What is the first -symbol of Revelation 13:9?
Answer
"And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten
horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy." Rev. 13: 1.
NOTES - As already learned from studying the Book of Daniel, a beast in prophecy represents
some great earthly power or kingdom; a head, a governing power; horns, number of kingdoms; crowned
heads or crowned horns, political ruler ship; waters, peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues."
Rev. 17: 15.
"The beasts of Daniel and John are empires. The ten-horned beast is the Roman power. . . . The
head is the governing power of the body. The heads of this beast represent successive governments.' -"Romanism and the Reformation," by H. Grattan Guinness, pages 144, 145.
When and by what means will the effects of sin be removed?
17. What assurance was given by the angel that these prophecies would he understood in the last days?
What did these four beasts represent?
How had they done this?
Under what condition is the written law good?
What title of distinction is given the law of God?
How was the \"devotion\", of the \"faithful\" disturbed?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle