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Generally, living beings within God’s creation, especially the exotic animals seen in visions, which often have a deep symbolic significance.
Eze 1:5-6; Rev 4:6-8 The strange creatures of Ezekiel and Revelation seem to stand for the fulness and variety of God’s creation. See also Eze 1:7-25; Eze 3:12-13; Eze 10:15-22 The creatures are here identified as cherubim; Rev 4:9-11; Rev 5:6-14; Rev 6:1-3,5-6; Rev 7:11; Rev 14:3; Rev 15:7; Rev 19:4
Da 7:17; Da 8:20-21 The “beasts” here are unnatural, and represent the hostility of human empires to the rule of God. The horns represent individual kings within an imperial dynasty.
1469 | visions |
1670 | symbols |
4110 | angels |
4150 | cherubim |
4603 | animals |
4609 | beast, the |
9105 | last things |