Questions tagged [revelation]
The book of Revelation is the last book of the canonical New Testament. (This tag is NOT for questions about the revelation of God's will/plan/instruction in general).
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Are the souls of Revelation 6:9-11 awake and, yet, still awaiting the resurrection?
Revelation 6:9-11 (NASB):
9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they ...
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Was there precedent for John to link the satan and the serpent?
In Revelation 20:2, John links the satan and the serpent:
He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
A couple preliminary questions: ...
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What is Babylon refering to in the New Testament?
In the New Testament the city of Babylon is mentioned a few times. Notably in the book of Revelation:
6Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the
eternal gospel to proclaim to those ...
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Who is being described in Rev. 13:11-12 and in what context do we understand the verses?"
In Rev. 13:11 it says,
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two
horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before ...
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In Revelation 20:14, what is meant by "Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire"?
In Revelation 20:14 (ESV) we read:
"Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the
second death, the lake of fire."
The concept of "fire" is used multiple times in the New ...
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Who/what are the two witnesses in Revelation 11?
In Revelation 11:3-12, God says he will appoint his two witnesses - "two olive trees", "two lampstands" - as prophets for 1260 days. They end up being overpowered and killed by the beast, seemingly in ...
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Was the Revelation written in code to hide it from the Romans?
Several years ago I was intrigued with the Revelation, and began a study. Of particular interest to me was the use of symbolism. Within that study the symbolism became understandable in relation to ...
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Who are the "kings of the earth"?
In the book of Revelation, it sometimes seems like the term "kings of the earth” is used to refer to the chosen ones, but in other verses it looks like they are the damned ones.
The chosen ones:
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In Colossians 1:15, what does “firstborn of every creature” mean?
I was studying passages on the Bible about Jesus and its origin. One verse is, to me, somewhat hard to understand (Colossians 1:15, in King James version):
Who is the image of the invisible God, the ...
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What is the original Number of the Beast?
Seems trivial question, because 666 had been widely accepted as the original. However if you investigate further different early versions of the Book of Revelation, they gave different Numbers of the ...
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Why does Revelation 8:1 use ὅταν instead of ὅτε?
I do not know Greek, so hopefully I am not just embarrassing myself with this question; but here goes.
For the first six seals in Revelation, John introduces them using ὅτε:
1 - Καὶ εἶδον ὅτε ...
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Which beast does the number 666 represent
16 It also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the ...
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Why doesn't the Father know the Name which was written?
Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His ...
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Revelation: Before or after AD70?
My question is about how the Book of Revelation is dated. Some say it was written before the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, and others say it was written later (maybe around AD 96.)
Obviously the ...
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Who are the morning stars in Job 38:7?
In Job 38:7 (ESV), Jehovah claims that the cornerstone of the earth was laid
when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy
implying that the morning stars were living ...
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