The Second Beast Revelation Thirteen

It rose not from the sea of nations but from the earth — and it had two horns like a lamb but spoke like a dragon. This oil painting renders the earth beast of Revelation 13 as a creature of barely contained power: massive, dark, charging across a cracked and moonlit plain with the momentum of a nation that once looked innocent but now exercises all the authority of the beast before it. In SDA prophetic understanding the earth beast represents the United States of America — the lamb-like nation that arose in a relatively unpopulated territory, spoke the language of religious freedom, but in the last days will enforce the mark of the beast and bring the world to a moment of final decision. Download this high-resolution digital image for your Revelation 13 sermon series, mark of the beast evangelistic presentation, Three Angels' Messages study, or Great Controversy visual library.