What will this power propose that the people shall do?
Answer
"Saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound
by a sword, and did live." Verse 14, latter part.
NOTE - The beast "which had the wound by a sword, and did live," is the Papacy. That was a
church dominating the civil power. In other words, it was a union of church and state, and enforced its
religious dogmas by the civil power, under pain of confiscation of goods, imprisonment, and death. An
image to this beast would be another ecclesiastical organization clothed with civil power-another union of
church and state-to enforce religious dogmas by law.
Who controls the distribution of the gifts of the Spirit?
Could such a help be found among the creatures which God had already made?
17. What prophetic period, therefore, extends to the deliverance of God's people from the captivity in modern Babylon, and the restoration to them of the mediation of Christ?
What did the prophet see coming up at this time?
Why is a national Sunday law demanded?
Hearing these words, what questions did the disciples ask?
What is God's final warning against false worship?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle