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Chusarcik, Just a little more on the first beast, that takes a look beyond the literal surface of the text. "It is tempting, too, to identify the beast exclusively with Rome, or with the Herodian dynasty that Rome maintained in the Holy Land. Certainly the Rome of John's day typified the sort of government represented by the beast. But the beast itself does not allow for such a simple identification. It's actually a combination of all four of the beasts from a vision by the prophet Daniel (Daniel 7). I follow the Church Fathers, who see Daniel's beasts pointing to four gentile empires: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome---all of whom persecuted God's people before the Messiah's coming. "Revelations's seven-headed beast then stands for all corrupted political power. For it's a human impulse to look upon the power of the state as the greatest weapon on earth and say, like the people in the Apocalypse, "Who can fight against it?" Out of fear of the power--or desire for a piece of the action--people constantly compromise themselves and worship the dragon and the beast. History's most blatant example of a human institution usurping God's perogatives is Rome and its Caesars. They literally demanded the worship that belongs to God alone. And they made war on the saints, instigating bloody persecutions of those who would not worship the emperor. "Again, however, I must emphasize that the beast is not only Rome, or only Rome's puppet, the Herodians. The beast refers to any corrupt government, any state that puts itself above God's covenant order. More than that, the beast represents the corrupting spiritual influence behind these institutions." The Lambs's Supper copright by Scott Hahn Doubleday, 1999 p 81-92 Emmaus |
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2 | two more questions on this topic | Revelation | Chusarcik | 69203 | ||
Thankyou for this information. Chusarcik | ||||||