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Rev 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.
Rev 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.
This New 5th Beast of Rev 13 is very different from the four Beasts that preceded it as recorded in Dan 7.
Each of the four previous Beasts recorded in Dan 7 has a single Symbol with which too identify it but this New 5th Beasts of Rev 13 has Three Symbols with which we are to identify it.
As with all things in the Scriptures the simple answer is always true even if a verse carries a deeper or Spiritual meaning this deeper meaning never proves wrong the simple and plain meaning in the verse. For with God there is no variableness or shadow of turning. Jam 1:17
The simple answer is that this New 5th Beast is a combination of the lands and the people that were previously governed by the Kingdoms which the LEOPARD the BEAR and the LION ruled.
The LEOPARD represents the Kingdom of Alexander the Great, the BEAR represents the Kingdom of the Medes-Persia and the LION represents the Kingdom of Babylon.
This is why Rev:17-8 says of this New 5th Beast:
Rev 17:8 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.
The lands and peoples of these former Kingdoms are presently totally populated by Islamic nations expect for the country of Greece and the nation of Israel.
That God’s focus should turn back to the Middle East in these last days should not be surprising for He still has promises to our brethren the Jews to fulfill and all of the activity of the final 7 yrs of this age is centered upon Israel in general and Jerusalem in particular.
For our Lord upon His return will not set His foot down in Washington D C or Rome but shall set His foot down in the city of Jerusalem.
Rev 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.
This New 5th Beast of Rev 13 is very different from the four Beasts that preceded it as recorded in Dan 7.
Each of the four previous Beasts recorded in Dan 7 has a single Symbol with which too identify it but this New 5th Beasts of Rev 13 has Three Symbols with which we are to identify it.
As with all things in the Scriptures the simple answer is always true even if a verse carries a deeper or Spiritual meaning this deeper meaning never proves wrong the simple and plain meaning in the verse. For with God there is no variableness or shadow of turning. Jam 1:17
The simple answer is that this New 5th Beast is a combination of the lands and the people that were previously governed by the Kingdoms which the LEOPARD the BEAR and the LION ruled.
The LEOPARD represents the Kingdom of Alexander the Great, the BEAR represents the Kingdom of the Medes-Persia and the LION represents the Kingdom of Babylon.
This is why Rev:17-8 says of this New 5th Beast:
Rev 17:8 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.
The lands and peoples of these former Kingdoms are presently totally populated by Islamic nations expect for the country of Greece and the nation of Israel.
That God’s focus should turn back to the Middle East in these last days should not be surprising for He still has promises to our brethren the Jews to fulfill and all of the activity of the final 7 yrs of this age is centered upon Israel in general and Jerusalem in particular.
For our Lord upon His return will not set His foot down in Washington D C or Rome but shall set His foot down in the city of Jerusalem.