The Beast of Revelation

In an earlier post I quoted a section from Guinness' book in which he stated that in ten consecutive chapters in Revelation the beast is mentioned.

This post will be to enumerate them in detail.

I will not attempt in this post to interpret, --that may or may not come later, but rather only to enumerate consecutively those verses in which the beast is mentioned, with a few remarks at the end. (All quotations are from the New King James.)

Chapter 11:7, "When they (the two witnesses -v3-) finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them."

Chapter 12 The whole chapter describes the war of the dragon against the woman with the man child. The word beast does not occur, but 13:2 directly connects the dragon and the beast.

Chapter 13:1, "I saw a beast rising up out of the sea,...
verse 2, "the beast I saw was like a leopard,...The dragon gave him his power, his throne,
and great authority."
verse 3, "And all the world marveled and followed the beast
See v 4, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18. (Verse 17 mentions the oft-mentioned 'mark of the beast', and
we will return to that in another post later.)

Chapter 14:9, "If anyone worships the beast and his image,..." See also verse 11

Chapter 15:2, "And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name,..."

Chapter 16:2, "So the first (angel) went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast ..."
verse 13, "And I saw three unclean spirits from frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet."

Chapter 17:3, "And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast..."
Pay special attention to verse 7, since he angel gives the interpretation. "I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her,..." and the entire remainder of the chapter is given to interpretation, and the city (v. 18) has been UNIVERSALLY understood by the fathers in all the ages to mean ROME. ZERO EXCEPTIONS.

Chapter 18:2. The focus here is on Babylon, rather than the beast, but chapter 17 directly connects Babylon with the harlot and the beast.

Chapter 19:19,20 "And I saw the beast,...Then the beast was captured..."

Concluding observations:
1. I remind my readers again that Guinness' book is NOT a book of interpretations verse by verse, but rather a collection of opinions in books spanning nearly the entire church age.

2. Note in chapter 13 that the dragon gave the beast great authority. Guinness estimates that the beast used that authority to murder somewhere in the vicinity of 50 million people over a 1500 years period. The offense, not submitting to Rome.

3. Note that in 12:11 that the means by which the saints of all ages have overcome is by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. It seems to me that this should cause us all to think much upon the blood, what it means, and that we have truly been cleansed by it, and know that we have been cleansed, which is essentially what a testimony is.

May your study be blessed. Amen.