Satan is sidelined and gives the Beast his power, throne, and great authority. The kingdom of the Beast, the Beast himself (the Destroyer), or the man, who is the human imager representing the Destroyer and the kingdom (the one we call the Antichrist), are all simply called, “the Beast.”
The Beast is now having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and on his heads blasphemous names.
When the Beast rises to the world stage, the Beast is going to move first with the might of his 10 horns (the might to attack and defend). These 10 horns are 10 kings that will arise—10 demonic rulers who have one purpose, and that is to give their power and authority to the Beast. We should expect to see a coalition of ten kingdoms, countries, or states from which the kingdom of the Beast rises to power and
assumes control on this earth.
The seven heads represent the same seven-demonic Spirit Princes (sovereigns) which are now under the rule of the dragon. These seven demonic Spirit Princes comprise the dragon’s inner circle of royal authority that rules over nations and kingdoms, or groups of
nations.
The “blasphemous names” refer to the misuse or the prostitution of God’s name—Yahweh. The Beast will claim that he is the Savior, saving the world from the wrath of the Lamb and from the plagues. He will take the names that belong to Yahweh, and appropriate them for himself.
