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<h2><a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,'1-')">Revelation 13</a></h2>
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<h5>The Satanic Trinity</h5>
<p>The Seventh Trumpet introduces seven personages: &#8226;The Woman; &#8226;Man-Child; &#8226;Red Dragon; &#8226;Michael; &#8226;The remnant of Israel; &#8226; and now, two more: the two beasts of this chapter.</p>
<p>The Antichrist: Greek, <i>anti</i> = “over against”; “instead of.” [Cf. Latin, <i>Vicar</i> of Christ.]</p>
<p class="hangIndent">[1] “And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea...”: “Beast”= <i>therion</i> [Gr], beast of prey, (vs. <i>zoa</i> ); mentioned 36X (6<sup>2</sup>) in Revelation. The first beast is from the sea: A Gentile? (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,15)">Rev 17:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',57,20,21)">Isa 57:20-21</a>).</p>
<p>The second beast (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,11)">Rev 13:11</a>) is from the earth: <i>eretz</i> (Israel?) <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',5,43)">Jhn 5:43</a>; 3X: “false prophet.” This Leader may be a Jew: <a onclick="return mV('Eze',21,'25-27')">Eze 21:25-27</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',28,'2-10')">Eze 28:2-10</a> (of the circumcision); <a onclick="return mV('Dan',11,36,37)">Dan 11:36-37</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',5,43)">Jhn 5:43</a> (<i>allos</i>, not <i>heteros</i>: Jew, not a Gentile.); Received by Israel; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',55,'1-')">Psa 55</a>.</p>
<p>7 heads, 10 diadems (Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Dan',2,'1-')">Dan 2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',7,'1-')">Dan 7</a>). More than just Rome (<a onclick="return mV('Luk',4,6)">Luk 4:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Luk',7,'1-')">Luk 7</a>); Sea = peoples (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,15)">Rev 17:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',57,20,21)">Isa 57:20-21</a>). [Review the “Little Horn” of <a onclick="return mV('Dan',7,'1-')">Daniel 7</a>.]</p>
<p>Ten horns = 10 kings (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,12)">Rev 17:12</a>) and 7 Heads = 7 Kingdoms (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,9,10)">Rev 17:9-10</a>): Sumeria (Nimrod, Bab-El), Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persian, Greece, (<a onclick="return mV('Dan',2,39)">Dan 2:39</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',8,21)">Dan 8:21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',11,2,3)">Dan 11:2-3</a>), Rome (in two phases, separated by “gap”). [Contrast conquest of Canaan: original 10; 7 left for Joshua.]</p>
<p class="hangIndent">[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.”</p>
<p>Lion, Bear, Leopard... Reversed from <a onclick="return mV('Dan',7,'1-')">Dan 7</a>.</p>
<p class="hangIndent">[7] “And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them”: He overcomes the saints? (<a onclick="return mV('Dan',7,21)">Dan 7:21</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',8,12)">Dan 8:12</a>, <a onclick="return mV('Dan',8,24)">24</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',11,31)">Dan 11:31</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,7)">Rev 11:7</a>). Compare with <a onclick="return mV('Mat',16,18)">Mat 16:18</a> (all saints not necessarily “Church”) and John the Baptist, (<a onclick="return mV('Mat',11,'11-13')">Mat 11:11-13</a>).</p>
<p class="hangIndent">[8] “And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him...”:</p>
<p>“They that dwell upon the earth”: 13X. <i>Cosmos</i> = world: <a onclick="return mV('Mat',4,8,9)">Mat 4:8-9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',12,31)">Jhn 12:31</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',14,30)">Jhn 14:30</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',18,36)">Jhn 18:36</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eph',2,2)">Eph 2:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eph',6,12)">Eph 6:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Jo',2,'15-17')">1Jo 2:15-17</a>.</p>
<p>“Book of Life”: known to Moses, <a onclick="return mV('Exo',32,32)">Exd 32:32</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',12,1)">Dan 12:1</a> (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',4,3)">Isa 4:3</a>?); <a onclick="return mV('1Pe',1,'19-20')">1Pe 1:19-20</a>.</p>
<p class="hangIndent">[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.”</p>
<p>“Horns” = authority, dominion. “Spake”: <a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,1)">Gen 3:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Gen',49,17)">Gen 49:17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Co',11,3)">2Cr 11:3</a>. Spirit possessed: <a onclick="return mV('Act',16,'16-18')">Acts 16:16-18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Act',19,15,16)">Acts 19:15-16</a>.</p>
<p>Satan plus the first and second beasts = Satanic trinity?</p>
<p class="hangIndent">[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 &amp; Jambres: <a onclick="return mV('Exo',7,11)">Exd 7:11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Ti',3,8)">2Ti 3:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,'9-11')">2Th 2:9-11</a> (Cf. 2 witnesses).</p>
<p>Prophecy, not miracles, Jesus primary evidence: <a onclick="return mV('Mat',11,'1-6')">Mat 11:1-6</a>.</p>
<p class="hangIndent">[14] “...that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live”: “Image”: 7 passages—<a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,15)">Rev 13:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',14,9,11)">Rev 14:9, 11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',15,2)">Rev 15:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',16,2)">Rev 16:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',19,20)">Rev 19:20</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',20,4)">Rev 20:4</a>; Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Dan',2,'1-')">Dan 2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',73,20)">Psa 73:20</a>.</p>
<p class="hangIndent">[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”:</p>
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<p>Mark = <i>charagma</i> [Gr]: brand, seal. A mark is illegal: <a onclick="return mV('Lev',19,28)">Lev 19:28</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Lev',21,5)">Lev 21:5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Deu',14,1)">Deu 14:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',49,16)">Isa 49:16</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',9,4)">Eze 9:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Exo',13,9,16)">Exd 13:9, 16</a>.</p>
<p class="hangIndent">[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.”</p>
<p style="margin-left:40px;">666: 1 + 2 + ... + 36 (6<sup>2</sup>) = 666</p>
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<tr><td style="font-style:oblique;">hexakosioi</td><td rowspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td style="text-align:right;">600</td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-style:oblique;">hexakonta</td><td style="text-align:right;">60</td></tr>
<tr><td style="font-style:oblique;">hex</td><td style="text-align:right;">6</td></tr>
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<p>6 = number of man: Sabbath for man, (6 days +1)</p>
<p>Goliath: 6 cubits; 6 sheckel spear; 6 pieces of armor; etc. Nebuchadnezzars image: 60 cubits high, 6 cubits wide; 6 instruments of music.</p>
<p><b>Solomon as a Type? </b>666: <a onclick="return mV('1Ki',10,14)">1Ki 10:14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Ch',9,13)">2Ch 9:13</a>; [<a onclick="return mV('Ezr',2,13)">Ezra 2:13</a> vs. <a onclick="return mV('Neh',7,18)">Neh 7:18</a>]; Queen of Sheba? Goddess of Fortresses? Six steps to throne; founded commerce, banking, trading in horses (vs. <a onclick="return mV('Deu',17,16)">Deu 17:16</a>); <i>“Magen David”</i> = occultic “Seal of Solomon”; Masonry symbols: pattern of stars on the Great Seal of the U.S.(?)</p>
<p><b>Judas Iscariot “Reincarnated”?</b> <a onclick="return mV('Psa',55,'11-14')">Psa 55:11-14</a>; Death &amp; Hell (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',28,18)">Isa 28:18</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,8)">Rev 6:8</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mat',12,'41-43')">Mat 12:41-43</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',17,12)">Jhn 17:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',6,7)">Jhn 6:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,3)">2Th 2:3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Act',1,25)">Acts 1:25</a>, with <a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,7)">Rev 11:7</a>).</p>
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<tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;">Old Testament: 33 Titles<br><br></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Adversary</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',74,'8-10')">Psa 74:8-10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',59,19)">Isa 59:19</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Lam',4,11,12)">Lam 4:11-12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Amo',3,11)">Amos 3:11</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Assyrian</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Isa',10,5,12)">Isa 10:5, 12</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Belial</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Nah',1,15)">Nahum 1:15</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Bloody and Deceitful Man</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',5,6)">Psa 5:6</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Branch of the Terrible Ones</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Isa',25,5)">Isa 25:5</a> (Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Isa',14,19)">Isa 14:19</a>)</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Chief Prince</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Eze',38,2)">Eze 38:2</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Crooked Serpent</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Job',26,13)">Job 26:13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',27,1)">Isa 27:1</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Cruel One</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Jer',30,14,23)">Jer 30:14, 23</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Destroyer of the Gentiles</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Jer',4,7)">Jer 4:7</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Enemy</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',55,3)">Psa 55:3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',30,14,23)">Jer 30:14, 23</a>, <a onclick="return mV('Jer',30,23)">23</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Evil Man</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',140,1)">Psa 140:1</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Head Over Many Countries</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',110,6)">Psa 110:6</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Head of Northern Army</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Joe',2,20)">Joel 2:20</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Idol Shepherd</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Zec',11,16,17)">Zech 11:16-17</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">King of Princes</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Hos',8,10)">Hos 8:10</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">King of Babylon</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Isa',14,'11-20')">Isa 14:11-20</a>
(Cf. <a onclick="return mV('Isa',30,'31-33')">Isa 30:31-33</a>)</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Little Horn</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Dan',7,'8-11')">Dan 7:8-11, '21-26'</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',8,'9-12','23-25')">Dan 8:9-12, 23-25</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Man of the Earth</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',10,18)">Psa 10:18</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Merchant, ...deceit, ...oppress</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Hos',12,7)">Hos 12:7</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Mighty Man</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',52,1)">Psa 52:1</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Nail</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Isa',22,25)">Isa 22:25</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Prince That Shall Come</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Dan',9,26)">Dan 9:26</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Prince of Tyre</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Eze',28,'2-10')">Eze 28:2-10</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Profane Wicked Prince of Israel</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Eze',21,'25-27')">Eze 21:25-27</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Proud Man</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Hab',2,5)">Hab 2:5</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Rod of Gods Anger</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Isa',10,5)">Isa 10:5</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Seed of the Serpent</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,15)">Gen 3:15</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Son of the Morning</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Isa',14,12)">Isa 14:12</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Spoiler, Destroyer</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Isa',16,4,5)">Isa 16:4-5</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Vile Person</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Dan',11,21)">Dan 11:21</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Violent Man</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',140,1,10-11)">Psa 140:1, 10-11</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Wicked, Wicked One</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Psa',9,17)">Psa 9:17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',10,2,4)">Psa 10:2, 4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',11,4)">Isa 11:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',30,14)">Jer 30:14, 23</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Wilful King</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Dan',11,36)">Dan 11:36</a><br><br></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;">New Testament: 13 Titles<br><br></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Angel of the Bottomless Pit</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Rev',9,11)">Rev 9:11</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Antichrist, (Pseudo-Christ)</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('1Jo',2,18,22)">1Jo 2:18, 22</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Beast</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Rev',11,7,13)">Rev 11:7, 13</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">False Prophet</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,'1-')">Rev 13</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Father of the Lie</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',8,44)">Jhn 8:44</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,11)">2Th 2:11</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Lawless One</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,8)">2Th 2:8</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Man of Sin</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,3)">2Th 2:3</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">One Come in His Own Name</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',5,43)">Jhn 5:43</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Prince of Darkness</td><td valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Son of Perdition</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,3)">2Th 2:3</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Star</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Rev',8,10)">Rev 8:10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',9,1)">Rev 9:1</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Unclean Spirit</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Mat',12,43)">Mat 12:43</a></td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Vine of the earth</td><td valign="top"><a onclick="return mV('Rev',14,18)">Rev 14:18</a></td></tr>
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<p>[Why didnt John use “antichrist” in Rev? <a onclick="return mV('1Jo',2,18,22)">1Jo 2:18, 22</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Jo',4,3)">1Jo 4:3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Jo',1,7)">2Jo 7</a>]</p>
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<li>“Big Mouth” (6X!): <a onclick="return mV('Dan',7,8,11,20)">Dan 7:8, 11, 20</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',11,36)">Dan 11:36</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',52,'1-')">Psa 52</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,4)">2Th 2:4</a>.</li>
<li>The Leader will be the Son of Satan: <a onclick="return mV('Gen',3,15)">Gen 3:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',27,1)">Isa 27:1</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',28,'12-19')">Eze 28:12-19</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,'1-')">Rev 13</a>.</li>
<li>He will be an intellectual genius: <a onclick="return mV('Dan',7,20)">Dan 7:20</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',8,23)">Dan 8:23</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',28,3)">Eze 28:3</a>.</li>
<li>He will be an oratorical Genius: <a onclick="return mV('Dan',7,20)">Dan 7:20</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,2)">Rev 13:2</a>.</li>
<li>He will be a political genius: <a onclick="return mV('Dan',11,21)">Dan 11:21</a>.</li>
<li>He will be a commercial genius: <a onclick="return mV('Dan',8,25)">Dan 8:25</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,17)">Rev 13:17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',52,7)">Psa 52:7</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Dan',11,38,43)">Dan 11:38, 43</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Eze',28,4,5)">Eze 28:4-5</a>.</li>
<li>He will be a military genius: <a onclick="return mV('Dan',8,24)">Dan 8:24</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',6,2)">Rev 6:2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,4)">Rev 13:4</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',14,16)">Isa 14:16</a>.</li>
<li>He will be a governmental genius: <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,1,2)">Rev 13:1-2</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',17,17)">17:17</a>.</li>
<li>He will be a religious genius: <a onclick="return mV('2Th',2,4)">2Th 2:4</a> (“Allah”?); <a onclick="return mV('Rev',13,3,14,15)">Rev 13:3, 14-15</a>.</li>
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<p>See also: <a onclick="return mV('Psa',10,'1-')">Psa 10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',52,'1-')">Psa 52</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',55,'1-')">Psa 55</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',10,'1-')">Isa 10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',11,'1-')">Isa 11</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',13,'1-')">Isa 13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',14,'1-')">Isa 14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',49,'1-')">Jer 49</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',50,'1-')">Jer 50</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',51,'1-')">Jer 51</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Zec',5,'1-')">Zech 5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Rev',18,'1-')">Rev 18</a>.</p>
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