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the latter part of the verse, Paul said, "and I

was delivered out of the mouth of the

lion.” You ask, "Who in the world is the

lion?" Well, the lion is either Satan or Nero

or both because they're both bloody

tyrants. And Paul did talk about men as

beasts. In 1 Corinthians 15:32 he said, “I

have fought with beasts at Ephesus,” and

here, again, in Romans 15:9 he said, “I was

delivered out of the mouth of the lion.” Did

Paul die? Yes. So that's not what he's talking

about. Do you remember what I said earlier?

I believe that this is not a declaration that he

would escape death, but he's saying that he

would be delivered from the temptation

and the fear of denying the Lord; in other

words, he's saying, “I will not submit. I will

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