1. ‘Sea” in Scripture is a symbol for a great mass of people. This means that the Beast (man) will
come from the “Common people” – he will not be nobleman of royal blood, but a commoner.
2. Since seven is the number of completeness in religion and ten is the complete number in things
of the world, the seven heads and ten horns means that the Beast is the climax, cosummation
of Gentile religion and government. Crowns on the horns – political power; blasphemy on his head – false religion.
3. The leopard, lion, bear are symbols of empires such as “Russian bear”, “British lion,” etc. This means that the Beast will embody all of the political genius and cunning of the world rulers of
the past.
4. All who live on the earth – except Christians – will worship the Beast – Vs 4 & 8.
5. The Beast will be a great orator – V-3.
6. He will be a world dictator – V-7