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  COMMENTARY ON REVELATION 13-15
  by Chuck Smith
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John said,

I stood upon the sand of the sea (Rev 13:1),

Probably the Mediterranean Sea.

and I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads, ten horns,
and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy
(Rev 13:1).

The sea represents, of course, the multitudes of people, the
Mediterranean Sea, the multitudes of people that live around the
Mediterranean Sea. And out of it he sees this hydro-headed beast with
seven heads and ten horns. We are told in the book of Revelation that
the seven heads are the seven mountains upon which the beast sits. The
ten horns are ten kings.

Daniel, as he also describes the beast that he cannot really describe,
non-descriptive type of a beast, it had ten horns. And again the Lord
told Daniel that the ten horns were the ten kings that were going to
give power to the beast.

So, there is going to arise upon the earth a ten-nation federation, ten
kingdoms federating together. Daniel two and the dream of Nebuchadnezzar
and the interpretation by Daniel, "and there shall arise," Daniel said,
"the eleventh which shall destroy three speaking blasphemous things, he
will take control, take power." So, the rise of the beast, the
antichrist, the one who is going to rise to take over the control of the
earth, speaking, as Paul said, blasphemous things against God. Daniel
makes reference of his blasphemies. "He shall speak great words," he
said, "against the most High and shall wear out the saints of the most
High."

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were
like a bear, and his mouth was the mouth of a lion: and the dragon [who
of course is Satan] gave him his power, his throne, and great authority
(Rev 13:2).

Now, where is Satan\

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