The harlot's influence was extensive. Her influence over the kings of the earth, she holds sway over a large portion of the earth’s population. The description of her as one “who sits on many waters” (Revelation 17:1<span>) is later explained: “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues” (verse 15). In verse 2 she is further described as making the inhabitants of the earth “drunk with the wine of her fornication.”
So they may not have given their power to the harlot, but she did have great influence on them.</span>
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We’re waiting for the awful grandmother who is inside dropping pesos into la ofrenda box before the altar to La Divina Providencia. Lighting votive candles and genuflecting. Blessing herself and kissing her thumb. Running a crystal rosary between her fingers. Mumbling, mumbling, mumbling.
There are so many prayers and promises and thanks-be-to-God to be given in the name of the husband and the sons and the only daughter who never attend mass. It doesn’t matter. Like La Virgen de Guadalupe, the awful grandmother intercedes on their behalf. For the grandfather who hasn’t believed in anything since the first PRI elections. For my father, El Periquín, so skinny he needs his sleep. For Auntie Light-skin, who only a few hours before was breakfasting on brain and goat tacos after dancing all night in the pink zone. For Uncle Fat-face, the blackest of the black sheep—Always remember your Uncle Fat-face in your prayers. And Uncle Baby— You go for me, Mamá—God listens to you.
Answer: A. The British are preparing for war, and the colonists must be prepared to fight.
Explanation:
This excerpt in question is the speech by Patrick Henry to the Second Virginia Convention in March 1775 where he attempted to rouse them so that they may support the efforts of the revolutionaries in their efforts to break free of British political and establish a free American republican state.
The speech essentially told the Convention that whilst they were still unsure of what they should do, the British had already started preparing their forces for a war and that if they do not do so as well in Virginia as other colonies had began doing, the British will put them under even more bondage than they currently were.
In my opinion it would be 4