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From Here to Forever
These records clearly reveal the enmity of Rome toward the true
Sabbath and its defenders. The Word of God teaches that these
scenes are to be repeated as Catholics and Protestants unite for the
exaltation of Sunday.
The Beast With Lamblike Horns
The prophecy of
Revelation 13
declares that the beast with lam-
blike horns shall cause “the earth and them which dwell therein” to
worship the papacy—symbolized by the beast “like unto a leopard.”
The beast with two horns is also to say “to them that dwell on the
earth, that they should make an image to the beast.” Furthermore, it is
to command all, “both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,”
to receive the mark of the beast.
Revelation 13:11-16
. The United
States is the power represented by the beast with lamblike horns.
This prophecy will be fulfilled when the United States shall enforce
Sunday observance, which Rome claims as the acknowledgment of
her supremacy.
“I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his
deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the
beast.”
Revelation 13:3
. The deadly wound points to the downfall of
the papacy in 1798. After this, says the prophet, “his deadly wound
was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.” Paul states
that the “man of sin” will carry forward his work of deception to the
very close of time.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-8
. And “all that dwell upon
the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book
of life.”
Revelation 13:8
. In both the Old and the New World, the
papacy will receive homage in the honor paid to Sunday.
Since the middle of the nineteenth century, students of prophecy
have presented this testimony to the world. Now is seen a rapid
advance toward the fulfillment of the prediction. With Protestant
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teachers there is the same claim of divine authority for Sundaykeep-
ing, and the same lack of scriptural evidence, as with papal leaders.
The assertion that God’s judgments are visited upon men for viola-
tion of the Sunday-sabbath will be repeated; already it is beginning
to be urged.