Naked Bible 383: Revelation 13

The Naked Bible Podcast

Dr. Michael S. Heiser

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2021

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Revelation 13 is known as the chapter about the Beast whose number is 666. However, the chapter actually describes two beasts. There are several Old Testament passages from which the descriptions of these beasts may derive. While people are familiar with the number 666, and that this number is also the name of the Beast (antichrist). The idea of “bearing the name” has a secure Old Testament context, one that largely goes unnoticed in the theorizing about the number of the Beast.

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0:26.4	Welcome to the NakedBibletpodcast, episode 383, Revelation 13, the layman, Trace Trickwood,
0:32.8	and he's this caller, Dr. Michael Heiser, hey Mike, what's going on?
0:37.2	Not a whole lot new this week, Tray, I did not get called any names this week, so I don't
0:43.7	really have much to report.
0:45.1	I'm sure you did, you just need to see it somewhere, somebody called you.
0:49.3	Yeah, isn't that the truth?
0:51.5	Sure, it happened somewhere.
0:53.7	Absolutely, and we're still on target, I mean, no pool, no beach, no updates there.
1:01.9	No new pool adventures.
1:04.9	All right, let's check it in.
1:06.9	Well, Mike, this week, 666, number of the beast and all that good stuff.
1:14.1	Please tell me you've made it exciting for us that the government's program.
1:19.7	Which is a vaccine and all right.
1:21.7	Which political figure?
1:25.4	Oh, I can find lots of political figures in Revelation 13.
1:29.9	Yeah, make it relevant for today, spice it up.
1:34.6	Yeah, we can do that.
1:36.1	We can do that for sure.
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