Just a Thought On Revelation 13 (Part 2)

Revelation 13:2

Introduction:

  1. Hello, I’m John Cook.
  2. Welcome to our continuing study on Just a Thought on the Book of Revelation.
  3. Today we are on part 2 of Just a thought on Revelation 13.

Slide 2:

  • In our study, today, we see John’s vision of the antichrist.
    • Looks like a leopard, walks like a bear, talks like a lion.
    • We will consider the revelation and get a good view of the antichrist.

Slide 3:

Revelation 13:2 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.

Slide 4

  1. “…like a leopard…”
    1. Leopard in relationship to Israel (Jerimiah 5:6)

Slide 5

  • 3 Animals over Israel
    • Lion, wolf, leopard

Slide 6

  1. Types of devil (1 Peter 5:8; Matthew 7:15; Revelation 13:2)

Slide 7:

  1. Leopard associated with antichrist (Jeremiah 13:33)

Slide 8:

  1. Spots spoken of (Jude 12)

Slide 9:

  • The first mention of spots, leprosy (Leviticus 13:2)
    • Leprosy associated with sin and wickedness

Slide 10:

  • We see likeness to spotted animal, antichrist

Slide 11:

  • Composite
  • “…leopard…bear…lion…” reversed in Dan 7:1-3

Slide 12:

  1. 4 kings (cf. Daniel 7:17)

Slide 13:

  1. Reversed “…lion…” (Daniel 7:4)

Slide 14:

  1. First, like a lion: not Babylon
    1. Medo-Persia

Slide 15:

  • Second, like a bear (Daniel 7:5)

Slide 16:

  1. Alexander

Slide 17:

  • Third beast (Daniel 7:6)

Slide 18:

  1. Roman Empire

Slide 19:

  • Fourth beast (Daniel 7:7)

Slide 20:

  1. Daniel 7:8

Slide 21:

  • Connected to beast in Revelation 13

Slide 22:

  • the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard”
    • Description of the beast
      • Represented as a leopard, walks like a bear, mouth of a lion

Slide 23:

  • Pay attention to the words: “like” “as”: not literal but likeness!

Slide 24:

  • Cp. Daniel 7 with Revelation 13
    • Daniel 7:22

Slide 25:

  • “like unto a leopard”
    • Like the US; melting pot
    • “leopard”: yellow-brown body, black spots, white belly
      • Integrated; multicultural

Slide 26:

  1. Multicultural, bad idea
    1. 10 toes

Slide 27

  1. Weak
    1. House divided: Weakened as the ten toes on Nebuchadnezzars image: clay and iron (Matthew 12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand🙂

Slide 28:

  1. Representative of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
    1. Could be a picture of the US.

Slide 29:

  • his feet were as the feet of a bear”
    • Moves like a bear
      • Russian: Communism, Socialism
      • Moves like communism, or socialism.

Slide 20:

  • his mouth as the mouth of a lion”
    • Speaks like lion—only part like England
    • Could represent GB and her English family; language English.

Slide 31:

  • “…leopard (US)…bear (Russia)…lion (England)…”
    • Operates like the US, moves like a communist, speaks like an English man.

Sslide32

  • Gets his power: “the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority”
    • Satan shall take over the world!

Slide 33:

  • The Dragon we know is: Revelation 12:9 And 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.
    • Satan now cast out of heaven to the Earth.

Slide 34:

  • Antichrist becomes the devil in Tribulation Period“the mystery of iniquity” 2 Thessalonians 2:7 Takes over world peacefully

Slide 35:

  • First seen: Revelation 6:2

Slide 36:

  1. Conquers by peace: Daniel 8:25

Slide 37:

  • Antichrist is a Jew; out of Palestine; will be accepted of Israel as their “king”; revealed only after the Holy Spirit is removed.

Slide 38:

  1. 7-year reign
    1. Midst of years
    1. End destruction

Slide 39:

Conclusion:

  1. The setting of the last world empire
  2. Regin of antichrist
  3. Antichrist’s kingdom describe

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