He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come
down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.
·
The beast rising from the sea has the “signs and
wonders” to back up his false teaching.
(DG)
·
It is important that John highlights this
miracle. In the eyes of the deceived world, it answers the miracle of the two
witnesses, who minister during this period and are persecuted by the Antichrist
and his false prophet (Revelation
11:5). To the deceived world, this also puts this false prophet in
the class of Elijah (1 Kings 18).
We can imagine the false prophet as saying, “Let the true God answer with fire”
and then performing his deceptive wonder.
(DG)
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