I don\'t believe there are two beasts at all. The whole idea of the beast and the anti-christ is that they are an evil reflection of what Messiah was.. indeed they will deceive many, into thinking the anti-christ IS the Messiah. Just as the anti-christ is the antithesis of the Christ, The beast, which is the false prophet, is the antithesis of John the Baptist. There is no second prophet associated with Yeshua.