Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like unto a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
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… the beast out of the earth or the false prophet. Look at his characteristics, three of them all in one verse, verse 11. Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon. First of all, John says, this false prophet comes out of the earth. What John is suggesting here is this false prophet is not quiet as fearsome as the Antichrist is. He comes out of the earth. Secondly, he has less power than Antichrist. The Antichrist had 10 horns. This false prophet has two horns, two symbols of power. He has less power than the Antichrist. Thirdly, he speaks deceptively. He has two horns like a lamb. A lamb is warm and fuzzy and cuddly. Everybody likes a lamb. He will have that appearance to people. He will speak very smoothly in an appealing way and therefore attract many people to follow him and therefore follow the Antichrist. He's like a lamb, but make no mistake about it. …
… Go down to verse 11. I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. Pardon me, let me make a correction. All that I read so far is the first beast, the Antichrist. Verse 11 begins with somebody else, a sidekick, getting people to move toward the first beast, as you will see. Verse 12, he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship, to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed he performs great signs so that even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men and verse 14 is key and he deceives those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived fake resurrection. He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads so that No one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name. …
… And all who dwell on earth will worship it, except of course for believers who at this point will be living in hiding. Verse 11, then I saw another beast. Now we're talking about a second beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. By the way, this is the only time in Revelation that lamb doesn't refer to Jesus. This second beast looks like a lamb, but speaks like a dragon. In other words, he looks like Jesus, but talks like Satan. Verse 12, this second beast exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast. This second beast is the one we're going to call the false prophet who works alongside the Antichrist and compels people to worship him. Verse 13, the second beast performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people. And by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast, it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image of the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived. And it was allowed to give breath to this image of the beast that they made so that the image of the beast might even speak. Also, it causes all both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave to be marked on the right hand or on the …
… Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. Then I saw another beast. so this is another bad one different than the first one a second one coming up out of the earth and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon this is the false prophet and he exercises all the authority of the first beast that's the Antichrist in his presence and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed spent a lot of time on that but you now know this that the Antichrist not that we're going to see him but you can use this to witness to people that God's so in control that all these things are playing out according to God's revealed word. You see, Jack, I don't understand that. Yes, you do. It hasn't happened yet, but God's word is right before you in the book of the Bible right here, in the book of Revelation, and God tells you about it in advance before it happens so that you know that God is the one that's in control. …
… here is the patience and the faith of the saints then I saw another beast, John said, coming up out of the earth notice, not the sea this time, but out of the earth and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon and he exercises all the authority of the first beast, the Antichrist, in his presence and causes the earth and those who dwell on it to worship the first beast, that's the Antichrist, whose deadly wound was healed. This is amazing. You're going to see how amazing this is in just a second. This is incredible. So wait a minute, Jack, did you just say the Antichrist is going to have a deadly wound that's healed? Yep, something's going to happen. Something's going to happen to this beast, the Antichrist, the first beast. Something's going to happen in his public career whereby he is somehow either actually mortally wounded or it looks like he's mortally wounded. But the world will worship him for this deadly wound that is healed. …