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To: SaveFerris

Bless you, too! In the phrase, “all who dwell on the earth,” the Greek word translated as “earth,” ge (Strong’s #1093), is just like the Aramaic and Hebrew words for “earth.” It, too, is used for a whole range of geographic areas, thus it is variously translated as “world,” “country,” “ground,” or “land.” In some places, it describes the whole globe, but elsewhere it refers to something as small as the land of Judah or the land of Zebulon—not a very big area at all. While it is certainly not wrong for translators to render this as “all who dwell on the earth,” it is just as correct to render it as “all who dwell in the land,” indicating a specific land—like the Promised Land or perhaps a particular region.

Verse 7 says that the Beast is given authority “over every tribe, tongue, and nation,” which would seem to indicate that it will have global authority. However, the Babylonian Empire is described in exactly the same terms:

O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor. And because of the majesty that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. (Daniel 5:18-19)

In describing Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom, Daniel writes that all peoples (meaning kindreds or tribes), all nations, and all languages trembled and feared before him. These are the same three groupings given in Revelation 13:7: “every tribe, tongue, and nation.” Yet, as with Alexander’s realm, Nebuchadnezzar’s did not extend to all ethnic groups, languages, and nations that then existed on earth. The world that he ruled, which trembled before him, was a limited one, yet it included the Promised Land.

David C. Grabbe
The Whole Earth


18 posted on 12/16/2024 10:23:20 PM PST by Hootowl
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To: Hootowl

At that time, Babylon may have encompassed much of that the whole Earth was, a far-more limited population?

We’ll see how this all plays out - the mere fact that the Globalists seem to have their dirty paws everywhere makes me think they’re willing / perhaps some clueless tools of the coming Antichrist.

Time will certainly tell.......


19 posted on 12/16/2024 10:25:58 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Day's of Lot; They id Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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