Bible Study based on Apoc. 13 using the Historicist method of Biblical prophecy interpretation.

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Pr. Paulo Rabello

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Prologue

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2 3&
Churches7

4. Old TestamentOld TestamentOld Testament

5. Old Testament
correct interpretation
requires
proper understanding
symbolic language

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The Throne
in Heaven

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The Scroll
The Lamb&

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The Seals

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The
144.000
Sealed

10. 8 & 9
7th Seal, Golden
Censer & Trumpets
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The Angel &
The Little Scroll

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The Two
Witnesses

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The Woman
& The Dragon

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Dragon’s attacks against the Woman
and her offspring for 1,260 days
Dragon’s attacks against the Woman
and her offspring for 1,260 days
Dragon’s attacks against the Woman
and her offspring for 1,260 days

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The Two
Beasts

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Describes in more details the
attacks of the Dragon throughout
history with the help of two
allies, both portrayed as beasts.

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01-10 - BEAST SEA
11-18 - BEAST EARTH

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DRAGON
SEA
BEAST
EARTH
BEAST

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DRAGON
SEA
BEAST
EARTH
BEAST
What is a
BEAST according
to the Bible?

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SEA BEAST
➡ 10 HORNS with 10 CROWNS;
➡ 7 HEADS, on each a
BLASPHEMOUS name;
➡ like a LEOPARD, feet like a
BEAR and mouth like a LION;
➡ “water” is a symbol for
“peoples, and multitudes, and
nations, and tongues” (17:15).
Chapter 13:1-3

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➡ 10 HORNS with 10 CROWNS;
➡ 7 HEADS, on each a
BLASPHEMOUS name;
➡ like a LEOPARD, feet like a
BEAR and mouth like a LION;
➡ “water” is a symbol for
“peoples, and multitudes, and
nations, and tongues” (17:15).
literal or
symbolic?
Chapter 13:1-3
SEA BEAST

26. REVELATI NChapter 13:4
SEA BEAST
“People WORSHIPED the dragon
because he had given authority
to the beast, and they also
WORSHIPED the beast and
asked, “Who is like the beast?
Who can wage war against it?”

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“People WORSHIPED the dragon
because he had given authority
to the beast, and they also
WORSHIPED the beast and
asked, “Who is like the beast?
Who can wage war against it?”
Chapter 13:4
➡ 7 heads, on each a
BLASPHEMOUS name;
SEA BEAST

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“It opened its mouth to
BLASPHEME God, and to SLANDER
his name and his DWELLING place
and THOSE who live in HEAVEN.”
Chapter 13:6
SEA BEAST

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“It was given POWER to wage war
AGAINST God’s holy PEOPLE and to
CONQUER them. And it was given
AUTHORITY over every tribe,
people, language and nation.”
Chapter 13:7
SEA BEAST

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“All inhabitants of the earth
WILL WORSHIP the beast—all
whose names have not been
written in the Lamb’s book of
life, the Lamb who was slain
from the creation of the world.”
Chapter 13:8
SEA BEAST

31. REVELATI NChapter 13:11-18
EARTH BEAST
➡ 2 HORNS like a LAMB;
➡ spoke like a DRAGON;

32. REVELATI NChapter 13:11-18
EARTH BEAST
literal or
symbolic?
➡ 2 HORNS like a LAMB;
➡ spoke like a DRAGON;

33. REVELATI NChapter 13:12
EARTH BEAST
“It exercised all the AUTHORITY of
the first beast on ITS BEHALF, and
MADE the earth and its inhabitants
WORSHIP the first beast, whose
fatal wound had been healed.”

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EARTH BEAST
“And it PERFORMED GREAT SIGNS,
even causing fire to come down
from heaven to the earth in
full view of the people.”

35. REVELATI NChapter 13:14
EARTH BEAST
“Because of the SIGNS it was given
power to perform on behalf of
the first beast, it DECEIVED
the inhabitants of the earth...”

36. REVELATI NChapter 13:14
EARTH BEAST
“…It ordered them to set up
an image in honor of the beast
who was wounded by the
sword and yet lived.”

37. REVELATI NChapter 13:15
EARTH BEAST
“The second beast was given
power to give breath to the image
of the first beast, so that the
image could speak and cause
all who REFUSED to WORSHIP
the image to be KILLED.”

38. REVELATI NChapter 13:16
EARTH BEAST
“It also forced all people, great
and small, rich and poor,
free and slave, to receive
a MARK on their right hands
or on their foreheads,…”

39. REVELATI NChapter 13:17
EARTH BEAST
“…so that they could not BUY
or SELL unless they had the MARK,
which is the name of the beast
or the number of its name.”

40. REVELATI NChapter 13:18
EARTH BEAST
“This calls for wisdom. Let the
person who has insight calculate
the number of the beast, for it
is the NUMBER OF A MAN.
That number is 666.”

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EARTH BEASTSEA BEAST
(1) Experiences
a death and
resurrection like
that of Christ;
Chapter 13

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EARTH BEASTSEA BEAST
(2) The cry, Who is
like the beast? (4)
recalls the Hebrew
mind the name of
Christ (Michael) in
Rev. 12:7. [means
“who is like God?”
in the Hebrew.
Chapter 13

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EARTH BEASTSEA BEAST
(3) The 42
prophetic months
(13:5) echo the 3,5
years of Jesus’
earthly ministry.

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EARTH BEASTSEA BEAST
Recalls
QUALITIES
and ACTIONS
of Jesus. It is a
COUNTERFEIT
OF JESUS

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EARTH BEASTSEA BEAST
?

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EARTH BEASTSEA BEAST
(1) Arises AFTER
the SEA BEAST
receives “the
deadly wound”;
(2) Has a
worldwide
influence similar
to the SEA BEAST;

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EARTH BEASTSEA BEAST
(3) “EARTH” at
first helps the
woman, who
represents the
faithful people of
God (12:16);

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EARTH BEASTSEA BEAST
(4) At the end-
time will be
instrumental in
forcing the whole
world worship
the SEA BEAST;

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EARTH BEASTSEA BEAST
(5) Arises from a
different part of
the world than
the SEA BEAST;

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(6) In ancient
nonbiblical
mythology, the
EARTH BEAST
(behemoth) lives
in an arid, desert
space, far from
people;

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(7) The land
beast wears NO
CROWNS,
suggesting it has
NO king and NO
pope; instead, it
offers political
and religious
liberty;

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(8) It speaks like
a lamb, at first,
wielding a gentler,
more Christlike
authority. But that
gentleness does
not last;

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EARTH BEASTSEA BEAST
(9) Eventually
becomes dragon-
like, like the
power that
attempted to
kill Baby Jesus
(Rev. 12:3–5);

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EARTH BEASTSEA BEAST
(10) It is described
in very religious
terms, not just
political ones
(Rev. 13:13–15);

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“There is no other
power in history
able to so
completely fulfill
the specifications
of this prophecy
than the USA.”
Ranko Stephanovic

56. What nation of the New World
was in 1798 rising into power,
giving promise of strength and
greatness, and attracting the
attention of the world?
“”
The Great Controversy
pg. 440

57. The application of the symbol
admits of no question. One
nation, and only one, meets the
specifications of this prophecy;
it points unmistakably to the
United States of America.
“”
The Great Controversy
pg. 440

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59. The wound suffered by the
papacy was largely healed
in 1929 when Mussolini signed
a concordat with the pope
of Rome that restored its
property and political
status to the papacy.
“”

60. And that wound has been
further healed since 1929 as
numerous political alliances
have been made with the
Vatican. The deadly wound
inflicted on the papal power in
1798 is, indeed, being healed.
“”

61. The pope of Rome has
emerged as a recognized
world leader. The prophetic
agenda has been accurate
so far. What can we
expect to happen next?
“”

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