The Seventh Trumpet introduces seven personages: •The Woman; •Man-Child; •Red Dragon; •Michael; •The remnant of Israel; • and now, two more: the two beasts of this chapter.
The Antichrist: Greek, anti = “over against”; “instead of.” [Cf. Latin, Vicar of Christ.]
[1] “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea...”: “Beast”= therion [Gr], beast of prey, (vs. zoa ); mentioned 36X (62) in Revelation. The first beast is from the sea: A Gentile? (Rev 17:15; Isa 57:20-21).
The second beast (Rev 13:11) is from the earth: eretz (Israel?) Jhn 5:43; 3X: “false prophet.” This Leader may be a Jew: Eze 21:25-27; Eze 28:2-10 (of the circumcision); Dan 11:36-37; Jhn 5:43 (allos, not heteros: Jew, not a Gentile.); Received by Israel; Psa 55.
7 heads, 10 diadems (Cf. Dan 2; Dan 7). More than just Rome (Luk 4:6; Luk 7); Sea = peoples (Rev 17:15; Isa 57:20-21). [Review the “Little Horn” of Daniel 7.]
Ten horns = 10 kings (Rev 17:12) and 7 Heads = 7 Kingdoms (Rev 17:9-10): Sumeria (Nimrod, Bab-El), Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persian, Greece, (Dan 2:39; Dan 8:21; Dan 11:2-3), Rome (in two phases, separated by “gap”). [Contrast conquest of Canaan: original 10; 7 left for Joshua.]
[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.”
Lion, Bear, Leopard... Reversed from Dan 7.
[7] “And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them”: He overcomes the saints? (Dan 7:21; Dan 8:12, 24; Dan 11:31; Rev 11:7). Compare with Mat 16:18 (all saints not necessarily “Church”) and John the Baptist, (Mat 11:11-13).
[8] “And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him...”:
“They that dwell upon the earth”: 13X. Cosmos = world: Mat 4:8-9; Jhn 12:31; Jhn 14:30; Jhn 18:36; Eph 2:2; Eph 6:12; 1Jo 2:15-17.
“Book of Life”: known to Moses, Exd 32:32; Dan 12:1 (Isa 4:3?); 1Pe 1:19-20.
[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.”
“Horns” = authority, dominion. “Spake”: Gen 3:1; Gen 49:17; 2Cr 11:3. Spirit possessed: Acts 16:16-18; Acts 19:15-16.
Satan plus the first and second beasts = Satanic trinity?
[13] “And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men...”: Signs, miracles, see Jannes & Jambres: Exd 7:11; 2Ti 3:8; 2Th 2:9-11 (Cf. 2 witnesses).
Prophecy, not miracles, Jesus’ primary evidence: Mat 11:1-6.
[14] “...that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live”: “Image”: 7 passages—Rev 13:15; Rev 14:9, 11; Rev 15:2; Rev 16:2; Rev 19:20; Rev 20:4; Cf. Dan 2; Psa 73:20.
[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”:
Mark = charagma [Gr]: brand, seal. A mark is illegal: Lev 19:28; Lev 21:5; Deu 14:1; Isa 49:16; Eze 9:4; Exd 13:9, 16.
[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.”
666: 1 + 2 + ... + 36 (62) = 666
| hexakosioi | 600 | |
| hexakonta | 60 | |
| hex | 6 |
6 = number of man: Sabbath for man, (6 days +1)
Goliath: 6 cubits; 6 sheckel spear; 6 pieces of armor; etc. Nebuchadnezzar’s image: 60 cubits high, 6 cubits wide; 6 instruments of music.
Solomon as a Type? 666: 1Ki 10:14; 2Ch 9:13; [Ezra 2:13 vs. Neh 7:18]; Queen of Sheba? Goddess of Fortresses? Six steps to throne; founded commerce, banking, trading in horses (vs. Deu 17:16); “Magen David” = occultic “Seal of Solomon”; Masonry symbols: pattern of stars on the Great Seal of the U.S.(?)
Judas Iscariot “Reincarnated”? Psa 55:11-14; Death & Hell (Isa 28:18; Rev 6:8; Mat 12:41-43; Jhn 17:12; Jhn 6:7; 2Th 2:3; Acts 1:25, with Rev 11:7).
| Old Testament: 33 Titles | |
| Adversary | Psa 74:8-10; Isa 59:19; Lam 4:11-12; Amos 3:11 |
| Assyrian | Isa 10:5, 12 |
| Belial | Nahum 1:15 |
| Bloody and Deceitful Man | Psa 5:6 |
| Branch of the Terrible Ones | Isa 25:5 (Cf. Isa 14:19) |
| Chief Prince | Eze 38:2 |
| Crooked Serpent | Job 26:13; Isa 27:1 |
| Cruel One | Jer 30:14, 23 |
| Destroyer of the Gentiles | Jer 4:7 |
| Enemy | Psa 55:3; Jer 30:14, 23, 23 |
| Evil Man | Psa 140:1 |
| Head Over Many Countries | Psa 110:6 |
| Head of Northern Army | Joel 2:20 |
| Idol Shepherd | Zech 11:16-17 |
| King of Princes | Hos 8:10 |
| King of Babylon | Isa 14:11-20 (Cf. Isa 30:31-33) |
| Little Horn | Dan 7:8-11, '21-26'; Dan 8:9-12, 23-25 |
| Man of the Earth | Psa 10:18 |
| Merchant, ...deceit, ...oppress | Hos 12:7 |
| Mighty Man | Psa 52:1 |
| Nail | Isa 22:25 |
| Prince That Shall Come | Dan 9:26 |
| Prince of Tyre | Eze 28:2-10 |
| Profane Wicked Prince of Israel | Eze 21:25-27 |
| Proud Man | Hab 2:5 |
| Rod of God’s Anger | Isa 10:5 |
| Seed of the Serpent | Gen 3:15 |
| Son of the Morning | Isa 14:12 |
| Spoiler, Destroyer | Isa 16:4-5 |
| Vile Person | Dan 11:21 |
| Violent Man | Psa 140:1, 10-11 |
| Wicked, Wicked One | Psa 9:17; Psa 10:2, 4; Isa 11:4; Jer 30:14, 23 |
| Wilful King | Dan 11:36 |
| New Testament: 13 Titles | |
| Angel of the Bottomless Pit | Rev 9:11 |
| Antichrist, (Pseudo-Christ) | 1Jo 2:18, 22 |
| Beast | Rev 11:7, 13 |
| False Prophet | Rev 13 |
| Father of the Lie | Jhn 8:44; 2Th 2:11 |
| Lawless One | 2Th 2:8 |
| Man of Sin | 2Th 2:3 |
| One Come in His Own Name | Jhn 5:43 |
| Prince of Darkness | |
| Son of Perdition | 2Th 2:3 |
| Star | Rev 8:10; Rev 9:1 |
| Unclean Spirit | Mat 12:43 |
| Vine of the earth | Rev 14:18 |
[Why didn’t John use “antichrist” in Rev? 1Jo 2:18, 22; 1Jo 4:3; 2Jo 7]
See also: Psa 10; Psa 52; Psa 55; Isa 10; Isa 11; Isa 13; Isa 14; Jer 49; Jer 50; Jer 51; Zech 5; Rev 18.