45-The United States in Prophecy - NAS

1. It Is God Who Rules the Nations. He Sets Them up for a Time.

2 Chronicles 20:6 And he said, "O LORD, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the ______________ of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand ____________ You.

Bible prophecy discusses those nations which play a role in the overall plan and purpose of God. The prophecies of Daniel and Revelation follow the sequential flow of history, while accomplishing this.

2. God Reveals the Mysteries of the Future Through His Prophets.

Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His ______________ the ______________.

3. There Are Six Clear Identifying Marks Which Reveal the Leopard Like Beast of Revelation 13 As Representing the Roman Church.

Revelation 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like a ____________, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great ________________.

4. A - It Rises From the Sea.

Revelation 13:1 And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten ____________, and on his heads were ___________________ names.

Revelation 17:15 And he said to me, "The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and __________________ and nations and ____________.

5. B - It Received the Seat of Its Government From Pagan Rome.

6. C - It Claims the Privileges and Prerogatives of God.

Revelation 13:5 There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and ___________________, and ________________ to act for forty-two months was given to him.

Luke 5:20-21 Seeing their faith, He said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven you." [21] The scribes and the ________________ began to reason, saying, "Who is this man who speaks ___________________? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"

7. D - It Persecutes the Saints (Believers. ).

Revelation 13:7 It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and ________________ over every tribe and people and tongue and __________ was given to him.

8. E - It Reigns Supreme for 42 Months, Or 1, 260 Days Or Literal Years.

Revelation 13:5 There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and ___________________, and ________________ to act for forty-two months was given to him.

9. F - the Leopard Like Beast of Revelation 13 Is Identified with the Mysterious Number 666.

Revelation 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him who has _______________________ ________________ the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.

10. The Second Beast Arises at the Same Time the First Beast Goes into Captivity, Or Around 1798. The Second Beast Is a Separate Power From the Leopard Like Beast.

Revelation 13:10 If anyone is ______________ for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the _____________________ and the faith of the saints.

11. The Second Beast Rises Rapidly From the Earth - An Unpopulated, Or Sparsely Populated Area. The Second Beast Has Two Horns with No Crowns. It Has No King. It Is a Democratic Republic Form of Government.

Revelation 13:11 Then I saw another beast __________ up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a __________.

12. The Features of the Lamblike Beast Rapidly Turned to That of a Dragon. Religious Liberty Is Followed by Religious Oppression.

Revelation 13:11-12 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon. [12] He ________________ all the ________________ of the first beast in his ______________. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.

13. The Second Beast (The United States) Gives Its Influence to the First Beast, the Papacy. The Central Issue in the Final Conflict Is Worship.

Revelation 13:12 He ________________ all the ________________ of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed.

Revelation 14:6-7 And I saw another angel flying in ________________, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people; [7] and he said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His ______________ has come; ____________ Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and ____________ of waters."

Revelation 14:12 Here is the _____________________ of the saints who keep the _____________________ of God and their faith in Jesus.

14. The Sabbath Is God's Eternal Sign of True Worship.

Revelation 4:11 "Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and ____________ of Your will they ____________, and were created."

Exodus 20:8-11 "______________ the sabbath day, to keep it holy. [9] "Six days you shall labor and do all your work, [10] but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your ______________, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your ________________ who stays with you. [11] "For in six days the LORD made the ____________ and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; ________________ the LORD ____________ the sabbath day and made it holy.

Ezekiel 20:12 "Also I gave them My ______________ to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who __________________ them.

15. Satan Will Use Miraculous Signs and Wonders at a Time of International Crisis to Forge a Union of Church and State Power. This Union Will Violently Oppose and Oppress God's People.

Revelation 13:13-14 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. [14] And he ______________ those who dwell on the earth ____________ of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, ____________ those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the _________ and has come to life.

16. God's Faithful People Will Not Yield to the Coercive Pressure to Violate God's Law.

Revelation 12:17 So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the _____________________ of God and hold to the ________________ of Jesus.

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