John sees a beast coming out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads. On each head is a blasphemous name. The beast looks like a leopard, its feet like those of a bear, its mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gives the beast his power, his throne, and great authority.
One of the beast's heads seems to have a fatal wound, but the wound has been healed. The whole world is amazed and follows the beast. People worship the dragon because he gave authority to the beast, saying 'Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against him?'
The beast is given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months. It opens its mouth to blaspheme God and to slander his name and his dwelling place.
It's given power to wage war against God's people and to conquer them. And all the people whose names aren't written in the Lamb's book of life will worship the beast. But those written in the book are protected from ultimate deception.
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