Quotes About Symbolism

Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.

So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish,

and He took it and ate it in front of them.

Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

Finding a young donkey, Jesus sat on it, as it is written:

When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided His garments into four parts, one for each soldier, with the tunic remaining. It was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.

A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.

This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.

And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.

And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.

They had hair like that of women, and teeth like those of lions.

They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

And the number of mounted troops was two hundred million; I heard their number.

For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.

He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.

Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.