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Seven Beasts of Prophecy. Who are the seven?
1. "There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time." [Revelation 17:10]
  1. Lion - Babylon
  2. Bear - Medo Persia.
  3. Leopard - Greece.
  4. Dragon - Pagan Rome
  5. Nondescript Beast - Papal Rome
  6. Beast from bottomless pit. - Communism.
2. Seventh beast who is it?
  1. Will continue a short time.
  2. Revelation 17:10
3. The first beast of Revelation 13.
  1. Revelation 13, 1-2
  2. The beast would go into captivity. Revelation 13:10
  3. At the time of the French Revolution, Napoleon has come to power and knows that in order to control Europe he must overthrow the Papal Power. Napoleon's general, Berthier, marches into Roman and on February 15, 1798 takes the Pope prisoner. The brings the years of Papal Supremacy to an end.
Rise of the two-horned beast, which represents the United States.
1. As one beast is going into captivity, another beast is rising.
  1. Revelation 13:11 Written about the two-horned beast, "He is not yet come, though he cannot be far off, for he is to appear at the end of the forty-two months of the first beast." [John Wesley, Notes on Revelation, 1754]
  2. History clearly reveals that the United States would be the power on the rise.
    1. Pilgrims landed - 1620
    2. Declaration of Independence - 1776
    3. Bill of Rights - 1789
    4. Bill of Rights Adopted - 1791
2. Beast coming up out of the earth.
  1. Revelation 13:11
    1. All other beasts came up out of the sea.
    2. Revelation 17:15
  2. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift up my lamp beside the golden door." [Statement on the Statue of Liberty]
3. Two horns like a lamb.
  1. Horns stand for powers [sometimes have crowns]
    1. Two principles this country was founded on, which are the secret to its power and prosperity.
    2. "In defense of our civil and religious rights, with the God of armies on our side, we fear not the hour of trial though the host of our enemies should cover the field like locusts, yet the sword of the Lord and Gideon shall prevail." [Josiah Quincy]
Changing of Character from being lamb-like to speaking as a dragon. Revelation 13:11
1. Lamb-like meant gentle or Christ-like
  1. 1 Peter 1:19
  2. Revelation 5:12
  3. Our Forefathers were Bible believing men.
2. Rise and Fall of a Nation.
  1. Revelation 13:11
  2. Steps in the rise and fall of nations: Bondage, Spiritual Faith, Courage, Liberty, Abundance, Selfishness, Compliance, Apathy, Dependence, Bondage
3. Speak as a Dragon or Superpower.
  1. Revelation 13:11
  2. Richard Nixon's book, Seize the Moment: America's Challenge in a One Superpower World.
  3. "In a broad new policy statement that is in its final drafting state, the Defense Department asserts that America's political and military mission in the post-Cold War era will help to ensure that no rival super-power is allowed to emerge in Western Europe, Asia, or the territory of the former Soviet Union." [South Bend Tribune]
4. Image to the Beast
  1. Revelation 13:14
  2. "Separation of church and state is a dangerous concept. This is because the phrase "separation of church and state" is not found in the Constitution and the misuse of the phrase leads to all sorts of trouble - such as trying to keep godly principles out of legislation… A thorough understanding of our Constitution is vital to our survival. Let's talk more like the Constitution and less like a bumper sticker. Wipe the phrase separation of church and state out of your vocabulary." [Moral Majority's Washington State Newspaper, August 1980]
  3. "I believe that this notion of the separation of church and state was the figment of some infidel's imagination." [W.A. Chriswell]
  4. "If Christians unite we can do anything. We can pass any law or any amendment, and that's exactly what we intend to do." [Liberty, May/June 1980, p.4]
5. Give life to the Image.
  1. Revelation 13:15
  2. "Speak" means legislation. "Cause" means enforcement.
6. The last nation.
  1. Revelation 17:10
  2. Will continue a short time.
  3. Needs to come back to God. 2 Chronicles 7:14