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Revelation 13
The dragon summons two beasts. The first rises from the sea, leopard-bear-lion, with a fatal head wound that heals so the whole earth marvels and worships. For forty-two months it blasphemes and wars on the saints. A second beast rises from the earth, two horns like a lamb but speaking like a dragon. Watch the second beast's machinery: it makes an image speak, kills those who refuse it, and brands every hand and forehead.
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Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.
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The beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.
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One of his heads looked like it had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled at the beast.
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They worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”
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A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.
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He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, his dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven.
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It was given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him.
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All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
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If anyone has an ear, let him hear.
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If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
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I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.
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He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.
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He performs great signs, even making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people.
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He deceives my own people who dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived.
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It was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn’t worship the image of the beast to be killed.
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He causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given marks on their right hands or on their foreheads;
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and that no one would be able to buy or to sell unless he has that mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
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Here is wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.
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Y YO me paré sobre la arena del mar, y vi una bestia subir del mar, que tenía siete cabezas y diez cuernos; y sobre sus cuernos diez diademas; y sobre las cabezas de ella nombre de blasfemia.
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Y la bestia que vi, era semejante á un leopardo, y sus pies como de oso, y su boca como boca de león. Y el dragón le dió su poder, y su trono, y grande potestad.
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Y vi una de sus cabezas como herida de muerte, y la llaga de su muerte fué curada: y se maravilló toda la tierra en pos de la bestia.
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Y adoraron al dragón que había dado la potestad á la bestia, y adoraron á la bestia, diciendo: ¿Quién es semejante á la bestia, y quién podrá lidiar con ella?
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Y le fué dada boca que hablaba grandes cosas y blasfemias: y le fué dada potencia de obrar cuarenta y dos meses.
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Y abrió su boca en blasfemias contra Dios, para blasfemar su nombre, y su tabernáculo, y á los que moran en el cielo.
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Y le fué dado hacer guerra contra los santos, y vencerlos. También le fué dada potencia sobre toda tribu y pueblo y lengua y gente.
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Y todos los que moran en la tierra le adoraron, cuyos nombres no están escritos en el libro de la vida del Cordero, el cual fué muerto desde el principio del mundo.
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Si alguno tiene oído, oiga.
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El que lleva en cautividad, va en cautividad: el que á cuchillo matare, es necesario que á cuchillo sea muerto. Aquí está la paciencia y la fe de los santos.
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Después vi otra bestia que subía de la tierra; y tenía dos cuernos semejantes á los de un cordero, mas hablaba como un dragón.
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Y ejerce todo el poder de la primera bestia en presencia de ella; y hace á la tierra y á los moradores de ella adorar la primera bestia, cuya llaga de muerte fué curada.
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Y hace grandes señales, de tal manera que aun hace descender fuego del cielo á la tierra delante de los hombres.
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Y engaña á los moradores de la tierra por las señales que le ha sido dado hacer en presencia de la bestia, mandando á los moradores de la tierra que hagan la imagen de la bestia que tiene la herida de cuchillo, y vivió.
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Y le fué dado que diese espíritu á la imagen de la bestia, para que la imagen de la bestia hable; y hará que cualesquiera que no adoraren la imagen de la bestia sean muertos.
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Y hacía que á todos, á los pequeños y grandes, ricos y pobres, libres y siervos, se pusiese una marca en su mano derecha, ó en sus frentes:
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Y que ninguno pudiese comprar ó vender, sino el que tuviera la señal, ó el nombre de la bestia, ó el número de su nombre.
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Aquí hay sabiduría. El que tiene entendimiento, cuente el número de la bestia; porque es el número de hombre: y el número de ella, seiscientos sesenta y seis.
The mark and the number 666
The land-beast enforces commerce: no one can buy or sell without the mark, "the name of the beast or the number of his name." The chapter closes with a riddle: "Here is wisdom"—the number is that of a man, six hundred sixty-six.
Between the threats sits a quiet word to the persecuted in verse 10: "Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints." Their victory is not resistance by force but faithful endurance under a power that imitates the Lamb.
Context layers
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- FaithWhat faith means in the Bible, how it differs from vague belief, and how to read it without turning it into self-confidence.
- WisdomWhat wisdom means in the Bible, how it differs from cleverness, and where to begin reading it well.
- WorshipWhat worship means in the Bible, how it goes beyond music, and where Scripture shows its full shape most clearly.
- Hebrews 11:1-6Key passage connected to Faith.
- Romans 1:16-17Key passage connected to Faith.
- Galatians 2:20Key passage connected to Faith.
- Proverbs 1:7Key passage connected to Wisdom.
- James 1:5Key passage connected to Wisdom.
- Ecclesiastes 12:13Key passage connected to Wisdom.
- Psalms 95:1-7Key passage connected to Worship.
- John 4:23-24Key passage connected to Worship.
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