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.
14. What was the next step in their plan to secure lawful authority to carry out their unlawful purpose?
14. What instruction did Abraham give his servant Eliezer when sending him to select a wife for his son Isaac?
What has He commanded men to observe in memory of this great work?
Did Christ's followers keep the Sabbath after His death?
7. What, according to Matthew's account, did Christ say were to he the signs in the sun, moon, and stars?
How was Peter delivered later?
When Christ sent out the seventy, what did He tell them to do in the cities whither they went?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle