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In prophecy usually reference Governments or Leaders. 48 x in Revelation.

Revelation 4:6-9 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

Revelation 5:6,8,11,14
Revelation 6:1,3,5-8

Revelation 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

Revelation 4:6-9 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,

Revelation 5:6,8,11,14
Revelation 6:1,3,5-8
Revelation 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Revelation 13:1-4,11-12,14-15,17-18
Revelation 14:3,9,11
Revelation 15:2,7
Revelation 16:2,10,13
Revelation 17:3,7-8,11-13,16-17
Revelation 18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Revelation 19:4,19-20
Revelation 20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

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Any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal. the crude animal nature common to humans and the lower animals: ie. Hunger brought out the beast in him. a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise beast like person.

Used many times in reference to an animal and in prophecy usually reference Governments or Leaders. 65 New Testament References.

Mark 1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

The Good Samaritan: Luke 10:34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

Acts 7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Peter’s vision were God showed him he could eat any animal:
Acts 10:12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Acts 11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

Transportation needed (camels,horses,mules, etc) Acts 23:24 And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.

Here a snake is called a beast. Acts 28:4-5 And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.

Romans 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

Evil men likened to Beasts: 1 Corinthians 15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
Titus 1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
This disputes eveloution: Man did not desend from Apes (or any other animal).
1 Corinthians 15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Hebrews 12:20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
Under the Law: Hebrews 13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.

We can tame everything except our tongues: James 3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

Evil men likened to Beasts: 2 Peter 2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
Jude 1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

Revelation (48)

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Many times its used to name another animal and in prophecy, usually references Governments or Leaders. 231 Old Testament

Genesis (23)Creation of beast(s) Genesis 1:24,25,30
Adam named them Genesis 2:19-20
Tempted Eve and punishment Genesis 3:1,14
Saved during the flood Genesis 6:7, 7:2,8,14,21, 8:19-20
Man’s new relationship with animals Genesis 9:2,5,10
General references: Genesis 31:39, 34:23, 36:6, 37:20,33, 45:17

Exodus (21)Beast affected by Plagues God brought upon Egypt
Exodus 8:17-18, 9:9-10,19,22,25 11:5,7 12:12 13:2,12,15
Laws concerning Beasts Exodus 19:13 21:34, 22:5,10,19,31, 23:11,29

Leviticus (30) Laws concerning eating of beasts
Leviticus 5:2, 7:21,24-26, 11:2-3,26-27,39,46-47 17:13,15
Other Laws concerning Man and Beasts
Leviticus 18:23, 20:15-16,25, 22:8,24:18,21, 25:7, 26:6,22, 27:9

Numbers (10) Relationship between God, Man and Beast
Numbers 3:13, 8:17, 18:15, 20:8,11,
General references: Numbers 31:11,26,30,47, 35:3

Deuteronomy (7) Deuteronomy 4:17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
General references: Deuteronomy 7:22, 14:4,6, 27:21, 28:26, 32:24

Judges (1) Judges 20:48
1 Samuel (2) 1 Samuel 17:44,46
2 Samuel (1) 2 Samuel 21:10
1 Kings (2) 1 Kings 4:33, 18:5
2 Kings (2) 2 Kings 3:17, 14:9
2 Chronicles (2) 2 Chronicles 25:18, 32:28,
Ezra (2) Ezra 1:4,6
Nehemiah (2) Nehemiah 2:12,14
Job (8) Job 5:22-23, 12:7, 18:3, 35:11, 37:8, 39:15, 40:20
Psalm (15) Psalm 8:7, 36:6, 49:12,20, 50:10-11, 73:22, 79:2, 80:13 Psalm 104:11,20,25, 135:8, 147:9, 148:10
Proverbs (3) Proverbs 9:2, 12:10, 30:30
Ecclesiastes (3) Ecclesiastes 3:18-19,21
Isaiah (13) Isaiah 1:11, 13:21-22, 18:6, 30:6, 34:14, 35:9
Isaiah 40:16, 43:20, 46:1, 56:9, 63:14, 66:20
Jeremiah (21) Jeremiah 7:20,33, 9:10, 12:4,9, 15:3, 16:4, 19:7, 21:6
Jeremiah 27:5,6, 27:6, 28:14, 31:27, 32:43, 33:10,12, 34:20
Jeremiah 36:29, 50:3,39, 51:62
Ezekiel (25) Ezekiel 5:17, 8:10, 14:13,15,17,19,21, 25:13
Ezekiel 29:5,8,11, 31:6,13, 32:4,13, 33:27, 34:5,8,25,28
Ezekiel 38:20, 39:4,17,
Hosea (4) Hosea 2:12,18, 4:3, 13:8
Joel (3) Joel 1:18,20, 2:22Amos (1) Amos 5:22
Jonah (2) Jonah 3:7-8
Micah (2) Micah 1:13, 5:8
Habakkuk (1) Habakkuk 2:17.Zephaniah (3) Zephaniah 1:3, 2:14-15
Zechariah (2) Zechariah 8:10, 14:15

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Many times its used to name another animal and in prophecy usually references Governments or Leaders. 20 times in Daniel

Daniel 2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

Daniel 4:12-16 The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
Daniel 4:21 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
Daniel 4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
Daniel 4:25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel 4:32 And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Daniel 5:21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

Daniel 7:5-7 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Daniel 7:11-12 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
Daniel 7:17-12 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. … When I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
Daniel 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Daniel 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.

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There are over 35 trees listed in scripture. And they all have been named for a reason. There are 287 references to Tree(s).

To be hanged on a tree was to be cursed.
(Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree).
(Deuteronomy 21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;)…)
The cross of Christ was referred to as a tree. (checkout The Cross)
Although not mentioned in Scripture, it is thought that the Cross was made from a Dogwood tree.

For more information on Trees, continue reading Tree(s) Part 2

CLICK ON A TREE FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION:

Almond ⚊ Algum ⚊ Almug ⚊ Apple
Bay ⚊ Box
Cedar ⚊ Chesnut ⚊ Corrupt
Dry
Eden, Trees of ⚊ Every
Fig ⚊ Fruit
Good ⚊ Great ⚊ Gopher ⚊ Green
Hazel
Juniper
Knowledge, Tree of
Life, Tree of
Mulberry ⚊ Mustard ⚊ Myrtle ⚊ Myrtle Vine
Oak ⚊ Olive
Pomegranate ⚊ Palm ⚊ Pine ⚊ Poplar
Righteousness, Trees of
Shittah ⚊ Sycamore
Teil
Vine
Willow

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Willows Grow best by water:
Leviticus 23:40 And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days.
Job 40:22 The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Isaiah 15:7 Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
Isaiah 44:4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Ezekiel 17:5 He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree.

Psalm 137:2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

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Numbers 6:4 All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

To dwell under the vine tree is an emblem of domestic happiness and peace.
1 Kings 4:25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
Psalm 128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Micah 4:4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.

A prophecy of the Lord Jesus: Psalm 80:8-9 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

Ezekiel 15:2 Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Ezekiel 15:6 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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The saints are called “trees of righteousness”
Isaiah 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

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Ezekiel told by God to speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt (Ezekiel 31).
Ezekiel 31:9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him.
Ezekiel 31:16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
Ezekiel 31:18 To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD.

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Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Similitudes: Proverbs 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

It appears that the tree of life is in Heaven: Revelation 2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Revelation 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Revelation 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

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