The Beast’s Head Is Wounded

"And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?" ( Rev 13:4).

One thing this verse speaks of is war. Jesus prophesied that before His return there would be wars and rumours of wars ( Matthew 24: 6). Concerning the wounding of one of the beast’s heads, I believe that refers to an event that happened at Calvary. Some people try to fit all of Revelation into only the end times. But Revelation was not written just for us today; it was written for all of the church throughout history. Note how the wound came to this beast’s head.

Rev 13:14 says the beast "had the wound by a sword, and did live." The dragon, which represents the devil, is part of the beast system. Who wounded the devil? Did not Jesus wound him with a crushing blow to the head? By His death on the cross, Jesus crushed Satan beneath his feet as was prophesied in Genesis 3:15, "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

God’s promise to Eve was that from her seed would come the one that would crush the enemy who deceived her. When Jesus died on the cross, he stripped Satan of all power. Satan was given a deadly blow. However, from there the church didn’t take advantage of the truth that the enemy was stripped of his power. Because the church didn’t take her authority over the defeated foe and hasn’t throughout the centuries, the deadly wound was healed and the beast again raised his head. The deadly wound came by a sword, which represents the Word of God ( Ephesians 6: 17).

God’s Word wounded Satan and those believers who have received the truth of Satan’s defeat have walked in victory. Throughout history, individuals who’ve recognised Satan’s defeat have been victorious Christians. But the corporate church body as a whole never received the revelation of Satan’s defeat. Therefore the beast’s wound was healed, and Satan yet rules this earth through his beastly system. People still look at the devil and think he’s going to continue ruling. But God is telling the church that we’re to rise up in Jesus’ name and take our authority over Satan.

We’re to take back control over this earth for Jesus Christ. We’re to rise up and take authority over Satan in our personal lives, in our families, in our communities, in this whole world. The beast, Satan, should not be ruling anywhere; rather it’s Jesus that ought to be ruling all of this earth. ("The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein" - Psalm 24:1.)

In the next few years this revelation is going to go forth through the church and we who are in Jesus Christ are going to take authority over Satan so that he no longer will rule upon this earth. Jesus is coming again to take the rule unto Himself; He’s going to rule and reign in the millennium. Christ’s rule on the earth will not be completely accomplished until His return, but in the meantime we’re going to work toward that goal by using our authority over Satan. That’s what God has called the church to do.

"Who is able to make war with him?" ( Rev 13:4). Throughout history this has been the defeated attitude of the church. Can we overcome the enemy? Yes, we can! We’ve been given the authority. We haven’t been using that authority, but there’s coming a change in the church as God is giving us revelation of who we are in Him or who He is in us. We are overcomers!