"Sacred studies was one of the studies in the schools of the prophets. In the record of His dealings with the nations were traced the footsteps of Jehovah. Today we are to consider the dealings of God with the nations of the earth. We are to see in history the fulfillment of prophecy, to study the workings of providence in the great reformatory movements, and to understand the progress of events in marshaling of the nations for the final conflict of the great controversy." Counsels to Teachers p. 379-380 E.G.W.
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,
and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast,
whose deadly wound was healed.
Revelation 13:12
