Tag: Rome
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The City Behind the Woman – Revelation 17:18
Revelation 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. The angel now makes the picture plain. The woman is not merely an idea. She is connected to a real city, a city that exerts influence over the kings of the earth. The most natural…
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The Kings and the Kingdom – Revelation 17:10
Revelation 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. Now the angel moves from the seven mountains to seven kings. At the time John wrote this, there had been seven Roman emperors: Julius Caesar,…
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The Beast from the Sea – Revelation 13:1
Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. When John says he saw a beast rising out of the sea, he is…
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The Dragon Behind the Empire – Revelation 12:3
Revelation 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. John has just shown us the woman and the child. Now he shows us the enemy. And he does not appear as a harmless symbol or a passing…