Beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit
demonic underworld Christian single tradition · 1
This Beast rises from the bottomless pit and, surrounded by a mighty host of nations, slays the two witnesses in Jerusalem. It is identified with a superhuman Jewish conception of the Antichrist and linked to the Roman empire as a symbolic tyrant. The Beast embodies destructive power and opposition to divine truth.
When
- First attested
- 90 CE
- Attested period
- 90 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Described in Revelation, likely composed in the late 1st century CE.
Relationships
- enemy of
- two witnesses
- co occurs with
- the devil, Antichrist
Mentioned by
Sources
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Source passages
“‘The Beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit’ ... slays the ‘two witnesses’ in Jerusalem, is the entirely superhuman Jewish conception of Antichrist.”
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