Message Notes

SSS 4  1 June 2025

Text: Revelation 13

1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.

2 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.

4 So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

Revelation 13:1-4

1. The symbol of the Sea

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name.

Revelation 13:1

a) Evil

b) Leviathan

2. A beast rising from the sea

a) This is not the dragon/ serpent

b) Distinct from Satan

A DESCRIPTION OF THE BEAST FROM THE SEA

Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

Revelation 13:2

1. Seven heads

2. Ten horns

3. Ten crowns

4. On the heads was written a blasphemous name

5. Physical features

a) Like a leopard

b) Feet of a bear

c) Mouth of a lion

EMPOWERING FROM THE DRAGON

1. His power

2. His throne

3. His great authority

A WOUNDED HEAD

And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and followed the beast.

Revelation 13:3

1. One head was mortally wounded

2. But it was healed

3. The world was impressed

4. It followed the beast

WORSHIP OF THE DRAGON AND THE BEAST FROM THE SEA

So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?”

Revelation 13:4

1. Worship offered

a) To the dragon

b) To the beast

2. They admired

a) The dragon

b) The beast