,, 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. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is] like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.“
Rev. 13: 1-10
“And I stood on the sand of the sea; And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads, and ten horns, and ten crowns on its horns, and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast which I saw was like a lynx, and had feet like a bear, and a mouth like his the mouth of a lion, "
In this chapter, John describes the last years and the last events on earth, and now what he describes can be compared to the story of a man who built a house on sand.
,, And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.”
Matthew 7: 26-27
We see that such a house has "fallen apart" and that reminds us of what awaits this country of ours in future events that will mark the end of human history on the land as we know it.
John was on the "sand" and we saw that the "house" fell apart, so everything that was not built on Jesus will fall apart, and God shows us that in symbols through John.
John sees "a beast with seven heads and ten horns coming out of the sea" and these symbols refer to the Antichrist and his kingdom.
We have already seen what the "sea" represents.
,, Woe to the multitude of many people, [which] make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, [that] make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God] shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.”
Isa.17: 12-13
,, But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.”
Isa 57:20
The seas represent the nations and this is also written in Revelation:
,, And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.”
Rev. 17:15
So, the pagan peoples of the world will "beast" with the help of "Snake", that is. The devil or Satan who will be "thrown down" to earth, "spit out" on the "shore" of a "man" called a beast, and he will have in himself "everything" that was piling up in the hearts of corrupt people. " And I stood upon the sand of the sea: and I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, and he wrote,
"which had seven heads, and ten horns, and ten crowns on its horns, and on its heads blasphemous names."
We also saw that the seven heads of the seven world kingdoms in all of human history, so we said that they were: Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Mido-Persia, Greece, Rome and the kingdom of the Antichrist.
The prophet Daniel writes about the Roman Empire that ten emperors (horns) will come out of it, and after them comes the Antichrist:
,, And the ten horns out of this kingdom [are] ten kings [that] shall arise: and another shall rise after them; ..."
Daniel 7:24
It is written about the Dragon from the twelfth chapter:
,,… and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.” "
Rev. 12: 3
and in the thirteenth chapter:
"the beast that cometh up out of the sea, having seven heads, and ten horns, and ten crowns upon its horns."
here we see that the seven "heads" are past and that now ten horns reign and also now it is written "on the heads of her name blasphemy" which means that these kingdoms will be ruled by people who will blaspheme God (of course there has been blasphemy so far to God but in recent times this phenomenon will be expressed) which is not strange because we can see for ourselves what vocabulary is used by the current authorities, politicians and rulers and the trend will intensify and if we add the fact that Satan will be "thrown" to earth then it is clear why it is written that way.
For these ten kings (horns) it is written:
,, And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.”
Rev. 17: 12-13
When this "covenant" is completed, an agreement will be reached and the Antichrist will become the leader or "beast".
,, I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn ..."
Daniel 7: 8
The Antichrist grows out of pagan kingdoms and it will be the last pagan "kingdom" because the prophet Daniel writes that "the kingdom will not be left to another people:" or the pagans will already have Christ's millennial kingdom ..
,, And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, [but] it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.”
Daniel 2:44
Further in our text it says:
"And the beast that I saw was like a lynx, and her feet were like a bear's, and her mouth was like the mouth of a lion."
These beasts were used by the prophet Daniel when he described three ignorant world kingdoms in the seventh chapter.
Danilo looked at them chronologically in advance, so he mentions a lion, a bear and a lynx, and Jovan looks back at them, so he mentions them in reverse order.
The lynx is a bloodthirsty very fast and "angry" beast, the bear is brutal and of great strength and the lion is the "king of beasts" and he tears and destroys and now John practically gives us a description of the Antichrist who will be a combination of all beasts embodied in a person or, "beast" and as such he will have great power.
"And the serpent gave her his strength, and his throne, and his great field."
What is written here cannot be realized as long as the church of Christ and the Holy Spirit are on earth, and only after the ascension can what is written be realized:
,, For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth [will let], until he be taken out of the way.”
2 Thess.2: 7
and then
",,And then shall that Wicked be revealed,…”
2 Thess.2: 8
After the Church is taken, the lawless one and the "secret of lawlessness" will appear, and then we can read, "and the serpent gave her his power, and his throne, and a great field."
Here in this chapter we have an imitation of the true God and Satan will have a trinity, that is, Satan, the Antichrist and the false prophet who will help achieve their goals.
,, [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,”
2 Thess.2: 9
The Antichrist will receive power, a throne or rule and a large area from Satan, so that the Antichrist will practically become the "incarnation of Satan" and will be very obedient to Satan, so that with his help he will practically conquer the whole world.
,, And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.”
Daniel 8:24
And the prophet Habakkuk prophesied the following:
,, Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle [that] hasteth to eat.”
Habakkuk 1: 8
,, And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. Then shall [his] mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, [imputing] this his power unto his god.”
Habakkuk 1: 10-11
"And I saw one of her heads as it were wounded to death; and the wound of her death was healed."
In addition to this, we can also read in Revelation:
,, 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.”
Rev. 17: 8
We have studied the "heads" and seen that the seven heads are the seven kingdoms of the world and the Antichrist is "one of them" and in Revelation we read:
,, And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.”
Rev. 17:11
We have said that Satan will imitate the "trinity" and in this quest for the "world" the Antichrist will suffer a "mortal wound" even after Jesus was dead on the cross
,,… stood a Lamb as it had been slain,…”
Revelation 5: 6
for the Antichrist it is written, "as wounded to death," so he will be killed in some way and his soul will be in hell, so we read in Revelation:
,, Звијер коју си видио бјеше и није, и изићи ће из бездана..."
Rev. 17: 8
So God allows Satan to be resurrected by the Antichrist and this will leave a big impression on people because he writes:
,,… and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder,…”
Rev. 17: 8
and this is confirmed by the apostle Paul where he says that the "false trinity" will use power, signs and wonders, and what is happening is a "miracle" because the Antichrist is resurrected.
,, [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,”
2 Thess.2: 9
,, and the wound of her death was healed. And all the earth wondered after the beast, and they worshiped the serpent, which gave the area to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying: Who is like a beast? And who can go to war with her?
The world today longs for miracles and signs, so the Antichrist, Satan and the false prophet will give them to him, and this will result in the "world" bowing to him because it says, "And they worshiped the serpent," and "And worshiped the beast." and they will surely be amazed, and that is why they will say, "Who is like a beast? And who can make war on it?"
So the world will receive the Antichrist, and the Lord Jesus said about it:
,, I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”
John 5:43
So the world is preparing for the appearance of the Antichrist and we can see that today and he will be "anti" in every sense and will try to incorporate all the virtues of the world empires before him such as the Babylonian golden rule and splendor, mido-Persian stability and brutality, the Greek elegance of intellect and art, "heroism for freedom," and the idea of Roman freedom, peace, and discipline to reach one's goals and the goals of the "false trinity," and this will result in what is written in verse eight:
,, And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”
Rev. 13: 8
,, 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.”
Rev. 13: 1
Before this we saw that in the first verse it is written,
The Antichrist will be a great blasphemer and the prophet Daniel wrote about it:
,, And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.”
Daniel 11:36
This path of blasphemy is already paved and we can see that today, we can also see how this trend is intensifying over time so that something that was unthinkable a few decades ago today is quite normal and this moment of blasphemy will only intensify in the future and the culmination will be the Antichrist with the "world" that will worship him in the future.
In the sixth verse he writes about bohulism:
"And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his house, and them that dwell in heaven."
So he will not only blaspheme God but will "fall down" and those who are already in heaven may find some justification for the disappearance of Christ's Church from the earth, maybe he will invent something he did to get rid of "those who are not obedient "
And further we read what he will do with those believers who will then live on earth:
"And it would be given to her to fight with the saints, and to defeat them; and it shall be given to it over every tribe and people and tongue and tribe. "
Earlier we read what the souls who were killed under the altar said:
,, And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they [were], should be fulfilled.”
Rev. 6: 10-11
So they should wait a little longer because not all are killed who should glorify God in that way, and we are talking about those future times, and then the Antichrist will persecute all the faithful who will not want to worship and serve him. then there will be a great persecution, and he will kill a large number of faithful Jews, and he will kill Moses and Elijah who will come again.
We also studied earlier and concluded that for forty-two months the Antichrist would terrorize the "world" and especially the Jews, "and would give it an area of forty-two months." so on he writes
"And it would be given to her to fight with the saints, and to defeat them; and it shall be given to it over every tribe and people and tongue and tribe. "
Of course, all these persecutions will be avoided by those described in verse eight, and there will probably be quite a few of them, because many of these unbelievers will be killed through the cataclysmic horrors we talked about, because we should not forget that this happens in great troubles more precisely in the second half of the great troubles:
"And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship her, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb, which was slain from the foundation of the world."
Finally we have a warning that says:
"If anyone has an ear, let him hear. He who leads into slavery will be taken into slavery; whoever kills with a knife should be killed with a knife. Here is the patience and faith of the saints. "
Everything is given to us in advance so we just need to listen, read and study the word of God and then we will get all the relevant information about future events.
God will allow a little more time for this world system and later the Antichrist to terrorize the faithful with a "false trinity", but he also says that any persecution, murder or any terror against the faithful will be punished, it only takes a little more patience and faith because the time appointed by God has come to an end, and we see from the signs of the times that the time is very near.
That's why he writes a warning
"If anyone has an ear, let him hear."