DC 77:1-Q. What is the asea of glass spoken of by John, 4th chapter, and 6th verse of the Revelation?
A. It is the bearth, in its csanctified, dimmortal, and eeternal state.
2 Q. What are we to understand by the four beasts, spoken of in the same verse?
A. They are afigurative expressions, used by the Revelator, John, in describing bheaven, the cparadise of God, the dhappiness of man, and of beasts, and of creeping things, and of the fowls of the air; that which is spiritual being in the likeness of that which is temporal; and that which is temporal in the likeness of that which is spiritual; the espirit of man in the likeness of his person, as also the spirit of the fbeast, and every other creature which God has created.
3 Q. Are the four beasts limited to individual beasts, or do they represent classes or aorders?
A. They are limited to four individual beasts, which were shown to John, to represent the glory of the classes of beings in their destined border orcsphere of creation, in the enjoyment of their deternal efelicity.
4 Q. What are we to understand by the aeyes and bwings, which the beasts had?
A. Their eyes are a representation of light and knowledge, that is, they are full of cknowledge; and their wings are a drepresentation of epower, to move, to act, etc