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.

Who awakens the soul to a sense of its sinful condition?
What effect did the preaching of the Apostle Paul have upon the Gentiles?
7. How did the chief priests and Pharisees seek to prevent the fulfilment of Christ's words concerning His resurrection?
11. How did the Jewish leaders in the days of Christ, for the sake of gain, make void the fifth commandment?
For what did Christ reprove the Pharisees and Sadducees?
When did David say he would be satisfied?
What does Christ promise overcomers?

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