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 exhortation is based upon Christ's love for us?
With what comparison did He illustrate the subject?
How did Noah show his faith in this message?
What testimony did the chief priests and Pharisees bear concerning Christ's work?
Who moved upon the prophets to give their messages?
Why did God confide in Abraham, and commit sacred trusts to him?
What reward in this life is promised the faithful mother?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle