The primary beast is Satan. Notice the beast out of the sea gets his power from Satan, Adversary. The false prophet out of the sea is given power by Satan. Satan does not give power to himself???
The beast is not the dragon twice. The beast in Revelation 13, from the land is Satan. The beast in Revelation 16:13 is the image.
You claim the image is not relevant. That is crazy. It is the whole point of Satan getting his 3.5 years. The false prophet is not relevant. Satan is the only relevant beast. Satan is not just the Adversary in chapter 13. He enables the False Prophet. Then he elevates himself. His only claim to fame is this image. Without it, he is just being a bully. He cannot save or help mankind. Remember, in Job, he could only destroy. Nothing has changed. What Satan does with the image is offer hope to the world. This abomination is cast into the lake of fire.
Satan is the Antichrist. If you use the term, at least understand the who. The image cannot be ignored. That is the beast. Satan is named with the first beast, so has to be the false prophet. The beast that spoke as a dragon gives Satan away. Unless God raises a third person from the dead and gives him to Satan?
The primary beast is Satan.
In Revelation, the ONLY other name for Satan is "the Dragon." Did you not read? Read CAREFULLY:
Rev. 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Do you see it? we have from the bottem:
3. The False Prophet
2. "The Beast"
1. The Dragon or Satan.
So your theory is off, plain and simple.
the beast out of the sea gets his power from Satan Dead on here:
13:2...the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
The false prophet out of the sea is given power by Satan
Maybe: 13:12...he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him
The beast is not the dragon twice. The beast in Revelation 13, from the land is Satan.
Why do you make something that God made plain and simple into something difficult? Wouldn't it be better just to believe Revelation as written? Look back up at verse 13 in red: there are three (ONLY 3) and they are named - what could be easier?
1. Satan, the Dragon: the power behind both Beasts.
2. The Beast from the sea: A MAN and a kingdom.
3. The False Prophet: also a man.
Don't go any farther: John has laid it out very plainly: Satan: NOT a beast, but a dragon: the devil, or Lucifer. Next, the man of sin turned Beast. Third, the False Prophet that shows up last - also a man.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
The beast in Revelation 16:13 is the image. No no no! This is imagination.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
Do you see the word "image" here? I don't and neither does anyone else - but perhaps you. This is the false trinity: from the devil. But NO IMAGE here. That is MYTH.
You claim the image is not relevant. Sorry, I never said that. Is this your strawman? The image is a part of the days of GT, for in part the great pressure will be those who refuse to bow - so die.
It is the whole point of Satan getting his 3.5 years. Satan does not get 3.5 years: the BEAST (a man) from the water gets 42 months of Authority. When the Beast is cast into the lake of fire, the devil - the Dragon - will shortly thereafter be bound for 1000 years. It is NOT DIFFICULT to tell them apart: without much doubt, in chapter 13 the Beast will be possessed by Satan. So when people see the Beast, they will be looking at a man possessed by the devil himself.
The false prophet is not relevant. Wrong yet again. Please read before you post. It is the false prophet with his false miracles that cause people to believe the big lie: the Beast is the God of the Jews! (it is a lie.) In other words, it is the purpose of the FP to cause people to worship the Beast. God does not write of irrelevant things.
Satan is the only relevant beast. WRONG! Human imagination gone wrong. All three parts of this unholy trinity are revelation -else there is no trinity.
He enables the False Prophet. He also enables the BEAST.
His only claim to fame is this image. Wrong again: Satan, the Dragon remains HIDDEN: he is inside the Beast, possessing the man. That has been his trademark for centuries: do terrible things through men, but he remains hidden. The purpose of the FP causing the image to speak is just one more false miracle to deceive the people into believing the big lie: that he is God.
What Satan does with the image is offer hope to the world. You have a verse for this?
This abomination is cast into the lake of fire. WRONG yet again! Please, read first before you post. Yes, Satan will EVENTUALLY be cast in, but after the 1000 year reign. It is the BEAST and FP that are cast in at the end of this age.
Satan is the Antichrist. I though you just said Satan was the POWER BEHIND the Antichrist? This is just one more huge error: Satan is the DEVIL. It is the first Beast that most people call the Antichrist - a MAN; a flesh and blood living, breathing MAN. Satan or the Dragon was the chief worship angel in heaven.
The image cannot be ignored. That is the beast. You have been mistaken on every point, and you did not change here. the image is not the Beast, nor is the Beast the imagine. the beast and FP are both flesh and blood MEN: the image is made by men. It is only made to appear to speak. It is not alive. It will not be thrown into the lake of fire. Only the Beast and FP will be thrown in.
Satan is named with the first beast, so has to be the false prophet.Let's go through this again, SLOWLY: Satan is the Dragon is the Devil is Lucifer - a fallen angel. The First beast is a MAN: the man of sin TURNED into Beast when possessed by Satan. The FP is also a man, and is not the devil nor is he the Beast. There are THREE in the unholy trinity.
The beast that spoke as a dragon gives Satan away. You have it backwards, when Jesus takes the Beast and FP, the devil escapes.
Unless God raises a third person from the dead and gives him to Satan? Where did this come from? There are THREE: count them again:
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.