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What Is the Scarlet-Colored Beast of Revelation Chapter 17?Bible Questions Answered
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Temporarily inactive. The scarlet-colored beast would be in “the abyss,”a or inactive, for a time but would rise again.—Revelation 17:8.
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What Is the Scarlet-Colored Beast of Revelation Chapter 17?Bible Questions Answered
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Temporarily inactive. The League of Nations, which was formed shortly after World War I to maintain peace, was unable to prevent international aggression. It ceased to function when World War II began in 1939. In 1945, after World War II ended, the United Nations was formed. Its purposes, methods, and structure closely resemble those of the League of Nations.
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What Is the Scarlet-Colored Beast of Revelation Chapter 17?Bible Questions Answered
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c For example, a council representing dozens of Protestant denominations in America declared in 1918 that the League would be “the political expression of the kingdom of God on earth.” In 1965, representatives of Buddhism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Protestantism assembled in San Francisco to support and pray for the United Nations. And in 1979, Pope John Paul II expressed his hope that the UN “will ever remain the supreme forum of peace and justice.”
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