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.

18. When asked by the rich young man the conditions of eternal life, to what did Jesus direct his attention?
What relation does the earthly sanctuary sustain to the heavenly?
25. When Christ has finished His priestly mediatorial work in the heavenly sanctuary, what decree will go forth?
What famine will come at this time upon those who have rejected God's messages of mercy?
Against whom do we wrestle?
What is Jesus able to do?
When man lost his dominion, to whom did he yield it?

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