3 For the authorities do not strike fear in people who are doing right, but in those who are doing wrong. Satan here also is but a servant of God. ., connecting the empire with the dragon of 12 and stamping it as Satanic (cf. We have the interpretation in Jeremiah 13:23,"Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard (panther) his spots? The distress which Judah was brought into by the policy of Jeroboam, 2 Chronicles 13:13,14. Daily Bible Study Questions for Gospel of John Chapter 13 Day One. Faith, hope, charity. To the beast formed after this manner the dragon gives his power, and his throne, and great authority. 2 Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd stood along the shore. Chapter 13. It was the great red monster of chapter twelve who initially had the seven heads and the ten horns. Lift you up a banner on the high mountain, exalt the voice to them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. (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. The orthography of the name should be the orthography of good authority and use. The two Beasts of our chapter are in the end seen to be two devil-inspired men. But the name of Mohammed, in the Greek form, as. The dragon is a name applied to Satan, only when the Old Testament description of the earthly world-power is transferred to him. 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." If ye try your own selves ye will see that Christ is in you (Romans 8:10). The ten crowns, or diadems, on the ten horns symbolized the royalty and rank that belonged to the ten kings of the tributary kingdoms, and the great universal power of the ten-kingdom empire. The wild beast from the abyss in chapter 17 has the same. In other words, I have no wish that you should distress yourselves to set others at ease. It was repeated because it was important. In Daniel, these animals represented three kingdoms that previously ruled the world. Not only is the sovereign power itself of God, but its abuse also is of him, when turned to lawless conquest or to the cruel persecution of the church, which requires to be chastised for her sins, exercised under the cross, perfected through sufferings, and prepared for her destiny. Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain . 1. 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. The “groove”, or Asherah, is frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. 13:3: Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? By the dragon, we are to understand that old serpent, called the devil and Satan, Revelation 12:9 and Revelation 20:2. Similarly Jesus Christ receives these things from His Father. 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 reader will remember the wild beasts which in vision hindered Dante when he sought to ascend the “pleasant mount”—the “cause and source of all delight.” The leopard, the lion, the wolf were symbols of luxuriousness, cruel ambition, and hungry and heartless avarice, which oppose men and nations when they seek the Holy Hill, where the light of God ever rests. In its main bulk, in all excepting the head and feet, the beast resembles a panther. This description links the wild beast with those in Daniel chapter 7, with the idea that this wild beast combines in itself all the power, might and glory of those kingdoms. 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. 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. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. given by some commentators, has no authority, and, after a thorough investigation by scholars, is shown to be spurious. Bible > 2 Corinthians > Chapter 8 > Verse 13 ... Verse 13. there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 15 But the Lord answered him and said, 'Hypocrites! Christianity gave its idolatry the deadly wound: and in it were the seven churches of Asia, to which Revelation is addressed. They might represent the power of Rome, but that is not enough to meet the necessities of the case with which we deal. { Daniel 7:19-23} Thirdly. The Roman See--in Latin, a seat of power and authority-- was derived from the dragon, who gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. The seven heads are also the seven mountains on which Rome is established. 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. Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible. Compare Daniel 8:24. The distinction between land and sea, in these designations of the two beasts, is simply that the land in the vision stood for Palestine, and the sea for Rome, separated from Palestine by the sea, and symbolized as universal in sway. Zechariah 13:2. "The fact that the leopard of Greece, the bear of Medo-Persia, and the lion of old Babylon ( Daniel 7) are all seen in this Beast, shows how all-inclusive of human things will be his character; he sums up all the brilliancy (Greece), all of the massive ponderousness of power (Persia), all of the absolute autocratic royal dominion (Babylon), that the Gentiles have ever known." 14 Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked at both front and rear. . The dragon of chap. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 13:4 Revelation 17:10 at once affords us the point from which to start. Revelation 17:7. 3. So are the Popes in the exercise of their anti-Christian power and dominion over all in their kingdom. In attacking, the bear uses especially his fore-paws; while with the lion it is the mouth which especially inspires terror. Here then in chapter 13 we have the wild beast as Rome. 1. The being from the abyss (Revelation 17:8); the "another". 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. And the beast which I saw, was like a panther, and his feet as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. Significantly that earthly empire will know a cessation and a recommencement so that the final empire is not necessarily Rome although it was Rome in its commencement. It is rather the essence of that power as it appears to a certain extent in each form. Daniel 8:1-27; Daniel 11:1-45 imply, from it shall come Israel's Antichrist. At the close of this period, the seventieth week of Daniel, the Beast and his coadjutor in evil go "into perdition," i.e., the lake of fire. Obedience in Authority. 13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Kings chapter 13 summary began with King Joash of Judah and King Jehoahaz of Samaria (Israel). 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. all scholars allow to be unexceptionable in this respect. 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. List 7 examples of Jesus' foreknowledge of future events demonstrated in the Gospel of John Chapter 13. “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. They are now accepted by the beast at the expense of becoming the dragon’s slave and sharing its fate. Hebrews 13:1-2 > NIV KJV ESV NKJV. In this verse an angel warns Joseph that he must flee. And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? a 2 Therefore, whoever resists authority opposes what God has appointed, and those who oppose it will bring judgment upon themselves. There we are informed that five are fallen and ‘one is,’ i.e ‘is’ at the time when St. John lived and wrote. This should be your first aim, rather than seeking "a proof of Christ speaking in me" (2 Corinthians 13:3). Jeremiah 51:58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. 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.” Several have sought to explain the fact of John's confining himself to the three first beasts, on the supposition, that even in Daniel the fourth beast is composed of the peculiar features of the three first; so that the beast in John would thus be an exact image of the fourth beast in Daniel. A wild beast rises out of the sea, to whom the dragon gives his power. 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. They were not all persecutors: under some of them the Church enjoyed peace. The lion, in fine, is the symbol of Dioclesian, who was cruel and vehement against Christians. 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. 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 great authority.—It is through this succession of world-powers that the dragon carries on his war. Bossuet, bishop of Meaux, observes in the emperors Maximian Herculeus, Galerius Maximin, and Dioclesian, the distinguishing characters of these three animals. Love. .—The wild beast combined the features of three wild animals: the leopard, the bear, the lion. 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. The visions are not symbolic of the city of Rome. 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… [Note that the same Roman government could serve both God and Satan. Moreover, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land. These two last-mentioned powers are often named together in the Old Testament as enemies of God’s people, ‘I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria’ (Zechariah 10:10); ‘and it shall come to pass in that day, that they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem’ (Isaiah 27:13). App-172.1; Revelation 176:1. Isaiah 10:32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. Chapter 13 1 And Abram came up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that was his, and Lot with him, to the south. Revelation 13:2. Menachem (Machbereth Menachem p. 99), however, classified it [טוֹטָפֹת] with “Speak (הַטֵף) to the south” (Ezek. See KNOLLYS: Revelation 17:10 See KNOLLYS: Revelation 17:11. rending and tearing in pieces all that he takes for his prey. Revelation 13:2. In Septuagint it occurs Jeremiah 5:6; Jeremiah 13:23. The source of his kingship is revealed by John to be Satanic (compare Revelation 2:13 see 1 Corinthians 10:20-21). This links it specifically with the red monster. We see Rome symbolized in the “seven heads and ten horns.” Yet read what Paul says in Romans 13:1-7.]. Need for Watchfulness. We learn from Revelation 13:7 of this chapter, and from its fourfold division of ‘tribe and people and tongue and nation,’ that he actually does so. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. 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. 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! и дал ему дракон силу свою См. In the passage before us also the power and authority which is given by Satan, is not an independent, but a derived one,—one that comes from hell, but, at the same time, descends from heaven ; as the angel of the abyss in ch. 1. In this chapter the apostle threatens to be severe against obstinate sinners, and assigns the reason thereof (2 Corinthians 13:1-6); then he makes a suitable prayer to God on the behalf of the Corinthians, with the reasons inducing him thereto (2 Corinthians 13:7-10), and concludes his epistle with a valediction and a benediction, 2 Corinthians 13:11-14. Greek. Such a symbolism would be appropriate to represent the attitude of Pagan Rome against Christianity. These chiefs of the apostasies in the closing days are consigned alive to their eternal doom (Revelation 19:20). Here we have the description of … (See Notes on Revelation 11:16 and Revelation 4:4.). 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. But, as we must exclude all consideration of the ten horns, there remains but one way of explaining the deviation from the order in Daniel; which is, that if it had been retained, one would very naturally have supposed that the particular elements in the composite beast, like the different beasts in Daniel, indicated definite phases of the power of the world in the order here mentioned. . * 1 Let every person be subordinate to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been established by God. New Testament. Rev 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 leopard represents Maximian, a changeable, restless and cruel prince. Leviticus Rainbow Missions, Inc., Rainbow Missions, Inc.; revision of the American Standard Version of 1901, Ed. 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. 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." 7:14). It is to be remembered, too, that the description given us of the power of the beast is a mocking caricature of the power of Christ, and His rule is universal. The bear figures Galerius Maximin, a man from the north of cruel and brutal disposition, terrible mein, and gigantic stature. 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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. And at once she straightened up, and she glorified God. He represents all empires. Yet it is not identical with the world-power in any one of its seven single and successive forms. 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. In this respect it is really the ‘Little Horn’ of Daniel 7:8, before which ‘there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots,’ in order that it might take their place. 2. 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. That they may go into the gates of the nobles, Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural, A flag, a sail, a flagstaff, a signal, a token, Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular, Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural, Preposition | third person masculine plural, Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural, Voluntary, generous, magnanimous, a grandee, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Isaiah 13:2 Set up a banner on the bare (Isa Isi Is). a 2 Therefore, whoever resists authority opposes what God has appointed, and those who oppose it will bring judgment upon themselves. Lueken, 22 f.; Weinel, 11–12), as a weird and wild messiah of the devil on earth. Isaiah 45:1-3 Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; …. 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. 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. The objects represented by the heads of the beast must be kingdoms, not personal kings like the Emperors of Rome. Hosea 13:7. We have thus six of the ‘heads,’—Egypt, Assyria, Chaldaea, Persia, Greece, Rome,—all of which had successively been opponents and persecutors of the Church of God. The dragon gave the beast his power, his seat, and great authority. пояснение к ст. in the midst of a God-defying scene, and unlimited authority on the earth make up the awful picture here presented. App-172. The panther cannot, as Vitringa supposes, denote "nations of different languages and manners," on account of its spotted appearance; nor can it, as Bossuet conceives, be "the symbol of instability;" for everywhere in Scripture, when the panther is spoken of, respect is had only to its terrible and savage energy—see Habakkuk 1:8; Hosea 13:7; Isaiah 11:6. Antichrist will derive his power and position from Satan (cf. 5. And this, even apart from the passage before us, cannot be understood otherwise than as importing that Satan only promised what he was able in certain circumstances to secure. There will not be one stone left upon another that will not be thrown down.” The Signs of the End. Revelation 12:3. a. The Explanation of the Sower (13:18-23) 4. 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. Hence the combination of traits from Daniel’s four beasts: general appearance that of a fierce panther, feet like a bear’s (i.e., plantigrade), jaws like a lion’s (of devouring strength)—a Palestinian (Hosea 13:7-8) picture of a perfect beast of prey, raging and ravening, before whom the church, like Dryden’s milk-white Hind, “was often forced to fly, And doom’d to death, though fated not to die”.— . Finally, we may remark that, in so far as the power of Rome enters into the description, it can only be that of Pagan, not Christian, Rome. 1 [] On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. The bear cannot denote "steadfastness in purposes and undertakings;" for in Daniel the call is addressed to the bear, "Arise, devour much flesh." Revelation 17:10 to be seven ‘kings,’ Apart from this it may be observed that no seven Emperors of Rome can be a fitting representation of the whole world-power. .--Strictly speaking, a bare mountain. 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