Revelation Revealed by Jack van Impe

Author:Jack van Impe [Impe, Jack van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biblical Studies, Featuring, Encyclopedias & Subject Guides, Prophecies, Prophecy, Bible Study, New Testament Study, Bible Study & Reference, New Testament, Religious Studies & Reference, Religion & Spirituality, Christian Books & Bibles, Religion, End Times, Reference, Theology
ISBN: 9781418517243
Google: 5wCqVbTv-YYC
Amazon: B004THB1TY
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 1997-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

THIS CHAPTER INTRODUCES US to two beasts. The first one, commonly known as the Antichrist, is unveiled in verses 1 through 10, while the second beast, known as the false prophet, is revealed in verses 11 through 18. The first beast is political; the second is religious. Both, however, are energized by the power of Satan, and thus constitute an unholy trinity—the devil, the Antichrist, and the false prophet. Remember, Satan is the great imitator. The incarnation of himself in these two villains is his final attempt to wreak havoc upon earth. Knowing that he has but a short time left, he makes an all-out move to usurp God’s position and authority through his two allies—the beasts of this chapter.

Verse 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.

As stated earlier in our study, Bible chapters and verses came into existence in the 1500s. They are very helpful in locating passages, but they are not inspired. At times they even cloud the information being presented. Actually, verse 1 of chapter 13 should have been part of chapter 12, for the subject is Satan and his persecution of earth dwellers. Therefore, according to the original Greek manuscript, the personal pronoun should be he instead of I, because he pictures Satan standing upon the sand of the sea. Accordingly, this portion of Scripture should read, “And the dragon was wroth with the woman . . . and Satan stood upon the sand of the sea.”

Satan standing upon the sand of the sea pictures his control over earth’s teeming millions at an appointed time (17:5 and 20:8). This control is established through the two satanically inspired beasts who come out of the sea and the earth. The first beast (the Antichrist) rises out of the sea and has seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns. He is a literal man but demon-possessed, for he (or his power) comes out of the abyss, for “the beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit” (17:8).

The seven heads, loaded with blasphemy, also portray the five kings who had ruled up to John’s day; the sixth king who was in power at that time; and the seventh king who will reign as the Antichrist during the Tribulation hour.

Chapter 17, verse 10 confirms this: “And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. ”Likewise, the ten horns also picture ten nations over whom the beast or Antichrist rules. The scene before us pictures the final, or seventh, world leader ruling over a confederation of ten nations during the end time.

In order to understand that the ten horns are actually ten western nations—each of which was

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