Beast, the

 
By this term, with the definite article prefixed, God’s word designates the Roman Imperial power with its last head, who will reign over the western pair of the old Roman earth. The word means “a wild beast,” and he will act as one (Rev. 11., 13.), persecuting God’s servants (Rev. 11:7; 15:27And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. (Revelation 11:7)
2And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. (Revelation 15:2)) by means of ANTICHRIST,