Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth. 12 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.
The prophecy identifying America as the second beast gives us more pertinent information, so that none should have any doubts as to which nation is being referred to. Question: What does it mean to come up out of the earth? The Bible tells us that wherever in prophecy the seas or the waters are mentioned, that’s a direct reference to masses people and since the surface of the earth consists of 71% water and 29% land, then the nation that is comes up out of the earth will be arising from in sparsely populated area.
In addition, according to Revelation 13: verses 11 and 12, the nation, or second beast will arise after the first beast mentioned in the chapter, which receives a deadly wound. That deadly wound was inflicted on the first beast, which must now be identified, since the second beast comes into being around the same time of the infliction of the wound.
John describes the first beast in the chapter as the persecuting power that made war on the saints, and which exercised dominion over all the nations of earth. Without a doubt, John is referring to the papacy under whose reign during the dark ages, it is estimated that between 50 and 100 million persons were put to death for their faith.
Revelation 17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
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