John stood on the sand of the sea and saw a wild beast rise up out of the sea; but though it rose out of the sea its description shows it to be a land beast, and not a sea monster; for it was like a leopard with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion. It had seven heads and ten horns, and on hi... [ Continue Reading ]
"And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed." This further serves to identify the beast with Rome; and also to locate in time some of these important events. Chapter seventeen shows us that there were seven kings and that they were successive; for he say... [ Continue Reading ]
And they worshiped both the dragon and the beast, saying, "Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?" How the world worships power and sides with the strong! But were the emperors of Rome really worshiped? Gibbon, the historian of Rome, is authority for that fact. And another his... [ Continue Reading ]
The beast made war with the saints to overcome them, and all shall worship him whose names are not written in the book of life. All the wiles of the Devil and the power of the persecutor will not cause the true Christian to sink into apostasy. He endures to the end. He is faithful unto death. The na... [ Continue Reading ]
"He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword." Here is the irony of fate. A man reaps what he sows. God's retributions are sure whether they be swift or slow, and they are generally swift.... [ Continue Reading ]
John saw another beast coming up out of the earth having two horns like a lamb. He does not look fierce and terrible like the first beast; he is somewhat like a lamb. But he is not as innocent as he looks; his mild look was just the sheep's clothing that covered the wolf; he had only borrowed the li... [ Continue Reading ]
And he put a mark in the hand or foreheads of men so that no man could buy or sell unless he had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. This was to boycott or ostracize the Christians, and deprive them of the common rights of citizens, or the common rights of humanity. The pr... [ Continue Reading ]
"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast; for it is the number of a man (or a man's number); and his number is six hundred three score and six," This number 666 is called the "number of the beast," and also "the number of a man." It is quite plausible that as th... [ Continue Reading ]