THREE BEASTS

THREE BEASTS

Relatively few people know that there are THREE (wild) BEASTS written about in the book of the Revelation. Not ONE, not TWO, but THREE. There is also ONE DRAGON that has to be reckoned with.

One (wild) BEAST comes out of the SEA. One (wild) BEAST comes out of the EARTH. Find them in Rev. ch. 13

Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the SEA, having SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. Revelation 13:2 And the beast which I saw was LIKE UNTO A LEOPARD, and his feet were as [the feet] of a BEAR, and his mouth as the mouth of a LION: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

Daniel the Prophet, saw basically the same thing, recorded in ch. 7. Daniel 7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. The first [was] like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and [it had] three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it [was] diverse from all the beasts that [were] before it; and it had ten horns.

Daniel was writing BEFORE THE FACT, and saw the four aspects of the SAME WORLD ORDER. The Gentile order, to be exact.

John was writing after THREE aspects were HISTORY, and the FOURTH was in power. Each was a part of the SAME system.

John also saw a SECOND (wild) BEAST come out of the EARTH. Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the EARTH; and he had TWO HORNS LIKE A LAMB, and HE SPAKE AS A DRAGON. And he EXERCISETH ALL THE POWER of the FIRST BEAST before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to WORSHIP the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he DOETH GREAT WONDERS, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And DECEIVETH them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

This SECOND (wild) BEAST seems to represent a form of RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY which is incorporated into the GENTILE ORDER of the politic. (Religion with TEETH in it.)

It is this SECOND (wild) BEAST which DECREED AND ENFORCED (past tense) an economic order tied in with a form of worship combined with politics. (State religion)

Revelation 13:16 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. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six.

This actually happened at a time during the "dark ages". IT IS HISTORY.

There is also a THIRD (wild) BEAST recorded in John's writings. It perhaps represents the MILITARY aspect of the four Gentile kingdoms which exercized power over the world.

Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the BEAST THAT ASCENDETH OUT OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT shall MAKE WAR AGAINST THEM, AND SHALL OVERCOME THEM, AND KILL THEM. (the TWO WITNESSES) 11:8 And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the great city, which SPIRITUALLY is called Sodom and Egypt, WHERE ALSO OUR LORD WAS CRUCIFIED. (Where was Jesus crucified?)

This THIRD (wild) BEAST (MILITARY POWER ?) is ridden by the GREAT WHORE.

Revelation 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I SAW A WOMAN SIT UPON A SCARLET COLOURED BEAST, FULL OF NAMES OF BLASPHEMY, HAVING SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the BEAST THAT CARRIETH HER, WHICH HATH THE SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS. THE BEAST THAT THOU SAWEST WAS, AND IS NOT; AND SHALL ASCEND OUT OF THE BOTTOMLESS PIT, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Are you acquainted with anyone who KNOWS BEYOND ANY DOUBT where we are presently in the panorama of BEASTS, HORNS AND HEADS?

Lots of speculating going on. Even I can do that. But, it is nice to know what the Word ACTUALLY SAYS.