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Revelation—What It Means for God’s EnemiesThe Watchtower (Study)—2022 | May
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THE IDENTITY OF GOD’S ENEMIES REVEALED
6. What is the meaning of the seven-headed wild beast mentioned at Revelation 13:1-4?
6 What is the seven-headed wild beast? (Read Revelation 13:1-4.) We notice that this beast has the general appearance of a leopard but the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion, and it has ten horns. All of these are also features of the four beasts mentioned in Daniel chapter 7. Yet, here in the book of Revelation, these characteristics are combined into one beast, not four separate beasts. This wild beast does not represent just one government or world empire. It is spoken of as ruling “over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.” So it must be greater than any single national government. (Rev. 13:7) This wild beast, then, must represent all the political powers that have dominated humankind down through history.b—Eccl. 8:9.
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Revelation—What It Means for God’s EnemiesThe Watchtower (Study)—2022 | May
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b Another indication that the seven-headed beast represents all the political powers is that it has “ten horns.” The number ten is often used in the Bible to denote completeness.
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