The beast i saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of. Revelation and i stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out. Chapter 12 spoke of the nation of israel, and her persecution by satan. The end, the lords victory over all his enemies through his word, and the end of the antichrist and the false prophet hebrews 4. Revelation 16 then i heard a loud voice from the temple. These plagues are not universal, or man would perish from the earth. Revelation chapter begins with a beast the antichrist, raising up out of the sea, which represents the nations of the world. Revelation, new king james version nkjv the bible app.
Like the plagues god loosed on ancient egypt exodus 7. Chapter 16 nd i heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of god upon the earth. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. Chapters 1014 cover personalities and events that fit into various places in this sevenyear tribulation period. Revelation chapter kjv king james version 666 is the papacy. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads. Revelation chapter 14 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 upon his heads the name of blasphemy. An exegetical study of the revelation to john dallas, tx. Revelation 15 niv seven angels with seven plagues i. Revelation niv bible the dragon stood on the shore. What archaeology reveals about the truth of the bible eugene, or. In chapter we have the clear and full development of satans instruments of evil.
And i beheld another beast the same with the first, only in another form. Although johns description certainly does leave a great deal of interpretive leeway, the proper context in which to approach these verses is from the one john wrote from a hebraic kabbalistic one. To the first the dragon, who swept with his tail a third part of the stars to earth, satan under the form of the roman empire, gave his throne and much authority. And first, we are told, that it is the number of a prayer of manasseh, namely, of the man of sin, 2 thessalonians 2. Enduring word bible commentary revelation chapter 16. We might say that revelation 16 is a great chapter. The first six bowl judgments verse 1 1 and i heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, go your ways and pour out the bowls of the wrath of god upon the earth. Revelation, chapter 14, verse perseus digital library. It began with a series of judgments called the seven seals. Festering and ugly sores broke out on those who had the mark of the beast or worshiped its image. Between chapters 11 and 16, revelation pauses its inorder description of the end times to introduce certain figures and highlight certain events.
It spoke to us about the war in heaven and the defeat of the dragon c. And i saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. A wild beast rises out of the sea, to whom the dragon gives his power. Revelation 16 niv the beast out of the sea the dragon bible. Revelation 16, king james version kjv the bible app. And finally spoke of the power in the blood of christ, the word. The book of revelation chapter verses 16 18 youtube. The sound i heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. The new testament word antichrist comes from the greek antichristos, meaning in opposition to christ or in substitution for christ. Revelation with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. It is the preparation of the heavy judgment described in chapter 16.
He will be the final world ruler, also known as the little horn in the book of daniel. He holds the vials of wrath and gives them to his messengers for them to carry out his wrath. Two witnesses, 7th trumpet, beast of sea and earth, mark of the beast submitted by william haller on 1 july 2007 9. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. Revelation 15 new international version niv seven angels with seven plagues. Of the beast with seven heads and of a second beast. Biblical studiesnew testament commentariesrevelation. The antichrist and the false prophet 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 upon his heads the name of blasphemy. In the greek text, this is actually the 18th verse of rev 12. These seven angels are messengers of wrath bringing pain and destruction. The former is discernible by supernatural powers rev. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. The voice i heard was like the sound of c harpists playing on their harps, 3 and they were singing d a new. The gospel according to the revelation chapter 14 commentary.
The battle, the assembled armies at armageddon and their destruction revelation 19. Satan versus the followers of yahushua the church through his incarnation antimessiah antichrist and the false prophet this chapter details how the devil, after being thwarted in his attempts to destroy the children of israel, makes war on the disciples of yahushua the church cf. King james version 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 upon his heads the name of blasphemy. Revelation we have, in this chapter, a further discovery and description of the churchs enemies.
Will jesus implant a microchip in the foreheads of the 144,000. The sea represents the gentile world powers, which satan dominates. Revelation 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the book of revelation or the apocalypse of john in. Revelation bible commentary matthew henry concise. And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. The fact that john saw antichrist rising up out of the sea signifies that he will rise up from among the people.
And the beast, which i saw, was like to a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are among others. So, the chapters 1214 parenthetical description of the second half of the final seven years includes details of the great tribulation antimessiah pursuing the yahudim into the wilderness chapter 12 then persecuting and killing yahovahs people the followers of yahushua chapter. Revelation, chapter united states conference of catholic bishops.