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"And I saw another wild beast ascending out of the earth, and he
had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon. And he
exerciseth all the power of the first wild beast, in his sight,
and causeth the earth and those, who dwell in it, to worship the
first wild beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he performeth
great signs, so that he causeth fire to come down from heaven into
the earth in the sight of men. And he deceiveth those, who dwell
on the earth, by means of the signs which it was given him to
perform in the sight of the wild beast; saying to those, who dwell
on the earth, that they should make an image to the wild beast,
that had the wound by a sword, and did live."--Rev. 13:11-14.

The coming up of another beast must symbolize the rise of another
government. As the two-horned beast exercises its power before ({~GREEK SMALL LETTER EPSILON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER PI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~})
_i.e._ _in the presence_, of the first beast, it is a contemporary power,
and must necessarily symbolize a kingdom outside of the territory of the
ten-horned beast. Within that territory it would be one of the horns of
that beast; but a separate beast requires a separate territory. As it
arises out of the earth, while it is outside of the territory occupied by
the ten kingdoms, it must exist within that occupied by the _former_ Roman
empire, and commence its existence during a period of settled government.

All the forms of Roman government symbolized by the dragon, were also
symbolized by the wild beast; and as the deadly wound of the former was
healed in the latter, the two constitute one beast. As that is called the
"first beast," the rise of the kingdom symbolized by the two-horned beast
must have been subsequent to the commencement of the Roman empire. And as
it caused those who dwell on the earth to worship that beast after its
deadly wound was healed, it must have arisen anterior to the healing of
that wound; and, consequently, before the succession of the ten kingdoms
to the sovereignty of Rome, with which it held an intimate relation.

The only kingdom which has arisen within the geographical locality, and at
the epoch required by these conditions of the symbol, is the Eastern Roman
empire; which, consequently, is the government represented by the