when starting to piece together a puzzle we can't help but notice the largest piece first.. in putting together the prophecy puzzle, the cornerstone foundational LARGE piece would be identification of the beast that comes out of the sea..verse tells us that a 7 headed 10 horned beast shall rise up out of the SEA as a leopard with the feet of a bear and the head of a lion and upon those 10 horns 10 crowns...the next puzzle piece is placed in by identification of a SECOND beast that rises up out of the EARTH as a 2 horned lamb..this second beast serves the first beast and also performs miracles for the world to see, bringing fire from the heavens to the earth...the symbolism. metaphor, history, and arithmatic explained..