The throne of the beast.

Luke ch.4:5,6NIV"The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. "

Of course if there was no truth to Satan's claims then this offer would be no test of the our Lord's loyalty to his Lord i.e JEHOVAH God.

This why the sincere truthseeker must make a clean break with politics and nationalism if he is serious about attaining an intimate relationship with the one true God.

Revelation ch.13:2-4NIV"The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority. 3One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast. 4People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?”"

There is a reason why this visionary beast is an amalgam of the beasts in Daniel's prophecy see Daniel ch.7. It demonstrates that any first century fulfillments of Daniel's prophecy were merely tokens of larger more complete fulfillment to come. And also it alerts JEHOVAH'S People of JEHOVAH'S judgement against the bloodstained global political elite and its enablers and aspirants. Of course JEHOVAH Needs NO human help in dealing with his enemies thus any religiopolitical faction that teaches and behaves as if he does. Whether it claims to be Christian or not makes itself liable to the Judgement upon the "beast".

Revelation ch.13:8-10NKJV"All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9If anyone has an ear, let him hear. 10He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the [e]patience and the faith of the saints."