And the beast which I saw was liken unto a leopard, and his feet was like the feet of a bear, and his mouth was like the mouth of a lion.
And the dragon gave him power, and he sat upon his seat with great authority.
And I saw one of the heads which were wounded unto death of a deadly wound was healed, and all the world wondered after the beast.
And they worshipped the dragon, which gave power unto the beast that they worshiped the beast saying who is worthy or like unto the beast and who is able to make war with him and there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things of blasphemy and power was given unto him to continue for forty and two months
And he opened his mouth and blasphemed against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven.
And it was given unto him to make war against the saints and to overcome them.
And the power was given to him over all kindreds, tongues, and nations.
And all that dwelled upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundations of the world.
And if any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity, and he that killeth with the sword must be killed by the sword.
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
And I beheld another beast coming out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and spoke as a dragon.
And he executed all the power of the first beast before him, and cast the earth and them that dwelled upon it to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed.
And he'd do it great wonders so that he'd make fire to come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of man.
And he deceived them that dwelleth on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwell upon the earth that they should make an image of the beast which had the wound by the sword and did live.
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast that the image of the beast should both speak and cause that as many as would worship the image of the beast and not worship him should be killed.
And he calls both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond to receive the mark in their right hand and in their foreheads.
And no man might buy or sell save he have the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name.
Herein is wisdom.
Let him that have understanding count the number of the beast.
For it is the number of a man and his number is 603 score and six.
Antichrist will be the manifestation of Satan's desire to exalt himself above God.
The Bible says that Antichrist opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped, so that he, as God, sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life.
Most researchers believe that the New Age movement, combined with the New World Order, will ultimately unite the world to serve and worship this man of sin.