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.

What precedes the manifestation of sin ?
What reply did Christ make?
How are the judgments upon Jerusalem again foretold?
What did He teach concerning the stability of the law?
19. How will Christ's coming overtake those evil servants who say in their hearts, \"My Lord delays His coming\"?
Against whom do we wrestle?
What is promised to the willing and obedient?

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