Tag: Daniel
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A Week That Is More Than Seven Days – Genesis 29:27
Genesis 29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. This verse is important because it shows very clearly that in Scripture a “week” does not always mean seven days. Here it is obviously tied to a larger unit, for…
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Ten Kings, One Mind – Revelation 17:12-13
Revelation 17:12, 13 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yetbut receive power as kings one hour with the beast.These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. The angel now explains the ten horns. They are ten kings, ten rulers,…
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The Final Beast Is the Sum of Every Godless Kingdom – Revelation 13:2
Revelation 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. What John sees here did not begin in Revelation 13.…
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The Beast from the Sea – Revelation 13:1
Revelation 13:1 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. When John says he saw a beast rising out of the sea, he is…
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The Dragon Behind the Empire – Revelation 12:3
Revelation 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. John has just shown us the woman and the child. Now he shows us the enemy. And he does not appear as a harmless symbol or a passing…
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Held in His Hand – Revelation 1:19-20
Revelation 1:19, 20 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which…
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Covered and Calm – Revelation 1:13
Revelation 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. John turns and what does he see. He sees Jesus in the midst of the lampstand. Not absent. Not distant. Not…