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The strange animal from the sea
« on: October 20, 2019, 07:18:20 AM »
Book of Revelation 13
The strange animal from the sea
 1  And the big snake stood on the sea’s shore. Then I saw a strange animal that was coming up out of the sea. The animal had 10 *horns and there was a *crown on each *horn. The animal also had 7 heads, and there was a bad name on each head. Those bad names were not polite to God.

 2  The strange animal that I saw was like a leopard. But its feet were like a bear’s feet and its mouth was like a *lion’s mouth. The big red snake made the strange animal king in his place. The snake gave his own power and great authority to the strange animal. note

 3  Someone had cut one of the strange animal’s heads. They had cut the animal so badly that it seemed to have died. But the strange animal had become well again and it was alive. This surprised all the people who were living on the earth. As a result, they thought that the strange animal was very great. They were ready to obey what it said.

 4  People *worshipped the big snake because he had given his authority to the strange animal. They also *worshipped the strange animal. ‘Nobody is like the strange animal!’ they said. ‘Nobody can fight against him!’

 5  The strange animal could use its authority for 42 months. It could say how important it was. Also, it could speak very bad words against God. God let it have this authority.

 6  So the strange animal began to say many false things about God and about God’s name. It spoke bad words about the place where God lives. And it spoke bad words about those who live in *heaven.

 7  It received authority to fight a war against God’s own people. It had authority to beat them. It received authority against people from every family group, from every country and from every language.

 8  Not every person who lives on earth has their name in God’s book. All those without their names in God’s book will *worship the strange animal. That book says who will live with God always. It is the *Lamb’s own book. From the beginning of the world, the *Lamb was ready to die and they killed him. note

 9  Everyone who can understand should listen to these words:

 10  Anyone who must go to prison will go to prison. If anyone kills another person with a *sword, someone will kill him like that too. This means that God’s people must go on being patient and strong. They must go on believing God. note

The strange animal from the land
 11  Then I saw another strange animal that was coming up out of the land. It had two *horns like a *lamb’s *horns, but it spoke like the big snake.

 12  It used all the authority of the first strange animal, on that animal’s behalf. It caused all the people on earth to *worship the first strange animal. Someone had cut the first strange animal so much that it should have died. But it became well again.

 13  The second strange animal did great things that surprised people. It even caused fire to come down from *heaven to the earth. And everybody who was living on the earth saw the fire.

 14  They believed what is not true. They believed because they saw these great things. The second animal had authority to do these things on behalf of the first strange animal. It spoke to the people who were living on the earth. It told them to make a god. They must *worship this false god that was like the first strange animal. A *sword had cut that animal, but it was alive.

 15  The second strange animal received power. So, it caused the false god to seem to be alive. Then the false god could speak. ‘Anyone who refuses to *worship me must die!’ it said.

 16  The second strange animal also caused everyone to receive a mark. They put the mark on their right hands or on the front of their heads. They put the mark on the powerful, important people and on the people who were not powerful. They put it on people who were rich or poor, or slaves or free people.

 17  Nobody could buy anything unless they had the mark. Nobody without the mark could sell anything. This mark is the first strange animal’s name or its number, which means the same as its name.

 18  Here is a problem that you must think about carefully. Anyone who is clever should try to understand the strange animal’s number. It is a human number. The number is 666. note

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