Sickle of Truth

Revelation Chapter 16 Further Explanation of Symbols The Joshua account of the siege of Jericho contains other interesting symbolism’s. In one sense, the ark symbolizes God’s presence amidst His people, but in another sense the journeying ark and the priests carrying and accompanying it represent the transit of the Christ class from the wilderness state toward the house of rest above. The seven priests who blew the trumpets correspond to the seven individual messengers to the Church (Rev. 1:20), but…

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Revelation Chapter 16 Joshua and the Conquest of Jericho “And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rear-ward [the rear-ward, the unarmed host—the people] came after the ark of the Lord, the priests going on, and blowing with the…

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Revelation Chapter 16 Verse 21 continued “And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.” “Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail.” During the anarchy the masses will not fully realize what is happening—what the judgment is all about —although they will know that the events are without parallel…

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Revelation Chapter 16 Verse 21: And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. Rendered from the Greek, this passage should read: “There fell upon the men [that is, the worshipers of the beast and its image—Verse 2] a great hail out of heaven.” Water frequently represents truth. The truth (Verse 21)…

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Revelation Chapter 16 Samson and the Temple of Dagon The story of Samson, in regard to the destruction of the Temple of Dagon (a typical representation of mystical Babylon), illustrates how the religious systems uphold the social and civil order. When Samson pulled down the pillars, the religious structure fell, killing the Philistine leadership or lords and many others (Judg. 16:21–30). The destruction of the house of worship precipitated the downfall of the Philistine nation, which had harassed the Jewish…

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