A wild beast rises out of the sea, to whom the dragon gives his power. Chapter of the book of revelation has long hidden its teaching, but it is time it was made clearer. Bible teaching from the book of revelation chapter, verses 17. A commentary on the book of revelation chapter the. We have, in this chapter, a further discovery and description of the churchs enemies. In the book of revelation, both the horns and crowns. To the first the dragon, who swept with his tail a third part of the stars to earth, satan under the form of the roman empire, gave his throne and much authority. Revelation 12 niv the woman and the dragon a great. Revelation on frontline heres all kinds of informative coverage from pbs on the last and creepiest book of the bible. The fact that john saw antichrist rising up out of the sea signifies that he will rise up from among the. He shall cause also that a golden image of antichrist shall be placed in the temple at jerusalem, and that the apostate angel should enter, and thence utter voices and oracles. And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword. Revelation the successive kingdoms of babylon, medopersia and greece, reappear together in scripture only one more time in revelation chapter but combined into a single composite beast kingdom.
There is a wide diversity of viewpoints regarding the interpretation of this chapter, but most of this occurs because men try to symbolize or spiritualize the city, the temple, and the events that are portrayed here. Revelation commentary james burton coffman commentaries. I learned this morning that a couple from this congregation had that as their house number. The new testament word antichrist comes from the greek antichristos, meaning in opposition to christ or in substitution for christ. Your score results are displayed on the page immediately. In revelation 12, satan had been kicked out of the heavenly realm forever. Here we have the description of the beast which rose out of the sea.
They are twothe tenhorned and the twohorned beasts. All who dwell on the earth will worship him indicates a significant change. Bible teaching from the book of revelation chapter verses 718. If those are the easy things to understand, wait until i explain the tough part. The book of revelation is in order, but is not in chronological order.
Revelation presents descriptions of two beasts, a beast from the sea verse 1 a beast from the land verse 11. God hits him with a doozy of a revelation hey, thats not a bad idea for a title. In chapter we have the clear and full development of satans instruments of evil. Ghostbusters actually quotes the book of revelation. It does, however, provide ample evidence to enable us to draw the conclusion that both will exist under the rule of the antichrist in the last days.
Revelation is a very critical chapter in understanding the tribulation period, which requires integrating old testament and new testament passages with these verses in revelation to fully appreciate the events as they unfold. The temple, the two witnesses, and the seventh trumpet. Revelation image of the beast the case of the haunted. As we noted in an earlier chapter, the book of revelation has shown us that satan has mimicked god, producing a trilogy of beast, false prophet and dragon. Apr 03, 2014 the beast out of the sea pastor to luitwieler 03302014. Understanding the book of revelation berean research. The thirteenth chapter of revelation brings before us the most famous number in the world 666. Once again when the passage is taken in its normal or literal meaning much of the diversity immediately. The transition to the fourth chapter of the book of revelation. 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. Revelation 1 niv bible the revelation from jesus christ. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. See how much you learned about the thirteenth chapter of revelation with this interactive quiz. If you get that number on your license plate or on your credit card it sends shivers of fear down your spine.
Revelation, new king james version nkjv the bible app. The bible does not use the phrase oneworld government or oneworld currency in referring to the end times. Revelation beast, false prophet, 42 months, 666 explained. Based on the computation of the trinity, the number for god is 3. Chapter outline of the book of revelation united church of god. Perhaps no passage in revelation is more controversial than chapter 11. As the visions continued to unfold, john found himself standing upon the sand of the sea.
Hes just a mildmannered christian guy living in exile whenpow. The day is coming soon when the majority of humankind will obey a few supporting the authority of the papacy above the commands of god, and will thus worship the beast. Revelation bible commentary matthew henry concise. This view in revelation of great worldgovernments full of blasphemy, utterly opposed to god and christ, persecuting and destroying gods people, etc. John is told to write down everything god shows him, and boy is god going to show him some strange things. I am explaining the entire chapter mostly just to tell you about the image of the beast described in revelation. Branding his claim on earth, the mark of the beast will apparently involve a mirror image of gods formula. Revelation 1 niv prologue the revelation from jesus. They were so disturbed they asked the city to change the. Book of revelation chapter 11 the two witnesses and the. Chapter outline of the book of revelation united church. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the.
He made it known by sending his angel to his servant john, 2 who testifies to everything he sawthat is, the word of god and the testimony of jesus christ. Christs redemption can only be perfect and complete when it has abolished all the works of the devil in every human being. The dragon is satan working through pagan religions, the occult and spiritualism, while the beast symbolizes satan working. Revelation 1 new international version niv prologue. The seventh and the final seal opened up with nothing but total silence in heaven for the space of half an hour. Revelation 12 new international version niv the woman and the dragon.
Revelation commentary matthew henry commentary on the. The events revealed in revelation occur during the midtribulation period. He was simply taken control by the spirit of god and shown a series of visions. The phrase after this meta tauta in ancient greek in revelation 1. The book of revelation check out the full text of revelation, so you can relive all the freaky visions firsthand. Does the bible prophesy a oneworld government and a one. The last days of babylon, chapter 23, the beast and his mark. The first commentary we have on the book of revelation, written by victorinus in the early church, says of this revelation. To the first the dragon, who swept with his tail a third part of the stars to earth, satan under the form of the roman empire, gave his. The book of revelation chapter thirteen objectives in studying this chapter 1 to notice two beasts satan would use in making war against the saints 2 to offer an explanation consistent with the context in which the revelation was written as to the identity of the two beasts summary this chapter reveals two agents the dragon satan would.