How much power will this beast exercise?

Answer

"And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and them which dwell
therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed." Verse 12.
NOTE - The "first beast before him" (papal Rome) exercised the power of persecuting and putting
to death all who differed from it in religious matters. The only way the earth can be made to worship is by
causing work to cease on it through voluntary or enforced rest, or Sabbath-keeping. "For as long as she
[the land] lay desolate she kept Sabbath." 2 Chron. 36: 21. Enforced Sunday observance is evidently
implied.

Following one of His parables, what did Christ say?
What became of the various parts of the image?
What is said of the stability of God's character?
When Moses came down from Sinai, what did he see?
From what statement do we learn that these ordinances related to the sacrificial system?
What does He say He will bring with Him when He comes?
How was the faithfulness of this church commended?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle