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Revelation 13 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. (COULD THE IMAGE OF IT ALREADY BE HERE IN THE FORM OF THE SPHINX?)

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.
(Here, I think it is important to add Revelation 17:8 in the descriptive process as follows: 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. CLEARLY IT WAS HERE BEFORE, IN THE ENDTIMES WOULD NOT BE FOR A TIME, AND RETURN. Zechariah 11:17 tells how we will recognize the mortal wound as well as follows: “Woe to the worthless shepherd,
Who leaves the flock!
A sword shall be against his arm
And against his right eye;
His arm shall completely wither,
And his right eye shall be totally blinded.”

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.
THIS IS BIG AND IMPORTANT TO CHRISTIANS. YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR A NAME IN THE BOOK OF LIFE AND THANK GOD FOR IT THROUGH HIS SON TO ESCAPE THE COMING DECEPTION.

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. WHO IS THIS? FALSE PROPHET?

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. APPARENTLY MONEY AND POWER HAVE NO VALUE OR INFLUENCE OUTSIDE OF THE ANTICHRIST AUTHORITY FOR THOSE NOT WRITTEN INTO THE BOOK OF LIFE.

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. WE KNOW THIS NUMBER IS IMPORTANT IN EXPLAINING WHO THE ANTICHRIST IS, AND WE ALSO KNOW HE WILL PRESCRIBE TO THE SATANIC PHILOSOPHY OF "DO AS THOU WILT". Daniel 11:36-37 says the following: 36 “The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place. 37 He will show no regard for the gods of his ancestors or for the one desired by women, nor will he regard any god, but will exalt himself above them all. FROM THIS YOU CAN GATHER HE THINKS HE IS HIGHER THAN THE MOST HIGH AND CONDONES HOMOSEXUALITY.