End-time prophecy is confronted with THREE separate and unique evil entities. There is the dragon/Satan, the beast of Revelation 13:1, and the beast/false prophet of Revelation
Re.16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the DRAGON (Re.12:9, Re.20:2, Re.9:11), and out of the mouth of the BEAST (Re.13:1-8), and out of the mouth of the FALSE PROPHET (Re.13:11-17).
The beasts/kings of Daniel/Revelation ALL come out of the bottomless pit. Their identities will not be known until they ascend out of the bottomless pit at the Fifth Trumpet, the First Woe (Re.9:1-2).
The fourth beast/king of Daniel chapter 7 is seen in the book of Revelation as the beast of Revelation 13:1. He is a man/king and has the number 666 (Re.13:18).
At Revelation 13:1 we are witnessing the fourth beast of Daniel chapter 7 "rise up out of the sea" (Dan.7:3), "out of the earth" (Dan.7:17), out of the bottomless pit (Re.9:1-2).
The beast of Revelation
After the fourth beast/king (Dan.7:7), seen in the book of Revelation as the beast of Revelation 13:1, comes upon the world scene, "another" beast/king comes up "out of the earth" (Re.13:11, Re.11:7), as did the first four beasts/kings (Dan.7:3, Dan.7:17).
Once the little horn/king of Daniel, the "another" beast of Revelation 13:11, sits in the temple of God showing himself that he is God (2 Thess.2:4), he is seen as the scarlet colored beast of Revelation chapter 17, who has ascended out of the bottomless pit (Re.17:8).
The spiritual opening of the bottomless pit is in the
Satan gives these beasts/kings their power (Re.13:2, Re.13:12).
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