Can We Find the United States of America in the Bible in a Symbol?
1) Direct answer
Yes. The United States appears in Scripture as the lamb-like beast of Revelation 13:11–17.
2) Scriptural explanation
- Revelation 13:11 says, “I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.”
- “Out of the earth” contrasts with the first beast that rose “out of the sea” (Revelation 13:1). The Bible interprets “sea” as “peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues” (Revelation 17:15). So “earth” points to a sparsely populated land—a new continent.
- “Two horns like a lamb” speaks of a gentle, youthful power with two freedoms—civil and religious—and without crowns, meaning not a monarchy but a nation built on liberty.
- Yet it “speaks as a dragon,” showing that the voice of power later turns harsh and authoritative.
- It “exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him” and “causeth the earth… to worship the first beast” (Revelation 13:12), pointing to a nation that eventually supports and enforces a church-system image to the old Roman power (Revelation 13:14–15).
- It works wonders, “so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men” (Revelation 13:13), a plain picture of astounding technological power displayed before the world.
- It drives economic control: “that no man might buy or sell” except under its mark system (Revelation 13:16–17).
3) Simple clarifying logic
- What nation rose late, not out of the crowded “sea” of old empires, but from a relatively empty land? The United States.
- What nation began lamb-like with two great liberties—civil and religious—without crowns, no king, built on freedom? The United States.
- What nation gained the capacity to call down “fire from heaven” in the sight of men? The United States.
- What nation now has global reach to influence worship, policy, and economics, and will be able to back a church-union image with state power? The United States fits the Scripture exactly.
4) Reinforcing statement
Now notice, the Bible shows a gentle start and a dragon voice at the end. That is the mystery of this prophecy. The wise will not fear man’s image or mark; they will keep the Word of God and follow the Lamb of God alone.
Existing Follow-Up Answers
- The United States Currently Backs Israel. If It Eventually Powers Rome Worship, That Means at Some Point It Will Abandon Israel?
Yes. Prophecy shows a global turn against Jerusalem, so the United States will not remain Israel’s shield when it “speaks as a dragon.” Scriptura
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What did the Laodicean Church Age (our age) Angel (- messenger) Say about this?
Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Painted-face Jezebel
56-1005 §26
Now, and so then Jezebel, when she got in there, she stomped that little high heel shoe she was wearing, and she said, "Now, Ahab, I'll run this business." That's wrong to begin with. The man's the head of the house---all but in the United States. The woman's the head of the house here. This is a woman's country. The woman is the god of America. I predict that before the coming of the Lord that a woman will be a great ruler in the United States, because it's a woman's country. Started in Hollywood. That's how it .....
Behold, I stand at the door and knock
58-0521 §23
You know, tonight, if the... It would be an honor to the best Democrat in this city, for President Dwight Eisenhower to come knock on your door. Though you would disagree with him in politics, yet, Mr. Eisenhower is one of the greatest men in authority in the United States of America. And how would you feel, though you disagreed with him, to know that the President of this United States stood knocking at your door? You'd feel honored because he is the president.
God's preparation
54-0401 §48
Notice, on they went. When Jesus came... We'll go on to His birth just for a few moments. Now, God has never left Himself without a witness. He's always had a witness somewhere. Sometimes it's got down to one man, but He's never been without a witness on earth. Now, remember, God takes His man off of earth, but He never takes His Spirit off of earth. If that Spirit ever leaves, she's finished. That's the reason, tonight, that we got wars and troubles and things. Why? This world... Every nation is dominated by Satan...
An Exposition Of The Seven Church Ages
CAB 3:E-110
I don't believe everything I read, but it is certainly a curious thing that the March 1, 1963, issue of LIFE reports psychiatrists as saying exactly the same thing we are discussing. Now I know that all psychiatrists don't agree with each other, but here it is. The fear of snakes is not a conscious revulsion but an unconscious one. If it were a natural fear people would just as happily stand fascinated before the gorilla or lion cages. Their unconscious thoughts keep them staring at snakes. That lure of snakes is u...
El-Shaddai
59-0416 §61
Seeds of Abraham, can't you see this is your hour? Can't you tell this is the time that God is calling you? We ought to repent! What the church needs tonight is not new members. Why, the United States is combed over and over and over by so many evangelists, until it's just burnt territory. That's the truth. America has absolutely sinned away its day of grace. You mark it down on a book. You'll never have a universal revival in America. It passed that about three years ago. It'll never be a revival. Some of you youn...