 You see the great beast coming up out of the sea. The land is seen as, especially the land of Israel, is seen as God's domain. The sea is chaos. That's why when Jesus walks on the water, they can't believe it. How can you have mastery over the water? They thought he was a ghost. How is this possible? Well, he is able to control nature, but when he descended into the water, that was, as Pope Benedict said, really the beginning of his passion. His passion did not start