1. Chapter 13: The Two Beasts
Revelation
Chapter 13: The Two Beasts

2. Review The woman’s plight The child’s victory Satan loses
The people of God
Persecution
The child’s victory
Caught up to Heaven
The dragon cast down
Satan loses
Earth, Heaven, Earth again
A trinity of victories for God’s people

3. Chapter 13 Overview The Sea Beast (13:1-10) The Earth Beast (13:11-17)
Its origin (13:1-2)
Its wound (13:3-4)
Its nature (13:5-8, 18)
Its destiny (13:9-10)
The Earth Beast (13:11-17)
Its origin (13:11-17)
Its abilities (13:13-15)
Its demands (13:16-17)

4. Symbolism: The Number 8 We’ve hardly mentioned 8 8 does have symbolism
Not since first class
Hasn’t been used in Revelation so far
8 does have symbolism
Day of circumcision
“8th” day of the week
Year of Jubilee
1st century baptism
8 means resurrection!

5. The Sea Beast (13:1-10) Seven heads and ten horns Daniel 2:31-45
From last week
Out of the sea (Isa. 17:12,13, Dan. 7:2)
Refer to Daniel 2, 7 and Rev. 17
Daniel 2:31-45
Prophecy of the statue
Four kingdoms
God’s eternal kingdom (church)
One of these is Rome
This concept is continued in Dan. 7

6. The Beasts of Daniel 7 Four great beasts (Dan. 7:1-8)
Lion, bear, leopard, and another (Ref. ch. 13)
Fourth beast = more powerful
Four “kings” (Dan. 7:15-27)
Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome
The horns of the beast
10 horns plus another = kings
Three are removed
The 11th horn will oppress God’s people
However, God will triumph

7. Back to Revelation 13 Seven heads? See Rev. 17:9-10 The Roman emperors
Seven hills (Rome!)
Seven “kings” with an 8th
The 8th is a revival of a previous king
So we have “8” heads
The Roman emperors
Before Augustus, Rome was not an empire
Several emperors ruled in the 1st century
(See dry-erase board)

8. The Roman Emperors 1. Augustus 2. Tiberius 3. Caligula 4. Claudius
5. Nero
6. Galba (7 months)
7. Otho (3 months)
8. Vitellius (8 months)
9. Vespasian
10. Titus
11. Domitian
1. Augustus
2. Tiberius
3. Caligula
4. Claudius
5. Nero 6. 7. 8.
9. Vespasian
10. Titus
11. Domitian
Horns of Daniel 7
Heads of Revelation 13

9. The Roman Emperors Five would be fallen (17:10) One “is” (17:10)
Augustus through Nero
One “is” (17:10)
Vespasian (69-79 AD)
One to come a little while
Titus ruled for only two years
Then the eighth king (remember 8)
Domitian, a resurrection of Nero
Brought back persecution to the church
The uprooted three ruled for only months

10. Back to Revelation 13 The Beast The Beast of the earth (11-18)
The empire of Rome under Domitian
Institutional persecution
Given power temporarily by God
Blasphemies, arrogance
The Beast of the earth (11-18)
Looking like a lamb, speaking like a dragon
False religion, the emperor-worship
The “mark” 666: remember Ezekiel 9
6 is the man number, short of perfection (7)

11. Summary We now see Rome described Domitian as Nero reincarnated
Prophetically through Daniel
John borrows Daniel’s symbols
Heads, horns, kings, emperors
“Seven hills”
Domitian as Nero reincarnated
The two beasts
Sea beast = political power of Rome
Earth beast = Rome the religion