From Revelation 13, this article shows that the antichrist will be characterized by a desire for universal power and attempts for world-dominion.

Revelation 13:16 refers to the mark of the beast on the right hand or the forehead, which gives one admission to the market. This article considers whether this is an imaginary symbol of something else, or whether one can envisage an actual practice of market control based on marks.

The way commentators interpret Revelation 13:18 often reveals their exegetical approach to the whole of the book of Revelation. This article is a brief survey of the interpretation of that chapter in the seventeenth and eighteenth century in England]. Interpretations are often a reflection of the times; the mainstream of Protestant interpreters saw in the [[Beast a picture of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

What is the globalization of hermeneutics? According to Blomberg there are five topics that consistently recur with greater frequency than any others in biblical studies: liberation theology, feminism, economics, religious pluralism, and the contextualization of the gospel.

What is the identity of the beast or anti-Christ of Revelation 13 and the way it influences our understanding of eschatology? Patterson provides an overview of theories formulated in American church history.

Why did Christ suffer? His suffering was part of God's plan before the foundation of the earth. From Revelation 13:8 this article makes its argument.

Beale investigates the background of the beast of Revelation 13:18 and Revelation 17:9 in the book of Daniel, particularly Daniel 12.

At the end times we will see the rise and development of Antichrist. This article is about the Antichrist, his rule over the world (religious and political) and Revelation 13.