32-The Mark of the Beast - NIV

1. A Beast Rises Out of the Sea Like a Lion, Bear, Leopard, and Dragon.
Revelation 13:1-2 And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea. He had ten horns and seven heads, with ten crowns on his horns, and on each head a ___________________ name. [2] The beast I saw ________________ a ____________, 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 ________________.

2. A Beast Represents a King Or Kingdom-A Civil, Or Religious, Ruling Power.
Daniel 7:17 'The four great __________ are four ______________ that will rise from the earth.

3. The Sea Represents Peoples, Nations, Or Language Groups.
Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw, where the __________________ sits, are peoples, __________________, nations and languages.

4. The Lion, Bear, Leopard, and Dragon Represent Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome.
Daniel 7:1-9 In the first year of __________________ king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying on his bed. He wrote down the ________________ of his dream. [2] Daniel said: "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven ______________ up the great sea. [3] Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea. [4] "The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a man, and the heart of a man was given to it. [5] "And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth ____________ its teeth. It was told, 'Get up and eat your fill of flesh!' [6] "After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a ____________. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given ________________ to rule. [7] "After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast--terrifying and ___________________ and very ______________. It had large iron teeth; it ____________ and ______________ its ____________ and ______________ ________________ ______________ was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns. [8] "While Iwas ______________ about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were ______________ before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke __________________. [9] "As I looked, "thrones were set in place, and the ____________ of Days took his seat. His ______________ was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was ____________ with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze.

5. The Dragon Or Pagan Rome Gives This New Power Its Authority. Papal Rome Receives Its Authority From Pagan Rome.
Revelation 13:2 The beast I saw ________________ 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 ________________.

6. The Beast Power Speaks Blasphemy.
Revelation 13:5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and ___________________ and to exercise his ________________ for forty-two months.

7. If Any Human Being Claims He Has the Power to Forgive Sins, He Commits Blasphemy.
Luke 5:21 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law began thinking to __________________, "Who is this fellow who speaks ________________? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

8. The Bible Defines Blasphemy As Man Making Himself Equal to God. The Pope Has Claimed to Be God on Earth.
John 10:33 "We are not stoning you for any of these," ____________ the Jews, "but for ________________, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."

9. The Beast Power Reigns Supreme 42 Months.
Revelation 13:5 The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and ___________________ and to exercise his ________________ for forty-two months.

10. The Time, Times, and a Half a Time Equal 1260 Days Or 42 Months. During This Period, God's People Are in the Wilderness of Hiding.
Revelation 12:6 The woman fled into the __________ to a place ______________ for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.

Revelation 16:14 They are spirits of demons __________________ __________________ signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.

11. I Have Appointed Thee Each Day for a Year.
Ezekiel 4:6 "After you have ______________ this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have ______________ you 40 days, a day for each year.

12. One Day for a Year.
Numbers 14:34 For forty years--one year for each of the forty days you ______________ the land--you will __________ for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.'

Genesis 29:27 Finish this __________________ bridal week; then we will give you the younger one also, in return for ____________ seven years of work."

13. The Papal Power Which Changed God's Law Would Reign Supreme for 1260 Prophetic Days Or 1260 Literal Years.
Daniel 7:25 He will speak against the Most High and ____________ his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be __________ over to him for a time, times and half a time.

In 538 AD the pagan Roman empire granted the pope of Rome civil and religious authority over the empire. Exactly 1260 years later, in 1798 AD, Berthier, a French general following the orders of Napoleon, took the pope captive.

 14. The Number of the Beast Is the Number of a Man. His Number Is 666.
Revelation 13:18 This calls for wisdom. If anyone has ____________, let him ________________ the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666.

In Bible prophecy 6 equals an error or imperfection where 7 equals perfection or completeness. A triple of sixes equals the great trinity of error: the Dragon, the Beast, and the False Prophet. Here is Satan's false trinity. The number 666 is closely associated with the most exalted title of the papacy.

 15. Nebuchadnezzar Establishes a Counterfeit Image with Dimensions of 60 and 6.
Daniel 3:1 King _________________________ made an image of gold, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the ______________ of Babylon.

16. The Entire Kingdom Is Summoned to Accept This Counterfeit Worship.
Daniel 3:3-4 So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, ___________________ and all the other provincial officials assembled for the dedication of the image that King _________________________ had set up, and they stood before it. [4] Then the herald loudly __________________, "This is what you are commanded to do, O peoples, nations and men of every language:

17. The Central Issue in This Time of Trouble for God's Faithful Followers Is True and False Worship.
Daniel 3:14 And _________________________ said to them, "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and ______________, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up?

18. A Counterfeit Image Will Be Established Again, a False Standard of Truth Will Be Exalted. The Central Issue Will Be Obedience to God Versus False Worship. An Economic Boycott, Then a Death Decree Will Be Passed.
Revelation 13:13-17 And he ________________ great and __________________ signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men. [14] Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he ______________ the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was ____________ by the sword and yet lived. [15] He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who ____________ to ____________ the image to be killed. [16] He also forced ______________, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to ____________ a mark on his right hand or on his ______________, [17] so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.

19. Here We Are Called to Worship the Creator of the Sabbath.
Revelation 14:7 He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his ______________ has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the ____________ of water."

20. We Are Called to Avoid the Counterfeit Sabbath on Sunday.
Revelation 14:9-11 A third angel ______________ them and said in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, [10] he, too, will drink of the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full ______________ into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with ____________ __________ in the ______________ of the holy __________ and of the Lamb. [11] And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name."

21. We Are Called to Keep God's Commandments As a Sign of Loyalty to Him.
Revelation 14:12 This calls for patient ________________ on the part of the saints who obey God's _____________________ and remain faithful to Jesus.

22. The Issue Is More Than a Matter of Days. It Is a Matter of Masters. Where Is Our Loyalty?
Romans 6:16 Don't you know that when you offer __________________ to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to _______________________?

23. The Issue Centers Around Choosing Between the Commandments of Men and the Commandments of God.
Mark 7:9 And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the ______________ of God in order to observe your own __________________!

24. Jesus Invites Us to Obey Him Because We Love Him.
John 14:15 "If you love me, you will obey _______ I ____________.

25. He Promises to Shelter Us in the Time of Trouble.
Psalms 91:1-16 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. [2] I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." [3] Surely he will save you from the ______________ snare and from the deadly pestilence. [4] He will cover you with his ______________, and under his wings you will find refuge; his _____________________ will be your shield and rampart. [5] You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, [6] nor the pestilence that stalks in the ______________, nor the plague that ______________ at midday. [7] A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. [8] You will only ____________ with your eyes and see the __________________ of the wicked. [9] If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge-- [10] then no harm will befall you, no ______________ will come near your tent. [11] For he will ____________ his angels __________________ you to guard you in all your ways; [12] they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. [13] You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will ____________ the great lion and the ____________. [14] "Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will ____________ him, for he acknowledges my name. [15] He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in ____________, I will ____________ him and honor him. [16] With long life will I ____________ him and show him my ________________."

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