(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 the horns represent power. But  what kind of symbolic creature with two horns has risen "out of the earth" with a pretence of lamb-like innocence? (13:11). To explain this, it is necessary to consider other clues from the description given by the apostle John:

Scientific
Horn 1.

Industrial.
Horn 2.

Lords of manors were effectively the political 'cradle' of the "first beast". Burgesses had trading authority and so formed political alliances. The "mortal wound" of the "first beast" occurred during the 14th century, caused by the Great Famine, the Black Death, and many wars, which decimated the labour market. From then until now, the "beast" with "two horns like a  lamb's" has compelled mankind to worship the Godless politics of the "first beast". Appearing to perform such economic "miracles" as commonwealths, the "beast" with "two  horns like a lamb's" has deluded mankind so that they worship the "first beast". Through  the threat of economic deprivation, employers today (modern-day 'burgesses') preoccupy mankind away from worshipping Jehovah by "driving [them] to work".  (Isaiah 14:4  6).

With resources "out of the earth" 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 !  (13:11-14 NEB.  See 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 erect images (monuments) at places where they were once driven to work, to  memorialize past industrial endeavour. Industrial chimney stacks are another example of "making fire come down from heaven to earth before men's eyes."  (13:13 NEB).

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