Apocalipse 17

Apocalipse 17

Phillips - The next thing we are told is where the beast comes. We are now told exactly where the beast concentrates his power at first. It is at Rome. John says, And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. This pinpoints the seat of imperial power. Rome is the city of seven hills and has been known as such from the earliest times. Rome, as a center of political power, is not of much importance today, but it will be. The headquarters of the United States of Europe, federated under the Beast, will be there, at least until the Beast builds his new city of Babylon. (Exploring Revelation) M S Mills - The woman sits on mountains, not hills, so the theory that she is the city on seven hills (Rome) is not necessarily valid. (This distinction between ‘mountains’ and ‘hills’ should not be pressed too far, however, as no Johannine book uses the word for ‘hill’ [‘oreinos’ (hills) is only found in Luke 1:39,65], though the other uses of ‘oros’ in Revelation are more likely to represent mountains than hills.) Leon