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"And I beheld another Beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.And he exerciseth all the power of the first Beast before him, and causeth the earth and them that dwell therein to worship the first Beast, whose deadly wound was healed.And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth, in the sight of men. (When James and John wanted to call fire down from heaven as Elijah had done, Jesus said to them, "Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of! Lu 9:54,55)And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles, which he had power to do in the sight of the Beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the Beast, which had the wound by the sword, and did live." Rev 13:11-14.1. "...out of the earth" - a sparsely populated place, in contrast to the first Beast, who arose out of a populated place. Rev 17:15.2. "...two horns" - no crowns: religious and civil liberty.3. "...two horns like a Lamb" - a young Christian nation.4. "...he spake as a Dragon" - "The greatest Superpower the world has ever known."George Washington said, "Every man conducting himself as a good citizen and being accountable to God, alone, for his religious options, ought to be protected in worshiping the Deity, according to the dictates of his own conscience."Benjamin Franklin said, "When religion is good, it will take care of itself. When it's not able to take care of itself, and God does not see fit to take care if it, so that it has to appeal to the civil power for support, it's evidence in my mind that the cause is a bad one."Ulysses S. Grant said, "Leave the matter of religious teaching to the family altar, the church and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separated."Jesus said, "My Kingdom is not of this world: if My Kingdom were of thise world, then would My servants fight..." John 18:36.JESUS NEVER USED THE STATE TO FURTHER THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
herald, When the Bible speaks about the earth, it means the stable part of mankind. The sea means the nustable part of mankind. These are just like the sea, always turbulent, constantly at unrest, causing trouble, Isa 57:20. We are told what the sea is at Dan 7:1-8, 17-22. This is the same beast mentioned at Rev 13:1,2. This beast is the political world powers, The seven heads represent the top world powers in succession, Egypt, Assyria, Babykon, Medes and Persions, Greece, Rome and the Anglo-American, two headed world power of today. Notice that this beast gets it's power and authority from the dragon, so it cannot be any part of Christianity, Rev 13:2. Notice also that this beast has a death stroke, but comes back from the stroke, to be worshiped by the nations, saying; who can do battle with it? This seeming death stroke was what happened at WW 2. The beast now in power is the seventh head, the Anglo-American world power. Notice that it starts to speak great things and blasphemies. It is blasphemy for this power to try to put in place a system that will bring peace to earth, when the Holy Scriptures say that God's Kingdom is the only government that will do that, Dan 2:44. This world power makes fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of mankind. This probably pictures the dropping of the nuclear bombs on Japan. Can you think of anything more blasphemous than for man to attempt to place a kingdom in the place of God's Kingdom??? Remember this World Power gets it's power from the dragon, which is Satan, Rev 12:9. Remember what Jesus said about the world, John 18:36,36, What James said, James 4:4, What John said, 1John 2:15-17. Notice that this world power also gives life to another beast, the Image of the Wild Beast, Rev 13:15-18. This is the same beast described at Rev 17:7,8. Notice this beast is, then is not, then is again. This is a very accurrate description of The League of Nations, from 1920 until 1941 it was, from 1941 to 1945 it was not, then came back to life again in 1945,as the United Nations. This beast is also called the Scarlet Colored Wild Beast, Rev 17:3, will, along with the other nations attack, and destroy the Great Harlot sitting on the back of this beast. The Great Harlot is the world empire of False religion, Rev 17:18 When this Scarlet Colored Wild Beast completely annihilates Babylon the Great, the World Empire of False Religion, it then attacks true religion, true Christianity, which will bring on Armageddon. The entire beast with the remnants of all the other world powers, will be destroyed and God's Kingdom will reign for the Thousand Year Judgement Day, Dan 2:44, Rev 16:16, Rev 19:10-21.