“Who is like the beast?” is a parody of the acclamation of Yahweh (Exod 8:10; 15:11; Pss 71:19; 89:8; Isa 44:7; 46:5; Mic 7:18). “God alone is incomparable, and the beast once more is usurping what belongs only to God” (Osborne, Revelation, 498). Swindoll is insightful as usual at this point: How like Satan! The one who “disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:14) will provide the world with a copycat “christ” to match all their man-centered ideals of personality, politics, and power.