Chapter Twenty-Eight/Contending With Two Ferocious Beasts - The Two-Horned Will Beast - Conclusion

 This two-horned wild beast performs great signs, even making fire come down out of heaven. (Compare Matthew 7:21-23) This latter sign reminds us of Elijah, the ancient prophet of God who engaged in a contest with the prophets of Baal. When he successfully called down fire from heaven in the name of Jehovah, it proved beyond doubt that he was a true prophet and that the Baal prophets were false. (1 Kings 18:21-40) Like those Baal prophets, the two-horned wild beast feels that it has adequate credentials as a prophet. (Compare Revelation 13:14, 15; 19:20) Why, it claims to have vanquished the forces of evil in two world wars, and now it stands firm against so-called godless communism! Many, indeed, view the modern counterpart of the two-horned wild beast as a guardian of liberty and a font of material good things. 

Next time: Chapter Twenty-Eight/Contending With Two Ferocious Beasts - The Image of the Wild Beast

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