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 instruction did Abraham give his servant Eliezer when sending him to select a wife for his son Isaac?
For how long a time should one honor his parents?
What time intervenes between the two resurrections?
What similar charge was brought against the Apostle Paul?
Is any of this kind of work to be done on the Sabbath?
When tempted to bow down and worship Satan, what reply did Christ make?
How did Christ Himself say He would come?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle