My Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 13:2

My Sheep Hear My Voice- Rev. 13:2

Before Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray, something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions for you.

The Beast Out of the Sea

The First Beast

And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Rev. 13:2

power... Twentyfold power of Antichrist—power to:

1. Blaspheme God (Rev. 13:5-6; Dan. 7:8-25; 11:36)

2. Overcome saints (Rev. 13:7; 7:9-17; 20:4)

3. Overcome Jews (Rev. 12:13-17; Dan. 7:21)

4. Conquer many nations (Rev. 13:7; Dan. 7:8, 7:23-24; 11:40-45; Ezekiel 38-39)

5. Destroy mystical Babylon (Rev. 17:12-17)

6. Kill the two witnesses (Rev. 11:7-12)

7. Change times and laws (Dan. 7:25)

8. Understand mysteries (Dan. 8:23)

9. Do as he will for a period (Dan. 11:36; 2Th. 2:3-4; Rev. 13:1-18)

10. Perform miracles (Rev. 13:1-18; 19:20; Dan. 8:24; 2Th. 2:8-12)

11. Cause craft to prosper (Dan. 8:25)

12. Control money and commerce (Dan. 11:38-43; Rev. 13:17; 18:1-24)

13. Cause great deceptions (Rev. 13:13-18; 2Th. 2:8-12; John 5:43; Dan. 8:25)

14. Control religion (Rev. 13:1-18; 14:9-11; 15:2; 16:2; 20:4-6; Dan. 11:36)

15. Control all lives in his realm (Rev. 13:15)

16. Control kings (Rev. 13:7; 17:12-17)

17. Make all nations fear him (Rev. 13:4)

18. Reign for 42 months (Rev. 13:5)

19. Mobilize nations to Armageddon (Rev. 16:13-16; 19:19-21; Ezekiel 38-39)

20. Fight Christ (Rev. 17:14; 19:11-21; Dan. 8:25; Zec. 14:1-5)

like unto a... His resemblance to a leopard, a bear, and a lion refer to the first three beasts in the vision of Daniel 7 (representing the empires of Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece). This Beast includes the people and cultures of the three previous empires, and is an outgrowth of the Roman Empire itself.

Leopard... A metaphor for ancient Greece, alluding to the Greeks’ swiftness and ability as their military moved forward in conquest, particularly under Alexander the Great (compare Dan. 7:6). The Leopard and subsequent animal symbols were all native wildlife in Asia, familiar to John’s readers.
Bear... A metaphor for the ancient Medo-Persian Empire, depicting that kingdom’s ferocious strength, combined with its great stability (compare Dan. 7:5).
Lion... A metaphor for the ancient Babylonian Empire, referring to the Babylonians’ fierce, all consuming power as they extended their domain (compare Dan. 7:4).
The description of the Beast connects it closely both to the dragon (Satan, 12:3), and to the fourth beast of Daniel 7 (the Roman Empire; Dan. 7:7, 23), though his actions show him to be somewhat distinct from both. The horns and heads are identified (in Rev. chapter 17).
As the first scripture indicated a beast with seven heads, the other two earlier empires were Syria and Egypt. To make the next scripture easy to understand, I will name the 6 again. They are Syria, Egypt, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. These are the 6 empires of the past.
We will revisit this again (in Rev 17:8-14), which begins:
“The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is”.
Be sure to read the next 5 verses as well (in chapter 17).
“The dragon gave him his power” (see verse 1; 12:9).
Just so you know, the sixth beast is Rome. They were, and then they weren't as they were no longer a force, but will be prominent again during the end times.

In Rev. 13:2 the beast was seen to gather in the symbolism of the three preceding empires — Greece (a leopard, cf. Dan. 7:6), Medo-Persia (a bear, cf. Dan. 7:5), and Babylon (a lion, cf. Dan. 7:4). The power of the beast was derived from Satan himself: the dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. This accords with Paul (2Th. 2:9) who referred to “the lawless one” (i.e., the Antichrist, this first beast of Rev. 13:1-18) as working “all kinds of counterfeit miracles [dynamei], signs [sēmeiois], and wonders [terasin].”