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    Who Was The Beast Of The Book Of Revelation?

    Who Was The Beast Of the Book Of Revelation?
    Short answer: Nero Caesar.
    Read on , , ,
    _________________

    {The following was taken from
    He Shall Have Dominion.
    by Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry Jr.
    It is not a word for word quote but the substance of this below
    is Dr. Gentry's. I typed it in. It is not on the web. Footnote at
    the bottom}
    _________________

    Who Was The Beast Of Revelation?
    The Beast is a well known Christian Eschatological character.
    Premillennialists incorrectly believe that the Beast is to appear
    in the future. This is false. The Beast was a 1st Century character
    that appeared in the 1st Century and will never appear again in
    human history.

    The Apostle John wrote the book of Revelation.

    The Time Of The Beast.
    John clearly expects his prophesied events to take
    place in his day, the 1st Century.

    John writes:
    "The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave
    him to show his servants what must soon take place."
    Revelation 1:1

    "Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the
    prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near"
    Revelation 22:10

    "must soon take place"
    "the time is near"

    In light of Revelation's significance to its first-century
    audience, the Beast must be someone relevant to
    that first-century audience.

    "The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave
    him to show his servants what must soon take place.
    He made it known by sending his angel to his servant
    John, who testifies to everything he saw—that is,
    the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
    Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of
    this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it
    and take to heart what is written in it, because the
    time is near." Revelation 1:1-4

    “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the
    seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum,
    Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”
    Rev. 1:11
    {these were churches of the 1st century that received
    this letter of Revelation}

    _____________________


    Revelation 13 presents the Beast as a horrible and
    powerful foe attempting to destroy God's people.

    Sometimes Revelation presents the Beast as a
    kingdom and sometimes as an individua leader
    of that kingdom.

    In some places the Beast has seven heads which
    are seven kings collectively considered.

    In Revelation 13:1 John notes that he saw a Beast
    coming up out of the sea having 10 horns and
    seven heads.
    Revelation 17:10 specifically says that the seven
    heads represent seven kings.

    Thus the Beast is presented as a kingdom.
    But kingdoms have representatives. This is why
    John also speaks of the Beast as an individual.

    John urges his readers to calculate the number of
    the Beast which is the number of a man Revelation
    13:18

    The Beast's General Identity is the first-century
    Roman Empire and NOT a "revived Roman Empire"
    as imagined by Dispensationalism.

    According to Revelation 17:9 the Beast's seven heads
    represent "seven mountains." The seven mountains
    symbolize Rome. Rome is the one city in history
    distinguished and recognized by its seven
    mountains.

    ___________________


    The Beast's Specific Identify.
    The Beast in his personal identity is Nero Caesar. He
    and he alone fits the bill as the personal and specific
    expression of the Beast. This vile character fulfills all
    the requirements of the text of Revelation.

    First the number of the Beast. In Revelation 13:18
    the number of the Beast is 666. The usefulness of
    this number lies in the fact that in the first-century
    alphabets serve as both phonetic symbols and
    as arithmetical values. Significantly a common
    spelling of Nero Caesar's name is Nrwn Qsr,
    which provides the numerical value of 666

    Second the Textual Variant. See Dr. Gentry's
    book for this explanation. Page 381

    Third the Beastly Image.
    Revelation 13 both calls and portrays the one
    behind the 666 riddle as a "beast.". The term
    "beast" can easily symbolize persons with a
    beastly nature. Almost all scholars agree that
    Nero Caesar possessed a beastly nature.. Nero
    Caesar is even hated and feared by his own
    countrymen, as ancient Roman historians agree.
    The pagan writer Apollinius of Tyana, a
    contemporary of Nero Caesar, calls him a
    "beast."

    Fourth, the war with the saints.
    John's Beast will make war with the saints
    and overcome them.{Rev. 13:7} In fact
    Nero Caesar conducts a blasphemous war
    with the saints for a specific period of 42 months {Rev. 13:5}
    Nero begins his persecution of Christians in A.D. 64.
    The persecution finally ends when Nero Caesar dies
    on June 8, A.D.68 forty-two months later, but for a few days.
    {Point of interest: Nero's own end comes by the sword.}

    Conclusion: The Beast of Revelation was the beastly
    Nero Caesar of the 1st Century.


    Source
    He Shall Have Dominion
    by Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry Jr.
    pages 379 - 381

    {99% of the bold was unintentional.
    The software did it. I could not get it out.}

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAG View Post
    Who Was The Beast Of the Book Of Revelation?
    Short answer: Nero Caesar.
    Read on , , ,
    _________________

    {The following was taken from
    He Shall Have Dominion.
    by Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry Jr.
    It is not a word for word quote but the substance of this below
    is Dr. Gentry's. I typed it in. It is not on the web. Footnote at
    the bottom}
    _________________

    Who Was The Beast Of Revelation?
    The Beast is a well known Christian Eschatological character.
    Premillennialists incorrectly believe that the Beast is to appear
    in the future. This is false. The Beast was a 1st Century character
    that appeared in the 1st Century and will never appear again in
    human history.

    The Apostle John wrote the book of Revelation.

    The Time Of The Beast.
    John clearly expects his prophesied events to take
    place in his day, the 1st Century.

    John writes:
    "The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave
    him to show his servants what must soon take place."
    Revelation 1:1

    "Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the
    prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near"
    Revelation 22:10

    "must soon take place"
    "the time is near"

    In light of Revelation's significance to its first-century
    audience, the Beast must be someone relevant to
    that first-century audience.

    "The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave
    him to show his servants what must soon take place.
    He made it known by sending his angel to his servant
    John, who testifies to everything he saw—that is,
    the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
    Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of
    this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it
    and take to heart what is written in it, because the
    time is near." Revelation 1:1-4

    “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the
    seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum,
    Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”
    Rev. 1:11
    {these were churches of the 1st century that received
    this letter of Revelation}

    _____________________


    Revelation 13 presents the Beast as a horrible and
    powerful foe attempting to destroy God's people.

    Sometimes Revelation presents the Beast as a
    kingdom and sometimes as an individua leader
    of that kingdom.

    In some places the Beast has seven heads which
    are seven kings collectively considered.

    In Revelation 13:1 John notes that he saw a Beast
    coming up out of the sea having 10 horns and
    seven heads.
    Revelation 17:10 specifically says that the seven
    heads represent seven kings.

    Thus the Beast is presented as a kingdom.
    But kingdoms have representatives. This is why
    John also speaks of the Beast as an individual.

    John urges his readers to calculate the number of
    the Beast which is the number of a man Revelation
    13:18

    The Beast's General Identity is the first-century
    Roman Empire and NOT a "revived Roman Empire"
    as imagined by Dispensationalism.

    According to Revelation 17:9 the Beast's seven heads
    represent "seven mountains." The seven mountains
    symbolize Rome. Rome is the one city in history
    distinguished and recognized by its seven
    mountains.

    ___________________


    The Beast's Specific Identify.
    The Beast in his personal identity is Nero Caesar. He
    and he alone fits the bill as the personal and specific
    expression of the Beast. This vile character fulfills all
    the requirements of the text of Revelation.

    First the number of the Beast. In Revelation 13:18
    the number of the Beast is 666. The usefulness of
    this number lies in the fact that in the first-century
    alphabets serve as both phonetic symbols and
    as arithmetical values. Significantly a common
    spelling of Nero Caesar's name is Nrwn Qsr,
    which provides the numerical value of 666

    Second the Textual Variant. See Dr. Gentry's
    book for this explanation. Page 381

    Third the Beastly Image.
    Revelation 13 both calls and portrays the one
    behind the 666 riddle as a "beast.". The term
    "beast" can easily symbolize persons with a
    beastly nature. Almost all scholars agree that
    Nero Caesar possessed a beastly nature.. Nero
    Caesar is even hated and feared by his own
    countrymen, as ancient Roman historians agree.
    The pagan writer Apollinius of Tyana, a
    contemporary of Nero Caesar, calls him a
    "beast."

    Fourth, the war with the saints.
    John's Beast will make war with the saints
    and overcome them.{Rev. 13:7} In fact
    Nero Caesar conducts a blasphemous war
    with the saints for a specific period of 42 months {Rev. 13:5}
    Nero begins his persecution of Christians in A.D. 64.
    The persecution finally ends when Nero Caesar dies
    on June 8, A.D.68 forty-two months later, but for a few days.
    {Point of interest: Nero's own end comes by the sword.}

    Conclusion: The Beast of Revelation was the beastly
    Nero Caesar of the 1st Century.


    Source
    He Shall Have Dominion
    by Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry Jr.
    pages 379 - 381

    {99% of the bold was unintentional.
    The software did it. I could not get it out.}

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    This is, indeed, a reasonable conclusion.

    But only if one accepts the preterist method of interpretation, as regarding the Book of Revelation.

    For the record, I rather favor that method.

    But I would not wish to be dogmatic about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JAG View Post
    Who Was The Beast Of the Book Of Revelation?
    Short answer: Nero Caesar.
    It is possible. Constantine I persecuted Christians also, and with that spirit, they destroyed many. By Diocletian, and the edicts of Rome, the suppression of heritage.
    Plant farms and animal sanctuaries with just compensation: Genesis 1:29-30, 2-3, Lev. 24:18-22, Psalm 50, Isaiah 1, 11:6-9, 65, 66, Daniel 1, Hosea 2:18, Revelation 20-22.

    Creation of horses: Zechariah 6:1-8, 14:20. Wild Horses, burros persecuted, parted out in violation of Public Law 92-195:
    https://twitter.com/WildHorseEdu

    Jesus was a Vegetarian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx6J6jh1Dzo

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    I think it was Vespasian- the Roman Emperor when the Second Temple was destroyed. Or it could have been the commander of the Roman Army that put the Big Die on the Second Temple and the Jews- Titus (who became Emperor after Vespasian.
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    Every age has claimed to be The End of Days and we go on. It does seem like many of the prophesies can be true today where they would have been miracles. For example everyone witnessing the slaying of Elijah and Moses on the steps of the temple. How could everyone witness such an event? Through the magic of television of course. What about the Mark of the Beast with everyone must be marked before you can engage in trade? There is a movement to embed a chip in every newborn in order to protect them from being kidnapped. This of course could be used to track your every movement. Everyone can be marked with a tattoo and you will see the end of privacy.

    Much of Revelation can be seen as symbolism so we don't know exactly what any of it means but since we were told that “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of[a]heaven,but My Father only" so any prediction of the end times is bound to be wrong

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