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(Cont. from Page 16/11/86A).

"Then I saw another beast, which came up out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb's, but spoke like a dragon. It wielded all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship this first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed. It worked great miracles, even making fire come down from heaven to earth before men's eyes. By the miracles it was allowed to perform in the presence of the beast it deluded the inhabitants of the earth, and made them erect an image in honour of the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived." (Rev 13:11-14 NEB).

"MADE THEM ERECT AN IMAGE IN
HONOUR OF THE BEAST". (13:14 NEB).
Concerning "another beast", one with "two horns like a lamb's", we know that horns are emblematic of power. But what kind of symbolic creature with two horns has risen up "out of the earth" with a pretence of lamb-like innocence? (13:11). To explain, it is necessary to consider the other clues from the details recorded by the apostle John:

(1) "It wielded all the authority of the first beast in its presence". (13:12 NEB).
So both beasts exist at the same time.

(2) It "made the earth and its inhabitants worship this first beast,
whose mortal wound had been healed". (13:12 NEB).

Scientific
Horn 1.

Industrial.
Horn 2.

The "mortal wound" of the "first beast" was caused by the Great Famine, the Black Death and many wars of the 14th century, which decimated the labour market, which was at a premium at that time. The burgesses, the 'political cradle' of the "wild beast", had trading authority, and formed many political alliances. From then until now, the "beast" with "two horns like a lamb's" has compelled mankind to worship the Godless politics of the first "wild beast". Performing such economic "miracles" as commonwealths, the "beast" with "two horns like a lamb's" has deluded mankind so that they worship the first "wild beast". Employers today (modern-day 'burgesses') preoccupy mankind away from worshipping Jehovah through coordinated economic deprivation, "driving [others] to work". (Isaiah 14:4-6).

With resources "out of the earth" (13:11 NEB) the "beast" with "two horns like a lamb's... made men "erect an image in honour of the beast" to make "fire come down from heaven to earth before men's eyes": Challenger! (13:13,14 NEB). (See Page 16/11/86A).

The "two horns" are past and present Scientific (Horn 1) and Industrial (Horn 2) developments. On recently demolished former industrial landscapes in Britain, deluded men also erect monuments (images) at places where they were driven to work, to memorialize past industrial endeavours. Industrial chimney stacks are just another example of "making fire come down from heaven to earth before men's eyes." (13:13 NEB).

16/11/86B.