With the signs of the 'Dragon' and the 'Woman' now in play, we begin to explore other figures that will wage war with the church. The Beast from the Sea has been pointed to as simply the end time Antichrist by many in the modern church, but this comes at the expense of a pretty important question: Who was the beast for the church of John's day? What did it mean to them. Surely it needs to refer to something more than a 2000+ year prophecy? It's my conviction that it most certainly does...