![]() What are we to understand by the book which John saw, which was asealed on the back with seven seals? A. We are to understand that these elders whom John saw, were elders who had been bfaithful in the work of the ministry and were dead who belonged to the cseven churches, and were then in the paradise of God.Ħ Q. What are we to understand by the four and twenty aelders, spoken of by John? A. ![]() ![]() Their eyes are a representation of light and knowledge, that is, they are full of cknowledge and their wings are a drepresentation of epower, to move, to act, etc.ĥ Q. What are we to understand by the aeyes and bwings, which the beasts had? A. They are limited to four individual beasts, which were shown to John, to represent the glory of the classes of beings in their destined border or csphere of creation, in the enjoyment of their deternal efelicity.Ĥ Q. Are the four beasts limited to individual beasts, or do they represent classes or aorders? A. They are afigurative expressions, used by the Revelator, John, in describing bheaven, the cparadise of God, the dhappiness of man, and of beasts, and of creeping things, and of the fowls of the air that which is spiritual being in the likeness of that which is temporal and that which is temporal in the likeness of that which is spiritual the espirit of man in the likeness of his person, as also the spirit of the fbeast, and every other creature which God has created.ģ Q. What are we to understand by the four beasts, spoken of in the same verse? A. It is the bearth, in its csanctified, dimmortal, and eeternal state.Ģ Q. What is the asea of glass spoken of by John, 4th chapter, and 6th verse of the Revelation? A.
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