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Revelation 13:1-10
Why this is important
Even though the events in this passage are future events...
If I can become more familiar with Satan’s attack strategies in general
I can become better prepared to recognize his attack against me when it comes
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The Source of the Beast’s Power
Dragon—Satan
V.2
Gave to the beast
His power
His throne
His authority
Does not diminish the level of his power
It will be significant
But when you remember the source of his power
And you remember that his power is permitted, with boundaries and limits, by the One who is All-Powerful
That can take the fear and terror level down significantly
2. The Display of the Beast’s Power
V.3
Suffers a fatal wound
Fatal wound is healed
In other words
He is killed
He comes to life again
Worldwide event
V.4
all the world marvels
all the world follows the beast
Something to keep in mind
While this is a real event
And this person will die and come back to life
Hold onto that thought:
“Wait, didn’t Jesus do that first?”
So keeping in mind that the source of the beast’s power is the dragon
Then it would follow that the dragon is instrumental in this person’s resurrection
Yet one more example of Satan’s limitations
He cannot create
He cannot bring into existence something new when there are no ingredients
He can only copy
He can only duplicate
He can only mimic
While he can raise a person from the dead, what he cannot do
Is raise a person from the dead through whom everlasting life could result
3. The Results of the Beast’s Power
V.4
World worships the dragon
Consistent with Satan’s original rebellion
So it would follow that Satan would work to have the world worship him
Vv.4,8
World worships the beast
The trending quotes
V.4
“Who is like the beast?”
“Who is able to make war with him?”
Both rhetorical questions
Expecting a negative answer
Who will be included in the “all the world?”
Those whose names not written in Book of Life of the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world
Is the phrase “from the foundation of the world” connected to “slain” or to “written”?
Answer: slain
Because of the structure of the sentence
Because Christ’s death transcends time to where it paid for the sins of all, from Adam to last man standing
Vv.5-6
Given authority
over every
Tribe
People
Language
Nation
One World Ruler
Alluded to in Re 6:2 “And I looked, and behold, a white horse.
He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.”
Blasphemes God
Aorist active infinitive
βλασφημέω
“to speak against someone in such a way as to harm or injure his or her reputation”
One way in which βλασφημέω and βλασφημίαa were used in speaking of ‘defaming God’ was by claiming some kind of equality with God.
Any such statement was regarded by the Jews of biblical times as being harmful and injurious to the nature of God.
His name
His dwelling
Those who dwell in heaven
Culminates in Da 9:27; 12:11; Mt 24:15
Beast/Man of sin will enter the Most Holy Place
Establish that he is the god that the world must worship
Beast then turns and wages war against anyone who would still worship the true God
V.5
Period of 42 months
3 ½ years
Great Tribulation
V.7
Given permission to wage war against saints
Prevails over them
Now What?
The Caveat to the beast’s actions
Vv.9-10
If anyone has ear, let him hear
Compare with Re 2-3
“…what the Spirit says to the churches”
V.9 omits
Indicates the church is gone
Much broader warning
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