and glory. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and
another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
And the fourth kingdom
shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all
things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and
bruise.
And whereas thou sawest
the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall
be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as
thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
And as the toes of the
feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly
strong, and partly broken.
And whereas thou sawest
iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men:
but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Daniel 2:37 &40 – 43
In Daniel 2:41, Daniel is
prophesying that after The Roman Empire, the Legs of Iron, there will be
another Kingdom. However this Kingdom will not be an Empire like the four
Kingdoms before it. The Kingdom will be a divided Kingdom and they will not cooperate
with each other.
In verse 42 Daniel gave
the number of the different countries which formed this Divided Kingdom. He
said as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the
kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. Understand there are ten
toes on the feet of a normal human being. So also the Kingdom will be divided
into ten countries when it is divided.
In Daniel 7: 2 – 8 Daniel
had a vision confirming the vision of Daniel 2. Only this time Beast is used
instead of the Image. These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which
shall arise out of the earth: Daniel 2:17.
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by
night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
And four great beasts came up from the sea,
diverse one from another.
The first was like a
lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and
it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a
man's heart was given to it.
And behold another beast,
a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three
ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it,
Arise, devour much flesh.
After this I beheld, and
lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl;
the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
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.
Here again Daniel is prophesying
in verses 7 & 8 of the breakup of the Roman Empire into ten Countries and
the rise of the Papal power by removing or destroying three of the original
countries that came out of the Roman Empire after it broke up.
To be continued
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