“It was mainly because of the Sabbath that Adventists related Revelation 13:11 to the United states. However, the logic of the Adventist interpretation may not depend solely on events and facts concerning U.S. after the 19th century. It wasn't until after the development of the Adventist interpretation of Revelation 13 that the United states became a potential nation in the fulfillment of the prophecy, but long before the emergence of the American Republic when the revolutionaries thought they were founding the” new Jerusalem,” this nation already had an imperial vocation. Even before British colonization, when the Puritans believed they were laying the foundation for the “new Israel” of God, a messianic identity had been connected to their land.” (Vanderlei Dorneles, The Last Empire, p.8)