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2141 | What do the beasts traits represent? | Revelation | Emmaus | 69167 | ||
Chusarchik, "The beast from the sea echoes the dragon of Revelation 12 in that it too has seven heads and ten horns. Yet they are distinct, with the beast deriving its authority from the dragon (13:2). Almost every commentator agrees that this beast is an image of Rome, especially since the "sea" is typically an image of the Gentile "nations." John draws once again from Daniel 7 and the vision where the prophet sees a succession of four Gentile empires dominating and oppressing Old Testament Israel (Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek, and Roman imaged as four beasts coming out of the sea: a lion, a leopard, a bear, and a terrible beast with "ten horns"). John's beast from the sea has the attributes of a lion, leopard, and bear all rolled into one. In other words, this fourth empire sums up in itself all the evils of the previous three. John tells us, "One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed." Some scholars see in this a reference to a myth or rumor that Nero (the first Caesar to persecute Christians) would return to life. However, it is also possible to see in this a simple reference to the recovery of the persecuting empire in the wake of Nero's death. At any rate, it is a fact that the Neronian persecution of Christians lasted 3 1/2 years or "forty-two months" (13:5) and it is also a fact that the Caesars claimed divine honors and demanded worship. The beast is given power to "make war on the saints and to conquer them" like the beast in the first half of Daniel 7. Significantly, however, the beast in Daniel is overcome by the "son of man" and the saints of the Most High share his victory. Ironically, the same destiny awaits the church, for in the very heart of the beast that seeks to destroy the Church -- Rome -- God will, by the blood of the martyrs, plant the seed of the Church ....But it is not only the Church that pagan Rome shall attempt to dominate. Nor shall submission to Rome's domination save those who submit to it. John alludes to this fact by making a free quotation of Jeremiah 15:2 ("If anyone is to be taken captive ", etc.). In context, this passage from Jeremiah spoke of the absolute certainty of the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple "because what Manasseh... did in Jerusalem" (Jeremiah 15:4). Manasseh was the very worst of the Davidic Kings. He offered up thousands of child sacrifices in Jerusalem. Because of him, God assures Jerusalem through Jeremiah that the destruction of the Temple and captivity is certain and inevitable. Indeed, so inevitable is the coming of the army to destroy the Temple in Jeremiah's time that the prophet is commanded (Jeremiah 14:11) not to pray to avert it and is specifically instructed by God that any prophecy to the contrary issues from the mouth of a false prophet. Jeremiah's language concerning the coming destruction of the Temple by Babylon was astonishing and blasphemous to his contemporaries. Yet this is exactly the language John now deploys in order to drive home the point that the Temple shall once again be destroyed by another pagan power whom God shall use to enact his judgment. And, in fact, on the exact same day of the year, Rome will reenact (in 70 AD) what Babylon did in 587 BC." Catholic Scripture Study - Revelation www.catholic exchange.com Emmaus |
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2142 | What do the beasts traits represent? | Revelation | Emmaus | 69169 | ||
Chusarchic, Rev 17:9-14 helps to answer your question about Rev 13:1-2. This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he comes he must remain only a little while. As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to perdition. And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast. These are of one mind and give over their power and authority to the beast; they will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful." Rev 17:9-14 Emmaus |
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2143 | What do the beasts traits represent? | Revelation | Emmaus | 69170 | ||
Chusarchik, "The beast(Anti-Christ)is described in Revelation 13:1-2" Actually it is Rome described in Rev 13:1-2. The Anti-Christ is more associated with the second beast which comes from the earth in Rev 13:11-18. Emmaus |
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2144 | two more questions on this topic | Revelation | Emmaus | 69172 | ||
Chusarcik, Coorect in this context, Babylon is a code word for Rome and the crowns on the horns would indicate rulers. Emmaus |
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2145 | two more questions on this topic | Revelation | Emmaus | 69182 | ||
Chusarcik, Just a little more on the first beast, that takes a look beyond the literal surface of the text. "It is tempting, too, to identify the beast exclusively with Rome, or with the Herodian dynasty that Rome maintained in the Holy Land. Certainly the Rome of John's day typified the sort of government represented by the beast. But the beast itself does not allow for such a simple identification. It's actually a combination of all four of the beasts from a vision by the prophet Daniel (Daniel 7). I follow the Church Fathers, who see Daniel's beasts pointing to four gentile empires: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome---all of whom persecuted God's people before the Messiah's coming. "Revelations's seven-headed beast then stands for all corrupted political power. For it's a human impulse to look upon the power of the state as the greatest weapon on earth and say, like the people in the Apocalypse, "Who can fight against it?" Out of fear of the power--or desire for a piece of the action--people constantly compromise themselves and worship the dragon and the beast. History's most blatant example of a human institution usurping God's perogatives is Rome and its Caesars. They literally demanded the worship that belongs to God alone. And they made war on the saints, instigating bloody persecutions of those who would not worship the emperor. "Again, however, I must emphasize that the beast is not only Rome, or only Rome's puppet, the Herodians. The beast refers to any corrupt government, any state that puts itself above God's covenant order. More than that, the beast represents the corrupting spiritual influence behind these institutions." The Lambs's Supper copright by Scott Hahn Doubleday, 1999 p 81-92 Emmaus |
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2146 | Why is twelve in N.T. important? | Revelation | Emmaus | 83283 | ||
I am not sure about the 12 year old, though it may be related to the transition from childhood to adulthood. In other areas though, the answer is a more clear in the OT and NT. Twelve is rather prminent in Revelation. Here is some commentary on that context. " Points to Ponder Scripture and the Stars In Revelation 4 and 5, we meet the "four living creatures." These are angelic beings who are described by John as looking like a lion, an ox, a man, and a eagle. Several things should be mentioned about these creatures. First, there is strong evidence to link these creatures to the constellations of the zodiac. The biblical writers were familiar with the constellations, with the exception that Scorpio was probably known to them as the Eagle. Curiously, therefore, the four cherubim mentioned in Revelation 4:6-7 are the middle signs in the four quarters of the zodiac. The lion is Leo, the ox is Taurus, the man is Aquarius, and the eagle corresponds to Scorpio. John lists them in counter-clockwise order backward around the zodiac. This is not, however, an appeal to astrology on the part of John. Rather, it is an example of the common Catholic sacramental understanding that the creation in the heavens, like all the rest of creation, is a sign made by God and pointing to God. In the words of Psalm 19, "The heavens declare the glory of God." Thus, to the ancient biblical mind, the groupings of the stars are not random for the simple reason that nothing in all creation is random. Rather, the macrocosm of creation showed the glory of God writ large across the heavens and the microcosm of the Temple declared that glory on a human scale and in a way fitting and proper to our dignity as creatures made in the image of God. This being so, it is no surprise that in the Old Testament (Numbers 2), the arrangement of the twelve tribes of Israel around the tabernacle corresponded to the zodiac and its twelve signs. (In fact, archeologists have uncovered ancient synagogues with a mosaic of the zodiac inlaid in the floor.) The hope of the twelve tribes of the Chosen People is that Israel is the beginning of the new world order, symbolized by the constellations. Indeed, the link between the "heavenly host" ruled by Yahweh Sabaoth (the Lord of hosts) and the nation of Israel is very strong. For the heavenly host or army of angelic powers symbolized by the stars is ruled over by the very same God who commands the armies of Israel or the "earthly host." So the earthly tabernacle was a miniature of God's heavenly dwelling: both were attended by the armies of the Lord, composed of the angels and the people of Israel. Similarly, in Genesis 37:9, Jacob and his sons are likened to the sun, moon, and twelve stars. And, of course, in the most famous linkage of heavenly creation to God's earthly purposes, we have the example of the star of Bethlehem heralding the birth of Messiah. Scripture therefore affirms a very basic Catholic truth: Everything is connected because everything shares the same Creator. What Scripture and Catholic teaching deny is the assertion that this connectedness endows any creature with the glory or honor due to God alone. This is the lie that undergirds such foolish practices as astrology. Astrology, like all heretical belief, consists of absolutizing a relative truth. It makes the stars of the zodiac, not things which point to the revelation of God in Christ, but ends in themselves and "gods" whom we attempt to make the ultimate source of our wisdom. Nonetheless, in their proper place as creatures made by God to be signs, the heavens, like all creation, declare the glory of God and are to be received as a sort of huge sacramental along with the rest of God's revelation in the Scripture, Tradition and Church of Jesus Christ." Catholic Scripture Study Revelation: Lesson 4,The Liturgy of Redemption. copywrite: www.catholicexchange.com |
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2147 | Why is twelve in N.T. important? | Revelation | Emmaus | 83284 | ||
A little more on Revl;ation 21:12 "This pattern of Old Testament promise, New Testament fulfillment, and eschatological consummation is made particularly clear by John's description of the New Jerusalem itself. It is a perfect cube (like the Holy of Holies of the Temple) in which Old Testament promise, New Testament fulfillment, and ultimate consummation meet and fuse. On the twelve gates are described the names of the "sons of Israel". On the twelve foundations are inscribed "the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." The city is adorned with twelve different precious stones: the same stones that adorned the breastplate of the levitical priest in the Old Testament. Moreover, John sees "no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb." That is why the New Jerusalem is a gigantic cube. What the Holy of Holies was in a sort of miniature, the whole city (and, by implication, the whole cosmos) becomes in the final consummation of the new heaven and new earth. Everything is consecrated to God and everything is brought into union with God through it. This means, among other things, that the Church really is nothing other than a continuation of the same plan of God in the Old Testament. In a word, Old Testament Israel is now the Church and, in the Old Testament, Israel is the Church back then. That is why Pope Pius XII said we are all spiritual Semites. It is why, in the Liturgy of the Hours, we read of the "Church of Abel" of which we are a part. When we read the Old Testament, therefore, we are reading the history, not of some foreign people who lived on the other side of the world a long time ago, but of our own family. We are wild olive branches who have been grafted onto the natural olive tree (Romans 11). It was to bring us Gentiles back to God that the covenant family of Israel was chosen. And it was into that covenant family that we are grafted when we were baptized into Christ. Only now we call it the Church. And so, Jesus can say to the twelve apostles (Matthew 19:28): "You who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel" and it is why Revelation sees the New Jerusalem as founded on the twelve patriarchs just as much as it is founded on the twelve apostles." From: Catholic Scripture Study Revelation, Lesson 20 A New Heaven and a New Earth Copywrite: www.catholicexchange.com |
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2148 | help | Revelation | Emmaus | 83606 | ||
Question 24. Apocalypse means "unveiling" translated as revelation. It is a term related to marriage and the unveiling of the bride which reveals her to the groom and the groom to her. Revelation is full of brial imagery with Christ as the Bridegroom and the Church as the bride. The whole book culminated in the Wedding Feast of the Lamb between Christ and His Bride, the Church, the New Jerusalem, when they enter into the most intimate union. |
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2149 | When does millinium start?Where are we? | Revelation | Emmaus | 84322 | ||
Sarah Grace, There is no single easy answer to your question. The answer you get will depend on where the answerer is coming from theologically. Below is a link to a brief article that lays out the four positions on the rapture and the millenium: Pre Trib Millenianism, Mid Trib, Post Trib and Amillenialism. http://www.catholic.com/library/rapture.asp There are also numerous previous postings on this question in the Forum archives if you use the Quick Search box on the right of the screen. Just type in millenium. Emmaus |
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2150 | Needing help explaining Rev. Chapter 1 | Revelation | Emmaus | 87391 | ||
Lady, The two links below which are an Introduction to Revelation and the text, footnotes and Scriptural crossreferences may prove helpful to you. If you are interested in a complete study on chapter 1 in pdf (Acrobat) format, e-mail me at: spohl@bcpl.net and I will be happy to send you the complete study to see if you like it or find it helpful. Emmaus |
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2151 | Needing help explaining Rev. Chapter 1 | Revelation | Emmaus | 87393 | ||
Ooops! I fogot the links. Here they are http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/revelation/intro.htm http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/revelation/revelation1.htm Emmaus |
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2152 | what do the sea represent in the Bible | Revelation | Emmaus | 87734 | ||
The sea in Rev 13 takes its meaning from Daniel 7 where it seems to represent the sea of Gentile nations surrounding israel from which four Gentile Kingdoms emerge, including Rome. | ||||||
2153 | Spirits? | Revelation | Emmaus | 88431 | ||
"The seven spirits of Christ represent the fullness of the Spirit with which Christ is endowed and which He passes on to his Church (see Rev 1:4 and 4:5)This completes the description of the risen Christ , who through his victory reveals the mystery of God." From the Navarre Bible commentary on Revelation |
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2154 | GIFT OF GOD? | Revelation | Emmaus | 88479 | ||
How could there be if the Holy Ghost is God? | ||||||
2155 | who will unseal the seven seals? | Revelation | Emmaus | 91082 | ||
The Lamb.Revelation 6. | ||||||
2156 | Who are the two witnesses referred to in | Revelation | Emmaus | 93217 | ||
They are usually interpreted as referring to Elijah and Moses in light of the powers they have to bring about a drought(1 Kings 17:1-3; 18:1) and turn the Nile into blood (Exodus 7:14-16)and how their enemies were destroyed (2 Kings 1:10; Numbers 16:35). Minority interpretations see them as representing the Old and New Covenants or St Peter St Paul. But Elijah and Moses is the interpretation of the vast majority of exegetes. They are referred to as Two olives trees and two lampstands. The olive tree term is used to refer to Zerubabel, a prince of line of David and Josuha in Zechariah 3:3-14. Emmaus |
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2157 | What does "Ancient of Days" mean? | Revelation | Emmaus | 109326 | ||
bk1045, The Ancient of Days is God thee father enthroned. Jesus is the Sone of MAn coming on the clouds to the Father Dan 7:9 "I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire. Dan 7:10 "A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court sat, And the books were opened. Dan 7:13 "I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him. Dan 7:14 "And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed." I hope this helps. Emmaus |
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2158 | What does "Ancient of Days" mean? | Revelation | Emmaus | 109329 | ||
The Ancient of Days is God the Father enthroned. Jesus is the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven to the Father in Daniel 7. | ||||||
2159 | guiding principles to Revelation | Revelation | Emmaus | 129482 | ||
geof, In addition to the seven rules EdB gave you please take the following quote and comments into consideration also. And see how it ties in with rules 1,2 and 7 according to Ed. "Prophecy is nothing but the typological reading of history. Take a look at the later chapters of Isaiah, especially chapters 65 and 66 . Isaiah is describing the future redemption the coming Messiah will bring. He describes this redemption in terms entirely drawn from the high points of history as it's told in Israel's Scriptures. He says what's coming is a new creation, a new paradise, a new exodus, a new kingdom and a new temple and a new Jerusalem. Which is it? It's all of the above. "The New Testament writers saw all these "types" being fulfilled in Jesus. He is the New Adam (see Romans 5:14 ), the first born of a new creation. His body is the new Temple (see John 2:19-21). He leads the new Exodus (see Matthew 2:15 )and His Church is the new Jerusalem and the new Kingdom (see Galatians 4:26 ; 1 Peter 2:9 ; Revelation 1:6 ). " http://www.salvationhistory.com/online/advanced/class1_lesson1_2.cfm Emmaus |
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2160 | Salvation a mystery in OT | Rev 1:1 | Emmaus | 117076 | ||
Because Jesus IS The Revelation of Salvation. See Luke 2:29-32 and Rev 1:1 just for starters. |
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