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Dr. Davis places Revelation in its historical, cultural, and literary setting, showing how the book would have been understood by the Christians for whom it was written. He draws on Jewish, Christian, Greek, and Roman writers from biblical times in seeking to discern the meaning of the book's vivid symbols. He thus bases his interpretation of Revelation on objective evidence, rather than on...

13:1a, 11a And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea. And I saw a beast coming out of the sea.… Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. As we saw in the commentary on chapter 12, the “dragon” symbolizes Satan, the leader and personification of the forces of evil allied against God and his church.1 The “sea” is an ancient Middle Eastern symbol for the forces of evil and chaos.2 From out of the sea, the reservoir of evil, the dragon summons a great “beast.” Later, in verse 11, a second
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