Sermon Title: The Unholy Trinity
Bible Reading: Revelation 13:1-18
Sermon Points
- The Difference Between The Beasts
- The Identity Of The Beasts
- How Can We Stand Against Such Beasts?
Note the following parallels between the first beast and the royal Messiah:
- Both were slain and rise to new life. (5:6 and 13:3)
- Both have followers with their names written on their foreheads. (13:16 and 14:1)
- Both have horns. (5:6 and 13:1)
- Both have authority over every “tribe, tongue, people, and nation”. (5:9; 7:9 and 13:7; 17:12, 15)
- Both receive worldwide worship. (5:8-14 and 13:4, 8)
- Both have a final coming or manifestation, though one is to destruction and the other to eternal victory. (17:7–18)
[Beale, Revelation: A Shorter Commentary. p.271]