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.
What did the Lord command Abraham to do?
Whose voice had more weight with Saul than had the commandment of God?
6. Under the influence of her tender care and faithful instruction, what is said of the child life of Jesus?
What did God, through Moses, command Israel to make?
How will the decisions of the judgment be executed?
When was the papal head of the first beast of Revelation 13 wounded?
When will the resurrection of the just occur?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle