REVELATION—NOTE ON Revelation 13:1 As the dragon stands on the seashore (Revelation 12:17), a beast emerges from the sea. This beast is sometimes identified with the Antichrist (see 1 John 2:18, 1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:3; 2 John 1:7) or the man of lawlessness (2 Thessalonians 2:3). Yet the imagery of Daniel 7:1 that appears in the description of the beast shows that it represents not only a future individual but also present world powers that wage Satan’s war against the Lamb and his church.

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