The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name.
“The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. I will first show what The Bible says about The Beast, then I will explain three interpretive keys that lead me to think that Revelation is describing a first-century figure in the first place, then I will give the evidence that points to Nero Ceasar specifically as fitting the description of The Beast. Throughout church history, a number of candidates have been proposed for who might be The Beast/The Anti-Christ from Adolf Hitler 1, The Pope 2, Ronald Reagan 3, and even Barack Obama 4!īut what if the presupposition behind all of this speculation is false? What if The Beast isn’t a future yet-to-come figure at all? What if he was a first-century beast who already came and went? In this paper, I will propose that The Beast described in the book of Revelation was the first-century emperor Nero Caesar. It is also assumed that “The Anti-Christ” and The Beast are two titles for the same entity. Most Christians just assume that whoever The Beast is, he’s some future person or entity that will reign on Earth for 7 years prior to the return of Christ, and he will put the number 666 on their foreheads and hands and will prevent anyone who doesn’t have that 666 from buying or selling.
Speculation abounds regarding the identity of this evil creature who makes war against God and His saints. Abstract: The beast mentioned in the book of Revelation has garnered much attention from Christians.
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