Revelation: The Beast with Seven Heads and Another Beast
What kinds of names would be considered blasphemous?
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King James
What do you think the beast was, which John saw rise from the sea? Why did people worship it?
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What made the beast’s voice so eloquent?
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How did the beast make war with God’s people?
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King James
How can the Lamb be slain “since the founding of the world”?
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King James
Of all humankind, what percentage do you think will be recorded in the Book of Life? If the judgment were today, how many people would that be?
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King James
Why will those who imprison others be imprisoned themselves?
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What happens to people who are impatient? How does patience affect faithfulness?
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King James
How can a beast come “up from the earth”?
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King James
What is the voice of a dragon like?
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What kind of beast could do miracles and cause people to worship the beast that was fatally wounded but lived?
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Revelation 13:13–14 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
How could an image be given power to speak and to kill those who didn’t worship it?
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What do you think the “mark of the beast” was?