hotcoffee
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Revelation 13:3 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.
The first commentary put it this way.
"The statement that one of the beast's heads seemed to have had a fatal wound could be literally translated "was as if slaughtered to death."
Another commentary says:
I believe this means the apparent death of the Antichrist himself and the healing of the "wound" the apparent resurrection of the Antichrist.
Others tend to believe it to be the decline and apparent disappearance of the old Roman Empire, then the revival of the new Roman Empire.
This revival causes amazement throughout the world.
Others tend to believe it to be the decline and apparent disappearance of the old Roman Empire, then the revival of the new Roman Empire.
This revival causes amazement throughout the world.
The last commentary translates the original Greek.
Literally, the Greek says, "and one of its heads as it had been slain to death, but the wound of its death was healed." The phrase "as having been slain" is the same phrase used for the Lamb (Jesus) in [URL="http://legacy.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+5%3A6&version=NIV"]Revelation 5:6. [/URL]
So, the devil will claim that his minion, the anti-christ, was raised from the dead like Jesus. People will use anything to keep from admitting that right is right.
