But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you. - John 14:26
John "saw a beast rising up out of the sea" Revelation 13:1a. The beast is rising up out of the sea. In Revelation 17:15 we are told that, "the waters which you saw...are peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues". In Psalm 65:7 the "noise of the seas" is prophetically linked to being "the tumult of the peoples". This beast rises up from the peoples of the earth who are in a noisy tumult; no peace nor rest.
This is a continuation from Revelation 12 where the Dragon is enraged at the Woman, a picture of the Bride Church (Eph.5:22-33) which is bringing forth sons in the earth. The Dragon wants to destroy the sons coming forth, those who are "her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ" Revelation 12:17. So what does the Dragon do? He raises up a beast from the sea, from out of the noisy tumult of the nations that rage against God (Ps.2:1). It is the dragon "who gave authority to the beast" Revelation 13:4. In fact the Beast is the manifestation of the Dragon in the earth. The Dragon was described as "a fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems (crowns) on his heads" Revelation 12:3. The beast is described as "having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns" Revelation 13:1. The Beast is so similar to the Dragon, that it is as if the Beast is the Dragon manifesting on the earth using religious, political, social and governmental means to "make war with the saints and to overcome them" Revelation 13:7. The difference is that the crowns are on the heads of the dragon - speaking of the power and authority coming from the dragon. The Beast has the crowns on the horns - showing that the power of the dragon is manifest through the beast in human rulers, kings and governments.
This beast was seen "having seven heads" Revelation 13:1b. Heads speak of authority. The number seven speaks of complete authority. The good news is that there is a Head who is more powerful than the Beast with seven heads. God put all things under the feet of Christ and "gave Him to be head over all to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all" Ephesians 1:22-23. This is confirmed in Revelation 1:5 & 5:6 which shows us that Jesus Christ is "the ruler over the kings of the earth" and the Lamb is in the midst of the throne having "seven horns". Jesus said, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth" Matthew 28:18. Jesus has complete and total authority.
A Journey through the Book of Revelation
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