Revelation 13 Satan's pet??

seekeroftruth

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Revelation 13: 2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. 4 People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?”​

Satan gave this thing power, a throne, and great authority. So it's like Satan has total control over the beast.... like the beast will do what Satan wants him to do..... like a pet. Some pets are dangerous though.... like junk yard dogs.... and apparently Satan's pet beast is so dangerous... the people will step right in line for Satan rather than take on the beast.

Well, here's the input from amazingdiscoveries.org.

This beast has the characteristics of a leopard, a bear and a lion, the same beast powers mentioned in Daniel 7—the leopard of Greece, the bear for Medo-Persia and the lion for Babylon. This beast represents the Papacy, the same religious-political power portrayed by the little horn of Daniel 7.

The dragon gives this beast “his power, and his seats, and great authority.” Pagan Rome gave all these things to Papal Rome, and apostates Christianity replaced paganism as the means through which Satan persecuted God’s faithful people for hundreds of years.

In 1798 the French General Berthier under the commands of Napoleon took the Pope prisoner and attempted to completely eliminate the Papacy as an institution. It seems to the world that the Papacy was “wounded to death.” However, the prophecy says that the wound “was healed.” In 1929 the Papacy regained its civil power with the creation of the Vatican State, and the wound began to heal. At some point in the near future the Roman Catholic Church system will completely cover her former glory and will have more power and prominence than ever before. “And the entire world wondered after the beast.”​

Ok....

This is from the easy English site.

Verse 2 Daniel saw four (4) beasts (Daniel chapter 7). The first one was like a lion with wings. The second one was like a bear with three bones in its mouth. The third one was like a Leopard but it had 4 heads and 4 wings. The fourth (4th) beast was terrible and strong. It had iron teeth and many horns. Each of these beasts meant a kingdom that would fight against God’s people.

The beast that John saw was the ruler of that fourth kingdom. This kingdom had all that was bad in the other three. It fought against God’s people and it killed many of them.

The beast set himself up as the ruler of the world. He opposed Christ and God’s people. He was against God. He was Satan’s answer to Christ. He was the man of sin and he was called the Antichrist (1 John 2:18).

The dragon (Satan) gave his own power to this beast. The beast was a man whom Satan possessed.

Verse 3 One of the beast’s 7 heads had an injury. But the beast did not die because of it. He lived and he became famous. The whole world went after the beast. He became the most powerful man on earth.

The heads seem to mean kings that the beast controls. The injury should have caused the beast to die. But the beast had Satan’s power. And the beast’s power astonished everyone. This was why the people followed him.

Verse 4 To the people of the earth, the beast was like a god. He was so strong. Nobody could fight against him. They worshipped him. They recognised that the power of the beast came from the dragon. So, they worshipped the dragon (Satan) instead of God.​

These humans have been through so much.... earthquakes, meteorites, meteors, poisoned water, lack of sun, lack of food, bug bites that will not heal, and still they would rather worship a man than God. I guess it's because the people could see that man... where God is not so visible... I guess the humans would prefer a god that is made "in our own image" .

Since they won't listen... since the stupid humans left on earth are just hell bent on worshiping the dragon and his pet.... better the devil you can see... things are going to heat up again....

We're on the Seventh Seal and the Seventh Trumpet..... Woe, Woe, Woe.... they still have the seven bowls... maybe during those events they'll see the error of their ways and choose Salvation rather than more of this wrath, terror, and pure hate.

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