It overcomes the two and leaves their bodies in the city street. Sodom and Egypt name the place where the Lord was crucified. Nations watch three and a half days and refuse the dead a grave. The Beast Makes War The word of God still stands when empires fall. The witness may be struck but cannot be erased. Breath from heaven raises what the beast condemned. Earth rejoices over silence and exchanges gifts for blood. The prophets who disturbed the world lie open to its scorn. The measured court cannot contain the testimony. A trumpet waits beyond the violence of the street. The beast appears victorious only after testimony is fulfilled. A celebration built on murder waits beneath the eye of heaven. The Beast Makes War The word of God still stands when empires fall. The witness may be struck but cannot be erased. Breath from heaven raises what the beast condemned. The Beast Makes War