During the Gentile World-rule of the Roman Empire, foretelling Israel’s second destruction and dispersion, her rejected Son of Man Jesus Christ promised her: They will fall by the mouth and the edge of the sword and will be led away as captives to and among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles until the Times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (completed) (Luke 21v24). The Word of the Lord Jehovah described the Empire-kingdoms ruling during the Times of the Gentiles as beasts. The Dragon’s Beasts in the Books of Daniel and Revelation represent the Gentile empire-kingdoms that have dominated the World, and colonised the Holy City Jerusalem of the Great King.
When the Word of the Most High Lord broke the Six Seals of Revelation, He revealed the final activities of dragon Satan, his cohort of demon-angels and his Empire’ nations of Man during the Times of the Gentiles. Thus, John testified: I looked, and saw there a white horse whose rider carried a bow. And a crown was given him, and he rode forth conquering and to conquer; with Falsehoods and Deception, War, Famine, Plagues and Pestilence, Death, and Hell (Hades or Sheol), oppressing the Saints with Martyrdom and Tribulation of body, soul and spirit, allied with the Jezebel-led Woman (Church) and our Mammon-serving nations of Man (Revelation 6, 13 and 17).
The Scofield Bible (p.911) notes that the emblems and coat of arms of the Gentile nations are all beasts or birds of prey. Indeed, without the Spirit of the Most High Lord, the loftiest angel and the most advanced nation-kingdoms of Man are called, respectively, dragon and beasts. The Man of Sin Satan is the dragon; the prince (ruler) of this World; and the beasts are his empire-kingdoms, nation-kingdoms and nation-states of Man operating his World Order of political, economic, military and religious power. The images/symbols depict the character and the moral state of these nations. Therefore, the books of Daniel and Revelation present these Empire-kingdoms as wild beasts of our Earth, because they act and behave like beasts of prey.
Dragon Satan’s wild beasts of the Earth are heavily militarised warmongers, establishing and maintaining their dominion by brute force. They are wilfully irresponsible and greedy, wild and untamed, brutal and unmerciful, and immoral and vile, enslaving, then corrupting and destroying their prey (Earth-dwellers), leaving in their evil wake depravation and deprivation: deception, disease, disability, debt, destitution, death and destruction of life. Only a mightier power and superior force can put down such beasts. The True and Faithful Word of the Lord Jehovah is that mightier power (Psalm 2; cf. Isaiah 63v1-6; Revelation 19).
In Compact with the Evil one, the dragon Satan employs these wild beasts of Earth to subdue and enslave Earth-dwellers to serve his ambition. The overriding ambition of the Man of Sin Satan is found on his Charge Sheet from the Court of Heaven: And you said in your heart: I will ascend to Heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of the Lord Jehovah; I will sit upon the mount of assembly in the uttermost North. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High (Isaiah 14v12ff).
Under the Edenic and Noahic Covenants, the Most High Lord crowned Man as Lord of Earth and blessed him to be fruitful, multiply, and fill the Earth (Genesis 1 and 9). To achieve his ambition, however, the Man of Sin Satan must influence Mankind and unite Humanity in the opposite and contrary direction, wilfully flouting the terms of the Covenants and Commandments. Instead of spreading outwards to build, inhabit and enjoy the beautiful landscape of Earth, he must make Man build inwards into crowded-depraving cities, and unitary-warmongering Empire-kingdoms and nation-states seeking World Empire status, and spread upwards into Space, squandering the resources needful for the peaceful and prosperous existence of Humanity on our Earth. It works every time. Thus, is formed a World Empire ruled by the creature who would like to be like the Most High, his Lord Creator!
This is the plan of Satan the Man of Sin (Most High Treason). With him at the top as the prince (ruler) of a greedy and vainglorious empire-nation with a huge Sword, a Pyramid Scheme of a World Order of Man is created: And to him the Dragon gave his [own] might and power and his [own] throne and great dominion (Revelation 13). Propping up his imperialistic nations, they would compel other nations to worship and serve him, leading them on to joint-insurgency against the Most High Lord. Thence, they fell down and paid homage to the Dragon, because he had bestowed on the beast all his dominion and authority; they also praised and worshiped the beast, exclaiming: Who is a match for the beast? and, Who can make war against him?
Yet, how can Satan achieve his ambition when every time he tries to bring his rebelling subject-nations together, the Stone destroys their demonised civilisations, desolates their depraved cities of Mammon, and disperses the rebellious tribes? Yet again, how can the Righteous Most High Lord Jehovah tolerate a wicked and profligate Government by Falsehoods, War, Famine, Pestilence (virulent Diseases), Martyrdom and Tribulation of Body and Soul, Death, and Hell (Hades or Sheol) where the dragon’s wild beasts of the Earth send most deluded souls?
This is the nature and consequences of the Great Rebellion (Sin, High Treason) of the lords and ladies of the Earth against the Most High Lord of Heaven; and the Fall (Apostasy), the falling away of created beings (angels and humans) from their Holy Spirit Lord Creator. This is the State of full-fledged Rebellion (ten counts of the Ten Commandments) and all seven counts of Apostasy of the Woman-Israel and the nations of Man demonstrated during the Ages with Unbelief, Error, Trespass, Transgression, Missing the Mark of Righteousness, and sheer Lawlessness and Iniquity.
Hence, every time the dragon and his beasts unite in Rebellion and Apostasy they are made to drink the Cup of Wrath. The Cup contains the Judgements of the six phases of punishment for Rebellion: Destruction of the worthless civilisation created, Desolation of the depraved cities of Mammon, Dispersion of the demonised tribes, Capture, subjugation and slavery of the rebellious people, and Colonisation and Neo-colonisation of regrouping nations, until the Lord Christ Comes. In our Modern Era, the punishments must continue until the Lord Christ Comes Again. Since time memorial, this has been the fate of peoples and nations who yield their dominion and allegiance to Satan the Devil. The dragon Satan, with all who follow him, has a place prepared for him far downwards: