The sound i heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. This link is provided solely for the users convenience. Revelation revised standard version catholic edition rsvce the first beast. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. As we noted in an earlier chapter, the book of revelation has shown us that satan has mimicked god, producing a trilogy of beast, false prophet and dragon. These are often linked to the entities beast and false prophet entities mentioned in revelation 16. Revelation the successive kingdoms of babylon, medopersia and greece, reappear together in scripture only one more time in revelation chapter but combined into a single composite beast kingdom. Revelation is a very critical chapter in understanding the tribulation period, which requires integrating old testament and new testament passages with these verses in revelation to fully appreciate the events as they unfold.
Commentary for revelation a wild beast rises out of the sea, to whom the dragon gives his power. Revelation beast, false prophet, 42 months, 666 explained. The book of revelation is unique, in that it describes a series of visions that may or may be taken literally. And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four. In the book of revelation, both the horns and crowns. And i stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea before we can proceed in the interpretation of this chapter, it will be highly necessary to ascertain the meaning of the prophetic symbol beast, as the want of a proper understanding of this term has probably been one reason why so many discordant hypotheses have been published to the world. They are twothe tenhorned and the twohorned beasts. Revelation image of the beast the case of the haunted. Revelation 14 niv bible then i looked, and there before. Revelation rise, reign, ruin, resurrection and restoration. The events revealed in revelation occur during the midtribulation period.
And i stood upon the sand of the sea the vulgate latin, syriac, and ethiopic versions read, and he stood and so the alexandrian copy. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beastall whose names have not been written in the lambs book of life, the lamb who was slain from the creation of. Now remember that the apostle john was not literally transported to the seashore. 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.
The most remarkable detail about neros campaign of persecution is that it lasted just over 42 months, which revelation. The marriage supper of the lamb book of revelation. John is told to write down everything god shows him, and boy is god going to show him some strange things. The last days of babylon, chapter 23, the beast and his mark. And i heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder. He shall cause also that a golden image of antichrist shall be placed in the temple at jerusalem, and that the apostate angel should enter, and thence utter voices and oracles. And the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Revelation with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Revelation commentary daily verse, scripture by topic. The first, verses 5, describes the major rulers of the persian empire and then gives. Revelation daily verse, scripture by topic, stories. Revelation chapter revelation chapter begins with a beast the antichrist, raising up out of the sea, which represents the nations of the world. Revelation bible commentary wesleys explanatory notes. Verses 12 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. The word beast in revelation chapter thirteen and verse one is referring to a wild beast, an uncontrollable beast. Book of revelation a verse by verse audio study chapter 19 pt 1 the marriage supper of the lamb. Revelation kjv and i stood upon the sand of the sea, bible. Hes just a mildmannered christian guy living in exile whenpow. The second beast was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
These had for a long season had the city of rome, with her bishop, under their jurisdiction. Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the lord our god. The book of revelation is the strangest book in the bible, and the most controversial. In most manuscripts of the new testament and in english translations of the bible, the number of the beast is six hundred and sixtysix or in. The first commentary we have on the book of revelation, written by victorinus in the early church, says of this revelation. Revelation niv the beast out of the sea the dragon bible. What the 1945 lost book of revelation reveals about the. Revelation niv bible the dragon stood on the shore. The thirteenth chapter of revelation brings before us the most famous number in the world 666. Something to keep in mind as we look at this chapter. It clearly shows that there are two groups of people who have to go through the period known as the great tribulation or jacobs trouble jer. The author records visions of two beasts or monsters which he saw while standing on the seashore, the monster from the sea. The great tribulation comes in the second half of the last week of daniels seventy weeks prophecy recorded in the book of daniel chapter 9.
Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast. I learned this morning that a couple from this congregation had that as their house number. However literal the prophecies may or may not be, the point is clear. 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. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. Revelation 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. The miracles being performed in verse 14 are being performed by the false prophet in order to deceive those who are on the earth at that time. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity. Even stranger, it was only one of many nowforgotten books of revelation. By accepting this message, you will be leaving the website of the united states conference of catholic bishops. As the visions continued to unfold, john found himself standing upon the sand of the sea. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. Revelation 619 niv the seals i watched as the lamb bible. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
A plain exposition of the holy scripture of the new testament new york. This chapter contains four of the most iconic concepts contained in revelation. Revelation is the thirteenth chapter of the book of revelation or the apocalypse of john in the new testament of the christian bible. We have, in this chapter, a further discovery and description of the churchs enemies. The new fragment from the book of revelation, written in ancient greek and. The persecution ended when nero died on june 9, 68 ad. It had seven heads and its seven heads held ten horns with ten crowns on top of the horns. Revelation chapter 14 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. Many verses in revelation apply to life today, whether we are living in the midst of one of the. There two references to mount zion, one which is jerusalem, 2samuel 5.
The book is traditionally attributed to john the apostle, but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. Biblical studiesnew testament commentariesrevelation. The long introduction of chapter 10 to the fourth and final vision given to daniel is followed in chapter 11 by the revelation of important events beginning with darius the mede 539 b. The background and meaning of the image of the beast in rev. In revelation chapter what is verse 5 talking about. The two beasts described here are the figures often referred to as the antichrist and the false prophet.
And he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it offers only visionsdreams and nightmares, the four horsemen of the apocalypse pictured below. John claimed in revelation chapter that he stood on the shore and saw a beast emerge from the ocean. The latter is what will descend on earth after the great white throne judgment and remain on earth for eternity. While 666 is called the number of the beast in most manuscripts of revelation. The symbol mandated for all followers of antichrist, administered by the false prophet, is the mark of the beast, which is further related to the number 666. Branding his claim on earth, the mark of the beast will apparently involve a mirror image of gods formula. He was simply taken control by the spirit of god and shown a series of visions.
Revelation, new king james version nkjv the bible app. This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of gods people. Based on the computation of the trinity, the number for god is 3. In chapter we have the clear and full development of satans instruments of evil.
Revelation, new international version niv the bible app. Chapter 11 naturally divides into two major sections. The antichrist and the false prophet 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. And he said to me, these are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb. Chapter of the book of revelation has long hidden its teaching, but it is time it was made clearer. The seventh and the final seal opened up with nothing but total silence in heaven for the space of half an hour.
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. In revelation 12, satan had been kicked out of the heavenly realm forever. Tribulation chapters 619 the next thing that will happen is the. God hits him with a doozy of a revelation hey, thats not a bad idea for a title. Nov 07, 2009 all of our revelation chapter by chapter studies, and any other posts related to the book of revelation, can be found here. A blasphemous name was emblazoned on the monsters heads. The beast i saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of. The phrase in chapter 17, the beast who once was, now is not, and yet will come, seems to tie in with what we have read in chapter , verse 3, one of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. To the first the dragon, who swept with his tail a third part of the stars to earth, satan under the form of the roman empire, gave his throne and much authority.
Jul 08, 20 to get hard copies of pastor andersons preaching cds, dvds, usbs, etc, come by faithful word baptist church in tempe, az, to pick up free copies. So far we have seen that jesus is our god verse 8, he is our high priest verse and he is our judge verse 15. The new testament word antichrist comes from the greek antichristos, meaning in opposition to christ or in substitution for christ. Jan 20, 20 you cannot just pull one verse out and expect a rational explanation you must consider the whole chapter. If you get that number on your license plate or on your credit card it sends shivers of fear down your spine. They were so disturbed they asked the city to change the. Name the name of the book comes from the first verse, the revelation of. A commentary on the book of revelation chapter the. Have you ever wondered what the book of revelation is all about. The beast seemed to be an amalgam of other frightful animals. I am explaining the entire chapter mostly just to tell you about the image of the beast described in revelation. The book of revelation explained in under 5 minutes youtube.