The Beast from the sea is authorized to wage war against the “saints” for its overlord, the Dragon – Revelation 13:6-10.
Next, the “Dragon” tasked the “beast” with the annihilation of the “saints,” and to facilitate it, he received authority over all nations and peoples. Humanity is divided into two groups: Those who “render homage to the beast,” and those who “follow the Lamb wherever he goes,” that is, the “saints.”
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After his expulsion, Satan waged war against the “seed of the Woman” – Those who hold the “testimony of Jesus” – Revelation 12:7-17.
Having failed to destroy the messianic “son,” and thoroughly enraged, the “Dragon” vents his rage by pursuing the “woman” into the “wilderness,” and not by waging war against the unsaved “inhabitants of the earth.” Instead, prevented from destroying the “woman,” he persecutes her offspring.
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The opening of the Fifth Seal revealed the souls of men kept “underneath” the Altar, saints who had been slain for their “Testimony.” They pleaded with God for their vindication and for judgment on the “Inhabitants of the Earth” who had persecuted them. They were told to wait for Him to answer their plea until the full “number” of their “fellow servants” who were going to be slain “just as they were” was added to their company.
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SYNOPSIS – The Beast from the sea wages war against the followers of the Lamb in obedience to its overlord, the Dragon – Revelation 13:6-10.
In Revelation, the “beast from the sea” was assigned by the “Dragon” to annihilate the “saints.” To facilitate this, he was given authority over all nations and peoples. In the vision, humanity was divided into two groups – Men and women who “render homage to the Beast,” the “inhabitants of the earth,” and those who “follow the Lamb wherever he goes”; that is, the “saints” – “They who tabernacle in heaven” and have the “testimony of Jesus.”
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To follow Jesus means self-denial and the willingness to suffer for him. For the disciple, persecution is the highest honor – Matthew 5:10-12.
For disciples of Jesus, retaliation and violence are NOT appropriate reactions when they are persecuted. Rather than respond-in-kind, they must meet threats with humility, mercy, even love. That is what it means to “deny oneself” and to “take up his cross.” Praying for one’s “enemies” is contrary to the “wisdom of this age,” but it epitomizes the paradigm of Christ crucified.
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