text: for example,can anybody tell me the meaning of the "beast" in revelations?   the first beast rises out of the sea, that is peoples of the world. it has 7 heads and ten horns. the 7 heads are dominions or continents. the ten horns are power or rulers (crowns). this beast is a political system or one world system. the deadly wound is to the one world political system.  note: this rising is not abrupt but gradual. also if you visit the united nations web page. there is a global map on there with the regions of the world color coded. yep 7 regions.  note: the reign of satan has been shortened. the 7 years and the 3 1/2 years of prophesy have been shortened.  mat 24:22  and except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.   they have been shortened to a 5 month period or 150 days. the time of the locust which is may through september. the end thereof shall be with a flood (flood of lies).  dan 9:26  and after threescore and two weeks shall messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.   just like noah's deluge but only spiritual.  gen 7:24  and the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.   5 months or 150 days or may through september.   the second beast is satan as christ. pretending he is god.