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.
How does the Revelator describe this satanic desire to destroy Christ?
What kind of friend is He?
For what are we told to pray at this time?
14. How was the sanctuary itself to be cleansed, and how were the sins of the people to be finally disposed of?
Why, then, does God permit the chastening rod to fall?
What is said of Cornelius and his family?
Whose names are in the foundations of the holy city?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle