Amazing Facts – Lesson 21

• There are two beasts (world superpowers) spoken of in Revelation.
• Roman papacy
• 7 heads and 10 horns
• 538-1798 (42 months)
• 538 = papacy gained an army
• 1798 = Deadly wound by the sword (Word of God – reformation),
• U.S.A. became recognized by the world as an independent nation in 1798
•  Rises up out of the sea
• Characteristics of a lamb and the Roman dragon
• Two horns like a lamb (freedom of religion and freedom of government – no pope, no king), but no crowns
• Will speak ‘as a dragon’ – will make laws governing how and when people will worship, just like in the Dark Ages.  A government speaks with its legislation
• Doug talked about the upcoming economic crisis
• It will make an image to the beast – not a statue – but laws and legislation