Webthe beast in revelation has extraordinary power, for it has ten horns, with ten diadems (rev.
7:20, 24)—symbols of ruling authority—on its horns.
We have, in this chapter, a further discovery and description of the church's enemies:
Not other enemies than are mentioned before, but described after another.
- ) 1 and i stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and.
Webthe beast is the opposite of the lamb, who gives people their true identity.
The beast conquers by tyranny (13:7) but the lamb conquers by the sacrifice that frees.
Webdavid guzik commentary on revelation 1 begins with an opening description of the return of jesus, and the vision that john had of jesus.