“China’s surveillance state, Russia’s militarism, and America’s cultural influence are starting to blend, not in values, but in outcomes: control, deception, dominance. Their differences may actually serve the Beast—like heads of the same body—each with a role in the system's dominion.” (ChatGPT).
We see the three biggest superpowers cooperating at UN level in its Security Council and other institutions. One body, with a voice and a firm standing. In Revelation 13 the fast superpower is given a voice by the fiercest, like Babylon, and a firm standing by the most diplomatic, like Persia. Thus they are all part of one thing, one Beast. We saw that in a global crisis, they act as one, to centralise power and overwhelmingly dominate every nation on earth. We saw this from 2020 to 2023. Tussles between them belie this operational unity at UN and WHO level. All it needs now, is some progress with technology, and then an apocalyptic global crisis. The Beast might rise out of a UN sea.
In Revelation 13:2, the Beast receives its power, throne, and great authority from the dragon, which Revelation 12:9 clearly identifies as Satan. But biblically, Satan works through empires, and in Daniel 7, the fourth beast—terrifying, iron-toothed, and different from the others—is widely interpreted as Rome.
So when we speak of the Beast in Revelation being empowered by the dragon, it carries spiritual and historical layers:
- Spiritually, the dragon is Satan—offering counterfeit authority, miracles, and dominion.
- Historically, that dragon manifests through empire, and in the prophetic timeline, Rome is that final beast of Daniel.
- Prophetically, the Beast of Revelation is a revival or continuation of that Roman pattern—what some might call a neo-Roman empire.
This could mean:
- Institutional continuity (e.g., global legal systems, centralized governance, the UN).
- Cultural legacy (Western civilization's roots in Rome—law, power, rhetoric).
- Spiritual imitation (a counterfeit kingdom resembling unity, peace, and order—but aligned against the Lamb).
So the Beast is empowered by the dragon, and the dragon works through empire. What we may be seeing today is a reconstitution of Rome’s machinery, globalized and digitized, standing on iron feet—but still not mixed with clay for long.
(ChatGPT)
