Structure of Revelation 13:11-15

Study:

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. Revelation 13:11-15

First Partial Structure:

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And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. vs. 11
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. vs. 12
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, vs. 13
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. vs. 14
 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak,
 and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. vs. 15

Questions answered by this structure:

Ques: When does the land or lamb-like beast speak like a dragon?

Ans: When the image of the beast speaks!

Implication: The land or lamb-like beast is or becomes the image beast or image of the beast or image to the beast.

Ques: How does the earth worship the first or sea beast?

Ans: By worshiping the image of the beast!

Implication: These are all equivalent: worshiping the beast, worshiping the image of the beast, receiving the mark on the hand, and receiving the mark on the forehead.

Second Partial Structure:

A
 
B 
 
B' 
A' 
 
that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
And he had power to give life [or breath] unto the image of the beast,
that the image of the beast should both speak,
and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 

Layer 1:

In order to worship an image, first, you must make it.

Layer 2:

In order to speak, first, you must have been given breath.

Final Structure?:

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. vss. 11,12
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, vs. 13
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; vs. 14a
saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. vs. 14b
And he had power to give life [or breath (Grk. πνευμα)] unto the image of the beast, vs. 15a
that the image of the beast should both speak, vs. 15b
and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. vs. 15c

Note: As noted before, the second or middle layer indicates that the "fire from heaven" is the means of transforming the land or lamb-like beast into the image beast.

To be continued...

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