Question 11
How will the 2nd Beast (USA) help enforce the mark?
Bible
Revelation 13:15
"And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed."
Revelation 13:16
"And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads."
Answer
The 2nd Beast (USA) helps the first Beast by "speaking" and "causing" all to worship the first Beast's image. What does speaking and causing symbolize in Revelation? A nation speaks by making laws. A nation causes by enforcing those laws. The Bible says the Beast causes all to receive a mark. What did the Catholic Church claim as its mark? (SEE THE STATEMENT BELOW)
“Of course the Catholic Church claims the change was her act…and the act is a mark of her ecclesiastical power and authority in religious matters.” Office of Cardinal Gibbons, through Chancellor C.F. Thomas,Nov 11, 1895