"And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads...One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marvelled as they followed the beast" (Revelation 13:1,3).  When I worked in a shop I received cashier training, which included a very dull lecture on the features of genuine currency.  It was mostly forgettable, aside from one detail about the practises of the Fraud Squad.  You'd think they'd be studying all the different techniques of making counterfeit money, and look at lots of different examples of it in order to know what to look out for.  Yet the opposite is true: they spend all their time studying the real thing, so that they know it so well that fakes are obvious.  That's really helpful as we consider the exciting mysteries of the Beast, many recognise as the Antichrist.  The best way to be alert and prepared for the Antichrist is to spend your time knowing the real Christ!  It's probably no accident that there's a counterfeit unholy trinity: Satan, Antichrist and False Prophet, who conspire together against God and His people.  It's also probably no coincidence that the Beast is described as being fatally wounded and healed in a miraculous way which attracts the world's worship.  This is a sickening parody of the death and resurrection of Christ, the one who alone is worthy of worship as the Lamb who was slain.  In Revelation we are told far more about the Lord Jesus Christ, we hear Him speak more, we are presented with many images of Him; while comparatively we know very little about these other characters.  While our curiosity would like to know more, it s probably no accident: the best way to not be deceived by the counterfeit is to intimately know and be familiar with the real thing!  These three enemies of God will do great harm, but will not have the last word: "The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him; His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure, One little word shall fell him".