Donna Danna (7 Jan 2024)
"TO EAR:  Why The Beast of Daniel 7 & Rev. 13 Is A King & A Kingdom"


the Bible shows that the Beast of Daniel 7 & Revelation 13 is both a King and a kingdom and not just a kingdom as shown in your above post. This same beast of Daniel 7 & Rev. 13 is also from the sea (kingdom) and from the earth (king) as shown by the verses below:

Daniel 7:2-3, "Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. "(This would represent 4 kingdoms on earth of which each will have a king over them.)

Daniel 7:7-8, "After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things." (This fourth beast is a kingdom that will have 10 horns which are kings, and another little horn is a son of a king, who plucks up 3 of the first 3 horns by the roots.  This little horn has eyes to see and a mouth to speak.)

Daniel 7:11, "I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame." (This beast is a man and now a horn who is a king who is eventually slain and his body destroyed and given to the burning flame (the beast AC is thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone)

Daniel 7:17, "These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth." (These 4 beasts are 4 men who are 4 kings who arise out of the earth.)

Daniel 7:19-20, "Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows." (This fourth beast is a kingdom with a king, other horn, that has eyes and a mouth to speak is a man.)  

Daniel 7:23-25, "Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time." (While Daniel 7:17 shows that the four beasts are four kings which arise out of the earth, this verse shows that the fourth beast is the fourth kingdom so this beast is both a king and a kingdom.  Another shall rise after the 10 horns; he is the Little Horn, prince, son of a king, who arises to become a horn and is now a king.  He is the beast of Rev. 13:5 who continues for 42 months.)

Rev. 13:1, "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. (This beast represents a kingdom.)

Rev. 13:2, "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."  (The beast that the dragon gives his power to is the Antichrist who was the Little Horn who became a King (Horn).

Rev. 13:3, "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. (The beast who is a man is wounded to death and his deadly wound was healed.)

Rev. 13:4, "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?" (And they worshipped the dragon (Satan) which gave power to the beast and they worshipped the beast, Antichrist, the man who is a king. They don't worship a kingdom.)

Rev. 13:5-8, "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. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."

Rev. 13:11, "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. (This 2nd beast is the False Prophet who is a man.)

Rev. 13:12, "And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed." (The first beast whose deadly wound was healed is a man, the Antichrist.)

Rev. 13:13-14, "And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live." (In the sight of the beast refers to the in the sight of the 1st beast who is the Antichrist who is a man that had a wound by a sword and did live.)