Chapter Thirty-Three/Judging the Infamous Harlot -The Harlot Rides a Beast - Continue

 In what way is this symbolic wild beast full blasphemous names? In that men have set up this multinational idol as a substitute for God's Kingdom- to accomplish what God says his Kingdom alone can accomplish. (Daniel 2:44; Matthew 12:18, 21) What is remarkable about John's vision, though, is that Babylon the Great is riding the scarlet-colored-wild beast. True to the prophecy, Babylonish religion, particularly in Christendom, has linked itself with the League of Nations and its successor. As early as December 18,1918, the body now known as the National Council of Churches of Christ in America adopted a declaration that declared in part: "Such a League is not mere political expedient; it is the political expression of the Kingdom of God on earth. . . The Church can give a spirit of good-will, without which no League of Nations is rooted in the Gospel. Like the Gospel, its objective is "peace on earth, good will toward men.' " 

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