Revelation 13:1 meaning and explanation

Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.

Revelation 13:1, Berean Standard Bible

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John, exiled on Patmos, continues his vision of the dragon standing on the shore and now sees a beast rising from the sea. In the Bible the sea often stands for the chaotic nations of the world, and Daniel 7 pictured four beasts rising from the sea as empires opposed to God.

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