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.
Who awakens the soul to a sense of its sinful condition?
How is such a baptism described?
26. What event is directly connected with the blotting out of sin and the final refreshing from God's presence?
Who is the real power operating through the beast and his image, and demanding worship?
Under the theocracy, how were the rebellious or willful transgressors treated ?
Do the Scriptures indicate that there will he violence manifested in this conflict?
What will be the first plague, and upon whom will it fall?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle