Hi shturt678,
Perhaps if you started at the beginning of the Scriptural concepts, you could arrive to an accurate context and/or conclusion:
WHY does Rev. 12 have SEVEN diadems over the "
seven heads"
versus the Rev. 13 having
TEN diadems over the "
ten horns",
and WHY did the locations and quantities change.
With Best Regards,
DD
Thank you again for your reponse!
Let's make sure I didn't overlook anydthing?
Rev.12:3, "....dragon....having 7 heads and 10 horns, and upon his heads 7 diadems." As with the rest of the visions in Revelation, one must not allegorize nor parse out each figure independently as the visions are not only signified, but
apocalyptic type parables with judgment with a promse or in this case
a promise with judgment thus
must be viewed as a compostte, ie, beginning Scriptural concept, Revelation 101.
Rev.12:3: Dragon, red (hell, fire & blood), 7 heads, 10 horns (complete power) & what is said summarized by me, ie, the antithesis of any scholar, and actually of the lowest paygrade; however my compostie drawn from commentaries and sermons from about 1560 to about 1918 thus they get the credit:
On 7 heads (dominion) 7 diadems (royalty) signifies - usurps and arrogates to himself God's position in the hearts of men, ie, the dragon is worshipped as God by apostates.
Maybe it would help if I expouinded the first independent clause (A.T. Robertson p.213).
"And there was seen another sign in the heaven," After the indepenpendent clause,
"and lo," On this sign it's not said, as was said of the other, that it's
"great" (v.1) ; instead of this John uses the interjection
"lo," because this sign, or part of the signified composite vision that is not to be disected is strikingly horrible. This term
"dragon" is wholly symbolical of course. The identity of thsi dragon is beyond doubt
"the devil and Satan." The word
"dragon" expresses the extreme connotation of horrror for men, correct?
The seven heads, the ten horns, and the seven diadems on the horns are
plainly symboical or signified (Rev.1:1, "to show...he signified"). I do not like walling posts thus will take a breather,
Old Jack's view and bringing other's so called older outdated views forward, ie, without their works I have nothing.