<TITLE>28. Par 249-255</TITLE>L-249 Let's get just a little bit farther. Now, let's take the rest of this 6th verse over here of the 4th chapter. I got some comments wrote down here on that, that I want to hurry and get to if I can. Now, the--the rest, after you leave this chap... After we leave this verse, it just simply just rotates, saying what they did. Let's see if we can get through there. "Glass, sea of glass," now we know what that was.
... and in the midst of the throne,... four living... (creatures--or)... beasts.
Now, now, how many's got a revised version of the Bible? In your revised version, it says "living creatures." Well, I wonder how that this King James here said, living... was four beasts? Well, I gets me a Greek--Greek dictionary, and go back in the Bible dictionary and find out what that meant. Now, here's what it is. Now, notice close. The word translated here, now you mark it down so you can look it up too; be sure. See, I want you to mark down what I say (See?), if you can or want to. All right, the revised version says, "living creatures," in it. Now, watch.
... and there were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
And it goes ahead and describes the beasts, which we'll get to it in a minute.
Now, the beast here is represented. Have you got a margin reading in your Bible, what--on--on beasts? If you have, get over in the margin reading. I notice Doctor Scofield here has it marked out in his. The "beasts" means (He's got over here.), says, "living Creatures." Oh, my.
Now, watch. The Greek word there is, "Z, double o, m"--or "Z, double o, n" it is, "Z, double o, n." Now, in--in the Greek, it's called "Zoon" which means "a Creature."

L-252 Now, it isn't so... If you want to read it now... We haven't got time. I was going to read it, but I haven't. Put down Revelations 11, 13, and 17. Now, there where beast is, the chapters in Revelations 11, 13, and 17, it's called beasts the same way; but the beasts there, interpretation is "t-h-e-r-i-o-n," therion. The word, Greek word "Therion," which means "a wild, untamed beast." "Therion," that means "a wild, untamed beast."
But "Zoon" means "a creature." See? "Four living (Zoon) Creatures," not the beasts of wild (therion); but, (Zoon,) living creatures.
And "therion" is "wild, untamed savages." In other words, if you'll watch the 11th chapter, "the beast of Rome," the 13th chapter, "the United States," the 17th chapter, "both United States and Rome," of the denominational churches consolidated with Catholicism makes them a unconverted, untamed to the Gospel (Whoo): untamed.

L-255 "Bless God, we come from the big Methodist church, the Baptist, the Presbyterian, the Pentecostal denominations. We know what we're talking. Nobody needs--going to tell us." There you are. Untamed, unconverted, without natural affections, truce-breakers. false accusers, incontinent, and despiser of those that are good, having the forms of...
[Blank.spot.on.tape--Ed.]... go through that now. And I just love to tear that thing to pieces right now, but I--so it'd get on this tape anyhow. But we haven't got time to do it.
Now, you understand. How many understands, say "Amen"? [Congregation says, "Amen."--Ed.] See, these are...


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