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.

How does the Spirit witness to our acceptance with God?
When Christ ascended, what did He give to men?
How early did Hannah dedicate her son Samuel to God?
How may we know that we love the children of God?
Where did Moses command the Levites to put the book of the law which he had written?
To whom do those things which are revealed belong?
In what one promise are all these promises summed up?

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