![]() ![]() The number of the courses of the priesthood in Israel. Sign of God's unchanging covenant with the earth in mercy. The royal seat of authority and government.ģ. Register of christian profession, true or false but assumed true till proved false. Harbinger of day Christ known as such by the saints now before the day comes. Systematic allowance of worldliness, immorality and idolatry.Ģ3. The once humbled and rejected One known in heaven. Association with the false worship of devils in the world. A determinate period of suffering and persecution.ġ4. Professing Christians who had turned back to hereditary religion. A symbolical representation of the assembly viewed in those responsible in it. The moral representatives of the responsibility of the assemblies. Power over death and the departed state.Ģ0. 4:12.)Ĭountenance as the Sun - Splendour of supreme authority.ġ8. Completeness of subordinate authority under Christ in light. Righteousness in dealing with man in his responsibility. Attribute of searching, intelligent judgment judicial discernment.ġ5. The divine glory of the ancient of days, viewed in that character. Garb of priestly discrimination, not now in service, but judging. Responsible vessels of light on earth in their totality.ġ3. The Holy Ghost in His varied operations of governmental power. Angel - The mystical representation of one not actually seen. 13) it is hardly possible to understand the symmetrical arrangement of seven heads and ten horns whereas, we understand easily seven forms of government for the beast, and his power represented by ten kings." Language of this kind is forcible, simple, exact, and uniform in its signification.Īny natural object used for the purpose of bringing before the mind another object any image which embodies an idea, or which contains within itself a representation of something else, is termed a symbol "a grouping together of moral qualities by means of one being or several," by which a complete idea is formed of the thing symbolised. Thus a sword or a bow would denote warfare an olive branch, peace a chain, captivity: and so on. ![]() The earliest and simplest form of written language consisted chiefly of symbolic figures or hieroglyphics, which represented ideas as letters, at a later period, represented sounds. The simplicity and grandeur of the Book of Revelation have been greatly obscured, and its difficulty increased by the constant tendency to literalise its symbols. The compiler of this little hand-book is largely indebted to the ablest of Apocalyptic expositors. Morrish: 114, Camberwell Road, London S.E. ![]() The Symbols of the Apocalypse Briefly Defined ![]()
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