Rahab – A term for the concept of “Boasting” or “The Boaster”.  This concept is used to describe Egypt. CO

God will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know Him – equating Egypt and Babylon. Psalms87:4

God has broken Rahab. Marginal reference to Egypt. Psalms 89:10

God has “cut” Rahab and wounded the dragon. He has done this with the sword of the Word and by drying up the waters as the Red Sea. Isaiah 51:9-10; Ezekiel 29:1-3; Psalms 74:12-15; Isaiah 27:1

God identifies Egypt as the dragon. Ezekiel 29:1-3

Raiment – Clothing to cover oneself physically or spiritually.

Adam and Eve make garments of fig leaves to cover their nakedness. Jesus makes clothing of animal skins to cover Adam and Eve. Genesis 3:7, 21

Abraham’s servant gives raiment to Rebecca along with Jewels. A mini-sanctuary covering. Genesis 24:53

            Jacob deceives Isaac by wearing Esau’s raiment. Genesis 27:6-29

Jacob covenants with Jesus that if Jesus will give food and raiment he will accept Jesus as His God. Genesis 28:20-21

Pharaoh calls for Joseph from prison and Joseph must change his raiment, shave, and clean up before coming to Pharaoh. Genesis 41:14

When Joseph sends his brothers back to Israel he gives each a change of raiment and Benjamin he gives 5 changes of raiment. Genesis 45:22

When Israel leaves Egypt they are to ask for gold, silver, jewels, and raiment. Exodus 3:19-22

If a woman betrothed is not satisfactory then the husband must supply food, raiment and sexual privileges, and if not she is to go free. Exodus 21:7-11

If you accept a neighbor’s raiment as pledge you must return it before sundown so that he will have something to sleep in. Exodus 22:26-27; Deuteronomy 24:10-13

Any contact with disease or death requires cleansing of garments. Leviticus 11:32; Numbers 31:19-20

While escorting Israel through the wilderness their raiment did not wear out. Deuteronomy 8:1-4

God is a great God who executes judgment and cares for His people by giving them food and clothing. Deuteronomy 10:17-18

A captive woman must remove the raiment of her captivity and replace it with raiment of being a wife. Deuteronomy 21:10-14

If you find anything of your brothers you must return it to him including raiment. Deuteronomy 22:1-3

You are not to take a widow’s raiment as a pledge. Deuteronomy 24:17

Ruth was to wash herself, put on raiment and go to Boaz at the threshing floor. Ruth 3:1-5

Saul disguised himself by putting on raiment different from that of a king to deceive the witch of Endor. I Samuel 28:8

Naaman wants to bribe Elisha with gold, silver, and changes of raiment to perform a healing for him. II Kings 5:5

Esther sends a change of raiment to get Mordecai out of his depression. Esther 4:4

God describes His red raiment, dyed red in His enemies blood. Isaiah 63:1-3

Israel covered with all kinds of jewels and raiment to the glory of God. Ezekiel 16:8-13         

God takes away Joshua the high priest’s filthy garments and supplies and dresses him with a change of raiment. Zechariah 3:1-4

John the Baptist clothed in raiment of Camel’s hair just like Elijah. Matthew 3:4; II Kings 1:8; Matthew 11:7-14

Life is more than raiment – God will supply if you seek Him first. Matthew 6:25-34

Jesus contrasts the soft raiment of the Rabbis with the raiment of a prophet. Matthew 11:7-14

Raiment of Jesus, at His transfiguration, was white as the light. In Mark 9:3 His raiment was white as snow. In Luke 9:29 it was white and glistering.

The Romans stripped Jesus of His raiment, mocked Him with royal raiment, and then put His raiment on again. Matthew 27:27-31

The Romans cast lots for Jesus raiment. Luke 23:34

The raiment of angels was white as snow. Matthew 28:3

The man attacked by robbers was stripped of his raiment. He was half naked, poor, and wounded. Luke 10:30

James says that if raiment dictates your response you have sinned. James 2:2-9

If you have food and raiment be content. I Timothy 6:8

He that overcomes will be clothed in white raiment. Revelation 3:5

God counsels Laodecia to buy white raiment of Him so that their nakedness does not appear. Revelation 3:18

24 redeemed elders were clothed in white raiment. Revelation 4:4, 10; 5:8-10   See Apparel, Garments, Clothing.

Raiment, white- "The white raiment is purity of character, the righteousness of Christ imparted to the sinner. This is indeed a garment of heavenly texture that can be bought only of Christ for a life of willing obedience." 4T 88

Rain - Doctrine and spiritual truth. Deuteronomy 32:1-2

Rain - "Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and speak O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain; my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Deuteronomy 32:1, 2

Rain - sweeping - "A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food." Proverbs 28:3

Rain – early - “As the dew and the rain are given first to cause the seed to germinate, and then to ripen the harvest, so the Holy Spirit is given to carry forward, from one stage to another, the process of spiritual growth.” TM 506

Rain – early – preparation for – “The heart must be emptied of every defilement and cleansed for the indwelling of the Spirit. It was by the confession and forsaking of sin, by earnest prayer and consecration of themselves to God, that the early disciples prepared for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost. The same work, only in greater degree, must be done now.” TM 507

Rainbow - "….and round about the throne was a rainbow, the emblem of divine mercy." PK 536

Rainbow- "Also the rainbow above the throne and upon His (Christ’s) head, emblematic of the glory and mercy from God resting there for the benefit of repentant man." 1SP 78

Rainbow- "The rainbow spanning the heavens with its arch of lights is a token of "the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature."  And the rainbow encircling the throne of high is also a token to God's children of His covenant of peace. As the bow in the cloud results from the union of sunshine and shower, so the bow above God’s throne represents the union of His mercy and His justice. To the sinful but repentant soul God says, live thou; “I have found a ransom.” Job 33:24." Ed 115

Ram – with two horns – “The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.” Daniel 8:3-4, 20

Rationalism - "Rationalism idolizes reason and makes this the criterion for religion." GC 193

Razor – A deceitful entity, system, or person.

Thy tongue devises mischief – like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Psalms 52:2

            Assyria is the razor that cuts off the glory of Israel. Isaiah 7:17-25

Ezekiel cuts off his hair and beard as a role-model of the judgments to come upon Israel for their rebellion. Ezekiel 5:1-4

            Samson exposes himself to the razor of Delilah. Judges 16

Reapers – Matthew 13:24-30 – “…the reapers are the angels.” Matthew 13:39

Reasoning power- "Reasoning power is the image of God in man." Temp 37

Rebellion- "Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft." 1 Sam 15:23

Reconciliation- "Reconciliation means that every barrier between the soul and God is removed, and that the sinner realizes what the pardoning love of God means." 1 SM 396

Recreation- "When true to its name, re-creation, tends to strengthen and build up. Calling us aside from our ordinary cares and occupations, it affords refreshment for mind and body, and thus enables us to return with new vigor to the earnest work of life…No recreation helpful only to themselves will prove so great a blessing to the children and youth as that which makes them helpful to others….If they can take Jesus with them, and maintain a prayerful spirit, they are perfectly safe." MLT 212-213

Recreation - "In this age, life has become artificial, and men have degenerated. While we may not return fully to the simple habits of those early times, we may learn from them lessons that will make our seasons of recreation what the name implies - seasons of true upbuilding for body and mind and soul." ED 211

Red – “This heifer was to be red, which was a symbol of blood.” 4T 120

Red, Heifer – Sacrificial ceremony described in Numbers 19:1-10

1.      The heifer must be red. V. 2 Jesus was covered with blood from head to toe as a result of all the beatings that He took for us. Isaiah 50:6; 52:13-15; 53:2-8; Matthew 26:67(convicted before Caiphas); Matthew 27:26 (scourged by Pilate’s soldiers); Matthew 27:29 (crown of thorns); Luke 23:7-11 (Herod’s trial); Psalms 22:16 (pierced His hands and feet at the crucifixion); John 19:34 (soldier pierces His side and blood came out). Jesus’ church must be covered with blood as well. Revelation 7:14; Hebrews 12:4

2.      The heifer shall be without spot or blemish. V.2 Jesus was without spot or blemish or sin.  Hebrews 9:14 Jesus’ church (the heifer) is without spot or blemish as well. Ephesians 5:27

3.      The heifer shall have never been yoked. V. 2 Jesus has never served sin but His Father only. Romans 6:16; John 8:28-29. When the church has been recreated and is a new creation it only accepts the yoke of Jesus. II Corinthians 5:17; Matthew 11:28-30

4.      Shall be slain without the camp. V. 3 Jesus was slain outside the gate. Hebrews 13:11-12. God’s church will go outside the gate with Him and they too were slain. Hebrews 13:13; Hebrews 11:37; Revelation 6:9

5.      The high priest shall sprinkle her blood before the sanctuary of the congregation 7 times. V.4 Jesus sprinkles His blood for His church.  Hebrews 9:11-15, 21-28; I Peter 1:2. Jesus’ church would shed her blood in sacrifice as well. Romans 12:1; Revelation 6:9; 16:4-6

6.      All shall be burned with fire along with cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet. V. 5-6 Jesus suffered the fire of the trial of His faith. I Peter 1:7 Jesus’ church will be tried in the fire as well. Malachi 3:2-3; Matthew 3:11-12; I Peter 1:7

7.      The priest and his helper shall wash and be ceremonially unclean until the evening. V. 7-8 Jesus was washed in water and in Spirit. Leviticus 16:4; Matthew 3:13-17 Jesus’ church is washed in water and in the Spirit as well. Exodus 19:10; Isaiah 4:4; 5:24; John 13:1-17; I Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 5:25-27; Hebrews 10:22; Revelation 12:11

8.      The ashes shall be gathered for the congregation. They shall be for a water of separation. V. 9 Jesus told us to gather up every reminder of Him to prepare us for His work. Matthew 14:15-20; I Corinthians 11:23-26. Jesus’ church shall keep His death as a remembrance of Him through the Lord’s Supper. The Lord’s Supper is one of those concepts that separate us from the world. Matthew 26:17-30; I Corinthians 11:23-29

9.      The ashes were to be for purification of sin. V. 9 Jesus purified us from sin through His sacrifice. Hebrews 9:22-28. Jesus’ church is purified through His experience. Ezekiel 36:25-37; Daniel 3:14; 12:9-10; I Peter 1:22-23

Red, Heifer –

“The children of Israel were anciently commanded to make an offering for the entire congregation to purify them from ceremonial defilement. This sacrifice was a red heifer and represented the more perfect offering that should redeem from the pollution of sin. This was an occasional sacrifice for the purification of all those who had necessarily or accidentally touched the dead. All who came in contact with death in any way were considered ceremonially unclean. This was to forcibly impress the minds of the Hebrews with the fact that death came in consequence of sin and therefore is a representative of sin. The one heifer, the one ark, the one brazen serpent, impressively point to the one great offering, the sacrifice of Christ.

This heifer was to be red, which was a symbol of blood. It must be without spot or blemish, and one that had never borne a yoke. Here, again, Christ was typified. The Son of God came voluntarily to accomplish the work of atonement. There was no obligatory yoke upon Him, for He was independent and above all law. The angels, as God's intelligent messengers, were under the yoke of obligation; no personal sacrifice of theirs could atone for the guilt of fallen man. Christ alone was free from the claims of the law to undertake the redemption of the sinful race. He had power to lay down His life and to take it up again. "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God."

Yet this glorious Being loved the poor sinner and took upon Himself the form of a servant, that He might suffer and die in man's behalf. Jesus might have remained at His Father's right hand, wearing His kingly crown and royal robes. But He chose to exchange all the riches, honour, and glory of heaven for the poverty of humanity, and His station of high command for the horrors of Gethsemane and the humiliation and agony of Calvary. He became a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, that by His baptism of suffering and blood He might purify and redeem a guilty world. "Lo, I come," was the joyful assent, "to do Thy will, O My God."

The sacrificial heifer was conducted without the camp and slain in the most imposing manner. Thus Christ suffered without the gates of Jerusalem, for Calvary was outside the city walls. This was to show that Christ did not die for the Hebrews alone, but for all mankind. He proclaims to a fallen world that He has come to be their Redeemer and urges them to accept the salvation He offers them. The heifer having been slain in a most solemn manner, the priest, clothed in pure white garments, took the blood in his hands as it issued from the body of the victim and cast it toward the temple seven times. And having an high priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."

The body of the heifer was burned to ashes, which signified a whole and ample sacrifice. The ashes were then gathered up by a person uncontaminated by contact with the dead and placed in a vessel containing water from a running stream. This clean and pure person then took a cedar stick with scarlet cloth and a bunch of hyssop, and sprinkled the contents of the vessel upon the tent and the people assembled. This ceremony was repeated several times in order to be thorough and was done as a purification from sin.

Thus Christ, in His own spotless righteousness, after shedding His precious blood, enters into the holy place to cleanse the sanctuary. And there the crimson current is brought into the service of reconciling God to man. Some may look upon this slaying of the heifer as a meaningless ceremony, but it was done by the command of God and bears a deep significance that has not lost its application to the present time.

The priest used cedar and hyssop, dipping them into the cleansing water and sprinkling the unclean. This symbolized the blood of Christ spilled to cleanse us from moral impurities. The repeated sprinklings illustrate the thoroughness of the work that must be accomplished for the repenting sinner. All that he has must be consecrated. Not only should his own soul be washed clean and pure, but he should strive to have his family, his domestic arrangements, his property, and his entire belongings consecrated to God.

After the tent had been sprinkled with hyssop, over the door of those cleansed was written: I am not my own; Lord, I am Thine. Thus should it be with those who profess to be cleansed by the blood of Christ. God is no less exacting now than He was in olden times. The psalmist, in his prayer, refers to this symbolic ceremony when he says: "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me." "Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and uphold me with Thy free spirit."

The blood of Christ is efficacious, but it needs to be applied continually. God not only wants His servants to use the means He has entrusted to them for His glory, but He desires them to make a consecration of themselves to His cause. If you, my brethren, have become selfish and are withholding from the Lord that which you should cheerfully give to His service, then you need the blood of sprinkling thoroughly applied, consecrating you and all your possessions to God.” 4T 120-122

Redemption- "Redemption is that process by which the soul is trained for heaven. This training means knowledge of Christ. It means emancipation from ideas, habits, and practices that have been gained in the school of the prince of darkness." DA 330

Redemption plan - "The central theme of the Bible, the theme about which every other in the whole book clusters, is the redemption plan, the restoration in the human soul of the image of God." ED 125

Reed - Matthew 11:7 - "The tall reeds that grew beside the Jordan, bending before every breeze, were fitting representatives of the rabbis who had stood as critics and judges of the Baptist's mission. They were swayed this way and that by the winds of popular opinion… He (John the Baptist) was no trembling reed, swayed by the winds of human praise or prejudice." DA 218

Reform - true spirit of - "…the Puritans had joined themselves together by a solemn covenant as the Lord's free people, "to walk together in all His ways made known or to be made known to them." Here was the true spirit of reform, the vital principle of Protestantism." GC 290

Reformation- "Reformation signifies a reorganization, a change in ideas and theories, habits and practices. Reformation will not bring forth the good fruit of righteousness unless it is connected with the revival of the spirit. Revival and reformation are to do their appointed work, and in doing this work they must blend." 1 SM 128

Refreshing –

A faithful messenger and supporter. Proverbs 25:13; I Corinthians 16:17-18; II Corinthians 7:13; II Timothy 1:16; I Samuel 16:23; Romans 15:32

            Equated with scriptural truth. Isaiah 28:9-13

            Keeping the Sabbath. Exodus 23:12 & 31:17

            Pouring out of the Holy Spirit. Acts 3:19 See Latter Rain.

Refreshing – times of – “The angel who unites in the proclamation of the third angel’s message is to lighten the whole earth with his glory. A work of worldwide extent and unwonted power is here foretold….

The work will be similar to that of the Day of Pentecost. As the “former rain” was given, in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the opening of the gospel, to cause the up-springing of the precious seed, so the “latter rain” will be given at its close for the ripening of the harvest. (Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:23; Acts 2:17, 21 quoted.)

The great work of the gospel is not to close with less manifestation of the power of God than marked its opening. The prophecies, which were fulfilled in the outpouring of the former rain at the opening of the gospel, are again to be fulfilled in the latter rain at its close. Here are “the times of refreshing” to which the apostle Peter looked forward when he said: “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; and He shall send Jesus.” Acts 3:19, 20” GC 611-612

Regeneration- "What is regeneration? It is revealing to man what is his own real nature, that in himself he is worthless." Supplement to TM 103

Relics – See images.

Religion- “Pure and undefiled religion is defined, to visit the widows and fatherless in their affliction, and to keep unspotted from the world.” James 1:27; II SG 230

Religion- "Pure religion is an imitation of Christ." 6BC 1101

Religion – “The apostle showed that religion does not consist in rites and ceremonies, creeds and theories. If it did, the natural man could understand it by investigation, as he understands worldly things. Paul taught that religion is a practical, saving energy, a principle wholly from God, a personal experience of God's renewing power upon the soul.

He showed how Moses had pointed Israel forward to Christ as that Prophet whom they were to hear; how all the prophets had testified of Him as God's great remedy for sin, the guiltless One who was to bear the sins of the guilty. He did not find fault with their observance of forms and ceremonies, but showed that while they maintained the ritual service with great exactness, they were rejecting Him who was the antitype of all that system.” AA 451-452

Religion- "Religion is as a golden cord that binds the souls of both youth and aged to Christ." MYP 30

Religion- "Religion is something more than a profession, something deeper than an impulsive feeling. It is doing the will of God." TMKH 113

Religion- "Religion is to walk by faith, as well as by sight, trusting in God with all confidence, and resting in His love." OHC 214

Religion – “True religion brings man into harmony with the laws of God, physical, mental, and moral. It teaches self-control, serenity, and temperance. Religion ennobles the mind, refines the taste, and sanctifies the judgment. It makes the soul a partaker of the purity of heaven. Faith in God’ love and overruling providence lightens the burdens of anxiety and care. It fills the heart with joy and contentment in the highest or the lowliest lot. Religion tends directly to promote health, to lengthen life, and to heighten our enjoyment of all its blessings. It opens to the soul a never-failing fountain of happiness….” PP 600

Religion of Christ- "…means more than the forgiveness of sin; it means taking away our sins, and filling the vacuum with the graces of the Holy Spirit. It means divine illumination, rejoicing in God, It means a heart emptied of self, and blessed with the abiding presence of Christ." COL 420

Religion of Christ- "To have the religion of Christ means that you have absolutely surrendered your all to God, and consented to the guidance of the Holy Spirit." MYP 30

Religion, soul of- "Do not neglect secret prayer, for it is the soul of religion." II SG 264

Remission- "Paul states, as the reason why this cleansing must be performed with blood, is that without shedding of blood is no remission. Remission, or putting away of sin, is the work to be accomplished." GC 418

Remnant church - Signs of  -

1. Keeps the faith of Jesus and preaches the gospel of Jesus. Revelation 14:12, 6

2. Keep the commandments of God. Revelation 14:12

3. Keep the Sabbath of the commandments of God. Revelation 14:7; 1:10; Isaiah 58:13

4. Have the gift of prophecy present in the church. Revelation 12:17; 19:10

5. Accept the Sanctuary Concept. Hebrews 8:2; 9:11, 24; Revelation 11:19

6. Do not drink of the wine of Babylon. Revelation 17:2

7. Preach the 3 angels messages of Revelation 14:6-12 and the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation. Daniel 12:9; Revelation 10; 1:1-3. CO

Remove – A verb used in the Bible to communicate a sinful and impure state that requires God to remove something, or someone from the camp. Once removed the person, nation, or object requires the verb restore to be brought into the camp again. Remove can also simply mean to move, or be moved from one place to another.

Exodus 14:19 The pillar of cloud moved from before the camp to behind it to separate Israel from Egypt.

Numbers 33:5 Israel removed from Rameses and pitched in Succoth.

Deuteronomy 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark.

II Kings 17:18-23 God was angry with Israel and removed them out of His sight.

II Kings 24:3-4 God commanded Judah to be removed out of His sight for the sins of Manasseh.

Psalms 119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies.

Proverbs 10:30 The righteous shall never be removed; but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed…

            Ezekiel 36:17 The house of Israel has defiled the land by their own

way and by their own doings, their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

Acts 13:20-23 “…And when He had removed him (Saul) He raised up unto them David…

Galatians 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel.

Hebrews 12:25-28 “…Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken…Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved…”

Revelation 2:5 Repent or I will come unto thee and will remove thy candlestick out of his place except thou repent.

Remember nothing that defiles can go into the New Jerusalem Revelation 21:27

See Restore

Repentance - "As you by faith grasp the meaning of the sacrifice, you see yourself a sinner, condemned by a broken law. This is repentance." 1 SM 343

Repentance - God's repentance is not like man's repentance. "The Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for He is not a man, that He should repent." Man's repentance implies a change of mind. God's repentance implies a change of circumstances and relations. Man may change His relation to God by complying with the conditions upon which he may be brought into the Divine favor, or he may, by his own action, place himself outside the favoring condition; but the Lord is the same "yesterday, and today, and forever. Saul's disobedience changed his relation to God; but the conditions of acceptance with God were unaltered--God's requirements were still the same, for w