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.
In thus reconciling the world unto Himself, what attitude did God take toward men?
What is to be one of the prominent sins of the last days?
How was the destruction of Jerusalem and the sanctuary by the Romans then foretold?
What time intervenes between the two resurrections?
Is it the duty of gospel ministers to execute vengeance?
How is the remnant church described?
To whose authority are the angels subject?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle