Revelation 13:16 | The King James Bible with Apocrypha

Revelation 13:1

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.

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stood upon the sand of the sea on the Isle of Patmos. The sea (Mediterranean Sea) represents peoples, nations, tongues and kings (Revelation 17:15). seven heads - Seven Kingdoms (Germania Major, Germania Minor, Italy, Greece, France, Spain, Britain). The ten horns represent the common market or the European Economic Community (EEC/EU) established in 1958. It was originally comprised of Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Greece, Spain & Portugal, England & Ireland, West Germany. (Same as the ten toes spoken of in Daniel 2).

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Revelation 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.

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Leopard Alexander the Greek (Daniel 8). feet were as the feet of a bear The Russians because they're the ones who are going to bring this system down. mouth as the mouth of a lion Primarily Great Britain. dragon represents the Roman Empire.

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Revelation 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.

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How the Roman Empire was fallen but then was raised back up again as the neo-Roman Empire (America).

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Revelation 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?

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Revelation 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.

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forty and two months equals 3 and half years, i.e. the 350 years that Israel was in slavery under Esau, 1620-1970.

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Revelation 13:6

And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

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Revelation 13:7

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

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Revelation 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.

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Revelation 13:9

If any man have an ear, let him hear.

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Revelation 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.

Precepts

Jeremiah 30:16 2 Thessalonians 1:6 Isaiah 14:21

Revenge

Genesis 9:6 Exodus 21:16 Numbers 35:33 Psalms 137:8-9 Psalms 149:7 Isaiah 14:2 Isaiah 14:21 Isaiah 33:1 Jeremiah 30:16 Jeremiah 49:12 Ezekiel 35:5-9 Ezekiel 35:15 Joel 3:7 Obadiah 1:15-16 2 Esdras 15:56-57 Colossians 3:25 2 Thessalonians 1:6 Revelation 18:6

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Revelation 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.

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two horns like a lamb - Republicans (Patricians in Ancient Rome) and Democrats (Plebeians in Ancient Rome) . Horn represents power.

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Revelation 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, whose deadly wound was healed.

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power of the first beast Roman Empire.

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Revelation 13:13

And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

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Revelation 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.

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Part of the miracles is Esau's technology. The image represents the image of the Roman Empire e.g. its laws, legislation, architecture, etc (1 Maccabees 8:13-16). The Roman Empire has been reincarnated today as America.

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Revelation 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.

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The image represents the image of the Roman Empire e.g. its laws, legislation, architecture, etc (1 Maccabees 8:13-16). The Roman Empire has been reincarnated today as America.

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Revelation 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:

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A mark The RFID microchip. The word for mark is χάραγμα (khä'-räg-mä), which means an incision. You are forbidden to take the chip anywhere on your body.

How We Know This Is The End

Deuteronomy 30:7-7 Jeremiah 28:8-8 Jeremiah 31:22-22 Ezekiel 38:4-7 Hosea 1:10 Joel 2:28-31 Amos 8:11 Habakkuk 2:16 2 Esdras 6:9 2 Esdras 6:21 2 Esdras 15:17 Matthew 16:4-4 Matthew 24:6-7 Matthew 24:14 Revelation 11:11 Revelation 16:14

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Revelation 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.

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Revelation 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.

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Revelation 13

The Beast from the Sea

The Beast from the Earth