John’s Revelation Unveiled – Part 2

In addition, those "seven crowns" or seven Kings or Kingdoms  may also represent the seven successive and heathen ancient World Empires (of which Rome was the then-current one). And again, the "seven Kings" remind one both of the seven successive forms of government of the Roman Empire itself  as well as of Rome's seven chief "Kings" or Emperors during John's own century in particular, at the time that Apostle received this very vision.496                                                           487 Gen. 3:1-6,13-16; II Cor. 11:3; I Tim. 2:11-15. 488 Job. 1:6 & 2:1. 489 Rev. 12:9; 20:3f; I Jh. 5:19,21; cf. n. 408. 490 Dt. 7:1-8 & Rom. 9:6. 491 Rom. 1:3 & 9:4f. 492 Rev. 12:4,7b,9b cf. nn. 408 & 474 & 481. 493 Cf. nn. 474f & 498-500. 494 Rev. 17:3,8-18; 13:1f cf. Dan. chs. 2 & 7:7f,19 & 9:26f & 11:30.36 to 12:1,11 cf. Mt. 24:15,28. 495 Dan. 7:3,17,19. 496 Rev. 12:3f & 13:1-3 & 17:8-11 cf. Dan. 7:7f (where the 10 minus the 3 yields 7 horns and where the next horn is the 8th). The seven successive Heathen Empires of the Ancient World are:  (1) the Ancient Egyptian Empire, 2700 to 1000 B.C. (cf. Gen. 12:10 to Ex. ch. 15 & Is. 52:4);  (2) the Ancient Assyrian Empire, 1000-625 B.C. (cf. Isa. 52:4 with II Kgs. 15:19 to Jer. 50:17f);