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 is sin declared to be?
What place has the will in determining whether man shall have life?
Who took charge of Christ's body after it was taken down from the cross?
Whose example are we urged to imitate?
How far-reaching is God's ability to reveal the future?
What is the strength of sin?
What do papal authorities say of the observance of Sunday by Protestants?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle