Expert: Patricia Burns - 11/10/2005

Question
Hello and thank you for taking your time out to help me.

I believe that the beast out of the sea is the anti-christ and also the beast out of the land what is your viewpoint? do you believe that they are the same person? or do you think that they are talking about someone else. or do you believe that there will be anti-christ(s)for it says in matthew 24:24 "For false christs (or anti-christs matters what translation you have) and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders, so as to deceive,if possible, even the elect."

again thank you for your time,
The J Rab  

Answer
Perhaps this Bible study (below) will provide an answer to your multi-faceted question.
 

    The Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet

End-time prophecy is confronted with THREE separate and unique evil entities (Re.16:13 below).  There is the dragon/Satan, the beast of Revelation 13:1, and the beast of Revelation 13:11.


Re.16:13    And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the DRAGON (Re.12:9, Re.20:2, Re.9:11), and out of the mouth of the BEAST (Re.13:1-8), and out of the mouth of the FALSE PROPHET (Re.13:11-17).


The fourth beast/king of Daniel chapter 7 is seen in the book of Revelation as the beast of Revelation 13:1.  He is a man/king and has the number 666 (Re.13:18).

At Revelation 13:1 we are witnessing the fourth beast of Daniel chapter 7 "rise up out of the sea" (Dan.7:3), "out of the earth" (Dan.7:17), out of the bottomless pit  (Re.9:1-2).

The beast of Revelation 13:11 is seen in the book of Daniel as the "another" "little horn/king" (Dan.7:20, Dan.7:24, Dan.7:25, Dan.8:9, Dan.8:11, Dan.8:23-25, Dan.11:36-38).  He is the false prophet (Re.16:13 above, Re.19:20).  He is a man/king.  He will not regard the God of his fathers (Dan.11:37).

After the fourth beast/king (Dan.7:7), seen in the book of Revelation as the beast of Revelation 13:1, comes upon the world scene, "another" beast/king comes up "out of the earth" (Re.13:11, Re.11:7), as did the first four beasts/kings (Dan.7:3, Dan.7:17).

Once the little horn/king of Daniel, the "another" beast of Revelation 13:11, sits in the temple of God (2 Thess.2:4), he is seen as the scarlet colored beast of Revelation chapter 17, who has ascended out of the bottomless pit (Re.17:8).

The beasts/kings of Daniel chapter 7/Revelation chapter 13 ALL come out of the bottomless pit.  Their identities will not be known until they ascend out from the bottomless pit at the Fifth Trumpet, the First WOE, (Re.9:1-2, 12).

The beast (Re.13:1) and the beast/false prophet (Re.13:11) will come against those blessed who come to the 1335 days (Dan.12:12) prior to the Seventh TRUMPET ascension (1 Thess.4:16-17)

The spiritual opening of the bottomless pit is in the Dead Sea.

Satan gives these beasts/kings their power (Re.13:2, Re.13:12).




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