eive not the love
of the truth, that they might be saved."

In this passage it is predicted of this mighty person that he will
assume to be very God, "sitting in the temple as God," and winning the
worship of the multitude by his miraculous power, signs, and lying
wonders; deceiving all who perish, and who would not receive the love of
the truth that they might be saved.

Still another and more striking description of this person is given in
the second passage just mentioned (Rev. 13:1-8): "And I stood upon the
sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven
heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads
the name of blasphemy. And the beast which I saw was like unto a
leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the
mouth of a lion: and the dragon (Satan) gave him his power, and his
seat, and his great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were
wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world
wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon (Satan) which
gave power unto the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is
like unto the beast? Who is able to make war with him? And there was
given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power
was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his
mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and his
tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. And it was given unto him to
make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him
over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the
earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life
of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."

The first, and, it would seem, most important thing that is stated of
this being in this Scripture is that one of his heads was, as it were,
wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed. Some have claimed
this to be a reference to a previous political defeat followed by
reinstatement to power. The expression is, however, most suggestive and
significant as an attempt on the part of Satan to imitate, in the Man of
Sin, that which was the supreme miracle of the Christ--His death and
resurrection. The effort is plainly effective; more so than a mere
shifting of political fortune could possibly be; for the statement
follows: "All the world wondered after the beast who had received the
dea