Verses 1-10
The beast out of the sea 13:1-10
John stressed three things about this beast: his conspiracy with the dragon (Revelation 13:3-4), his success in deceiving the whole world (Revelation 13:3-4; Revelation 13:8), and his success in temporarily defeating God’s saints (Revelation 13:6-7 a). [Note: Paul S. Minear, I Saw a New Earth: An Introduction to the Visions of the Apocalypse, p. 118.]
"The initial description of this creature identifies it as the culminating empire of Daniel’s vision of the end (Daniel 7), but it speedily becomes evident that John has in view the empire as embodied in its ruler." [Note: Beasley-Murray, p. 206. See also Daniel K. K. Wong, "The Beast from the Sea in Revelation 13," Bibliotheca Sacra 160:639 (July-September 2003):337-48.]
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