45-The United States in Prophecy - NKJ

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

2 Chronicles 20:6 And said: "O Lord God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the ______________ of the ____________, and in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to ________________ 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 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 Now the beast which I saw was like a ____________, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great ________________.

4. A - It Rises From the Sea.

Revelation 13:1 Then I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten __________, and on his heads a ___________________ name.

Revelation 17:15 Then he said to me, "The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, __________________, 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 And he was given amouth speaking great things and ___________________, and he was given ________________ to continue for forty-two months.

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

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

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

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

Revelation 13:5 And he was given amouth speaking great things and ___________________, and he was given ________________ to continue for forty-two months.

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 it is the number of a man: His number is 666.

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 He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the ______________ and the faith of the __________.

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 spoke like 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 spoke like a dragon. [12] And he ________________ all the ________________ of the first beast in his ______________, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly 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 And he ________________ all the ________________ of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

Revelation 14:6-7 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the ___________________ gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people-- [7] saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His ______________ has come; and ____________ Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and ____________ of water."

Revelation 14:12 Here is the ______________ of the saints; here are those who keep the _____________________ of God and the faith of Jesus.

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

Revelation 4:11 "You are worthy, O Lord, To ____________ glory and honor and power; For You created all __________, And by Your will they exist 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 the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your ______________, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your ______________ who is within your gates. [11] For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. ________________ the LORD ____________ the Sabbath day and ______________ it.

Ezekiel 20:12 Moreover I also gave them My ______________, to be a sign between them and Me, 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 ______________ great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. [14] And he ______________ those who dwell on the earth by those signs which he was granted to do in the sight of the beast, ____________ those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was ____________ by the sword and lived.

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

Revelation 12:17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the _____________________ of God and have the ________________ of Jesus Christ.

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