Verse 7
He will wage war against believers and overcome them (i.e., kill them, Revelation 13:15) and will become a worldwide dictator (Daniel 7:21; Daniel 7:23). No other ruler has ever been able to rule the entire world.
"Incidentally this shows that something more than the Neronic persecution is in mind, for that was not world-wide." [Note: Morris, p. 169. See Mark L. Hitchcock, "A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 13 and Nero," Bibliotheca Sacra 164:655 (July-September 2007):341-56.]
"This verse furnishes a most important key to the proper understanding of events occurring during the tribulation period. Since authority is given to him [the beast] over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations upon his ascent from the sea, any passage pertaining to rivalry of kings or conflict among kings in the ’time of the end’ (such as Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:24; Daniel 11:40-44) must refer to a time preceding this universal dictatorship and therefore to the first half of the tribulation." [Note: Smith, A Revelation . . ., p. 199.]
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