Joy of Living Bible Study on Revelation 13

1. Revelation

6. Evil is more deeply rooted and more all-encompassing
than we ever imagined. The forces of evil work in
tandem. The enormous red dragon makes war against
God’s people and empowers the seven headed monster
that rises up from the sea. The beast of the earth has the
power and skill to deceive, intimidate, and manipulate
human kind into submission. All those who receive the
mark of the beast and pay homage to the image of the
beast are set apart from the last generation of believers,
who are signed, sealed and delivered by the blood of the
Lamb. With these three figures - the dragon, the beast of
the sea, and the beast of the earth – John portrayed the
power of evil.
Doug Webster –
Follow the Lamb, page 205

17. This is not a message about what might happen
in the future. It is a message about what is
happening, has always happened, and will
continue to happen. Revelation depicts as a time
of conflict, the age in which we live, the age all of
Christ’s disciples have always lived in. It is the
time of the dragon’s fury and the era of the
beast’s rule.
The Throne, the Lamb and the Dragon;
Paul Spilsbury, page 96