Is the Beast of Revelations a corporation?

Nell Dipiero: @#1. How can you have not heard of "corporate personhood"? The Supreme Court stuck it to our country big time just recently. Only Fox news wouldn't carry that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhoodhttp://reclaimdemocracy.org/personhood/...Show more

Oscar Wieland: Did I miss something? Supreme Court has made corporations "persons"? Got link?

Jonelle Eligio: You appear to have an error here: in Revelation 19:20, the beast is captured and thrown alive into the lake of fire. I certainly interpret that as punishment.

Dulcie Edis: The beast is satan. And he does get punished. And it's Revelation, not Revelations. Drop the S.

Warren Kotter: Revelation was regarding the immediate future, written to the 7 churches in Asia. It was not written to 21st Century believers, and it was not written to the 7 churches in Asia about things way, way, way off into their future (our day).The 'beast' was both a man and a system: Nero and Rome.! Nero's name (NRWN QSR) equalled 666, using the gematria of their day, which assigned numerical value to their alphabet. Ours has no numerical value today. See link for more info....Show more

Elsie Resner: Dr, Yes Corporations have undoubtedly become the Beast and have turned the World itself into a lake of fire with the poisonous emissions given off in search of Monetary gain. In other words, Corporate and Human Greed is destroying the Globe. I don't know if you sent me this but if you didn't it's a graphic illustration and 11 minutes longhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPILhiTJv7E

Antone Bual: Revelation 13:17-18 says, "Nobody might be able to buy or sell except a person having the mark, the name of the wild beast or the number of its name. Here is where wisdom comes in: Let the one that has intelligence calculate the number of the wild beast, for it is a man's number; and its number is six hundred and sixty-six."The references refer to the Roman Empire, a! nd the number of the beast is a sacred or magical code system ! (gematria) that uses numbers for letters. It's highly probable that it refers to the Roman Emperor Nero, and the use of code was to avoid Roman reprisals.In Hebrew, letters are also used as numbers; the figure 666 is reached by adding up the numerical values of the Hebrew letters "Qsr Nrwn", which transliterates the Greek "Kaisar Neron" ("Emperor Nero"):Q = 100S = 60R = 200N = 50R = 200W = 6N = 50Total:666 There are other metaphors for Rome, like the whore of Babylon. John prophesies the imminent fall of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, followed by a Judaeo-Christian theocracy (Kingdom of God); a prophecy that didn't materialise....Show more

Karl Samiec: But corporations are people, according to the slimy Romney.

Herma Ellebrecht: Revelation has two beasts,after also having four beasts.There`s nothing supreme about court.

Madge Voice: First century relevance... it's not for today. John wrote about things that were "shortly to come to pass." If you be! lieve the Bible, you have to believe "shortly" and also the following....The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants--things which must shortly take place." - Revelation 1:1"Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near." - Revelation 1:3"I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown." - Revelation 3:11"The angel said to me, 'These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.'" - Revelation 22:6 "Behold, I am coming soon!..." - Revelation 22:12"He which testifies to these things says, Surely I come quickly. Amen..." - Revelation 22:20...Show more

Maye Delk: Sure why not. The government considers them people...

Lucrecia Laurito: No, but very close. We learn from other usage in the Bible, how "wild b! easts" stand for world political powers and governments.Daniel 7:2-8, 1! 5-28 gives a demonstration of this idea.There are also several beasts, not just one, in Revelation which stand for governments. Some governments play recurring roles as part of different beasts.Corporations are covered in Revelation as "traveling merchants" in chapter 18, who are saddened by the destruction of the Great Harlot, consisting of all the world's false religions. They too are part of Satan's visible organization....Show more

Leora Klingelhoets: ***Need to Edit my answer*** I posted an incorrect answer for the beast in the Scriptural passage I quoted. (sorry)There is more than one beast in the book of Revelation, but I'll assume you're referring to "the wild beast" (with 7 heads and 10 horns) in the 13th chapter. And using the *process of elimination* can help determine the answer...(Revelation 13:1-4)"And I saw a wild beast ascending out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, and upon its horns ten diadems, but upon its heads blasphemous names. Now t! he wild beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were as those of a bear, and its mouth was as a lion’s mouth. And the dragon gave to [the beast] its power and its throne and great authority.And I saw one of its heads as though slaughtered to death, but its death-stroke got healed, and all the earth followed the wild beast with admiration. And they worshiped the dragon because it gave the authority to the wild beast, and they worshiped the wild beast with the words: “Who is like the wild beast, and who can do battle with it?”1st CLUE. The beast exercises great authority over ALL THE EARTH. (Now there are some large international corporations that have great influence)...but do you know any corporations that have complete domination & influence over ALL the countries of the entire earth? No.2nd CLUE: The people of all the earth worship the beast with the words "Who can do battle with it?" Do corporations have militarized strength & power for battle on a worldw! ide scale? No.3rd CLUE: There are 10 diadems on the 10 horns of the bea! st. (diadems are small crowns that represent governmental rulership and power). Do any corporations exist which have political authority over the people of the earth? No.So this leads to the conclusion that the Wild Beast is NOT a single entity or corporation...but is the COMBINED governmental world powers with their military strength....Show more

Edmund Rappley: it is the revelation (singular) of Jesus Christ from the Father to show to His servants what is going to happen in the future. the beast that is mentioned here was already mentioned in daniel and it refers to a government system that sweeps the world like the past great empires did.

Doreatha Kjellsen: the two horned beast = the eagle-lion---- the 7 headed beast = the united nations

Elvin Mannheimer: Could be. Since the beast is the financial system itself. Such as Wall Street.

Luis Farlow: Rome/Nero - nothing to do with prophecy or any other supernatural ********

Cherry Stampka: No