THE
BOOK OF REVELATION
CHAPTER 13
1.
He has seven heads Rev. 17:10-12.
a. They represent
successive rulers.
b. They are great world
empires. Five of these empires have already come and gone. The sixth is now in
power during John's time.
c. On these heads is
written the name blasphemy. (It means he is direct opposition to God).
2.
He has ten horns. 17:12.
a. Kings over which the
beast rules.
b. This makes the beast an
individual with great world political powers.
c. Crowns on the horns shows
authority.
3.
His body is like a leopard with feet like a bear
and mouth like that of a lion. Daniel 7:4-7.
a. Daniel is talking about
this same beast.
b. Daniel says that the
last great world empire will have all the features like the first ones.
4.
His power comes from Satan.
B. The beast has a deadly
wound. 13:3.
1. One of the empires has
been put out of commission.
2. It is now being revived.
a. Think of which empire
of the Old Roman Empire has not been active.
b. The Old Pagan Roman
Empire.
3. The reviving of this
empire is a thing to behold. The whole
world is astonished.
C. The unsaved world
will worship Satan and the Anti-Christ. 13:4.
1. They first worship
Satan and then the Beast.
2. They set him up as a
mighty power.
D. The character of
the Anti-Christ. Daniel 11:36-45.
1. He blasphemes God.
2. He blasphemes the name
of God.
3. He blasphemes the
tabernacle.
4. He blasphemes them that
dwell in heaven.
E. The dominion of the
beast. Rev. 13:7, 8.
1. This is a counterfeit
to the reign of Christ.
2. He has world wide
authority.
3. Many will perish as
martyrs during this time.
4. The whole world will
worship him.
a. Those who are unsaved
both Jews and Gentiles.
b. The lamb has been slain
in the mind of God since the foundation of the world.
F. An exhortation to
hear 13:9-10.
1. It is given to anyone
who will listen.
2. Those who persecute the
saints must in turn suffer God's
righteous wrath.
3. Scriptures have mention
this vindication. Genesis 9:6;
Matthew 26:52; Romans
12: 19.
A. The
second beast is like the first. He takes care of the worship toward the first
beast. He is head of the apostate church.
B. Some
facts concerning the False Prophet.
1. He is influential in religious affairs.
13:11.
a.
Two horns like a lamb shows the religious aspect.
b.
He is also called a prophet. Rev. 16:13;19:20;20:10.
2. He
is motivated by Satan just like the first beast. (Speaks like a dragon.)
3. He has a great amount of authority. (All
the power of the first beast.)
4. He compels the earth to worship the first
beast.
5. The false prophet imitates the miracles
of the two witnesses. 13:3-4.
a. He
is able to deceive the unbelieving world.
b. He
leads them into making a idol of the first beast.14.
6. If people will not worship the Anti-Christ
He has power to take their lives.
a. He
has deceived the people.
b. No
one can give life but God.
c. These
things could be done by mechanical means.
7. He has the authority in the economic
realm to control all commerce. 13:16-17.
a.
This comes as a result of the beast worship.
b. It
extends to all classes of people.
C. The
beast has a mark to put on his followers.
1. He once again imitates something that God
had started.
2. This is a mark for buying and selling.
3. The mark itself:
a. The
number limits him to man’s level.
b. The
number six is short of being perfect.
c. This
will be the control of a great empire.