A weekly class at OAG taught by Chaplain Lou Parker.
** Edited to remove personal information shared in the class and extended pauses **
Title: Revelation 13: The Beast, the Dragon, and the Power of Deception
Summary: An exploration of Revelation 13 that traces how Satan empowers the Antichrist, wages war through deception and blasphemy, and drives persecution, marking, and end-times events—while calling believers to endurance and faith.
Lesson Outline:
00:00 - Spirits, bodies, and setting the stage
03:50 - Two beasts and the unholy trinity
07:40 - Back to Revelation 12: war on the offspring
11:30 - Invisible warfare and the tactic of deception
15:20 - Blasphemy, persecution, and worship (Rev 13:5–10)
19:10 - Timeline: rapture, 42 months, and tribulation
23:00 - Defining “Antichrist”: titles and denials
26:50 - Strategy: politics, religion, miracles, warfare
30:40 - The mark and commerce control
33:50 - Origin theories and closing exhortation
