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 beautiful picture of home life is drawn by the Psalmist for the father who fears the Lord?
Who was the seed here referred to?
How are the birth, work, and ascension of Christ briefly described?
When did David say he would be satisfied?
What does the Apostle Peter say concerning the trials through which every believer must pass?
From whom do all good and perfect gifts come?
How much of the promised possession did Abraham expect during his lifetime?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle