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 did Christ say to the Jews concerning the study of the Scriptures?
Who was the Rock that went with them?
8. How did Christ show from the Scriptures that the promised Saviour of the world must be both human and divine?
What encouragement is held out as an aid in attaining this experience?
What were the names of these seven churches?
17. Under what figure are the Gentile believers represented who have become a part of the true Israel of God?
In narrating the work of creation, what statement is made concerning its completion?

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