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•SEA OF GLASS a figurative expression used in Revelation 4:6 and 15:2. According to the interpretation of some, “this calm, glass-like sea, which is never in storm, but only interfused with flame, represents the counsels of God, those purposes of righteousness and love which are often fathomless but never obscure, always the same, though sometimes glowing with holy anger.” (Comp. Psalm 36:6; 77:19; Romans 11:33-36.)
•SEASONS (Genesis 8:22). See AGRICULTURE; MONTH.
Joshua 15:47; Psalm 80:11, etc.); (5) the “sea of Galilee,” an inland fresh-water lake, and (6) the Dead Sea or “salt sea” (Genesis 14:3;