Two Monsters

Two Monsters
Revelation 13

A parody is what you get when someone produces a fake which looks real but isn’t. Sometimes this is done deliberately, for comic effect, as when people turn a Shakespeare tragedy like Hamlet into a short, funny skit, or play a Mozart symphony on kazoos and mouth organs. Sometimes it is done with the intent to deceive. And, if you deceive enough people, your parody becomes a new reality. That is what had happened across the ancient Near East in John’s day...