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Revelation, Lesson Forty-oneDay 6 of Week SixScripture for today 11:8-10 8Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which is figuratively called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9For three and a half days men from every people, tribe, language and nation will gaze on their bodies and refuse them burial. 10The inhabitants of the earth will gloat
over them and will celebrate by
sending each other gifts, because these
two prophets had tormented those who
live on the earth.
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1. How is “the great city” characterized when it is called Sodom and Egypt? 2. What, actually, is “the great city”? 3. What is meant by the bodies of the two witnesses will be left unburied in the street of the great city? 4. What is one of the consequences when the church is truly faithful? 5. What attitude about minorities must we guard against when we are seeking to defend them against prejudice and discrimination?
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