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What Is the Scarlet-Colored Beast of Revelation Chapter 17?Bible Questions Answered
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What Is the Scarlet-Colored Beast of Revelation Chapter 17?
The Bible’s answer
The scarlet-colored beast, described in Revelation chapter 17, is a symbol of the organization whose purpose is to unite and represent the nations of the world. It first existed as the League of Nations and is now the United Nations.
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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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Linked with religion. Both the League of Nations and the United Nations have consistently received the backing of the world’s religions.c
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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.”
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