We can compare Revelation 12's and 13's 7 heads and 10 horns also, along with Daniel 7's 7 Heads and 10 horns.
Daniel 7
[1] Lion with Eagles wings - Babylon (1 Head, 0 Horns)
[2] Bear raised up on one side with 3 rib in its mouth - Medo-Persia (1 Head, 0 Horns)
[3] 4 Headed Leopard with 4 wings of a fowl - Greece (4 Heads, 0 Horns)
[4] Dreadful, Terrible Beast with Iron teeth and brass claws - Rome (1 Head, 10 Horns, even with an 11th or 8th)
7 Heads, 10 Horns, and an 8th.
Revelation 12, Pagan Rome, with:
Rev 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.
7 Heads, 10 Horns, with 7 crowns upon its Heads (not Horns), because the Heads ruled. Pagan Rome was then ruling.
“a great red dragon” – (a fiery serpent, a beast; Isa. 13:22, 30:6, 43:20); The devil and Pagan Rome (a terrible dreadful Beast, which is a political body, or nation-state, kingdom (Gen. 49:9; Isa. 27:1, 46:11; Jer. 4:7, 5:6, 12:8, 25:38, 49:19, 50:44; Eze. 17:3,7, 32:2; Dan. 7:7,17,19,23, 8:20,21; Joe. 1:6; Mic. 5:8; Rev. 13:1,2,3,7,11,12, 17:3,7,8,11,12, etc.), which symbol was used of the Roman cavalry units on their standards/flags, ‘draco’) -
Draco (military standard) - Wikipedia &
Dacian Draco - Wikipedia ); see Gen. 3:1; Num. 21:6-9; Psa. 91:13; Isa. 1:18; Jer. 10:22, 46:22, 51:34; Mat. 23:33; Rev. 12:4,9, 13:2,4, 20:2.
“having seven heads” – Chronological in time: Babylon (Lion, 1 Head), Medo-Persia (Bear, 1 Head), Greece (Leopard, 4 Heads), Pagan Rome (Dreadful & Terrible Beast, 1 Head) = 7 Heads, bring us down to the time of Pagan Rome; see Dan. 7:3-8,17,19,23.
“and ten horns” – Chronological in time: The Ten Horns came later as Pagan Rome began to be divided and broken in pieces into individual nation-states; see Dan. 2:40, 7:7-8,20,24, 11:20; Psa. 72:4; “ten” is also the symbol of the ‘whole’ (wholly divded); see Ecc. 12:13-14, etc.
“and seven crowns” – (These crowns are not on the horns, which were not yet ruling individually, for Pagan Rome was not yet divided, but were upon the Heads, as Pagan Rome was ruling, as it conquered the territory of the previous beasts), A crown, or royal diadem, is a symbol of rulership, judgment and glory and of the leading city, or capitol, of the nation (Isa. 7:8-9, 23:8), or of a king; see Exo. 39:30; Lev. 8:9; 2 Sam. 1:10, 12:30; 2 Ki. 11:12; 1 Chr. 20:2; 2 Chr. 23:11; Est. 1:11, 2:17, 6:8, 8:15; Job. 19:9, 29:14; Psa. 8:5; Isa. 28:5, 62:3; Jer. 13:18; Eze. 21:26; Rev. 13:1, 19:12.
“upon his heads” – That which rules a body, such as a city (capitol) over a nation, a King to a Kingdom, or Husband to Wife, or Christ to the Church; and it also deals with the heart or mind (Isa. 1:5); see Deut. 28:13,44; Judg. 10:18; 1 Chr. 29:11; Psa. 18:43; Isa. 1:6, 7:8-9, 23:8; Jer. 22:6; Eze. 16:12; Dan. 2:32,38; Hos. 1:11; Jhn. 20:12; 1 Cor. 11:3; Eph. 1:22, 4:15, 5:23; Col. 1:8, 2:10,19.
For more, see the Revelation 12 Powerpoint -
https://archive.org/download/revela...sy/Revelation 12 – The Great Controversy.pptx
Revelation 13:
Rev 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.
Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
This time the "crowns" are not on the "heads", but the "horns". A differing phase of the Dragon, not the 4th, the Pagan Rome, but the 5th, Papal Rome. This ties directly to Daniel 7.
See Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 language compared -
https://ia803201.us.archive.org/31/...-Revelation-13-language-and-time-parallel.pdf
Revelation 13:1-10 is tied, by language and time, to Daniel 7:2-8,17,19-21,23-25.
Daniel, looking in time from his present:
saw (vision/dream) - Daniel 7:1,2,5,6,7,9,11,13,21
Sea - Daniel 7:2,3
1,260 - Daniel 7:25
war - Daniel 7:21
saints - Daniel 7:18,21,22,25,27
books - Daniel 7:10
angels - Daniel 7:10,13,16
God (Ancient of days; Father) - Daniel 7:9,13,18,22,25,27
Son of man (Jesus; Lamb) - Daniel 7:13,14
peoples, nations, languages - Daniel 7:14,23,27
worship (times and laws of God) - Daniel 7:25
Lion - Daniel 7:4
Bear - Daniel 7:5
Leopard - Daniel 7:6
a Dreadful terrible beast - Daniel 7:7-8
seven heads [1 Lion, 1 Bear, 4 Leopard, 1 Beast] - Daniel 7:4-8,11,12,17,19,23
ten horns - Daniel 7:7-8,20,24
kingdom (kings have kingdoms, dominions, thrones, and wear crowns) - Daniel 7:4,5,6,7,8,9,12,14,17,18,22,23,24,26,27
a mouth speaking great things, the great words, mouth that spake very great things, speak great words against the most High - Daniel 7:8,11,20,25
little horn (with the mouth (and eyes of man, thus head) speaking and warring) - Daniel 7:8,11,20,21,24,25
killed - Daniel 7:11,26
John, looking in time from his present (which also covers the past):
saw (vision/dream) - Revelation 13:1,2,3
Sea - Revelation 13:1
1,260 - Revelation 13:5
war - Revelation 13:4,7
saints - Revelation 13:6,7,10
book - Revelation 13:8
angels - Revelation 13:7
God - Revelation 13:6
Lamb (Jesus) - Revelation 13:8
peoples, nations, languages - Revelation 13:3,4,7,8
worship (times and laws of God) - Revelation 13:4,8
a beast - Revelation 13:1,2,3,4
body of a leopard - Revelation 13:2
feet of a bear - Revelation 13:2
mouth of a lion - Revelation 13:2
seven heads - Revelation 13:1
ten horns - Revelation 13:1
kingdom (kings have kingdoms, dominions, thrones, and wear crowns) - Revelation 13:1,2,7
mouth speaking great things and blasphemies - Revelation 13:1,5,6
one of its heads (with the mouth (being a head, has eyes) speaking and warring) - Revelation 13:3,5,6,7
killed - Revelation 13:10
The Horns were ruling (crowns), the division of the 4th, under the 5th.
So, then what are the 7 heads and 10 horns of Revelation 17? Well, they are identified for us in Revelation 17:9-10.
[1]
The seven heads are seven mountains,
on which the woman sitteth.
[2]
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.
It is simple, going from the symbol to the reality (as is found in Daniel 2,4,7,8 & 11; Revelation 12, 13, &c) :
[A.]
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https://ia801705.us.archive.org/34/...tholicisim - The Catholic Encyclopedia 01.jpg
https://ia903203.us.archive.org/28/...tholicisim - The Catholic Encyclopedia 03.jpg
https://ia601909.us.archive.org/32/...tholicisim - The Catholic Encyclopedia 02.jpg
https://ia801709.us.archive.org/30/...atholicisim - The Ctholic Encyclopedia 04.jpg
So we have a city which sits upon 7 hills/mountains, which also is connected to a "woman", being religious, and has persecuted God's people, dressing in purple and scarlet and has gold, silver and pearls. ROME, even Papal Rome. She claims to have authority over kings (more details as needful from her own mouth). She even calls herself the "mother" of all churches (more details as needful from her own mouth).