A very simple error many brethren make when reading the Rev.13:1-2 Scripture that's about a beast 'kingdom' is thinking it's about a person. There's 2 separate 'beast' ideas taught in Rev.13, the first one is about the beast 'kingdom', and the second one is about the beast 'king' with the "another beast" of Rev.13:11 forward. The pronoun "his" in the Rev.13:1-2 verses fool many when it's simply a Greek word for the third person pronoun that can be translated as 'he, she, it, his, her, them, etc.' It should be thought of the beast kingdom being 'his' (the dragon's) because the dragon we are told is who gives him his power, or really its power.
The Beast is Satan, the Dragon, with seven heads and ten horns (nations/leaders). Collectively they are the Beast.
Rev. 12:3, 4 Describes "his tail drew a third of the stars (angels) of heaven and threw them to the earth. This is historical, already happened. When Lucifer became Satan and took 1/3 of the angels with him. The Satan has empowered many kingdoms throughout history: Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman and now he will gather ten nations. Satan is the Beast. We look at the Church as the Body of Christ collectively. Satan has his evil body, which is the Beast as well, since it is empowered by hi,
In light of that, with being shown in Rev.17:9 that the seven heads are "seven mountains", it means the 'deadly wound' must be upon one of the "seven mountains". This is another reason why the Rev.13:1-2 beast is about a kingdom. The seven heads represent geographical areas on the earth. Thus one of beast's heads suffers a wound.
Possibly it is a country like Iraq or Syria, that has suffered a great wound. However,
"the beast that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go to perdition, ..." Rev. 17:8
A nation doesn't rise out of the bottomless pit, demons do, Satan as well. Of course the mystery Babylon is the harlot that has seduced the world. Her origins go way back when God confused their language and scattered them throughout. All the false religions, philosophies, mysticism, astrology, occults, etc. came from Babylon. So the
world system without God, is Babylon. And so Satan has manifested himself, the Beast throughout history many times in many forms. Now, I do suspect he is manifesting himself through Islam and a group of Islamic nations.
There is no Scripture evidence that Satan will possess the flesh body of some man for the beast working at the end of this world. That is an assumption based on Satan influencing Judas and Peter during our Lord Jesus' Ministry.
Revelation 12:7 forward reveals Satan and his angels being booted out of the heavenly dimension down to our earthly dimension, and that changes the game of 'how' he will operate his deceptions.
The Antichrist is a leader, who was (the seventh horn), then is not (dead or in a coma), then becomes the eighth (Rev.17:11) As the seventh he had no power, then all of sudden miraculous powers as of an fallen angel, Satan himself. It should be no surprise to you that demons possess humans - do I need to refresh scriptures? This is the ultimate war in the End Times and Satan is directly in battle himself and has a showdown with Jesus. How else would he have it? After it all ends, He and the antichrist are thrown down into the Abyss and held captive for 1000 years.
I think we can... know, even that our Lord Jesus made it very plain when we listen to Him in His Word. It will be the "dragon", the one we are shown in Rev.13:4-8 that the whole world will worship (excepting Christ's elect).
That's right, He is the dragon, manifested as Islam and Rev. 20:4 proves that his signature is chopping off heads. Does that sound familiar. HELLO.