The Beast, Part 8: Final Judgments
Final Judgments
After the great Battle of Armageddon, the Beast and the False Prophet – the leaders of the earthly warfare against Christ – will be “cast alive into a lake of fire.” Rev. 19:20 This fulfills the prophecy of Enoch about their latter end:
Enoch 10:9 “…and in the great day of judgment let him [Azazel] be cast into the fire.” … 15 Shemhazai and…the others who are with him…bind them for seventy generations underneath the earth, even to
The Beast and Satan: Their Natures and Forms
Traditional depictions of Satan the Devil portray him in two distinctly different ways: as a cloven-footed, goat-headed Horned God, and as a wily but powerful red Serpent-Dragon. Often these two figures are confused, as in the standard depiction of a red devil with a goat’s head, cloven feet, and horns – but also with a dragon’s tail and serpent’s fangs!
Confused indeed. Such mixed images reflect a common misunderstanding of not one, but two
The Mouth of the Beast
So the Beast and the False Prophet are rebellious fallen angels, not men. However, the Beast will be
Revelation 13:5 …given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies… 6 …against God… 5 …and he [will be] given authority for 42 months [= 1260 days]. … 7 It [will be] granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them.
A biblical precedent for a spokesman being called a mouth is found in the case of Moses and Aaron:
Exodus 4:16 …he [Aaron
The Beast’s Seven Heads
Revelation 17 tells us that in John’s time, the seven-headed Beast
Revelation 17:8 “…was, and is not [present], and shall ascend out of the Abyss and go to perdition… 9 The seven heads are seven mountains… 10 and are seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must remain a short time.”
Jeremiah 51:24-26 and Daniel 2:34-35 tell us that – speaking prophetically – “mountains” may symbolize great kingdoms or em
