Religious research question??

Question

The book of Revelation tells us about 3 "figures" who will arise in these end times, in opposition to Jesus Christ and His Church. These figures are: the Antichrist, the Beast, and the Dragon (aka: serpent).
The Antichrist will be a man, the Beast will be a political system that brings war to the earth. The Dragon is identified with the devil (Satan).
ok, so now u see what they ay be. with all of todays events, who is the antichrist? who is the beast or what type od political system? and when they say dragon(beast) do uthey mean actual ugly beast looking thing?

Answer 1

13And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty

The Antichrist has not been here yet. Have you seen anyone marked with 666? The Beast and a political system is not one of Politics. It will be an organization of those who will be left here. Not of yet what has been. And no, the Devil will not come as a beastly looking creature. No one today fits any of these if you read revelation, and understand what it means.


Read revelation. When Jesus breaks the seals to start revelation there are other things that must occur first.


2And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
There has been no conquerer.

3And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
As far as I know, I have not seen mass animal slauder or death. My animals are still healthy and here.

5And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
I have yet to see those chosen gone.
6And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
Crops are still here.

7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Still, has not yet happened.

10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Cannot answer this one since I am alive and not waiting judgement yet.

12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

No eclips which goes with a huge earthquake and a blood moon yet.

The winds have not blown, the mountains have not moved, and we are not hiding from God. Yet.

There hasn't been mass disapearance of people who where taken to heaven.

I have yet to hear Gaberials trumpet sound.

The dragon, is the devil in different form.
Revelations 9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

R13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
(if you remember in R 5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.)

13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God

1And 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.

2And 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.

3And 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.

4And 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?

5And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

7And 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.

This does not literally refer to a Beast. This is a man who will rule. He will bring those left here onthe earth together and rule. He will wage war on those left whostill belive in God. And he will speak so many believe. He will tell the world God had forsaken them and they will not go to heaven.

All those who's name is not written in the Book of life will follow him.

R13And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14And 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.
The Devil again deceives all by pretending to be God in physical form. And proves it with Fire from heaven and other miracles which only God could hav the power to do. And men believed this deceiver. They will be marked by the deceiver as 666.
for the years that follow priests would remain on the earth and cannot be harmed were given the power of voice. To help those not marked by the Devil.
I won't boar you with the remaining details

Answer 2

The truth is Scriptures. Anything that presents a contradiction to Scriptures is a lie. The book says the whole world will wonder after the beast. (that sounds like worship) and say "who can make war on the beast?" so it will be tremendously powerful. Maybe politically, maybe militarily, and maybe religiously. Why does it matter? Compared to 50 years ago, an amazing amount of power has flowed into the Catholic Church. America is now considered to be "the only world super power" and the U.N. now has power to violate many countries constitutions, and has an awesome budget. As you see power being focused in the hands of a few, and none of those few have respect for Scriptures, you can be reasonably certain that the final events are approaching. There is a Creator. His name is YHVH. There is a Savior, His name is Yahoshua. (The "J" didn't even exist until about 1400 A.D.) Soon the whole world will be worshiping this "JESUS". (I suppose that would be the "false prophet"- for they are using a pagan name in violation of Ex. 23:13)
When the Scriptures speak of a beast, they quite uniformly refer to a nation. Does the Antichrist refer to 1 man? maybe. Our only hope is the Almighty, and He has promised to preserve those who hold fast to His Word.

Answer 3

These views may not be the view of the article writer please do not take this as direct hits on any word mention:


The beast is usually another word to refer to the antichrist, as in to say the mark of the beast (666) from the antichrist. Some religious scholars have referred this being as coming from the Roman Catholic Church for example the power a Pope carries in religion and politics through different accounts. I took a seminar called The Revelation Seminar once to learn some of these questions. The findings were very accurate with the Bible prophesies. The Book of Daniel is a good book to cross reference the Book of Revelation too. Also each of these "beast" is a figure of speech to express the power they carry.

Answer 4

The dragon in Revelation 12 is the prince of the power of the air, the prince of this earth, who is Satan, cast out of heaven at the cross and bound for a thousand years, a period of indefinite length in metaphor, Revelation 20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, ending approximately 250 years ago.


The beast is the united governments of the world.

The antichrist may be a single world leader who hasn't appeared yet, or there may not even be one, but there have always been antichrists.

Answer 5

The Beast and the Dragon are the same, so you're wrong there.

The Beast is antichrist, inhabited by Satan. And you forgot about the False Prophet.

Antichrist is head of a one-world government. The false prophet is head of a one-world religious system.

Keep studying, you're getting closer to the truth.

Answer 6

The antichrist has not come on the worldly scene, yet, but everything in the world is getting ready for him.
Want an example?
go on the www.verichip.com, and give a look at this.
It talks about a chip that has to be installed under the skin and that, once applied, cannot be removed.
It contains every possible information about the tagged person, for example, medical status, bank account, gps position and so on. It makes everyone being under constant control with the excuse of more efficient medical assistence, faster shopping, easier rescuing if kidnapped...
What it doesn't say is that it bears a bar-code, that begins with three numbers: 6 6 6.
What does the Bible says about a "mark of the Beast"?
The creator of this VeriChip, is a scientist that once he has read the Bible about that, converted to God and started an "anti- VeriChip" informative campaign.

Answer 7

I don't think we're quite there yet. I think, and I could be wrong, that the anti-christ is a man whom the world will love and will "unite" everyone but push Christianity out. THis is slowly happening with our desire to be PC and non-offensive, but in order for the explosion that is the anti-christ, I think we still have a few years to go.

Going still on your theme, the beast as a political system, I think it will be the political system of the anti-christ. Much like how the Nazi party was the beast of Hitler. It will rise up and swell over us like a wave.

This is just how I'm guessing given what you wrote. Honesly, I never gave it much thought.

Answer 8

Like somebody else stated, in the event that they did examine their very own faith and had even a descent intelligence they could end following it. i could estimate that 9 out of 10 Atheists i be attentive to have been at one time christian, yet they opened their minds and study the bible. there's a difference by using ways between reading the bible on my own for uncooked content cloth and doing a non secular study with a church, the reader would not get an interpreted view pushed upon them.

Answer 9

Forget trying to micro-interpet the cryptic images in Book of Revelation. Step back, look at it in historical context of Christians in the Roman Empire 90-100AD.

It is writing to give encouragement during the persecution of Roman Emperor Domitian. The gist - Hang in there in this time of persecution, God will eventually triumph.

The 666 numerology focus is on another earlier wicked Emperor . . Nero.

This is not as exciting as the "Left Behind" books, but much more likely.

Answer 10

My old religion believes the Antichrist to be the pope who will bring about a new world order, the harlot riding the beast to be America and the actual beast to be satan or something like that.

Bet I just screwed it all up. ;)

Answer 11

The beast is the rise of Islamic States. Iran. Antichrist maybe the guy from Iran Ahmadinejad.
The dragon must be an asian, or Hillary Clinton