[Just mythoughts]

Seriously. You have 2 beasts in chapter 13 of the apocalypse - the “two horns like a lamb” and the “beast of verses 1 to 5” — the latter is the one that was worshiped. As to Satan - that is neither of the two beasts in Apocalypse chapter 13. That is the dragon in Chapter 12. How does Chapter 12 end? “the Dragon stood upon the sand of the sea. “ And then Chapter 13 starts up with “And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy. “ Followed by in verse 11 “another beast coming up out of the earth and he had two horns like a lamb” So we got here 3 characters - the great dragon that stood upon the “sand of the sea” - so Satan ruling over both the Jewish sanhedrin (the beast of 13:11) and the gentile powers (the beast of 13:01)

Have you paid attention to the 'globalist' earthlings over the past 20 + years ... "New World Order", 'One World Government'? This globalist workings are going to have a 'deadly wound', and the pretender swoops in and 'heals' that wound. IF one intends to 'play-act' Jesus, it would be necessary to appear authentic... There is no flesh being on this earth that all the 'religions' on this earth would bend a knee and worship.

Authentic in appearance, would by necessity have the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit! Now you did note 'three' beasts in your Apocalypse?

[Cronos]

Firstly, the book of Revelation in chapter 12 to 13 talks very clearly of 3 characters

1. The dragon who at the end of chapter 12 stood upon the sand of the sea
2. The beast coming up out of the sea (13:1)
3. "another beast coming up out of the earth ... with two horns like a lamb" 13:11

Three separate characters and the earth (= from Jewish) and the sea (= from Gentile) is clearly seen in the rest of the book

Those situations were there in 64 to 70 AD, but isn't there today

Secondly, the "globalism" has been there before - in the Victorian age or even in the Soviet period with its "New world order" and "One World Government" -- in 1919-1920 the Soviets were on the verge of conquering Germany and then France, once they defeated plucky Poland (hint - the Poles stopped them)

The globalist workings don't fit "the dragon" (which is Satan), nor the beast (the empire, which hasn't existed since 1453) nor the 2nd beast like a lamb (which is the Sanhedrin of the 2nd temple which was destroyed in 70 AD)

and, I said three characters - not beasts - 1 dragon and 2 beasts in Chapters 12 and 13.