The First Beast

Revelation 13

1 Then 1 I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a a beast rising up out of the sea, b having 2 seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a c blasphemous name. 2 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The d dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads e as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And f all the world marveled and followed the beast. 4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, g "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?"

5 And he was given h a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to 3 continue for i forty-two months. 6 Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, j His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him k to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And l authority was given him over every 4 tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, m whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain n from the foundation of the world. 9 o If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

10 p He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; q he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. r Here is the 5 patience and the faith of the saints.

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 65:10
    You water its ridges abundantly, You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers, You bless its growth.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:6
    I will lay it waste; It shall not be pruned or dug, But there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds That they rain no rain on it.
  3. Cross References
    Romans 3:4
    Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar. As it is written: "That You may be justified in Your words, And may overcome when You are judged.
  4. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 1:3
    Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father.
  5. Cross References
    Romans 15:25
    But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.
    Hebrews 10:32 - 34
    But recall the former days in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:
  6. Cross References
    Colossians 2:2
    That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ.
  7. Cross References
    Hebrews 10:36
    For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 22:16
    And said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son -
    Genesis 22:17
    Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
    Luke 1:73
    The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 22:16
    And said: "By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son -
    Genesis 22:17
    Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 12:4
    So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
    Genesis 21:5
    Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 22:11
    Then an oath of the LORD shall be between them both, that he has not put his hand into his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept that, and he shall not make it good.
  12. Cross References
    Romans 8:17
    And if children, then heirs - heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
    Hebrews 11:9
    By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.
  13. Cross References
    Romans 11:29
    For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
  14. Cross References
    Numbers 23:19
    God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
    1 Samuel 15:29
    "And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent."
    Titus 1:2
    In hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
  15. Cross References
    Colossians 1:5
    Because of the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel.
    Hebrews 3:6
    But Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
    Hebrews 7:19
    For the law made nothing perfect; on the other hand, there is the bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
    Hebrews 12:1
    Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 16:2
    And the LORD said to Moses: "Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
    Leviticus 16:15
    Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil, do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.
    Hebrews 9:3
    And behind the second veil, the part of the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All.
    Hebrews 9:7
    But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance.
  17. Cross References
    John 14:2
    In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
    Hebrews 4:14
    Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
  18. Cross References
    Genesis 14:17 - 19
    And the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.
    Psalms 110:4
    The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.
    Hebrews 3:1
    Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus.
    Hebrews 5:10
    Called by God as High Priest "according to the order of Melchizedek.
    Hebrews 5:11
    Of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
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