The addition made to the words of the devil in the evangelist Luke (Luke 4:6), are remarkable: "All this power will I give thee and the glory of them; for that is delivered to me, and to whomsoever I will, I give it." 1. “Go to bed and pretend to be ill,” Jonadab said. In Matthew 4:8-9, the devil takes Christ along with him to a very high mountain, and shews him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, and says to him: "All these will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me." App-172.1; Revelation 176:1. Bossuet, bishop of Meaux, observes in the emperors Maximian Herculeus, Galerius Maximin, and Dioclesian, the distinguishing characters of these three animals. It only remains to add that the period referred to when the dragon gives his throne and authority to the Beast is the time and occasion when the Beast ascends out of the abyss (Revelation 17:8), consequent upon Satan's expulsion from Heaven. It was repeated because it was important. Here all these features are combined, because the wild beast is a representative of all forms of world-power, which have been swift to shed blood: like a leopard leaping on the prey, tenacious and relentless as a bear, and all devouring (their throat is an open sepulchre) as a lion. To the beast formed after this manner the dragon gives his power, and his throne, and great authority. And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. Hebrews 13:1-2 > NIV KJV ESV NKJV. In Daniel’s vision (Daniel 7:4) the kingdoms were described: the first, like a lion; the second, like a bear; the third, like a leopard or panther. It is rather the essence of that power as it appears to a certain extent in each form. the leopard is a swift creature, { Habakkuk 1:8} and a beast of prey, { Jeremiah 5:6} and so is this beast of the seventh and eighth head, { Revelation 17:10-11} see the exposition thereof. . 13:4 The dragon of chap. 1 If I speak in the tongues # 13:1 Or languages of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. Faith, hope, charity. Here we have the description of … Of the four beasts of Daniel, only the three first enter into the composition of the beast before us. Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel…. 2 Samuel 13 - NIV: In the course of time, Amnon son of David fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of Absalom son of David. The point is of great importance, especially for the interpretation of chap. The gates of the nobles.--The word is used to heighten the contrast between the greatness of the city to be destroyed, with its gates that had witnessed for centuries the entrance of kings and princes, and the wild roughness of the barbarian destroyers. Christ refused the sovereignty of the world from Satan (Luke 4:5; Luke 4:8); here is one who accepts it. Satan here also is but a servant of God. Your own selves. . This should be your first aim, rather than seeking "a proof of Christ speaking in me" (2 Corinthians 13:3). These chiefs of the apostasies in the closing days are consigned alive to their eternal doom (Revelation 19:20). Both beasts look back to the same source and there is a continuity in them based on their connection with Satan. Not only in this verse, but in this whole chapter. This wild beast in chapter 13 is also shown as having the seven heads and the ten horns. (Jerome on Hosea 13:8, "Those who have written on the natures of animals say, that among all wild beasts, none are more savage than the bear, when it is hungry.") The bear figures Galerius Maximin, a man from the north of cruel and brutal disposition, terrible mein, and gigantic stature. The throne of the dragon is, at the same time, the throne of the beast in ch. Home >> Bible Studies >> 1 Peter >> 1 Peter 2:13-25 These small group studies of 1 Peter contain outlines, cross-references, Bible study discussion questions, and applications. Daily Bible Study Questions for Gospel of John Chapter 13 Day One. He represents all empires. We may conclude from analogy that the objects, whatever they may be, lying at the bottom of the series of seven are taken either from what was before the Seer at the moment, or from his acquaintance with the past. In attacking, the bear uses especially his fore-paws; while with the lion it is the mouth which especially inspires terror. These are personal divisions and sexual immorality. 17; and the following remarks may be made:—. 13 1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. Home >> Bible Studies >> James Studies >> James 2:1-13 These small group studies of James contain outlines, cross-references, Bible study discussion questions, and applications. Revelation 17:10 at once affords us the point from which to start. . NETBible: And also on that day,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will remove 1 the names of the idols from the land and they will never again be remembered. The lion, in fine, is the symbol of Dioclesian, who was cruel and vehement against Christians. And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; 4. 13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Chapter Contents. 13 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, p for there is no authority except that which God has established. The world power of the Roman empire could not have been more accurately described. V. The last one doesn’t begin that way, but it talks about a disciple of the kingdom. These have also been particularly referred to in Daniel: "The other beast was like a bear, and stood upon one side;" Hävernick: "It stood higher upon the one side than the other, manifestly the posture of assault." The form of the beast here is compounded of the different beasts in Daniel; quite naturally so, since the beast here images the ungodly power of the world as a whole, while in Daniel the different phases of this power are represented. 13 Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah the ambush was behind them. Such a symbolism would be appropriate to represent the attitude of Pagan Rome against Christianity. 14 So when he had committed all to the Creator of the world, and exhorted his soldiers to fight manfully, even unto death, for the laws, the temple, the city, the country, and the commonwealth, he camped by Modin: 2. The “groove”, or Asherah, is frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. The wild beast from the abyss in chapter 17 has the same. The numbers seven and ten must, as elsewhere, be regarded as symbolical, as expressing the idea of fulness or completeness rather than the mere value belonging to them in the numerical scale. And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! Click the verse number to read commentary, definitions, meanings, and notesfor that particular 2-kings 13 verse. It rises up out of the sea, as Daniel's four, and has ten horns, as Daniel's fourth beast, and seven heads, as Daniel's four beasts had in all-namely, one on the first, one on the second, four on the third, and one on the fourth. . [Note that the same Roman government could serve both God and Satan. But the wild beast from the abyss is shown to have ceased, and to have begun again after being raised from the abyss, and it is then that the ten kings arise. If we could be justified in taking into account the ten horns, we might think of it as an explanation of the arrangement adopted here, that now Daniel's fourth beast had come into the foreground, now the beast bore the woman, Rome, on its back—see ch. The source of his kingship is revealed by John to be Satanic (compare Revelation 2:13 see 1 Corinthians 10:20-21). there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. The fourth kingdom that Daniel described ( Daniel 7:23) includes Antichrist"s kingdom. And the dragon gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority. Isaiah 11:15 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The Destruction of the Temple Foretold. This passage begins with a series of statements applying Christian principles to daily life, then transitions into a short-hand summary of the letter's major points. Three well known animals are mentioned here: each symbolic of swiftness, crushing power, eagerness to destroy. Visit our library of inductive Bible studies for more in depth inductive studies on this and other books of the Bible you can use in your small group. John 13 - NIV: It was just before the Passover Festival. 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. For, if we were to explain the promise of Satan as an empty boast, the temptation of Christ would be a thing unworthy of him. Daniel only so far differs from Jeremiah, that in his representation of the earthly powers, that should desolate the people of God, by means of wild beasts, he substitutes the bear for the wolf. “On the testimony of two or three witnesses a fact shall be established.” 2 I warned those who sinned earlier[ b] and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not be lenient, 3 [ c]since you are looking for proof of Christ speaking in me. 1 Corinthians 13:2 - KJV. Later, in verse 11, the second beast appeared on the land, as a satellite of the first beast, to execute his orders. ... Bible verse of the day And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory … Exodus 13:8 "And thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, [This is done] because of that [which] the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt." 1. The dragon gave the beast his own power. * 1 As he was making his way out of the temple area one of his disciples said to him, “Look, teacher, what stones and what buildings!” a 2 Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Two such examples are obvious: 1) the case of Daniel in Daniel Chapter 6 when he was told not to pray; 2) the case of the early Christians in Acts 5 when they were told by the religious authorities not to preach. But the name of Mohammed, in the Greek form, as Moametis, given by some commentators, has no authority, and, after a thorough investigation by scholars, is shown to be spurious. 1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam, Abijah became king of Judah, 2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. “When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘I … 2 Thessalonians 2:9). Revelation 13:7 and Note. Revelation 12:3. 13 and he laid his hands on her. . 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, r and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. The beast is vicar of Satan, who similarly has seven heads and ten horns: implying his universal power in all ages. 2. 13 And Judas, being apart with the elders, determined, before the king's host should enter into Judea, and get the city, to go forth and try the matter in fight by the help of the Lord. 2 Kings Chapter 13. ., connecting the empire with the dragon of 12 and stamping it as Satanic (cf. 2. App-172. Those in nations and governments who persecute the church of Christ, receive their power and their motivation from the dragon, Satan. It sums up the paragraph. The order in which the beasts succeed each other, is here exactly reversed: in Daniel the lion, the bear, the panther—here the panther, the bear, the lion. III. 1. All God's holy people send you their greetings. Royal position is in view in both passages. Out of the 300,000 that went with him to fight the Ammonites, and returned with him to Gilgal, where he now was, and had stayed as may be supposed about a year, since now he had reigned two years. These kingdoms are Greece ( Daniel 7:6), Medo-Persia ( Daniel 7:5), and Babylon ( Daniel 7:4). The victory they obtained notwithstanding, by the power of God, 2 Chronicles 13:15-20. leopard. Various interpreters explain the whole of this vision by different ways. The kingdom the beast rules and represents seems to reflect his personal qualities. And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. Need for Watchfulness. Separate thy selfe, I pray thee, from mee: if thou wilt take the left … And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous name. IV. 2 Kings chapter 13 summary began with King Joash of Judah and King Jehoahaz of Samaria (Israel). 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. The wild beast becomes the vicegerent, so to speak, of the prince of this world. But the ten kings and the beast are not limited to Rome. Habakkuk 1:8. lion. 1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, And great authority.—It is through this succession of world-powers that the dragon carries on his war. They are anti-Christ, as we shall see. He warns them once more that nobody will be spared from Christ's discipline if they remain in sin. The dragon gave him his power-seat-authority; Satan, who had in past ages made use of pagan Rome as an instrument of persecuting God’s church, now transfers to him the same power and authority to be used against Christians. Then I stood on the sand of the sea. 2. It was the great red monster of chapter twelve who initially had the seven heads and the ten horns. The dragon gave him great power, and his seat and his authority--13:2. [Note: Newell, p184.]. That was in chapter 12, verse 23, and then we see it repeated in chapter 13, verse one, “He knew that His hour had come.” Then, if you jump ahead, to chapter 17, and verse one, “Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You.” But by some this power is supposed to be that of heathen Rome, in which case the seven heads become the seven hills upon which Rome was built, or seven of its emperors. Daniel 8:1-27; Daniel 11:1-45 imply, from it shall come Israel's Antichrist. all scholars allow to be unexceptionable in this respect. Now the scene of his vision shifted to the earth, and in his vision he stood on the sand of the sea. a 2 Therefore, whoever resists authority opposes what God has appointed, and those who oppose it will bring judgment upon themselves. there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. Not the smallest trace is to be found in Daniel of the fourth beast having been compounded of the three first. So are the Popes in the exercise of their anti-Christian power and dominion over all in their kingdom. The two Beasts of our chapter are in the end seen to be two devil-inspired men. Zechariah 13:2. The power of the beast, is his poli-ecclesiastical jurisdiction in all causes, and over all persons, civil, military, maritime, and ecclesiastical; and therefore, here called. Then they cried out to the Lord. א וַיַּ֩עַל֩ אַבְרָ֨ם מִמִּצְרַ֜יִם ה֠וּא וְאִשְׁתּ֧וֹ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ וְל֥וֹט עִמּ֖וֹ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה: They are now accepted by the beast at the expense of becoming the dragon’s slave and sharing its fate. Its source will not he recognized by the peoples at the outset. Hosea 13:7. 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. 14 But the president of the synagogue was indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, and he addressed all those present saying, 'There are six days when work is to be done. The satanic character and history of the empire covers the most interesting and solemn crisis in the world's future — the three years and a half preceding the Lord's Advent in glory. 3 [] And he spoke to them at length in parables, [] saying: “A sower went out to sow. And the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Finding Christ in yourselves, by faith, ye may believe that He 'speaks in me' (2 Corinthians 13:3), by whose The beast I saw. The priests blew their trumpets 15 and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. . The dragon gave the beast his power, his seat, and great authority. The power is the natural power, consisting in the great number of retainers, fulness of earthly resources, and such like; the throne is worldly supremacy; and the authority is its assumed right to command whatever it might please. 3. The remonstrance which Abijah made before the battle, setting forth the justice of his cause, 2 Chronicles 13:4-12. Even in her darkest days Christian Rome could not have been fitly represented by one of the heads of the beast. There are some distinctive characteristics between a leopard, bear and lion, but they all have in common that of fierce destructiveness. 2. Lateinos, all scholars allow to be unexceptionable in this respect. Its apostasy to picture-worship, mariolatry, and adoration of the eucharist, healed the wound. We see Rome symbolized in the “seven heads and ten horns.” Yet read what Paul says in, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament, Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament, Heinrich Meyer's Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture, Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament, Foy E. Wallace's Commentary on the Book of Revelation, Schaff's Popular Commentary on the New Testament, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, E.M. Zerr's Commentary on Selected Books of the New Testament, Hanserd Knollys' Commentary on Revelation, Ernst Hengstenberg on John, Revelation, Ecclesiastes, Ezekiel & Psalms. which is the strongest and most devouring beast of prey. Revelation 13:2. List 7 examples of Jesus' foreknowledge of future events demonstrated in the Gospel of John Chapter 13. The visions of Revelation were not a history of Rome, but within their symbols were included the graphic representations of the emperor and the empire. a bear . 10-74), And the dragon.—Read, And the dragon gave him his power and his throne (not his “seat,” as in the English version; it is the royal seat, the throne, which is meant). 21:2) and “Preach not (אַל-תּטִּיפוּ)” (Micah 2:6), an expression of speech, like “and as a remembrance” (Exod. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. Christianity gave its idolatry the deadly wound: and in it were the seven churches of Asia, to which Revelation is addressed. 5. then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil;"on which Hitzig remarks: "the swarthy complexion of the Ethiopian, and the spots of the panther, are the emblems of sinfulness, and of blemishes of a moral kind." In other words, I have no wish that you should distress yourselves to set others at ease. (See Notes on Revelation 11:16 and Revelation 4:4.). This beast unites in itself the God-opposed characteristics of the three preceding. 1 Samuel 13:2. And though I have the gift of prophecy - See the note at 1 Corinthians 12:10; note at 1 Corinthians 14:1. 3 . (Calmet) --- The whole of this is by Pastorini applied to the empire of Rome, which was composed of the territories of the three preceding empires, which are represented by Daniel under the figure of these animals. Many people today love the sea, but as a whole the Jewish people in Biblical times regarded the sea as a wild, untamed, frightening plac… Matthew 13 New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE) Chapter 13. They are the things which Christ had been offered by the dragon, but which He had refused (Matthew 4:9). 7:14). In chapter 17 the wild beast is the empire and its ruler in the end times who experience more immediate Satanic possession. The leopard represents Maximian, a changeable, restless and cruel prince. пояснение к ст. Others add the idea of Papal to that of heathen Rome, in which case the seven heads become seven forms of Roman government—Kings, Consuls, Decemvirs, Tribunes, Dictators, Emperors, Popes: while others again understand by the seven heads seven kingdoms which, either in the Bible or in Christian history, oppress and persecute the Church of God,—the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Greek, Roman, together with the Germanic-Sclavonic kingdoms by which the downfall of Rome was followed. a. and perpetuated idol worship in Israel. Visit our library of inductive Bible studies for more in depth inductive studies on this and other books of the Bible you can use in your small group. And as the body of the beast was like to a leopard, the centre and capital of the Roman empire, under antichrist will be the Grecian empire, denoted by the leopard, of which Constantinople became the capital. The Tares (13:24-30) 5. 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