Revelation 9-13

The events around Revelation 9 through to 13 take place during the 7 year period of tribulation. In chapter 13, we see this 2 figures, 2 beasts that are worthy of mention. The first beast, the antichrist, looks a lot like the red dragon described earlier in Revelation 12, but he is different. "Then I saw a beast rising up out of the sea. It had seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns on its horns. And written on each head were names that blasphemed God. This beast looked like a leopard, but it had the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion! And the dragon gave the beast his own power and throne and great authority. " Revelation 13:1‭-‬2 NLT. He has the same number of heads, horns and crowns as the dragon because he would be using the same system of government, power and authority as the dragon. As you can see, the dragon gives this first beast its power. Meaning the power the antichrist will display as he wows the world would be satan's power. He is given; power, great authority and thrones, which means he will take over governments too. With his powers, great authority and thrones, he would blaspheme God and conquer the people of God. The second beast is the false prophet; "Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, but he spoke with the voice of a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and its people to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. Revelation 13:11‭-‬12 NLT. The second beast looks like a lamb but he is actually a beast. He is a man of religion but underneath, he worships satan. It is he, using the instrument of religion, or better still, One World Religion, that will require everyone to worship the antichrist. Exercising the powers given to him by the antichrist, he would also be able to do miracles. It is worthy of note also that it would be he, who would require everyone who wants to be able to trade and live to take the mark of the antichrist. "And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life. He was then permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue of the beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die. He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name. Revelation 13:14‭-‬17 NLT.