Babes - "Our Saviour rejoiced in spirit and offered thanks to God as He thought of how the value of truth, though hidden from the wise and prudent, is revealed to babes - those who realize their weakness and feel their dependence on Him." EV 333

Babylon - "...that richest of all earthly kingdoms...." PK 501

Babylon – "The term "Babylon" is derived from "Babel" and signifies confusion. It is employed in Scripture to designate the various forms of false or apostate religion." GC 381

Babylon- (fall of)- "Not until this condition (II Thess 2:9-11) shall be reached, the union of the church with the world shall be fully accomplished through-out Christendom, will the fall of Babylon be complete." GC 390

Babylon- "The fallen denominational churches are Babylon." TM 61

Babylon – "The churches, represented by Babylon, are represented as having fallen from their spiritual state to become a persecuting power against those who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. To John this persecuting power is represented as having horns like a lamb, but is speaking like a dragon..." TM 117

Balaam – "was once a good man and a prophet of God; but he had apostatized, and had given himself up to covetousness; yet still professed to be a servant of the Most High." PP 439 Balaam became a symbol for those who are willing to dabble with sorcery and are willing to sell themselves for the wages of unrighteousness. II Peter 2:15-16. Balaam is used in Revelation 2:14 as a symbol for those who attack God’s people and teach them to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. Balaam’s name is interesting for in Hebrew it means "not of the people, foreigner, or alien" rightfully indicating his relationship to God’s people. CO

Balance, False- "A false balance is a symbol of all unfair dealings, all devices to conceal selfishness and injustice under an appearance of fairness and equity." OHC 225

Bands – A device, or concept, that binds materials or men together, or to something, either willingly or unwillingly. CO

Rezon gathers a band of men to harass Solomon. I Kings 11:23-25

A band of soldiers assaulted Jesus. Matthew 26-28

Jews banded together to attack Paul. Acts 23:12,21

The Spirit of God loosed the bands of Samson. Judges 15:14

Baptism – A action that is a symbol that describes a change of life, a new life, or a testimony to God of an experience that has been life changing to the individual, church, or nation. Baptism usually indicates that water has been crossed, on dry land, or that the individual has had some kind of life changing experience with God symbolized by immersing in water, or dying to the old way of life, and resurrecting to a new way of life. CO

Baptism – "Baptism is a most sacred and important ordinance, and there should be a through understanding as to it’s meaning. It means repentance for sin, and the entrance upon a new life in Christ Jesus." EV 309

Baptism – "Christ has made baptism the sign of entrance to His spiritual kingdom. He has made this a positive condition with which all must comply who wish to be acknowledged as under the authority of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit….Baptism is a most solemn renunciation of the world. Those who are baptized in the threefold name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, at the very entrance of their Christian life declare publicly that they have forsaken the service of Satan, and have become members of the royal family, children of the heavenly King." EV 307

Barabbas - Fathers Son - Youngs Concordance

Barabbas - An individual who was the symbol of Anti-Christ in Jesus' day and who was a type of Babylon for the last days. CO

Barabbas was the representative of Satan. DA 739

Claimed to be the Messiah. DA 733

Claimed authority to establish a different order of things. DA 733

Claimed to be able to set the world right. DA 733

Had done wonderful things through Satanic agencies. DA 733

Had gained a following among the people. DA 733

Had excited sedition against the Roman government. DA 733

The people chose Barabbas over Jesus. DA 738-739

Barren – A state of being with no fruit or no children. CO

Barren – 7 Examples in the Bible.

Sarah – Genesis 11:30; 16:1-2; 18:1-15 Mother of Isaac

Rebeccah – Genesis 25:20-23 – Mother of Jacob and Esau

Wife of Manoah – Judges 13 – Mother of Samson

Hannah – I Samuel 1:1-3:19 – Mother of Samuel

Elizabeth – Luke 1:7-80 – Mother of John the Baptist

Bear – A large carnivorous animal, also used as a symbol of judgment. One of a list destroying beasts. CO

David’s ferocity as a fighter compared to a bear. II Samuel 17:8

Elisha uses a bear to accomplish judgment. II Kings 2:23-24

Beast - Description of the creatures that God made on the 5th and 6th days of creation and the many ways the God uses them to express His thoughts.

God brought forth the beasts from the earth. Genesis 1:24-25

The green herb was the food for the beasts. Genesis 1:30

Adam named all the beasts. Genesis 2:19-20

The serpent was the most subtil of the beasts. Genesis 3:1

Because of its involvement in the fall the serpent was the cursed. Genesis 3:14

God differentiated the clean and unclean beasts. Genesis 7:2; Leviticus 11; Deuteronomy 14

God differentiated the cattle from the beasts, fowl, and creeping thing. Genesis 7:14,21

God allowed man to eat animals after the flood. Not to eat flesh with the blood, or fat. Genesis 9:2-4; Leviticus 7:22-27

God requires the life of any beast that kills man. Genesis 9:5

Jacob’s brothers lie about a beast and blame it falsely for killing Joseph. Killing a man is a crime worthy of death. Genesis 9:5-6; 37:20,33

God identifies man and beast together. Lice on man and beast, the death of the firstborn, the sanctifying, the threat of death if they touch Mt. Sinai, etc. Exodus 8:17-18; 12:12; 13:2,12,15; 19:13; Psalms 36:6; Jeremiah 31:27; Jonah 3:8-9

Any sexual contact with a beast and the human and the beast should both die. Exodus 22:19; Leviticus 18:23; 20:15-16; Deuteronomy 27:21

Touching a dead beast makes you ceremonially unclean. Leviticus 5:22

Do not make a graven image of a beast. Deuteronomy 4:17; Exodus 20:4

If you kill a beast you must make restitution. Leviticus 24:18,21

Man, when foolish, ignorant, and non-converted, is likened to a beast. Psalms 73:22; Ecclesiastes 3:18

The righteous man regards the life of his beast but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Proverbs 12:10

In heaven there is no ravenous beast. Isaiah 35:1-10

Absence of beasts is a sign of desolation. Jeremiah 33:9-12; 36:29; Ezekiel 14:12-21; 25:13; 29:8

God's flock (His church) falls prey to the beast (non-converted people) because there was no shepherd. Ezekiel 34:7-9

Beast of the field equated with the heathen. Ezekiel 34:28

Beast of the bottomless pit. Revelation 11:7 See Beast of Bottomless Pit - Atheistic France.

Composite beast. Revelation 13:1-10. See Beast Leopard like - the Papacy.

Two horned beast. Revelation 13:11-18. See Beast two horned lamb-like - The United States.

Image to the beast. Revelation 13:14-18. See Beast - image to - Apostate Protestantism in union with the United States.

Beast that was and is not - Resurrected Papacy. CO.

God's people must be alert and not have any carnal or spiritual connection to the beast. Revelation 14:9-11; 15:2; 20:4

God wars against the beast. Revelation 19:19-20; 16:2,10

Beasts - Beasts are used to communicate many different issues. Listed below is a summary of the various ways beasts are described.

To be a difference between clean and unclean beasts. Leviticus 20:22-26

Sign of judgment - beasts are suffering with man. Hosea 4:1-3; Joel 1:14-20

Sign of judgment - beasts are hurting man. Genesis 31:39; Deuteronomy 33:24; Hosea 2:12

Beasts are compared with unconverted men. Job 18:3; Psalms 49:12,20; Ecclesiastes 3:18; Ezekiel 31:6; Daniel 4:15-16; 7; Acts 10:9-20,28; 11:1-18; Titus 1:12; II Peter 2:12; Jude 10

God's people are equated with sheep that the wild beasts are attacking. Ezekiel 34:1-6

God's people to be a lion among beasts. Micah 5:7-8

God will eventually rid the earth of evil beasts. Leviticus 26:6

Job 5:22-23; Ezekiel 34:25; Hosea 2:18

Beasts are a cleansing agent. I Samuel 17:44,46; Jeremiah 16:4

Jesus in the wilderness 40 days, tempted of Satan, and with the wild beasts. Mark 1:13

4 Throne room beasts. Revelation 4:6-10. 1st - lion, 2nd - calf, 3rd man, 4th eagle. Full of eyes and have 6 wings. Intimately involved with God's plans, take part in the seals (chapter 6:1-7) and plagues (chapter 15:7) and are involved in 7 throne room scenes - chapter 4,5,6,7,14,15,19.

Beast – (Daniel 7:3) – "These great beasts, which are four, are four kings which shall arise out of the earth." Daniel 7:17

Lion like – Babylon 626-539 B.C. Daniel 7:4,12 & 2:38

Bear like – Medo-Persia 539-331 B.C. Daniel 7:5,17; 8:20

Leopard like – Greece 331-168 B.C. Daniel 7:6,17; 8:21

Beast - 7 heads=7mountains=7kings Revelation 17:3,9-11-

Egypt, Israel, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome-Pagan; Rome-Papal. See ED 179 - "The crown removed from Israel passed successively to the kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome." Israel received the crown from Egypt at the Exodus and Rome-Papal is the head that is resurrected in Revelation 17:11. CO

Beast - dragon - "The line of prophecy in which these symbols are found begins with Revelation 12, with the dragon that sought to destroy Christ at His birth. The dragon is said to be Satan (Revelation 12:9); he it was that moved upon Herod to put the Saviour to death. But the chief agent of Satan in making war upon Christ and His people during the first centuries of the Christian Era was the Roman Empire, in which paganism was the prevailing religion. Thus while the dragon primarily, represents Satan, it is, in a secondary sense, a symbol of pagan Rome." GC 438

Beast – Leopard like – Revelation 13:1-10 – "In chapter 13 (Revelation 13:1-10) is described another beast, "like unto a leopard," to which the dragon gave "his power, and his seat, and great authority." This symbol, as most Protestants have believed, represents the Papacy, which succeeded to the power and seat and authority once by the ancient Roman Empire. "Quoting Revelation 13:5,6" This prophecy, which is nearly identical with the description of the little horn of Daniel 7, unquestionably points to the Papacy." GC 439

Beast – little horn of Daniel 7:8,20-25 – identifying marks:

The little horn is a kingdom not a person. Daniel 7:24

The little horn comes up after Rome in 476 A.D. Daniel 7:23-24

The little horn will be a different kind of kingdom. Daniel 7:24

The little horn will speak against the Most High. Daniel 7:25

The little horn will persecute the saints. Daniel 7:21,25

The little horn will think to change God’s time. Daniel 7:25

The little horn will think to change God’s laws. Daniel 7:25

The little horn casts down heavenly personages. Daniel 8:10

Beast – "It was apostasy that led the early church to seek the aid of the civil government, and this prepared the way for the development of the papacy – the beast." GC 443

Beast- (Rev 13)- "The beast itself – the papacy." GC 443

Beast – "The beast" mentioned in this message, (Revelation 13:12-17) whose worship is enforced by the two-horned beast, is the first, or leopard-like beast of Revelation 13 – the papacy." GC 445

Beast – two horned – "The churches, represented by Babylon, are represented as having fallen from their spiritual state to become a persecuting power against those who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. To John this persecuting power is represented as having horns like a lamb, but is speaking like a dragon..." TM 117

Beast – two horned – "Prophecy represents Protestantism as having lamb-like horns, but speaking like a dragon…." 7BC 975

Beast – two horned lamb like of Revelation 13:11-17 – "At this point another symbol is introduced. Says the prophet: "I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb." Verse 11. Both the appearance of this beast and the manner of its rise indicate that the nation, which it represents, is unlike those presented under the preceding symbols. But the beast with lamb-like horns was seen "coming up out of the earth." Instead of overthrowing other powers to establish itself, the nation thus represented must arise in territory previously unoccupied and grow up gradually and peacefully. It could not, then, arise among the crowed and struggling nationalities of the Old World – that turbulent sea of "people, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues." It must be sought in the Western Continent.

What nation of the New World was in 1798 rising into power, giving promise of strength and greatness, and attracting the attention of the world? The application of the symbol admits of no question. One nation, and only one, meets the specifications of this prophecy; it points unmistakably to the United States of America." GC 439-440

Beast – from the bottomless pit – "The period when the two witnesses were to prophesy clothed in sackcloth, ended in 1798. As they were approaching the termination of their work in obscurity, war was to be made upon them by the power represented as "the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit."(Revelation 11:1-8) In many of the nations of Europe the powers that ruled in church and state had for centuries been controlled by Satan through the medium of the papacy. But here is brought to view a new manifestation of satanic power….

"The great city" in whose streets the witnesses are slain, and where their dead bodies lie, is "spiritually" Egypt. Of all nations presented in Bible history, Egypt most boldly denied the existence of the living God and resisted His commands. No monarch ever ventured upon more open and highhanded rebellion against the authority of Heaven than did the king of Egypt….This is atheism, and the nation represented by Egypt would give voice to a similar denial of the claims of the living God and would manifest a like spirit of unbelief and defiance….

According to the words of the prophet, then, a little before the year 1798 some power of satanic origin and character would rise to make war upon the Bible. And in the land where the testimony of God’s two witnesses should thus be silence, there would be manifest the atheism of the Pharaoh and the licentiousness of Sodom. This prophecy has received a most exact and striking fulfillment in the history of France." GC 268-269. See also GC 584

Beast -Wound – Papal – "Power was given unto him to continue forty and two months." And, says the prophet, "I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death." And again: "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword." The forty and two months are the same as the "time and times and the dividing of time," three years and a half, or 1260 days, of Daniel 7—the time during which the papal power was to oppress God’s people. This period, as stated in preceding chapters, began with the supremacy of the papacy, A.D. 538, and terminated in 1798. At that time the pope was made captive by the French army, the papal power received its deadly wound, and the prediction was fulfilled, "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity." (Revelation 13:10) GC 439

Beast -Wound – "For fifteen hundred years and more, Rome had kept as strong a hand as possible in each local community around the wide world. Still, because what might be advantageous for one locale might be detrimental for another, it had always been an essential practice for Rome to make its major decisions on the premise that the good of the geocommunity must take precedence over all local advantages. International politics might be driven and regulated according to the benefit to be derived by certain groups or nations at the cost of others. But geopolitics properly conducted must serve the absolute needs of the whole society of nations.

By and large, and admitting some exceptions, that had been the Roman view until two hundred years of inactivity had been imposed on the papacy by the major secular powers of the world. The Keys of this Blood by Malachi Martin. 1990 Touchstone. New York

Beast -Wound healing – "It has been shown that the United States is the power represented by the beast with lamblike horns, and that this prophecy (Revelation 13:11-16) will be fulfilled when the United States shall enforce Sunday observance, which Rome claims as the special acknowledgment of her supremacy. But in this homage to the papacy the United States will not be alone. The influence of Rome in the countries that once acknowledged her dominion is still far from being destroyed. And prophecy foretells a restoration of her power (or healing of her wound of influence and power. CO) Revelation 13:3 quoted. The infliction of the deadly wound points to the downfall of the papacy in 1798. After this, says the prophet, "his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast." Paul states plainly that the "man of sin" will continue until the Second Advent. II Thessalonians….In both the Old and the New World, the papacy will receive homage in the honor paid to the Sunday institution, that rests solely upon the authority of the Roman Church….And let it be remembered, it is the boast of Rome that she never changes. The principles of Gregory VII and Innocent III are still the principles of the Roman Catholic Church. And had she but the power, she would put them in practice with as much vigor now as in past centuries. Protestants little know what they are doing when they propose to accept the aid of Rome in the work of Sunday exaltation. While they are bent upon the accomplishment of their purpose, Rome is aiming to re-establish her power, to recover her lost supremacy. Let the principle once be established in the United States that the church may employ or control the power of the state; that religious observances may be enforced by secular laws; in short, that the authority of church and state is to dominate the conscience, and the triumph of Rome in this country is assured. GC 579-581

Beast – image of- (Rev 13)- "When the leading churches of the United States, uniting upon such points of doctrine as are held by them in common, shall influence the state to enforce their decrees and to sustain their institutions, then Protestant America will have formed an image to the Roman hierarchy, and the infliction of civil penalties upon dissenters will inevitably result." GC 443, 445

Beast – image to – "The "image to the beast" represents that form of apostate Protestantism which will be developed when the Protestant churches shall seek the aid of the civil power for the enforcement of their dogmas." GC 445. See papacy.

Bible study – principles of – When studying the Bible please take into consideration the following brief list of concepts that will facilitate your research:

1. God wants to communicate with you. Isaiah 1:18; 2:3; 28:9-13

2. God has chosen to communicate with us through His word. Isaiah 8:20; II Timothy 3:14-17

3. God will illuminate our minds through the study of His word when we seek Him in prayer before our study. Bible study requires supernatural assistance. John 14:16-17,23-26; I Corinthians 2:7-14; GC 132, 599

4. God’s word is built on logical principles; amplified by the principles observed in nature. Matthew 13:1-52; Romans 1:20; Hebrews 6:1

5. The Bible reveals the nature of God; how He thinks, how He acts, and how He feels. Romans 1:20
6. The Bible tells the same truths from Genesis to Revelation for God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews 13:8
7. The Bible defines it’s own terms and concepts. GC 173
8. When studying the Bible any text that you do not understand is to be compared with all other similar verses to allow the Bible to answer the question at hand. GC 320
9. All the books of the Bible meet and end in Revelation. AA 585
10. Jesus is the central subject of the Bible and prophecy. John 16:7-14; PP 367
11. Israel in the Bible is to be understood today as referring to the Christian church. I Peter 2:2-9; Galatians 6:16; Ephesians 2;12,19; Hebrews 12:22; PP 447. See Israel.
12. The Bible is to be first understood literally unless some symbol is used in a prophetic setting. GC 599, 320
13. All Bible stories are to be first understood literally and then can be assessed for type and antitype application. CO
14. It is our duty to learn from the Bible what is truth and duty and then to seek to come into harmony with that truth through His power. II Timothy 2:15; II Timothy 3:15-17; GC 598
15. Each soul is to study the Bible for himself; we are not to obtain truth through the medium of another person’s mind. DA 390
16. All truth, whether in nature or in revelation, is consistent with itself in all its manifestations." PP 114, GC 319
17. The truths in the Bible are generally scattered throughout the Bible and must be studied by comparing all texts, and concepts, until you get the whole picture. Isaiah 28:9-10, 13

Birds – God uses bird in a more spiritual symbolic way for peoples than the word fowl. CO

A symbol of groups of people. Hosea 11:5-12

False Christians and false prophets. Jeremiah 5:25-31

Heritage of God is like a taloned bird. Jeremiah 12:9

Metaphor to use to escape the captors snare. Psalms 124:7

Nation, or church, from the east. Isaiah 46:11

Souls of God’s kingdom. Matthew 13:31-32

See cage of birds.

See fowl.

Birth, New- "The new birth consists in having new motives, new tastes, new tendencies." R&H April 12, 1892

Birth, New- The power of the Holy Spirit transforms the entire man. This change constitutes the new birth." 2 SP 128

Bitterness – A foolish son. Proverbs 17:25

Affliction of Israel. II Kings 14:26

Association with the strange woman. Proverbs 5:3-4

Babylon. Habakkuk 1:6

Bitter words. Psalms 64:3

Envying and strife in your heart. James 3:14

Israel’s false doctrine. Deuteronomy 32:32-33

Moral confusion. Isaiah 5:20

Blaspheme - Speaking or doing anything aginst any quality of God. To speak evil, or falsely, of a person or a thing.

People who are connected to God can blaspheme by not living according to His commandments. They also give God's enemies material to blaspheme God's name. Psalms 74:10,18; Isaiah 52:1- 5; Ezekiel 20:27; 35:1-15

Examples of blasphemy:

By worshipping idols. Isaiah 65:1-7

By disobeying God. Isaiah 65:1-7

By attributing the works of the Holy Spirit to Satan. Matthew 12:22-32; Mark 3:27-30; Luke 12:10

By dishonoring you master and your poor work give occasion for the name and doctrine of God to be spoken of negatively. I Timothy 6:1

Indiscreet behavior by women, or men, who claim to be Christians. Titus 2:3-5

To claim to be the Son of God, or a son of God, when you are not. John 10:30-36; Matthew 26:63-65; Revelation 2:9

To claim to be able to forgive sins when you cannot, or should not. Matthew 9:1-6; Mark 2:5-12; Luke 5:20-26

To speak falsely about God. II KIngs 19:6-22; Acts 18:5-6; 13:45; Luke 22:63-65

Men in the last days will defile themselves by blaspheming God. II Timothy 3:2; Matthew 15:18-20

The dragon and the beast and the false prophet all blaspheme against God, His name, His tabernacle, and against them that dwell in heaven. Revelation 13:1-6,11; Genesis 3:1-5; 16:13-14; 17:3

Satan's followers blapheme God during the plagues. Revelation 16:9,11,21

God can redeem even the worst blasphemer if they want it. Acts 26:9-11; I Timothy 1:13; Acts 9

Blasphemy- "…to charge God with an evil deed that we have done ourselves." 3T 136

Blind – A state of physical or spiritual darkness where light is not grasped or welcomed. (John 12:34-50) CO

Negatives re. Blindness:

God makes the blind. Exodus 4:11

Positives re. Blindness:

The words of God’s book open the eyes of the blind. Isaiah 29:18

Blind- "The anxious, burdened seekers for worldly gain are blind and insane." 3T 250

Blindness - "It is not God that blinds the eyes of men or hardens their hearts. He sends them light to correct their errors, and to lead them in safe paths; it is by the rejection of this light that the eyes are blinded and the heart hardened. Often the process is gradual, and almost imperceptible. Light comes to the soul through God's word, through His servants, or by the direct agency of His Spirit; but when one ray of light is disregarded, there is a partial benumbing of the spiritual perceptions, and the second revealing of light is less clearly discerned. So the darkness increases, until it is night in the soul. Thus it had been with these Jewish leaders. They were convinced that a divine power attended Christ, but in order to resist the truth, they attributed the work of the Holy Spirit to Satan. In doing this they deliberately chose deception; they yielded themselves to Satan, and henceforth they were controlled by His power." DA 322-323

Blossoms- "Faith, patience, forbearance, heavenly-mindedness, trust in your wise, heavenly Father, are the perfect blossoms which mature amidst clouds and disappointments and bereavements." 7 BC 934

Blot - out - A word in Hebrew that can mean to rub, to erase, to smooth, abolish, blot out, to wipe away. In Greek the word means to smear out, obliterate, and to wipe away. The way the Bible uses the word conveys the idea of removing a record of something. In the Bible the thought focuses on the idea of our sins being blotted out of the record books, our sins being blotted out, or our names being blotted out of the book of life. CO

Moses requests to be blotted out if Israel cannot be forgiven and God says that He will blot out whosoever has sinned against Him. Exodus 32:32-33

God desires to blot out the record of transgressions. Isaiah 44:22; 43:25; Acts 3:19; Colossians 2:14; Psalms 51:1,9

The righteous ask God not to blot out the transgressions of the wicked to remember their iniquities, to not cover their sins, let justice be served. Exodus 32:33; Jeremiah 18:23; Nehemiah 4:5; Psalms 69:28; 109:13-14

Jesus states that He that overcometh will not be blotted out of the book of life. Revelation 3:5

See Books.

Body – The church is the body of Christ. Colossians 1:18-24

Bondage- "Ruled by the spirit of evil" DA 466

Book - A device to communicate information or instruction and also to be a testimony about the opportunity to learn select information. CO

Book of Daniel. Daniel 12:4

Command to proclaim to the world. Revelation 10

Lion of tribe of Judah opens. Revelation 5

Sealed until the time of the end. Daniel 12:4

Book of death. EW 52,291, GC 661

Book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel 2:6-3:27

Book of Gad the seer. I Chronicles 29:29

Book of Iddo the seer. II Chronicles 9:29

Book of Isaiah. Isaiah 30:8-17

Book of Jasher. II Samuel 1:18; Joshua 10:13

Book of Jehu the son of Hanani. II Chronicles 20:34

Book of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 25:1-14; 36

Book of Life. Philippians 4:3

Adding to or taking away from prophecy will cause blotting out of your name. Revelation 22:18-19

He who overcomes will not be blotted out of. Revelation 3:5

Paul’s fellow laborers recorded in. Philippians 4:3

Those who worship the beast are not written in. Revelation 13:8; 17:8

Works recorded in. Revelation 20:12-15

Book of Moses. Luke 20:42

Book of Nahum. Nahum 1:1

Book of Nathan the prophet. I Chronicles 29:29

Book of Psalms. Luke 20:42

Book of Remembrance. Exodus 17:14; Malachi 3:16

Book of Revelation. Revelation 1:11

Book of Samuel. I Samuel 10:25

Book of Shemiah the prophet. II Chronicles 12:15

Book of the acts of Solomon. I Kings 11:41

Book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. I Kings 14:19

Book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. I Kings 14:29

Book of the chronicles of the kings of the Medes and Persians. Esther 2:21-23&6:1-11

Book of the covenant between God and Israel. Exodus 24:3-7

Book of the generations of Adam. Genesis 5:1

Book of the generations of Jesus Christ. Matthew 1:1

Book of the law. Deuteronomy 17:14-20

Blessings come from obedience to. II Kings 22&23; II Chronicles 34&35; Deuteronomy 30:1-10; II Chronicles 17; Nehemiah 8&9

Placed in the side of the ark. Deuteronomy 31:24-27

Book of the living. Psalms 69:18-28

Book of the Lord. Isaiah 34:16

Book of the prophets. Acts 7:42

Book of the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite. II Chronicles 9:29

Book of the record of the fathers. Ezra 4:15

Book of the wars of the Lord. Numbers 21:14

Books of magic destroyed. Acts 19:10-20

Qualities of the books

Anyone who adds to or takes from prophecy will cause blotting out. Revelation 22:18-19

Can be blotted out of. Exodus 32:32-33; Deuteronomy 9:18-27; Psalms 69:18-28; Revelation 3:5

Overcoming protects your listing. Revelation 3:5

Records our birth place and growth issues. Psalms 87:4-6

Records our exploits. Psalms 40:7-10

Records our physical qualities. Psalms 139:16

Records our wanderings and tears. Psalms 56:8

Righteous recorded in. Psalms 69:18-28

Will be delivered if your name is written in the book. Daniel 12:1

Works recorded in. Revelation 20:12-15

Worshipping the beast will exclude. Revelation 13:8; 17:8

Righteous written in heaven. Luke 10:20

Wicked written in the earth. Jeremiah 17:13

See Epistle.

Books - Daniel 7:10; Revelation 20:12 -"After the saints are changed are changed to immortality and caught up together with Jesus, after they receive their harps, their robes, and their crowns, and enter the city, Jesus and the saints sit in judgment. The books are opened - the book of life and the book of death. The book of life contains the good deeds of the saints; and the book of death contains the evil deeds of the wicked. These books are compared with the statute book, the Bible, and according to that men are judged. The saints, in unison with Jesus, pass their judgment upon the wicked dead." EW 52

Bottomless Pit – "That the expression "bottomless pit" represents the earth in a state of confusion and darkness is evident from other scriptures." GC 658

Bottomless Pit - The bottomless pit is a symbol for a set of circumstances that prohibits a nation, church, or philosophical system from being able to influence people. Arising from the bottomless pit means that an entity is now able to influence people where as before they were unable to. In Revelation 20:1-3 the Bible reports that Satan is thrown into the bottomless pit and bound for a thousand years. In GC 658 "Bottomless pit" is identified as "a state of confusion and darkness." "Here (Earth in its destroyed state) is to be the home of Satan with his evil angels for a thousand years. Limited to the earth, he will not have access to other worlds to tempt and annoy those who have never fallen. It is in this sense that he is bound: there are none remaining, upon whom he can exercise his power. He is wholly cut off from the work of deception and ruin which for so many centuries has been his sole delight." GC 659. During this period of time Satan is in the bottomless pit. Revelation 20:7-8 Satan is loosed, or he rises from the bottomless pit (see Revelation 9:1-2, 11; 11:7; 17:8). This loosing, or rising from the bottomless pit, means that he now has power, or access to people, to deceive or influence again. This is verified in Revelation 11:7. The beast that rises from the bottomless pit is Atheistic France, symbolized by Sodom and Egypt (See Beast from the Bottomless Pit). Atheism rises from the bottomless pit because she then (1798) had power to influence people since she had given the papacy a death wound. She would continue to influence people until the king of the north would overthrow her in Daniel 11:40-42. Then this beast would retreat to the bottomless pit of not being able to influence. This is also the case for the papacy in Revelation 17:8. She came up out of the bottomless pit because she could not influence people (see flooding and overflowing) while experiencing the death wound given her by France in 1798. When her wound is completely healed she will be able to arise out of the bottomless pit, like her lord, in Revelation 20:7-8, and will be able to influence, flood, persecute. CO.

Bound – Satan bound for 1000 years – "Here is to be the home of Satan with his evil angels for a thousand years. Limited to the earth, he will not have access to other worlds to tempt and annoy those who have never fallen. It is in this sense that he is bound: there are none remaining, upon whom he can exercise his power. He is wholly cut off from the work of deception and ruin which for so many centuries has been his sole delight." GC 659

Bow – In Hebrew the word for bow is "qesheth" which means "of bending" or bent. This word is used for the concept of rainbow and of the weapon bow of bow and arrows. In this definition the primary focus will be on the weapon – bow. In the Bible the primary purpose of the bow, other than the rainbow as a covenant sign, is as a weapon to shoot arrows with in either a physical battle or a spiritual battle. See also arrows as the weapon that the bow sends.

Branch – "Fire will come down from God out of heaven and devour them-burn them up root and branch. Satan is the root, and his children are the branches." EW 52

Branches - "Is the truth, the advanced truth we have received, producing in our hearts the fruits of patience, faith, hope, charity, and thus leaving its saving influence upon human minds, revealing that we are branches of the true Vine because we bear rich clusters of fruit?" EV 342-343

Branches - "Is the truth, the advanced truth we have received, producing in our hearts the fruits of patience, faith, hope, charity, and thus leaving its saving influence upon human minds, revealing that we are branches of the true Vine because we bear rich clusters of fruit?" EV 342-343

Brass – A hard metal used for various sanctuary articles, for various tools and bowls for ordinary work activities, and for war weapons. Used as a symbol of strength and hardness.

Strength to deliver. Psalms 107:16

Symbol of strength. Micah 4:13; Jeremiah 1:17-19;

Third kingdom of Daniel 2 made of brass. Daniel 2:32-45

Workers of brass. II Chronicles 24:1-13; Genesis 4:22

Breach – "…but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit." Proverbs 15:4

Breach- Isa 30:12-13 & Isa. 58:12- "Therefore the iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, a bulge in a high wall…" Isa 30:12-13 NKJV

Bread – "For the bread of God is He which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto Him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." John 6:33-35,48-58

Bread – unleavened – "…unleavened bread of sincerity and truth." I Corinthians 5:8

Bread- "Jesus used bread as a figure to illustrate the vitalizing power of His Spirit. The one sustains physical life, while the other satisfies the heart, and strengthens the moral powers." 2 SP 276-277

Bread of God- "For the bread of God is He which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world." 2SP 276

Breaking up ground – parable of the sower and the seed – "The soil must be broken up by deep repentance for sin." COL 56

Breastplate of- Faith and love. I Thessalonians 5:8

Righteousness. Ephesians 6:14; Isaiah 59:17

Bride - "The Holy City, the New Jerusalem, which is the capital and representative of the kingdom, is called "The bride, the Lamb's wife." Said the angel to John: "Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife." "He carried me away in the spirit," says the prophet, "and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God." Revelation 21:9,10. Clearly, then, the bride represents the Holy City…" GC 426-427

Brier – A plant that grows in a non-watered non-cared for place. A symbol for non-watered non-cared for people who have rebelled against Jesus. CO

The wicked are like thorns and briers. Micah 7:1-4

Brimstone - The presence of Brimstone indicates judgment upon an individual, family, church, or nation. Brimstone indicates that the object of judgment has come to the point of being like Sodom and Gomorrah and is in need of judgment and eternal cleansing. Brimstone can also be connected to the presence of the Spirit in connection to the Word of God to cleanse, purify, or burn up evil. CO.

Cleansing by fire and Brimstone is a type of the final judgment. Genesis 19:23-25; Jude 7; II Peter 2:1-9

Rebellion calls forth the need for judgment like Sodom and Gomorrah. This state allows for no growth (grass) and reveals the absence of the Holy Spirit. Deuteronomy 29:20-26; Psalms 11:6; Job 18:15; Ezekiel 38:22.

Judgment and destruction a component of the 7 trumpets. Revelation 9:17-18.

Brook - "The words of a mans mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook." Proverbs 18:4

Buckler – "For the Lord giveth wisdom; out of His mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a buckler to them that walketh uprightly." Proverbs 2:6-7

Butter- (curdled milk)- "…knowledge to refuse the evil and choose the good." Isa. 7:15,22

Buy- (Rev 3:18)- (The white raiment) "This is indeed a garment of heavenly texture, that can be bought only of Christ for a life of willing obedience." 4 T 88