Assuming the Beast in the book of Revelation is Radical Islam for or on account of its ability to 'force people to have a mark on their foreheads or hands without which they wouldn't be able to buy or sell', something even the most powerful military in the world with all its sophisticated weapons and nuclear arsenals would be powerless to bring about let alone enforce, here's a sneak peek at its 7 heads and 10 horns, in accordance with what's been 'revealed' to me regarding it although, like in the case of Muhammad, Islam's prophet, I have no witnesses to testify that this 'revelation' was given to me by, say, an angel sent by God, the one named Gabriel, for example, as in Muhammad's case, or spoken by a voice from a burning bush as in the case of Moses, or a voice spoken from the clouds as in the case of Jesus, and Moses too, which happened in the presence of all the Israelites gathered before him, who implored him to go up further on the mountain, Mount Sinai, to hear what God had to say as they feared they would all die as no one lived who heard the voice of God spoken from out of a cloud as they believed.
It would help if I could walk on water or turn water into wine or straighten out the bent and twisted limbs of a polio-stricken child just by commanding it as in the case of Jesus so as to strengthen my case were I to say such and such a revelation was revealed to me by an angel from God, but what can I say except I have no witnesses as in Muhammad's case whose followers didn't care in any case or even dare to question the legitimacy of such unwitnessed revelations lest they be beheaded surely or whatever the punishment for questioning the legitimacy of the revelations given to Islam's prophet in modern times was.
Okay.
First, let's see what the book of Revelation says about the beast from the sea.
Book of Revelation 13:16-17
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, 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.
[see picture below for visual interpretation of the above]
Book of Revelation 13 (whole chapter)
The Beast out of the Sea
13 The dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on its horns, and on each head a blasphemous name. 2 The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 3 One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. 4 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?”
5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months. 6 It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven. 7 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. 8 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.
9 Whoever has ears, let them hear.
10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed with the sword,
with the sword they will be killed.”
This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s people.
The Beast out of the Earth
11 Then I saw a second beast, coming out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. 12 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. 13 And it performed great signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to the earth in full view of the people. 14
Because of the signs it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived the inhabitants of the earth. It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 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. 16 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, 17 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.
18 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.
Linking Radical Islam To The Beast Mentioned In The Book Of Revelation [title of study]
1. Assuming the beast in the book of Revelation has been established as being Radical Islam, an attempt to establish by virtue of radical Islamic association the identity of the 7 heads and 10 horns the beast was described as having shall now be made.
1.1. The 7 Heads Of The Biblical Beast From The Sea
1. Iran
2. Afghanistan
3. Saudi Arabia
4. Yemen
5. Mauritania
6. Sudan
7. Aceh (Indonesia)
1.2. The 10 Horns Of The Biblical Beast From The Sea
I. Taliban
2. Al Qaeda
3. ISIL/ISIS
4. Abu Sayyaf
5. Boko Haram
6. Islamic Jihad
7. Hezbollah
8. Islamic Council (Iran)
9. Hamas
10. Al Shabab
1.3. Revealing The Nature Of The Fatal Wound Of The Biblical Beast - A Bonus Revelation
Verse 3, Chapter 13, of the book of Revelation mentions a fatal wound sustained by the beast that had been healed.
"One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed."
That fatal wound was the defeat of ISIL/ISIS in Iraq and Syria. The day ISIL/ISIS inevitably makes a major comeback is when that fatal wound is healed.
And if that was true, then one of the seven (7) heads up there would either be Iraq or Syria or an Iraq/Syria combination of both.
1.4. Demystifying And Revealing The Hypothetical Name Of The Biblical Beast
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