A Walk Through Revelation 13 - Rise of the Beast 13:1-4 Connecting Scripture.

   Part 1: Beast From the Sea 

   Revelation 13 can be broken down into four distinct characters: 1) the beast out of the sea aka: the tribulation-antichrist kingdom with the seven heads and ten horns, 2) the red dragon 3) the little horn - the mouth of blasphemy: Daniel 7:820,21,25 aka antichrist: 1 John 2:22; 4:2-3 and, 4) the beast out of the earth (clay) - the religious system of the first beast (iron). 

   The religious system can also be broken down into - the two horned lamb, the words of the red dragon, great signs and wonders, the image, the mark and, the false prophet. Though there is no direct reference to the false prophet in R 13, we find references to this mysterious figure in R 16:13; 19:19-20; 20:10. The false prophet helps to identify the beast out of the earth as the religious system of the first beast - the beast out of the sea. These two systems, one political, the other religious, rise to seize world power in the last days. 

   Of the four, the rise of the beast is the most complicated as it is the most complex. What makes it so complex is the amount of detail found in the beast's genetic makeup. The beast has many parts and pieces, which work together as a collective whole. The beast is like a leopard, with the feet of a bear, and the mouth of a lion - the head of the beast. The beast  has ten crowned horns that grow from his head and seven additional heads, mimicking the beast 'like a leopard', which had four extra heads. Upon each head is the name of blasphemy: the name of the beast or the number of the name of it: R: 13:16-17. Greek: αριθμον τον ονοματος αυτου - translates into English as: the number of the name of it.