Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. 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 first beast, whose deadly wound was healed is without a doubt, papal Rome, whose emperor was taken captive by the French general Berthier in 1798 just about the same time during which the lamb-like beast was coming upon the stage of action. During the dark ages, papal Rome ruled like a king, with no accountability, no impunity, and immunity from prosecution.
This fact was further cemented by the claim of infallibility, and thus, Christians who lived during that dreadful era who refused to “bow” were burned at the stake, and subjected to the very cruelest of tortures. There was no one to bring those leaders to justice, for they were immune from prosecution, and where there is no threat of penalty for wrong-doing, kings who are in charge can basically do whatsoever they please, for they are rendered as being above law.
Therefore, what John is telling us, in no uncertain terms is that the lamb-like beast is also scheduled to duplicate the mode of governance employed by the papal see, in that a two-tiered system of justice will become the law of the land, in which dear leaders will be rendered immune from prosecution. And with that legal framework at his back, whoever the dear leader turns out to be will, like papal Rome be able to do whatsoever he chooses, including the enforcement of religious dogmas upon the citizenry.
2nd Samuel 11:14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set you Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire you from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
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