Hiya i have a few questions about the beast it speaks of in the Bible that has many faces. i also have a personal problem i would like to talk about with other Christians and have pray about in hopes Gods love will pull me through. Tks! ~Love
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Hiya i have a few questions about the beast it speaks of in the Bible that has many faces. i also have a personal problem i would like to talk about with other Christians and have pray about in hopes Gods love will pull me through. Tks! ~Love
OK. Ask away.
As for your prayer request, you might get more responses if you post in the Prayer Request forum.
As for your prayer request, you might get more responses if you post in the Prayer Request forum.
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BEAST (APOCALYPSE). 1. The ‘beast that ascends from the bottomless pit’ (Rev. 11:7) is the apocalyptic symbol of the last anti-Christian power (Rev. 13:1ff.; 17:3ff.; 19:19f.), portrayed as a composite picture of the 4 beasts of Dn. 7:3ff. His 10 horns are borrowed from Daniel’s fourth beast; his 7 heads mark his derivation of authority from the dragon of Rev. 12:3, and go back ultimately to Leviathan (cf. Ps. 74:14; Is. 27:1); John reinterprets them once of the 7 hills of Rome (Rev. 17:9), otherwise of 7 Roman emperors. The beast is usually the persecuting empire, occasionally the final emperor, a reincarnation of one of the first 7, probably Nero. He claims divine honours, wages war on the saints and is destroyed by Christ at his parousia (cf. 2 Thes. 2:8).
2. The ‘beast from the earth’ (Rev. 13:11ff.), also called the ‘false prophet’ (Rev. 16:13; 19:20; 20:10), is public relations officer of the former beast, persuades men to worship him and ultimately shares his fate. The imperial cult in the province or Asia (*Asiarch) evidently suggested some of his features to John. f.f.b.
http://www.christianforums.com/t3336008-questions-about-beast-and-prayer-request.html#_ftn5ff and the following (verses, etc.)2. The ‘beast from the earth’ (Rev. 13:11ff.), also called the ‘false prophet’ (Rev. 16:13; 19:20; 20:10), is public relations officer of the former beast, persuades men to worship him and ultimately shares his fate. The imperial cult in the province or Asia (*Asiarch) evidently suggested some of his features to John. f.f.b.
f. and the following (verse, etc.)
cf. confer (Lat.), compare
f.f.b. F. F. Bruce, M.A., D.D., F.B.A., Emeritus Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, University of Manchester
http://www.christianforums.com/t3336008-questions-about-beast-and-prayer-request.html#_ftnref5Wood, D. R. W., & Marshall, I. H. 1996. New Bible dictionary (3rd ed. /). InterVarsity Press: Leicester, England; Downers Grove, Ill.
http://www.christianforums.com/t3336008-questions-about-beast-and-prayer-request.html#_ftn4
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