The Beast from the Sea, and the Beast from the Earth

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Revelation 13:1 KJV
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 13:11 KJV
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

These two beasts, one from the sea, one from the earth.

I've heard some suggest the sea refers to the gentiles, and the earth to "the land", that is, Israel.

When I read the prophecies in Daniel, and in the Revelation, it seems to me that a "beast" can discribe either or both a ruler and their empire.

The first beast, from the sea, is worshiped. The second beast, from the earth, directs the world to worship the first beast.

Revelation 16:13 KJV
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

This passage, I've heard some associate the beast in this verse with the beast from the sea, and the "false prophet" with the beast from the earth,

Revelation 13:11 KJV
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

The beast from the sea will give power to the beast from the earth to work miracles, even making fire come from heaven, to deceive the world to worship the beast from the sea.

These interpretations makes sense to me, though I don't see it all spelled out as such, and I'm interested in your ideas. Care to share?

Much love!
 

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Beast 1
-Crowned heads

Beast 2
-Looks like a lamb (Jesus) but words like a dragon (Satan)
-Gives authority to beast 1
 

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Revelation 13:1 KJV
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 13:11 KJV
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

These two beasts, one from the sea, one from the earth.

I've heard some suggest the sea refers to the gentiles, and the earth to "the land", that is, Israel.

When I read the prophecies in Daniel, and in the Revelation, it seems to me that a "beast" can discribe either or both a ruler and their empire.

The first beast, from the sea, is worshiped. The second beast, from the earth, directs the world to worship the first beast.

Revelation 16:13 KJV
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

This passage, I've heard some associate the beast in this verse with the beast from the sea, and the "false prophet" with the beast from the earth,

Revelation 13:11 KJV
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

The beast from the sea will give power to the beast from the earth to work miracles, even making fire come from heaven, to deceive the world to worship the beast from the sea.

These interpretations makes sense to me, though I don't see it all spelled out as such, and I'm interested in your ideas. Care to share?

Much love!

As usual, cherry picking the scriptures is not always a good idea.

Before reading Rev 13 with respect to the beasts, we need to read Rev 11:7 and Rev 17:7-18 to get a clearer picture of where this beast resided prior to it being mentioned in Chapters 9and 17: -

Revelation 11:7: - 7 When they, i.e., the two witnesses, finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.​
NKJV

Revelation 17:7-18: - 7 But the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.​
9 "Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. 10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.​
12 "The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful."​
15 Then he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth."​
NKJV

Now, from this we can see that the first beast in 13 is also mentioned in Chapters 9 and 17, where we are told that this beast ascends up out of the bottomless pit which is in the earth, such that the Beast arises initially out of the earth.

The description in Chapter 13 tells us that the beast now rises up out of the sea after first arising up out of the earth from the bottomless pit in Chapter 17.

Now in Chapter 13:11-18 the second beast's description matches the description of the Little Horn in Daniel 7 & 8. The little horn is also a angelic "beast" just like the other angelic beasts of Daniel 7:1-12 who are able to influence the sea, i.e., people, kingdoms, nations and empires to manifest the dominate respective characteristic of the four angelic beasts. The ability of the four facetted beast of Daniel 7:19-25 and Rev 9, 13, 17 & 18 to cause a manifestation of four facetted beast that goes all over the earth to make war against God's saints is where Satan has introduced the accepted lie that the angelic beasts from heaven that are the actual beasts are hidden by the manifestations that rise up out of the sea that actually do their bidding.

Sadly, "Christian" who claim to be able to operate in the power of the Holy Spirit, are not able to see the wood for the forest of lies that shrouds the real beasts described initially in Daniel 7 from our view. Satan has used historical facts of events of people who have chosen to inhabit the respective dominions of the angelic beasts to claim that they are the beasts that scripture describes in the Bible, when the manifestations of the beasts in the sea of humanity are only doing the bidding of the respective beasts. Nothing could be further from the truth; the actual beasts are angels that have rebelled against God with Satan and are working in league with Satan to achieve Satan's dream of becoming a deity like God.

The present "theological understanding" is only hiding the truth from us such that we are not able to see or we are not able to hear the truth of the matter.


Shalom

PS: - many of the discussions on this forum comes out of the ignorance's of the people entering into the discussion who have been hoodwinked by Satan into not seeing the truth of the matters being discussed.
 
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Relatively cheap books, with a lot of information to consider founded here if you wanna check one of the out.


There are many questions that people seek answers for, and it's hard and some people make the time to look at everything they can as they go about their studies.

I could quote the whole thing but each book just has so much information it's better to go and check it out for oneself, they are not lets say 'fun to read' as they are study materials.
 

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Revelation chapter 13. The sea means People and nations. A one world political system is coming. The system receives deadly wound. How is it healed?? God allows satan as antichrist to heal deadly wound. By establishing world peace. It's now the 6th trump, and it's a one world religious system. AKZAB in Hebrew means = liar, lie, treachery. And DAKKA in Hebrew means = destruction. Who's the destroying angel??. Its Satan. He wants a spirtual destruction. He doesn't really care about the flesh. Antichrist deception is lies, and supernatural miracles. The majority are not mentally prepared for this. MATSTSAH in Hebrew means = Passover, unleavened bread. Holy communion will be cut off when satan comes. Because many people think he's Jesus. The unleaved bread is sound doctrine. Leaven bread is false doctrine. Revelation chapter 16:13. The 3 unclean frogs are evil spirits, more evil than the fallen angels, to put in the minds of leaders and nations to gather at armeggeden, 6th trump. This happens at the end of antichrist 5 month period. Why would satan as antichrist have nations gather in armeggeden?? Satan is attempting to try to break God's spirit. By saying, look, I have all your children, they love me. It won't break Jesus. Why? Because, Jesus has His Election. The saints won't bow knee to antichrist. Read Roman's chapter 11 for documentation. I'm Gods Elect, and I know what I'm talking about, I have the holy spirit. I studied understand pastor Arnold murray and dr e w bullinger, dr Barry fell, and Howard brand, all scholars of God's word. Those who worshipped antichrist will be taught during millennium when Jesus returns 7th trump to millennium, documentation, revelation chapter 20, and Ezekiel chapter 44.
 

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As usual, cherry picking the scriptures is not always a good idea.

Before reading Rev 13 with respect to the beasts, we need to read Rev 11:7 and Rev 17:7-18 to get a clearer picture of where this beast resided prior to it being mentioned in Chapters 9and 17: -

Revelation 11:7: - 7 When they, i.e., the two witnesses, finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them.​

NKJV

Revelation 17:7-18: - 7 But the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. 8 The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.​
9 "Here is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. 10 There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. 11 The beast that was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going to perdition.​
12 "The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful."​
15 Then he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these will hate the harlot, make her desolate and naked, eat her flesh and burn her with fire. 17 For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose, to be of one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. 18 And the woman whom you saw is that great city which reigns over the kings of the earth."​

NKJV

Now, from this we can see that the first beast in 13 is also mentioned in Chapters 9 and 17, where we are told that this beast ascends up out of the bottomless pit which is in the earth, such that the Beast arises initially out of the earth.

The description in Chapter 13 tells us that the beast now rises up out of the sea after first arising up out of the earth from the bottomless pit in Chapter 17.

Now in Chapter 13:11-18 the second beast's description matches the description of the Little Horn in Daniel 7 & 8. The little horn is also a angelic "beast" just like the other angelic beasts of Daniel 7:1-12 who are able to influence the sea, i.e., people, kingdoms, nations and empires to manifest the dominate respective characteristic of the four angelic beasts. The ability of the four facetted beast of Daniel 7:19-25 and Rev 9, 13, 17 & 18 to cause a manifestation of four facetted beast that goes all over the earth to make war against God's saints is where Satan has introduced the accepted lie that the angelic beasts from heaven that are the actual beasts are hidden by the manifestations that rise up out of the sea that actually do their bidding.

Sadly, "Christian" who claim to be able to operate in the power of the Holy Spirit, are not able to see the wood for the forest of lies that shrouds the real beasts described initially in Daniel 7 from our view. Satan has used historical facts of events of people who have chosen to inhabit the respective dominions of the angelic beasts to claim that they are the beasts that scripture describes in the Bible, when the manifestations of the beasts in the sea of humanity are only doing the bidding of the respective beasts. Nothing could be further from the truth; the actual beasts are angels that have rebelled against God with Satan and are working in league with Satan to achieve Satan's dream of becoming a deity like God.

The present "theological understanding" is only hiding the truth from us such that we are not able to see or we are not able to hear the truth of the matter.


Shalom

PS: - many of the discussions on this forum comes out of the ignorance's of the people entering into the discussion who have been hoodwinked by Satan into not seeing the truth of the matters being discussed.
i like your info/insight here

something to consider is that the 'angelic' princes/kings that are under Satan manifest thru flesh & blood humans and earthly governments

Please share your insight when/where/how this is applied in the realm of "peoples and tongues and nations"

Thank You
 

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Here is also the Vines Dictionary - Definition of Beast, that is used in the Revelation there.

Therion, in the sense of wild "beast," is used in the Apocalypse for the two antichristian potentates who are destined to control the affairs of the nations (in that day in age) with Satanic power in the closing period of the present era (them then in that time), Revelation 11:7:13:1-18; 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 10, 13, 17:3-17; 19:19-20, 20:4,10

God bless.
 

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Here is also the Vines Dictionary - Definition of Beast, that is used in the Revelation there.

Therion, in the sense of wild "beast," is used in the Apocalypse for the two antichristian potentates who are destined to control the affairs of the nations (in that day in age) with Satanic power in the closing period of the present era (them then in that time), Revelation 11:7:13:1-18; 14:9,11, 15:2, 16:2, 10, 13, 17:3-17; 19:19-20, 20:4,10

God bless.

Ah MatthewG, you are a tranducer who presents false teaching as if it is God's truth. A preterist's view perverts God's prophetic word and distorts the message that it contains. It has no future picture of what is to happen in our near and distant futures.
 
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Ah MatthewG, you are a tranducer who presents false teaching as if it is God's truth. A preterist's view perverts God's prophetic word and distorts the message that it contains. It has no future picture of what is to happen in our near and distant futures.

Hello Jay,

There are many different things through all of the Bible, from Old Testament to New Testament, including Revelation that has spiritual principles founded with-in the contents of the Bible. It's good to grow, learn, and know those things as you read carefully, and notice and write down what one may see.

Many of the things of the Bible though, are simply not written to us, but to a people in a time, and in a generation that no longer exist.

I don't believe anyone can know the future. All people can do is guess at best. The past though, there are evidences founded upon reports.

I know you don't agree with the preterist view and deem me a child of the devil; but God will judge my heart, and your own heart brother. Love to you, and take care @Jay Ross.

May the God of Peace be with you.
 
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Hello Jay,

There are many different things through all of the Bible, from Old Testament to New Testament, including Revelation that has spiritual principles founded with-in the contents of the Bible. It's good to grow, learn, and know those things as you read carefully, and notice and write down what one may see.

No one knows what the future holds, no one knows how the bones are created in the womb. Ecc 11:5

May the God of Peace be with you.

Yes, but a lie wrapped with some truth is still a lie.

I have no problems if you present God's truth, but when you attach a false theological conclusion to that truth like a true preterist, then you are no better than your father, and you know who he is.
 
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