DISCUSSION GROUP STUDY QUESTIONS In preparation for Sunday, October 28, 2018 Passage: Revelation 13:11-18 Memory Passage: Revelation 13:18 DAY 1 ASK FOR INSIGHT READ THE PASSAGE – (a) Read Rev. 13:11-18. What is significant about this beast out of the earth?” “rising (b) Explain how this beast is related to the dragon and beast from the sea, both in appearance and activity. (c) Why does this have horns like a lamb” (cf. Dan. 8:3, Rev. 5:6, 11:3ff, & Matt. 7:15-20 “2 with Rev. 13:13-14)? (d) What do these horns represent? Why is it important to note that this beast like the “spoke dragon?” DAY 2 ASK FOR INSIGHT READ THE PASSAGE – Read Rev. 13:11-18. Why is the healed mortal wound of the first beast mentioned again (v. 12)? What is the significance of this beast working and exercising authority the presence of” the “in first beast (vs. 12, 14)? What is the primary purpose of this 2nd beast? Explain the phrase, and its inhabitants” (i.e. how do each functionally obey the “the beast?)? DAY 3 ASK FOR INSIGHT READ THE PASSAGE – Read Rev. 13:11-18. Why is this sign (v. 13) mentioned (cf. Deut. 13:1-3, 1 Kgs. 18, esp. vs. 39-40, & Rev. 11:3-6)? How does this beast breath to the image of the beast” resulting in it especially “give “speaking,” in light of Rev. 9:20? What is the name of this beast throughout the rest of Revelation (cf. 16:13, 19:20, & 20:10) and how does it help you understand its mission as described in 13:11-18?
DISCUSSION GROUP STUDY QUESTIONS In preparation for Sunday, October 28, 2018 Passage: Revelation 13:11-18 Memory Passage: Revelation 13:18 DAY 1 – ASK FOR INSIGHT READ THE PASSAGE (a) Read Rev. 13:11-18. What is significant about this beast “rising out of the earth?” (b) Explain how this beast is related to the dragon and beast from the sea, both in appearance and activity. (c) Why does this have “2 horns like a lamb” (cf. Dan. 8:3, Rev. 5:6, 11:3ff, & Matt. 7:15-20 with Rev. 13:13-14)? (d) What do these horns represent? Why is it important to note that this beast “spoke like the dragon?” DAY 2 – ASK FOR INSIGHT READ THE PASSAGE Read Rev. 13:11-18. Why is the healed mortal wound of the first beast mentioned again (v. 12)? What is the significance of this beast working and exercising authority “in the presence of” the first beast (vs. 12, 14)? What is the primary purpose of this 2nd beast? Explain the phrase, “the and its inhabitants” (i.e. how do each functionally obey the beast?)? DAY 3 – ASK FOR INSIGHT READ THE PASSAGE Read Rev. 13:11-18. Why is this sign (v. 13) mentioned (cf. Deut. 13:1-3, 1 Kgs. 18, esp. vs. 39-40, & Rev. 11:3-6)? How does this beast “give breath to the image of the beast” resulting in it “speaking,” especially in light of Rev. 9:20? What is the name of this beast throughout the rest of Revelation (cf. 16:13, 19:20, & 20:10) and how does it help you understand its mission as described in 13:11-18?
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