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 did He say a little later to the eleven?
After man had sinned, how did God show His love, and His willingness to forgive?
What description of the Apostle Paul's experience is in harmony with this?
What reason is given in the commandment for keeping the Sabbath day holy?
7. What questions asked by its worshippers indicate the great station to which this beast-power was to attain?
Are God's people free from affliction?
With what should our prayers be mingled?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle