Wednesday, August 28 The wild beast that was but is not . . . goes off into destruction.​—Rev. 17:11.

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Wednesday, August 28

The wild beast that was but is not . . . goes off into destruction.—Rev. 17:11.

 

This wild beast looks almost the same as the seven-headed wild beast with the exception that it is scarlet-colored. It is called “the image of the wild beast” and is described as “an eighth king.” (Rev. 13:14, 15; 17:3, 8) This “king” is spoken of as coming into existence, then going out of existence, and later reappearing. How well this description fits the United Nations organization, which promotes the interests of the worldwide political system! It existed first as the League of Nations. Then it went out of existence during World War II. It later emerged again in its present-day form. By means of their propaganda, the political beasts stir up opposition to Jehovah and his people. Symbolically, they gather “the kings of the entire inhabited earth” together to the war of Armageddon, which is “the great day of God the Almighty.”—Rev. 16:13, 14, 16. w22.05 10 ¶10-11