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The beast has seven heads and ten horns (Rev 13:1), equal to the total number of heads and horns in Daniel 7, indicating some relationship. The beast has crowns on its horns (Rev 13:1). The beast "was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion" (Rev 13:2).
Revelation also references a charagma (χάραγμα), translated as mark of the beast: 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: 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.
A beast with ten horns atop seven heads rises out of the sea and is given authority to rule the Earth by the Dragon. The people of Earth marvel at the beast's abilities and worship it and the Dragon. (Revelation 13:4). The beast is able to control the entire planet, and goes to war against the saints.
The term may refer to one of two beasts described in the Book of Revelation. In Revelation 13:1-10, the first beast (interpreted as the Antichrist) rises "out of the sea" and is given authority and power by the dragon. This first beast is initially mentioned in Revelation 11:7 as emerging from the abyss.
The Whore is associated with the Beast of Revelation by connection with an equally evil kingdom. [citation needed] The word "Whore" can also be translated metaphorically as "Idolatress". [2] The Whore's apocalyptic downfall is prophesied to take place in the hands of the image of the beast with seven heads and ten horns.
Image of the Beast (1980) Years of the Beast (1981) Early Warning (1981) The Prodigal Planet (1983) The Seventh Sign (1988) The Rapture (1991) Apocalypse (1998) Apocalypse II: Revelation (1999) Apocalypse III: Tribulation (1999) The Moment After (1999) The Omega Code (1999) The Apocalypse (2000, TNT Bible Series) Left Behind: The Movie (2000) (V)
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The historicist views of Revelation 12–13 see the first beast of Revelation 13 (from the sea) to be considered to be the pagan Rome and the Papacy, or more exclusively the latter. [ 68 ] In 1798, the French General Louis Alexandre Berthier exiled the Pope and took away all his authority, which was restored in 1813, destroyed again in 1870 ...