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Revelation: 7 Main Symbols

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Inside of the “Angelic Explanations” or (parenthetical sections), we find these 7 main symbols. When we look to understand the book of Revelation and to interpret its meaning, we should interpret Revelation in the plain sense reading of the text (the literal interpretation). It’s numbers are literal unless the Scripture specifically indicates that they are symbolic.

Here are the 7 Symbols and their meanings.

1. The dragon: is always symbolic of Satan (Rev. 12:3, 4, 7, 9, 13, 16, 17; 13:2, 4; 16:13; 20:2).
2. The first Beast: is symbolic of the Antichrist (Rev. 13; 14:9-11; 17:3-17; 19:19-21; 20:4, 10).
3. Another Beast: is symbolic of the False Prophet who is only called, “another Beast” one time (Rev. 13:11).
4. The 7 heads: are 7 empires from history that persecuted Israel (Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome, revived Roman Empire of Dan. 2:41-42; 7:7, 20, 24; Rev. 12:3; 13:1; 17:3-16).
5. The 10 horns: speak of a future 10-nation confederation of ten kings (Rev. 12:3; 13:1; 17:3, 7, 12-14, 16-18).
6. The Harlot Babylon: will be established in the literal re-built city of Babylon on the Euphrates River in Iraq as a worldwide demonic religious and economic center (Rev. 17-18; Jer. 50-51).
7. The Woman with the Mail-child (Jesus): the woman is the faithful remnant of Israel through history (Rev. 12:1-5). Satan wars with her offspring who are Gentile believers (Rev. 12:17).

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