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.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as [the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is] like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty [and] two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six.
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Revelation 13 describes John's view of two beasts that emerge from the earth and the sea and symbolize political and religious powers that will pursue the followers of Christ. To find verses related to this chapter, we can seek references on political and religious powers that pursue the faithful and the beast as a symbol of evil.
Daniel 7:7: "After that, I kept looking, and here is the fourth animal, terrible and amazing, and very strong, which had large iron teeth; he devoured and did in pieces, and stepped on his feet ; it was different from all the animals that appeared before him, and had ten horns. " This verse talks about Daniel's vision about a terrible and strong fourth animal with ten horns, which devoured and destroyed. This animal is interpreted as a powerful and oppressive kingdom that will rise in the future.
Daniel 7:25: "He shall utter words against the Most High, and consume the Holy Saints; he will take care of changing the times and the law; the saints will be handed over to him for a while, and times, and half a time." In this verse, Daniel describes the behavior of the oppressive kingdom, who will utter words against God and persecute the faithful, taking care of changing law and time. This verse has similarities to the beasts of Revelation 13 who pursue the followers of Christ.
Matthew 24:24: "For false Christs and false prophets will be raised, and will make great signs and wonders; in such a way that if possible, they would even deceive the chosen ones." In this verse, Jesus warns his disciples about false Christs and false prophets who will deceive even the chosen ones. This warning can be applied to the Beast of Revelation 13, which also deceives the Earth's inhabitants with their signs and wonders.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-4: "No one in any way deceives you, because it will not be like that before the apostasy and manifest the man of sin, the son of perdition, who opposes and rises against everything that It is called God, or worships; so that it will be based, like God, in the temple of God, wanting to seem God. " These verses talk about the man of sin who will manifest himself as an opposite figure to God, sitting in the temple of God and wanting to look God. This figure resembles the beast of Revelation 13, which is worshiped as a God and has a false prophet who deceives people.
1 Peter 5:8: "Sober thirst, watch, because the devil, your adversary, walks in melting, bustling like a lion, seeking to those who can swallow." In this verse Peter warns Christians about the devil, who seeks to devour people as a lion. This warning can be applied to the Beast of Revelation 13, which is described as a devouring and persecuting beast of the followers of Christ.
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