Who does the beast in Revelation 11 refer to?
It refers to an authority or government, not a wild animal. It will either be the Antichrist himself or an assortment of nations coming together, identified as the revived Roman Empire. This government will make war against the two men and overcome them, putting them to death.
Les teaches that the beast that comes out of the bottomless pit is not some wild, frozen animal, but an authority, a government. It will either be the Antichrist himself, or the assortment of nations that come together, which he calls the revived Roman Empire. He explains that this government, which he thinks will be the Antichrist and his revived Roman Empire, will make war against the two men, doing everything they can to destroy them. They will succeed, overcome them, and kill them. Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. That city is Jerusalem, and they will be left to rot on its sun-drenched streets because of mortal hatred for these two men.
And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
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What does the beast do to the two witnesses in Revelation 11:7?
The beast will wage war on the two witnesses, doing everything it can to destroy them, and it will succeed in killing them.