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.
For what spiritual gift did the Apostle Paul pray?
Whose workmanship is the Christian?
What power was represented by the ram having two horns?
5. What did He say of those who should break one of the least of God's commandments, and teach men so to do?
What did Christ say of worship based upon the commandments of men?
7. What description does Paul give of the sufferings endured by some of God's people in former ages?
What did Christ tell the rich young man to do?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle