In Rev. 12, God pulls back the veil to reveal an epic spiritual battle going on in heaven that Satan loses. John then sees Satan and his demonic entourage take their fight to earth. Chapter13 shows how in revealing what commentators call a counterfeit “Unholy Trinity”: the Dragon, the beast coming out of the sea, and the beast arising from the earth. In Rev. 12, the dragon is identified as Satan. In ch. 13, the first beast has come to be considered the “Anti-Christ,” and the second the “False Prophet.” The world is lured into worshipping the Dragon by being in awe of the first beast’s power and the second beast’s deception. The chapter ends with a call for wisdom in light of this counterfeit Trinity’s deception.