One Beast

In Daniel and Revelation , the “ Beast ” is a single history-spanning entity that has existed since at least the dawn of human civilization, beginning with the first attempt at global domination when humanity founded Babel and “ SET UP a high tower to make us a name, lest we be scattered upon the face of the earth .” That incident is alluded to in the Book of Daniel as the Babylonian crown prince subjugated Jerusalem and took the “ vessels of the house of God into the land of Shinar to the house of his god .”