beast of Revelation
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Romans 13 calls rulers God’s servants for the good. Revelation 13 shows power becoming beastly when it devours truth, justice, and human dignity. Read together, these chapters offer a mature Christian theology of political authority.
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Many quote “the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,” but Revelation 17:8 clarifies John’s point: the time phrase belongs to the writing of names in the Lamb’s book of life, not the slaying. The cross happened in history; God’s plan for a people is primordial—and that certainty fuels courage, purity, and witness when…