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 blessed experience follows upon the acceptance of Christ as our righteousness?
What restriction did God make respecting marriages in Israel?
22. In what announcement in the New Testament is the establishment of the kingdom of God made known?
16. What inquiry on the part of Daniel shows that the fourth beast, and especially the little horn phase of it, constitutes the leading feature of this vision?
Where were the Ten Commandments placed?
What did the first Sunday law enacted in America, that of Virginia, in 1610, require?
What will this prophet do when he comes?

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