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1The fiery-red sea serpent took its stand on the shore of the great waters. Then I saw a wild beast with ten horns and seven heads emerging from the waters. On each horn was a headdress like a chief would wear. Its heads had names carved into them that spoke evil against the Great Spirit.
2I saw that the wild beast looked like a leopard with feet like a bear and a mouth like a mountain lion. The fiery-red sea serpent gave the wild beast its power, its seat of ruling, and its far-reaching dominion.
3I saw that one of the heads of the wild beast was fatally wounded, but the wound had healed, and all the people of the land were filled with wonder as they followed after the wild beast.
4They were all bowing down and honoring the fiery-red sea serpent, because it had given power to the wild beast. So they gave honored service to the wild beast, saying, “Who can be compared to the wild beast? Who can make war with it?”
5The fiery-red sea serpent filled the mouth of the wild beast with arrogant words and insults spoken against the Great Spirit. And for forty-two moons the wild beast was permitted to do whatever it wanted.
6So it spoke with boldness against the Great Spirit, his name, his sacred lodge in the spirit-world above, and against all who live there.
7The wild beast was given the ability to make war against Creator’s holy people and defeat them. It was also given authority over every tribe and people and language and nation.
8All who dwell in the land will honor and serve the wild beast—all whose names have not been written down in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was chosen to be violently killed from the formation of the world.[#13:8 1 Peter 1:19-20]
9Let the one who has ears, hear this:
10“All who lead others into captivity will themselves become captive. All who take up the long knife to kill will by the long knife be killed.”[#13:10 Matthew 26:52]
This will test the faithfulness of Creator’s holy ones to stay true to the path of trusting in the ways of the Great Spirit.
11Then I saw another wild beast emerging from the land. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a fiery-red sea serpent.
12Representing the first wild beast, it used its power to make all who dwell in the land honor and serve the first wild beast whose deadly wound had been healed.
13It performed great signs and wonders in the sight of everyone, even making fire come down on the land from the sky.
14Because of the signs that were done as it represented the first wild beast, it was able to trick the people who live in the land. It instructed them to carve an image to honor the first wild beast who was fatally wounded by the long knife yet lived.
15It was given the power to give breath to the carved image and make it speak. It could then have anyone killed who would not bow down to honor the carved image of the first wild beast.
16The second wild beast then required everyone, small or great, rich or poor, slave or free, to be tattooed on their right hand or on their forehead,
17so that no one could buy or sell without this mark, which represents the name of the wild beast or the number of its name.
18Wisdom is needed here. The one who understands will count the number representing the name of the wild beast. It is the number of a human being, and this one’s number is six hundred sixty-six.