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Can you interpret for me the prophetic symbols used in Bible prophecies?

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It is important to note that in interpreting the prophetic symbols listed below we have not depended on our own whit or wisdom. The interpretation of these prophetic symbols is derived exclusively from the Bible. We have let the Bible be its own interpreter. This has been the will of God; that His people unlock the meaning of these prophetic symbols by going back to His word. By doing so, our loving Father has leveled the field before all His truth seekers, so that no one would be disadvantaged in the study of His prophecies.

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#	Prophetic Symbol	Symbol Interpretation: Derived From The Bible	Bible References For Interpretation
1	Angel	A created messenger of God; or Christ Himself as a messenger of His Father	Hebrews 1:14 ; Galatians 4:14 Exodus 23:20-23
2	Ark of Testimony	A.K.A. Ark of His covenant: here is where His law is kept, and where God dwells over His mercy seat.	Exodus 25:10-22
3	Babylon	Religious confusion and apostasy	Genesis 11:7-9 ; Revelation 17:1-5 ; Revelation 18:2
4	Bear	Medo-Persia	Daniel 7:5
5	Beast	Political kingdom and power	Daniel 7:23
6	Binding of Satan	Will happen during the Millennium, when Satan will be prevented from tempting people. Reason: righteous will be in heaven, and the wicked will be dead. Furthermore, he will be prevented from tempting the other unfallen worlds. In this sense he will be as one bound with chains, with nothing to do.	Revelation 20:1-3
7	Blood	Life	Leviticus 17:11; Deuteronomy 12:23
8	Bottomless pit	Greek word Abussos: the abode of fallen devils. KJV translates it also as the pit.	Luke 8:30-31, Revelation 17:8
9	Brass	Along with tin, iron, lead, silver dross = impure character.	Ezekiel 22:20-21
10	Bread	Word of God	John 6:35, 51, 52, 63
11	Clothing	Character	Isaiah 64:6, Isaiah 59:6
12	Corrupt woman	Apostate church	Ezekiel 16:15-58; 23:2-21; Hosea 2:5; Hosea 3:1
13	Crown	Final victory over sin	I Chronicles 20:2 II Kings 11:12; Ezekiel 21:26, 27; James 1:12; II Timothy 4:7, 8; I Corinthians 9:25
14	Cup	A measured amount of judgment and suffering	Psalms 11:6; 75:8, Isaiah 51:17, 22-23, Jeremiah 25:15-17, 49:12
15	Day	Literal year	Ezekiel 4:6; Numbers 14:34
16	Door	Probation	Luke 13:14,25
17	Dove	Holy Spirit	Mark 1:10
18	Dragon	Satan	Isaiah 27:1; 30:6;Psalms 74:13, 14; Revelation 12:7-9; Ezekiel 29:3; Jeremiah 51:34
19	Eagle	Speed, power, and vision	Deuteronomy 28:49; Habakkuk 1:6-8; Revelation 12:14
20	Eating the book	Digesting and assimilating the message	Ezekiel 3:1-3; Jeremiah 15:16
21	Egypt	Symbol of atheism	Exodus 5:2
22	Eyesalve	Discernment of truth to avoid spiritual blindness	Ephesians 1:17-19; Psalms 119:18; I John 2:20, 27; John 16:7-13
23	Faithful witness	Christ	John 18:37; John 3:11; Revelation 1:5; 3:14; 19:11
24	False prophet	Apostate Protestant churches of America	Revelation 16:13, 14; 13:13, 14; 19:20
25	Famine	Dearth of Truth	Amos 8:11
26	Feet	Your walk	Genesis 19:2, Psalm 119:105
27	Field	World	Matthew 13:38, John 4:35
28	Fig tree	A church that should bear fruit	Luke 13:6-9
29	Fire	Fire	Luke 3:16
30	Forehead	The thinking part of the brain	Romans 7:25; Ezekiel 3:8, 9
31	Fornication	Unholy alliance between the church and the world	Ezekiel 16:15, 26; Isaiah 23:17; James 4:4; Revelation 14:4
32	Four Beasts	Highly intelligent heavenly being with special responsibilities	Revelation 5:8-10,4:6-9,6:1-7,14:3,15:7,19:4
33	Four corners of earth	The four geographic pointers of the compass: north, south, east, and west	Jeremiah 49:36
34	Fruit	Works	Galatians 5:22
35	Garments	His robe of righteousness	Gen. 35:2; Isaiah 52:1; 61:10; Zechariah 3:3-5; Romans 13:14
36	Goat	Greece	Daniel 8:21
37	Gold	Pure and precious character	Isaiah 13:12
38	Hand	Works or actions	Ecclesiastes 9:10
39	Harlot	Apostate church or religion	Isaiah 1:21-27; Jeremiah 3:1-3; 6-9
40	Harvest	End of the world	Matthew 13:39
41	Heads (seven)	Seven popes/king who would ruled from 1929, when papacy became and independent kingdom, with pope as absolute in monarch of the Vatican City State. Benedict XVI is seventh. Next and last pope will be a devil impersonating John Paul II.	Revelation 17:3, 9, 10
42	Hidden Manna	Christ	John 6:49,50,53, Matthew 13:44
43	Honey	Happy life	Ezekiel 20:6, Deuteronomy 8:8-9
44	Horn	King or kingdom	Psalms 89:17, 24; Daniel 8:5, 21, 22
45	Horse	Strength and Power in Battle	Job 39:19, Psalms 147:10, Proverbs 21:31
46	Image	A look alike	Exodus 20:4; Gen. 1:26; 5:3; Deuteronomy 4:25; Romans 8:29
47	Incense	Prayers of God's people	Psalms 141:2; Revelation 5:8; 8:3, 4
48	Israel	God's professed church	Romans 9:6-8; Romans 2:28, 29; Galatians 3:29
49	Jezebel	Sensuality, immorality, and apostasy	I Kings 21:25; II Kings 9:22
50	Key of David	Power to open & close the sanctuary	Revelation 3:7, 8; Isaiah 22:22
51	Keys	Domain of control and authority	Isaiah 22:22; Matthew 16:19
52	Lamb	Jesus the sacrificial lamb of God	John 1:29; I Corinthians 5:7; Genesis 22:7, 8
53	Lamb's wife	New Jerusalem	Revelation 19:7-9; 21:2, 9, 10
54	Lamp	The written Word of God	Psalm 119:105
55	Lion	Strength/Jesus Christ	Genesis 49:9; Revelation 5:4-9; Psalms 7:2
56	Locusts	Destructive powers	Joel 1:4; Deuteronomy 28:38
57	Lord's Day	The seventh-day of the week [the Sabbath]	Isaiah 58:13; Matthew 12:8; Exodus 20:10
58	Mark	Mark of approval or disapproval	Romans 4:11; Revelation 7:2, 3; Ezekiel 9:4
59	Measuring Rod	God's law	Revelation 11:1; James 2:10-12; Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14
60	Merchants	Supporters of Babylon's erroneous teachings	Isaiah 47:11-15; Nahum 3:16; Revelation 18:3, 11, 15, 23
61	Morning Star	Jesus	Revelation 22:16
62	Mystery of God	His gospel	Ephesians 1:9, 10; 3:9; 6:19; Colossians 1:26, 27
63	New Jerusalem	The capital of heaven	Revelation 3:12; 21:2
64	Oil	Holy Spirit	Zechariah 4:2-6; Revelation 4:5
65	Rainbow	Sign of covenant keeping	Genesis 9:11-17
66	Ram	Medo-Persia	Daniel 8:20
67	Reapers	Angels	Matthew 13:39
68	Red	Corruption	Revelation 17:1-4
69	Rock	Jesus or the truth	1 Corinthians 10:4; Isaiah 8:13, 14; Romans 9:33; Matthew 7:24
70	Ring	Authority	Genesis 41:42-43, Esther 3:10-11
71	Scarlet	Sin	Isaiah 1:18; Nahum 2:3
72	Seal	A synonym of mark. Seal and mark mean same thing	Romans 4:11; Revelation 7:2, 3; Ezekiel 9:4
73	Second Death	Lake of fire	Revelation 21:8; 20:14
74	Seed	May mean descendents or Jesus	Romans 9:8, Galatians 3:16
75	Serpent	Satan	Revelation 12:7-9; Revelation 20:2
76	Seven Candlesticks	Seven Candlesticks in Holy Place of Sanctuary	Exodus 25:31-40
77	Seven Heads	See 41 above	Revelation 17:9, 10
78	Seven Lamps	Jesus or the Word of God	John 9:5; John 1:9; Psalms 119:105; Revelation 4:5 Matthew 13:39; Revelation 14:14
79	Sickle	A symbol of harvest or the end of the world	Matthew 13:39; Revelation 14:14
80	Sodom	Moral depravity	Ezekiel 16:46-55; Jeremiah 23:14; Genesis 19:4-14
81	Stars	Angels	Revelation 1:16, 20; 12:4, 7-9; Job 38:7
82	Sun	Jesus and the gospel	John 9:5; Psalms 84:11; Malachi 4:2; Matthew 17:2; John 8:12
83	Sword	Destruction and war	Isaiah 3:25; 13:15; Acts 12:1, 2; Jeremiah 48:2
84	Testimony of Jesus	The spirit of the prophecy gift	Revelation 19:10; 22:9; I Corinthians 13:2
85	Thief	The surprise nature of Jesus' Second Coming	I Thessalonians 5:2; II Peter 3:10
86	Thorns	Cares of the earthly life	Mark 4:18-19
87	Time	360 days	Daniel 4:16, 23, 25, 32; 7:25; Daniel 11:13
88	Times	720 days	Daniel 7:25, Revelation 12:6,14, 13:5
89	Torment	Trial and testing	I Corinthians 3:13; Hebrews 12:29; Isaiah 33:14
90	Tree	Can mean cross or people	Deuteronomy 21:22-23, Psalm 92:12, 37:35
91	Twenty-four Elders	Twenty four who were resurrected with Christ and went up to heaven with him	Revelation 5:9, 10; 4:4; 7:9-14
92	Two-edged Sword	His written Word	Ephesians 6:17; Hebrews 4:12; Matthew 10:34; Isaiah 49:2
93	Two Witnesses	Old and New Testament	John 5:39; Zechariah 4:1-14; Psalms 119:105, 130; John 12:48
94	Waters	Highly populated area of land	Revelation 17:15
95	White	Purity	Psalms 51:7 ; Isaiah 1:18
96	White Robes	Perfection of character and righteousness	Isaiah 61:10; Revelation 3:5; 19:8; Zechariah 3:1-5; Revelation 7:14; Galatians 3:27
97	Winds	Strive, commotion, and war	Jeremiah 4:11-13,25:31-33; 49:36,37 Zechariah 7:14
98	Wine	False teachings and doctrines	Jeremiah 25:15-18; 51:7
99	Wings	Speed	Habakkuk 1:6-8,Jeremiah 4:13,Exodus 19:4
100	Wolf	Enemies that prey on victims when least expected	Matthew 7:15
101	Woman (pure)	A pure and righteous church	Jeremiah 6:2; Isaiah 51:16; II Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:22-35
102	Woman (impure)	An impure and apostate church	Ezekiel 23:2-21; Revelation 14:4; Hosea 2:5; Hosea 3:1; Ezekiel 16:15-58
103	Wrath of God	Seven last plagues	Revelation 15:1