And he stood upon the sand of the sea (i.e., the dragon, when cast out from heaven)
and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea having seven heads, and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the names of blasphemy;
and and the beast which I saw was like a leopard (a leopard is Greece), , and his feet were as the feet of a bear (Persia), and his mouth as the mouth of a lion (Babylon),
and the dragon gave him his power (six times we have in this chapter" it was given him "), And his seat (or throne, ii: 13; xvi. 10), and great authority,
and I saw one of his heads, as it were, wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed; and all the world wondered [and followed] after the beast 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 there was given to him a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies, and authority was given 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 him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:
and power was given him (John xix. 11) over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations; and all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him (2 Thess. ii. 11, 12), whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear to hear, let him hear."
 

Note how perfectly the RED shows the actions of the Dragon.

First on the sea shore: Who stood on the edge of the SEA and lifted his arms to raise the WATERS into TWO Walls??? Who is satan mocking/copying here??? Remember the magicians who couldn’t copy all of Moses and Aaron’s miracles?? Perhaps, satan is raising the two beasts (as Bully suggest) in some hideous form of witchcraft to copy what God did with the prophet Moses (remember he wanted his bones!!).

Nah 3:4 Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts.

MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT WHORE

This scripture confirms this great harlot who rides on this first beast, drunken with the golden cup of apostasy, was in fact also the MISTRESS OF WITCHCRAFTS. DRAGON (satan) being her mate. And indeed the beast is "called forth" by a spell.
 

By using the figure Polysyndeton here we see what the Holy Spirit points to as the most important event of satan's arrival on earth before he announces to be God. The Hebrew expression is one of horror and gall. Probably the most memorable and recognizable events in Revelation, when those two beasts are called from OUT of the WATER. {Just a side note, remember in the Little Mermaid, when the octopus lady raised herself up and lifted up her arms in POWER and chanted the witchcraft spell? Maybe the kenites give themselves away, or they try to mock our ignorance.}


"And the Dragon gave him his power" We know the powers of the heavens will be shaken (Luke 21). We must also note that here is an undeniable exchange of power between God, satan, and the beasts. This exchange of power is rather important to the time elements in this passage. Because if satan has power to continue, but God takes it from him, well then his 42 mths will be over. TIME UP.


"And he opened his mouth in blasphemy". And He, that hideous deceitful horrible dragon. To describe the action of speech, almost in slow motion is using exaggeration because it is redundant to say "He opened his mouth to speak". The exaggeration emphasizes the disbelief that this evil one will spare no expense to say the unthinkable. Perhaps, he began by saying, "See, I raised up the waters, just like Moses!"


Also, note the alteration between the Dragon's actions and John "seeing". Of course, John is the narrarator, but all eyes are fixed on the Dragon; even, to the point of a slow motion effect. A hypnotic, evil, enchanting event will capture the "sight" of the world, even as John "saw" through the eyes of a prophet (contrasting the blindness of the world).

By noting two separate times that John "saw", two notes need to be made. The first time John "saw", he saw the beast, complete in power and complete with horns, CROWNS, & NAMES.

What is the first thing you do when your baby is born? NAME IT! The number seven is spiritual COMPLETENESS. The beast is complete as far as spiritual Blasphemy is concerned. It is in FULL and COMPLETE POWER. No wound yet.

Nah 3:17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.

But the second time John sees the beast, it is drastically different. He says TWICE that it is wounded to death (also "his deadly wound"). And then, It was healed. Think back to pharoah again. His son had a deadly wound, but he couldn’t heal it, and the peopled followed Moses. Satan, wanting those bones, heals the deadly wound so that the children of Israel will follow him and worship him.

It is also interesting to me that John noted what they SAID; because, In Hebrew, Michael means "Who is like God?", but here they cry , "Who is like unto the beast?". This beast from the sea is unlike anything before it EVER. The most memorable event of Revelation.

Also, "Who is ABLE to make war with him?" Remember those silly magicians who just weren’t ABLE to do it? They did not ask "who WILL make war" but who is ABLE enough. Whatever, these entranced responses comes from, we know it is a result of the spell spoken by the Dragon with his mouth, which names names of its blasphemous party.