Rev 13:16-18 describes a terrible time to come when the beast will force all people (great and small, rich and poor, free or slave) to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark associated with...

It is impossible to read Revelation 13 intelligibly without a Biblical knowledge of the book of Daniel. Both books are apocalyptic in style and there are many parallel passages in the two books. Here, we must read John’s account of two beasts (one from the sea and one...

Revelation 13 is one of the most baffling chapters in the whole Bible, describing two beasts (one from the sea and one from the earth) which are described in fantastical detail. The beast from the sea has seven heads and ten horns and looks like a leopard with the...