The Beast and his Kingdom Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea (abyss), having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. In Ch 12 the crowns were on the heads, now we see the crowns on the horns, This shows us that the horns are in charge. Speaking of the Septuagint, which was the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures in use at the time of Christ, The New Ungers Bible Dictionary says: The LXX renders Heb. tehom, the primeval ocean (Gen. 1:2; Ps. 24:2; etc.) as abyss. (Abyss, p. 18). So while this aspect of the vision represents the rise of the beast from among the nations, it is likely dual in that it also represents the rise of Abaddon from the depths of the Abyss after his release at the 5th trumpet. Rev 13:2 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. We see these same beast in Daniel In verse 2, we see that this beast has parts from a leopard, a bear, and a lion. This seems to tie the identification of the beast here with the 4 beasts Daniel saw in his vision recorded in Daniel 7. Lets now examine that prophecy in more detail, for it will help enlighten us on the meaning of Revelation 13. DANIEL 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, and told the sum of the matter. 2 Daniel said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. 3 And four great beasts came up out of the sea, different from one another. 4 The first was like a lion and had eagles wings. Then as I looked its wings were plucked off, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand upon two feet like a man; and the mind of a man was given to it. 5 And behold, another beast, a second one, like a bear. It was raised up on one side; it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, Arise, devour much flesh. 6 After this I looked, and lo, another, like a leopard, with four wings of a bird on its back; and the beast had four heads; and dominion was given to it. 7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, terrible and dreadful and exceedingly strong; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things. (RSV) Here we have the 4 beasts Daniel saw in his vision described. The 1st beast is a composite of two animals, a lion and an eagle. The 2nd beast was a bear, the 3rd a four-headed leopard, and the 4th an unnamed, terrifying beast with 10 horns. Most biblical scholars teach that these 4 beasts are the same 4 kingdoms identified in Daniel 2 (Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome). The 4 beasts of Daniel 7 do correspond to these kingdoms in a way sometimes seen in the Scriptures, but they are not the same. Key to understanding! In this vision, Daniel sees the 4 beasts rise up from the sea, which symbolically shows that these kingdoms would arise to world power from among the nations of the world. However, Babylon had already risen up from the sea many years before the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon (Dan. 7:1). Indeed, the Babylonian empire only had a few years of existence left when Daniel received this vision. While Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome were certainly types of the 4 symbolic beasts, logically we must look elsewhere for the final fulfillment of this prophecy. Before we identify the earthly kingdoms represented by the 4 beasts of Daniel 7, we need to understand the governing premise behind this matter. King Solomon gives us the guiding principle in the beginning of the book of Ecclesiastes: ECCLESIASTES 1:9 That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there anything of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been in ancient times before us. (NKJV) Remember, as noted earlier, the Bible was written for and about Gods people. With this principle and Solomons admonition directing our understanding, the specific identification of these beasts becomes more certain. Lets look at the first 4 kingdoms represented in Daniel 2 and establish the pattern presented there. The kingdoms started with Babylon and ran consecutively to Rome. When we look at the situation of the House of Judah at the beginning and end of the period when these 4 kingdoms ruled over the Holy Land compared to the situation of Judah during the reign of the 4 beasts of Daniel 7, a fascinating mirror image of events becomes evident. Judah was an independent nation when Babylon (the head of gold) rose to power. Although the fortunes of the Jews changed several times during the intervening centuries, by the time Rome (the legs of iron) fell, the Jews had been scattered throughout the world by the Romans in what came to be known as the Diaspora. Each of the 4 kingdoms of Daniel 2 (Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome) played a large part (both negative and positive) in what happened to the Jews during this time period. As we examine the identity of the 4 beasts of Daniel 7, youll see how this pattern of events is reversed during the time of these 4 kingdoms at the end of the age of mankind.When the 1st beast rises up, Judah is still scattered in the Diaspora. After the 4th beast has arisen, Judah once again becomes an independent nation. By relating the beasts to the animals representing them and end-time events affecting Judah, we can identify who these entities represent. The 1st beast, like a lion with the wings of an eagle, represents Great Britain and her offspring, the United States. The lion has long been the national symbol of Great Britain, and the eagle is the national symbol of the USA. The plucking of the eagles wings from this beast represents the separation of the American colonies from Great Britain in 1776. With that event, the character of the British empire was changed, as the prophecy shows. Along with the eagles wings, it lost the heart of a lion, and that heart was replaced by the heart of a man. No longer did Great Britain inspire terror in the world, as the brute power of a lion does. Instead, it used human cunning to hold onto power and territory. Since then, Britain has gradually lost its colonies and its might. Being the 1st beast mentioned, Great Britain begins the story of the rebirth of the modern nation of Judah called Israel. It was Great Britain that initiated the return of Jews to the Holy Land through the issuance of the Balfour Declaration in November 1917. This declaration, from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Lord Rothschild, head of the Zionist Federation in Great Britain, was written to show Rothschild that the British government supported the objective of a homeland for the Jews in the Holy Land. The British hoped to realize further Jewish support for the Allies in WWI. The Balfour Declaration became the cornerstone of international support for the founding of the modern state of Israel. Five short weeks after the Balfour Declaration was published, British General Allenby captured Jerusalem from the Axis Turkish forces defending it. By December 9, 1917, the Turkish army had fled the city. On December 11, General Allenby entered Jerusalem on foot through the Jaffa Gate. The bear is the national symbol of Russia. This 2nd beast that rises up has three ribs in its mouth, and these ribs tell the bear to arise and devour much flesh (Dan. 7:5). In Hebrew, the word for rib literally means side and can be used to refer to that which supports something. In Russia, the Marxist doctrines of the founders of modern communism, Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, and Vladimir Lenin have supported the aims and actions of Russia. All of these men promoted the worldwide spread of communist rule through force or violence. In their Manifesto of the Communist Party, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels wrote: The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win (Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties). Hence the ribs announcement to devour much flesh. This Russia has done; since its founding in 1917, communist Russia has been responsible for tens of millions of deaths, many of them her own people. Russias part in the rebirth of Judah is much more negative than Britains, but just as effective. Several pogroms (mob attacks condoned or encouraged by the czarist Russian authorities) had taken place against the Jews in Russia in the decades before the 1917 revolution, forcing about 2 million Jews to flee to the United States and Europe. Because of the oppressiveness of the czarist forces, most Russian Jews supported the Bolshevik revolutionaries. However, both the Bolshevik Red Army and the counter-revolutionary White Army were guilty of mistreating and massacring Jews after the start of the revolution. After the victory of the communist forces, the Soviet regime came to regard assimilation and consolidation as the only solution to Russias Jewish problem. In the face of Zionist calls for a Jewish homeland, Lenin declared that there is no basis for a separate Jewish nation, and regarding a national Jewish culture - the slogan of the rabbis and the bourgeoisie - this is the slogan of our enemies. The Soviet government caused the financial ruin of most Russian Jews through the termination of private commerce and the seizure of property and goods. Hundreds of thousands of Jewish families lost their means of making a living. These policies caused about 300,000 Jews to leave the Soviet-controlled territories for the Baltic states, Poland, and Rumania. Russias new atheistic communist government also waged a fierce battle against Russian Judaism and its leaders. Heavy taxes were imposed on the rabbis and other religious officials to try and force them to leave their positions. A campaign was also initiated against the Hebrew language. The study of Hebrew was prohibited, and books could not be published in the language. These actions continued through World War II and were the motivation for many religious Jews to flee to the Holy Land after the War. The 3rd beast, the leopard with four heads and four birds wings on its back, is somewhat more difficult to identify. However, the characteristics of the leopard help us to recognize the entity it represents in this prophecy. Leopards are known for their swift and lethal attack. In a mechanical emulation of the fleet assault of a leopard, Adolf Hitlers Germany waged blitzkrieg (lightning war) against its enemies using Panzer forces during World War II. These cat-quick attacks disorganized enemy forces through the use of speed, surprise, and superior firepower and led to the Third Reichs conquest of mainland Europe during the early years of the war. Interestingly, another name for the leopard is panther. The big cats - the lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, and others - belong to the genus Panthera. Not coincidentally, the Germans have long displayed an affinity for the big cats. In fact, Germanys two main Panzer battle tanks in WWII were named the Tiger and the Panther. Now the Leopard tank is the backbone of Germanys armored forces. While the symbolism of the wings is far from certain, we can draw a clue from the pair of eagles wings on the first beast. Just as that pair of wings represented a nation (the United States), so also the two pairs of wings on the back of the leopard could represent the Axis nations which aligned themselves with Germany in WWII (Italy and Japan). The four heads of the leopard represent the division of Germany into four regions after its defeat in WWII. The eastern half was controlled by Russia, while the western half was split between Great Britain, the United States, and France. Later these western sections were joined into what became West Germany. History confirms that Hitlers Third Reich provided a great impetus for the formation of an independent Jewish nation. The death of approximately six million Jews in the Nazi Holocaust, while tragic beyond words, was not in vain. Once WWII ended and the scope of the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jews was grasped, there was much international sympathy for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in the land commonly known as Palestine. The 4th beast takes us to the point of the rebirth of the Jewish nation. This beast reverses the cycle originated at the time of Nebuchadnezzars Babylon. The 4th beast seen by Daniel, which appeared to be horrible, strong, and unlike any of the others, has to represent the entity which played the greatest role in the formation of modern Israel. This 4th beast represents the fledgling global government of the United Nations. The following historical information comes from the United Nations web site: The name United Nations was devised by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and was first used in the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers. The United Nations Charter was drawn up by the representatives of 50 countries at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, which met at San Francisco from 25 April to 26 June 1945. Those delegates deliberated on the basis of proposals worked out by the representatives of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States at Dumbarton Oaks in August-October 1944. The Charter was signed on 26 June 1945 by the representatives of the 50 countries. Poland, which was not represented at the Conference, signed it later and became one of the original 51 Member States. The United Nations officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, (Cheshvon 17th, Flood began) when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories. United Nations Day is celebrated on 24 October each year. From the very beginning, the United Nations has had a great interest in the Holy Land, particularly Jerusalem. General Assembly Resolution 181, issued by the United Nations on November 29, 1947, outlined the formation of Jewish and Arab states in Palestine. Additionally, it called for Jerusalem to become an international city under the control of the UN. The City of Jerusalem shall be established as a corpus separatum under a special international regime and shall be administered by the United Nations. The Trusteeship Council shall be designated to discharge the responsibilities of the Administering Authority on behalf of the United Nations. (A/RES/181(II) (A+B), Part III-City of Jerusalem, Section A-Special Regime) The Jews accepted the UN partition of Palestine, eager to have a homeland of their own. However, the Palestinian Arabs rejected the planned division of the land; with the help of the surrounding Arab nations, the Palestinians sought to destroy the Jews and the hope of a Zionist state. This Jewish/Arab conflict led to the declaration of the state of Israel on May 14, 1948, and the ensuing Jewish war for independence. Despite overwhelming odds, the Jews were able to defeat the superior forces of the invading Arab nations through the intervention of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Due to the Jewish victory over the Arabs, the resulting Jewish state ended up being larger than that planned by the UN. From the beginning of the Jewish state, the United Nations as a whole has displayed an antagonistic attitude toward Israel. Israel became a member of the UN on May 11, 1949; however, Israel is the only member-state in the UN that has been prevented from belonging to a regional group. For this reason, Israel cannot be elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council. This situation has also prevented Israel from participating in much of the standard work of the UN. Israel cannot vote for or be elected to many of the UNs central organizations. This condition violates Article 2 of the UN Charter, which outlines the principle of the sovereign equality of all Member states. Following the Six-Day War of June 1967, the Middle East situation was discussed by the UN General Assembly, which directed the issue to the Security Council. After lengthy discussion, a final draft for a Security Council resolution was introduced by the British Ambassador, Lord Caradon, on November 22, 1967; it was adopted on the same day. Resolution 242, as it was known, established provisions and principles which were supposed to lead to a solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. One of the provisions in this Resolution indirectly dealt with the city of Jerusalem. The Resolution stated that the acquisition of territory by war was inadmissible; therefore, the UN required withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from the territories it occupied in the conflict. Of course, this included the eastern part of the city of Jerusalem, which had been under Jordanian control. From that point forward, Resolution 242 became the cornerstone of diplomatic efforts in the Middle East. Despite the fact that Jerusalem had been the ancient capital of Israel, and despite that fact that Israel was not the aggressor in the Six-Day War, the United Nations voted that Israel must return the territory it had taken while defending itself against the Arab invasion. In the 1973 Yom Kippur War, after Israel had fended off the Syrian attack on the Golan Heights and established a bridgehead on the Egyptian side of the Suez Canal, international efforts to stop the fighting intensified. US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger flew to Moscow on October 20, 1973. Jointly with the Soviet Union, the US submitted a cease-fire resolution to the UN Security Council. The Council met on October 21 at the urging of both the US and the USSR, and by 14 votes to none, adopted Resolution 338. This Resolution called upon the warring parties to immediately halt all military activities, and to start implementing all parts of Security Council Resolution 242 promptly after the cease-fire. Once again, even though Israel had been the victim of an attack designed to destroy them, the United Nations said they had to return the land they had acquired while defending themselves. Resolutions 242 and 338 have been the foundation of all UN relations with Israel in the past three decades. Since the Oslo Accord peace talks began in 1993, Israeli leaders have done much to try and appease the Palestinian Arabs and the UN. The Arab people in general, and the Palestinians in particular, continue to assert a claim on Jerusalem. They maintain that the eastern half of the modern city, which includes the old city and the Temple Mount, is theirs. The UN agrees that Jerusalem is not the property of Israel. On December 1, 1999, the UN General Assembly, by a vote of 139 to 1 (Israel), with 3 abstentions (Swaziland, Uzbekistan and US), held that Israels imposition of its own laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of Jerusalem is illegal, null and void. Three thousand years of history apparently doesnt carry much weight with the United Nations. It wont be long before the armies of this dreadful beast encircle Jerusalem to enforce its mandates (Luke 21:20-24), just as the Roman army did in the 1st century. The United Nations, the terrible 4th beast of Daniel 7, will soon supplant the governments of the other beasts (the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Germany, and the rest of the world) and will begin to rule the earth in their place. The United Nations reportedly has the world divided into 10 administrative regions. When the United Nations government begins ruling the world after the destruction unleashed by the opening of the 4th seal (Rev. 6:7-8), these areas will be headed by the 10 horns of the beast. These 10 kings (represented by the 10 horns on the 4th beast and the 10 toes on the statue of Daniel 2) will rule over these administrative regions. The beast are in reverse order from the way they are listed in Daniel. The term The Beast can either be the leader of that kingdom or the kingdom itself, depending on context. Rev 13:3 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. Key Point ((((((( Important to understand which head was wounded ))))))) ______________________________________________________________________ We see in verse three that one of the heads was mortally wounded. The seven heads that Daniel saw make up the composite heads in Revelation. In Daniel the lion had one head, the bear 1 head, the leopard had 4 heads, the 4th beast had one head but, 10 horns. Which head received the fatal wound? Dan 7:7 And after this I was looking in the night visions. And, behold, the fourth beast was frightening and terrifying, and very strong! And to it were great iron teeth. It devoured, and crushed, and stamped what was left with its feet. And it was different from all the beasts before it; and it had ten horns. Dan 7:8 I was thinking about the horns. And behold! Another little horn came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. And behold! In this horn were eyes like the eyes of the man, and a mouth speaking great things. Three horns ripped out by the LITTLE HORN. The 10 horns represent 10 end time rulers of the NWO, which is the framework for the United Nations. They will divide the earth into 10 regions. The LITTLE HORN is the Anti-christ. A.K.A. Abaddon the angelic ruler in Revelation ch. 9. WWIII Prophecy indicates that global upheaval will allow the United Nations to take control of the world. Probably nuclear war, WWIII. Because the destruction will be like none seen before, People will be willing to concede power to the United Nations to stop the upheaval and prevent this from happening again. The Anti-Christ Rises!!! Then the Anti-Christ will rise up and attack three of those rulers and it will appear that the United Nations has been destroyed. However, the Anti-christ will see the system already in place as useful to him and he will replace the three with his puppet government. The 10 will be under his power and it will appear that the United Nations has been revived. The Power Behind the Throne Rev 13:4 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? Satan gives power to the beast, the anti-christ. This is a counterfeit of the Heavenly Father, and his son Yeshua. The Beast will appear so powerful, that no one will challenge him. This will happen during the 6th trumpet period mentioned in Revelation ch. 9 Most likely the Anti-Christ will present himself as an extra-terrestrial, rather than an angelic being. The popular trend these days is that mankind was seeded by someone from outer space. The Anti-Christ will appear to have technology that no one, on earth, can match when he wins the war that he will wage. No one will dare to fight against him. The fallen angels are not in this together,contrary to popular opinion. So they may fight against each other. Rev 13:5 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. (3 1/2 years) 2 Identifying signs given about the beast. In Daniel 7:8 we are told the little horn had eyes like a man and a mouth that spoke great things.Here in Revelation the mouth is emphasized. Its clear that the beast in Rev 13 is the same as the little horn in Dan. The mouth that utters balsphamy is mentioned in Dan 7:8,11,25. This is an identifying characteristic of the Anti-Christ. His authority last three and a half years. Same amount of time the witnesses testify against him. Its the same amount of time the woman is taken into the wilderness to protect her from the beast. Revelation 11: 2, its the same amount of time the holy city is trampled upon. Rev 13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. Notice: His focus is heaven and Gods throne! Next we see the Anti-Christ wage war against those in heaven and he will be successful and overtake the outer court. Rev 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints (angelic host), and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. Paul talks about the Anti-Christ 2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. This temple is thought by many to be here on earth, but scripture bares out that this is the heavenly Temple of God. Anti-Christ will be allowed to take over the courtyard in the Heavenly Temple and will cut off all heavenly sacrifices for 1150 days. (Dan Ch 8) After he conquers the holy ones (angelic host), he will be given authority over those on earth. Rev 13:8 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. Verse 8 shows that all upon the earth are destined to worship the beast. (Romans Ch 9) Dan 7 The angels explanation Dan 7:15 I Daniel was distressed in my spirit in its body, and the visions of my head troubled me. Dan 7:16 And I came near one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the meaning of the things. Dan 7:17 These four great beasts are four kings; they shall arise out of the earth. Dan 7:18 But the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever. Dan 7:19 Then I wanted to know the truth of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, very frightening, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of bronze; who devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the rest with his feet; Dan 7:20 and of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking very great things, whose appearance was greater than his fellows. Dan 7:21 I watched, and that horn made war with the saints and overcame them Dan 7:22 until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High. And the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. Daniel was very upset about this fourth beast...he didnt ask about the other three. Dan 7:23 And he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all kingdoms and shall devour the whole earth, and shall trample it and crush it. Dan 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise. And another shall arise after them. And he shall be different from the first, and he shall humble three kings. The ten horns rise up and then afterwards the little horn rises up, and he uproots 3 kings. So, these ten have to be existing at the same time. Dan 7:25 And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and plot to change times and laws. And they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and one-half time. (3 1/2 years)( 42 months) This Beast John sees in Revelation 13 is a world ruling satnaicly inspired Government. That will arise out of upheaval (possibly the United Nations) that will be taken over by the Anti-Christ. He will reveive the wounded head after uprooting three rulers and uses this governmental structure to rule the world. The world will see him as the saviour of mankind. Rev 13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. Verse 9 is saying Here is something you can use if you understand whats being said. Rev 13:10 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. Verse 10 gives John and us hope that the Anti-Christ and all that follow him will get what is coming to them! And that this time of tribulation is not going to last forever! The faithful reign with Messiah Dan 7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and his dominions shall be taken away, to be consumed and to be destroy unto the end. Dan 7:27 And the kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; their kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them. The False Prophet Rev 13:11 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. This beast is human and comes up out of the earth. Horns represent authority. So why does this Lamb like beast have horns? This beast represents the Roman Catholic Church and the pope. The RCC has authority over a large religious organization (looks like a lamb) and is also a country of its own.(rules a country) The RCC speaks as a dragon in that it has changed the true religion into the false Christianity we see today. The RCC admits to taking pagan rituals and made them appear righteous by using them to worship Jesus. ????? st. Malachis prophecy The 112th pope is supposed to be the last pope and would destroy the catholic church the next pope will be the 112th pope ????? Rev 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast (ANTI-CHRIST), whose deadly wound was healed. Simon Magus may be a shadow of the false prophet. like the prophets of Baal. (Acts ch 8) Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. G1504 εἰκών eikōn Thayer Definition: 1) an image, figure, likeness 1a) an image of the things (the heavenly things) 1a1) used of the moral likeness of renewed men to God 1a2) the image of the Son of God, into which true Christians are transformed, is likeness not only to the heavenly body, but also to the most holy and blessed state of mind, which Christ possesses 1b) the image of one 1b1) one in whom the likeness of any one is seen 1b2) applied to man on account of his power of command 1b3) to Christ on account of his divine nature and absolute moral excellence Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G1503 Citing in TDNT: 2:381, 203 G4352 προσκυνέω proskuneō Thayer Definition: 1) to kiss the hand to (towards) one, in token of reverence 2) among the Orientals, especially the Persians, to fall upon the knees and touch the ground with the forehead as an expression of profound reverence 3) in the NT by kneeling or prostration to do homage (to one) or make obeisance, whether in order to express respect or to make supplication 3a) used of homage shown to men and beings of superior rank 3a1) to the Jewish high priests 3a2) to God 3a3) to Christ 3a4) to heavenly beings 3a5) to demons Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G4314 and a probable derivative of G2965 (meaning to kiss, like a dog licking his master’s hand) Citing in TDNT: 6:758, 948
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