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Revelation uses many “signs,” or symbols, that are not to be understood literally. —Revelation 1:1. Many major entities and symbols in the book of Revelation are introduced earlier in the Bible: Jehovah —“the true God in the heavens” and Creator of all things. —Deuteronomy 4: 39; Psalm 103:19; Revelation 4: 11; 15:3.

A Revelation to John 17:1-18 17 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls + came and said to me: “Come, I will show you the judgment on the great prostitute who sits on many waters, + 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, * + and earth’s inhabitants were made drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality ...

A Revelation to John 22:1-21 22 And he showed me a river of water of life, + clear as crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb + 2 down the middle of its main street. On both sides of the river were trees of life producing 12 crops of fruit, yielding their fruit each month.

A Revelation to John 21:1-27 21 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; + for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, + and the sea + is no more. 2 I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God + and prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. + 3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say ...

13 The book of Revelation informs us that God’s people would be persecuted in our day —“the Lord’s day.” Revelation chapter 12 mentions that war breaks out in heaven immediately following the birth of God’s Kingdom.

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As Revelation 20:11-13 shows, who will benefit from the Thousand Year Reign? 17 Who will benefit from these wonderful provisions? First of all, the great crowd of Armageddon survivors, along with any children who may be born in the new world. But Revelation chapter 20 also promises that the dead will be resurrected. (Read Revelation 20:11-13.)

(Revelation 13: 1, 17, 18) This beast is a symbol of the worldwide political system, which rules over “every tribe and people and tongue and nation.” ( Revelation 13:7 ) The name 666 identifies the political system as a gross failure in God’s sight.

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