“And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.”
The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies and to exercise its authority for forty-two months - the beast boasts and blasphemes, claiming what belongs to God alone. The forty-two months (three-and-a-half years) is the divinely appointed limit of persecution, beyond which Satan cannot go.
Church Fathers on Revelation 13:5
“And I saw a beast rising up from the sea, like a leopard.” This signifies the kingdom of that time of Antichrist, and the people mingled with the variety of nations. “His feet were as the feet of a bear.” A strong and most unclean beast, the feet are to be understood as his leaders. “And his mouth as the mouth of a lion.” That is, his mouth armed for blood is his bidding, and a tongue which will proceed to nothing else than to the shedding of blood. * * * * * * * *
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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