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371Worldly Rule (Pictured by"Beasts") Authorized by Satan,the Dragon, Notby God'Gen . 10 :8-10, AT "Cush wasthe father of Nimrod, who wasthe first person on the earth tobe a despot . . . . The nucleus ofhis kingdom was Babylon ."Dan . 7 :1-24 "Daniel spake andsaid, I saw in my vision by night,and, behold, the four winds ofheaven brake forth upon thegreat sea . And four great beastscame up from the sea, diverseone from another . . . . These greatbeasts, which are four, are fourkings, that shall arise out of theearth . . . . The fourth beast shallbe a fourth kingdom upon earth,which shall be diverse from allthe kingdoms, and shall devourthe whole earth, and shall treadit down, and break it in pieces ."Rev . 17 :3, 9, 10, 12 "1 caughtsight of a woman sitting upon ascarlet-colored wild beast thatwas full of blasphemous namesand that had seven heads andten horns . Here is where the intelligencethat has wisdom coniesin : The seven heads mean sevenmountains where the woman sitson top . And there are sevenkings : five have fallen, one is,the other has not yet arrived,but when he does arrive he mustremain a short while . And theten horns that you saw mean tenkings, who have not yet receiveda kingdom, but they do receiveauthority as kings one hour withthe wild beast ."Rev . 13 :2, 11, 12 "And thedragon gave the beast its powerand its throne and great authority.And they worshiped the dragonbecause he gave the authorityto the wild beast, and theyworshiped the wild beast withthe words : `Who is like the wildbeast, and who can do battle withit?' And I saw another wildbeast ascending out of the earth,and it had two horns . . . And itexercises all the authority of thefirst wild beast in its sight."Superior AuthoritiesJohn 12 :31 "Now there is ajudging of this world ; now theruler of this world will be castcut."Rev . 12 :9 "So down the greatdragon was hurled, the originalserpent, the one called Devil andSatan, who is misleading the entireinhabited earth ."2 Cor. 4:4 "Among whom thegod of this system of things hasblinded the minds of the unbelievers."1 John 5:19 "We know weoriginate with God, but the wholeworld is lying in the power ofthe wicked one."Ancient Rulers Who PicturedChrist as Ruler Do Not Stand asPrecedent for All OthersJer . 27 :5, 6, 8 "1 have made theearth, the men and the beaststhat are upon the face of theearth, by my great power andby my outstretched arm ; and Igive it unto whom it seemethright unto me . And now have Igiven all these lands into thehand of Nebuchadnezzar the kingof Babylon, my servant ; and thebeasts of the field also have Igiven him to serve him . And itshall come to pass, that the nationand the kingdom which willnot serve the same Nebuchadnezzarking of Babylon, and thatwill not put their neck underthe yoke of th king of Babylon,that nation will I punish, saithJehovah, with the sword, andwith the famine, and with thepestilence, until I have consumedthem by his hand ."2 Chron . 36 :22, 23 "Thus saithCyrus king of Persia, All thekingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah,the God of heaven, givenme ; and he hath charged me tobuild him a house in Jerusalem,which is in Judah . Whosoeverthere is among you of all hi;people, Jehovah his God be withhim, and let him go up."