Unleashing the Beast

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speak will unite a radical element that seeks the conquest of those who disagree with their policies. Their most powerful tools will be weapons of mass destruction. In Revelation, John describes the same beast Daniel saw in his vision 600 years prior: And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 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 (Revelation 13:1, 2). Both Daniel and John saw the same beast rising up out of the sea (Daniel 7:3 and Revelation 13:1). Daniel called this sea the Great Sea. Today it is the Mediterranean, the area of the ancient Roman Empire. Both Daniel and John indicate the beast had 10 horns. In Biblical prophecy, horns represent a king or a kingdom. The 10 horns are not the Beast; they are a part of the Beast, just as the horns of a ram are not the ram but a part of the ram. The Beast itself is some type of kingdom that hosts the 10 horns. The New Testament was written in Greek. John identified the Beast with the word therion , meaning "a wild beast." This future beast kingdom is uncontrollable; nations will be unable to tame it. This certainly fits the description of radical Islamic terrorists: they cannot be