Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: bjstaff@zds-ux.zds.com (Brad Staff) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Number 666 in Revelation Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 91 03:12:30 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 32 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu >The Beast is pictured as a leopard, a bear and a lion; the three beasts >from Daniel's vision of the kingdoms of the earth. (Dan. 7) In that >vision the three beasts represent the three powerful kingdoms that would >precede the appearance of the kingdom of God. John roles those three >beasts into the one final beast, Rome, that was to be the last great >kingdom prior to the Messiah's kingdom. We know from history that the >decline of Rome can be directly traced to excesses of the Caesars of the >1st Christian century. The Beast out of the Sea resembles the Dragon from Revelation 12. Dragon Beast ====== ===== 7 heads 7 heads 10 horns 10 horns 7 crowns 10 crowns The Beast out of the Sea also resembles the four beasts from Daniel 7. lion appearance the first beast bear appearance the second beast leopard appearance the third beast ten horns the fourth beast If John was trying to depict the Roman empire, he could have simply reused the standard symbol in Daniel 7. I think John was depicting a yet-future Satanic empire. Regards, Brad Staff bjstaff@zds-ux.zds.com