The Nature of the Beast

Both the popular interpretation (some future leader) and scholarly understandings (an anti-Christian power from the past) of “the beast” mentioned in Revelation 13 are short-sighted, but on the trail of something useful. Rather, Revelation's beast is one representation and possibly the final Ne...

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Published in:Review and expositor
Main Author: Shoopman, James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2009
In: Review and expositor
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Summary:Both the popular interpretation (some future leader) and scholarly understandings (an anti-Christian power from the past) of “the beast” mentioned in Revelation 13 are short-sighted, but on the trail of something useful. Rather, Revelation's beast is one representation and possibly the final New Testament twist in an evolving early Christian doctrine of the antichrist. This doctrine relates more to the ongoing state of the world than to its end. It calls for every generation to take sides in an ongoing conflict that will not end until human history draws to a close.
ISSN:2052-9449
Contains:Enthalten in: Review and expositor
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/003463730910600108