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REVELATION 17:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 1
Rev 17:8Rev 17:10
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
'This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits' - the angel appeals for wisdom to interpret the seven heads as seven hills. Rome was the city of seven hills; the symbolism points to Rome as Babylon, the anti-God empire of John's time.
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Amara OseiNote2mo ago
Seven Hills and Broken Kingdoms
I'm a biblical scholar, and this verse has generated volumes of commentary trying to identify the beast. Rome? Modern governments? Consumerism? But the point isn't identifying the specific beast. The...
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