Who or what will the beast from the bottomless pit be?
The beast from the bottomless pit is not a literal animal but an authority or government. It will either be the Antichrist himself or the assortment of nations called the revived Roman Empire, which makes war against the two men and kills them.
Les teaches that the beast coming out of the bottomless pit is not some wild, frozen animal but an authority, a government. He says it will either be the Antichrist himself or that assortment of nations coming together, called the revived Roman Empire. Then verse 7 shows this government, which he thinks will be the Antichrist and his revived Roman Empire, will make war against the two men. They will do everything to destroy them, and they will succeed, overcoming them despite their power to resist, and kill them. Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where the Lord was crucified—Jerusalem, 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 is the beast that comes out of the bottomless pit in Revelation 11?
The beast that comes out of the bottomless pit in Revelation 11 is not a literal wild or frozen animal, but an authority or government.
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.