...are the seven churches," is the explanation from the Lord's own mouth of what the symbols denote. The "great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his head," is a symbol : " that old serpent, called the devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world"...

...Rev. xii. 3, 4, the symbolic representation is — " And there appeared another wonder in heaven ; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems, Si*S,ln*T»t upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and...

...crieth out travailing, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads. 4 And his tail draweth the third of the stars of heaven, and did cast them...

...Refused attributing what occurred to such a cause ; hence the Disarrangement. See Rule 322,1. verily behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads seven crowns, 920 4. and its tail draws the third of the stars of the 921 heaven, and...

...that the dragon had seven crowns upon his heads, ' 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' (ch. xii. 3), but the beast hath upon his horns ten crowns ; so that there had been in the meantime...

...future perfect man in Christ — " His Church the body, the fulness of Him." (Ephes. i. 23.) Opposed is a great red dragon, having " seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads." These are symbols standing for the full opposition of man's ways to God's ways. The dragon, or serpent,...

...birth and pained to be deli, vered," is in every respect perfect and beautiful to contemplate. " The great red Dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads, represents the subject matter and essence of the Temple of the Testimony, during those consecutive...

...travailing in birth and pained to be delivered. 3. And there appeared another sign in heaven ; and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads. 4. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to...

...Rev. xii. 3, 4, the symbolic representation is — " And there appeared another wonder in heaven ; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems, jixStifutr^ upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did...

...own Son, and the consequent exaltation of His Mother. Hence, " Another sign appeared in heaven : and behold a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his head seven diadems." This dragon instilled the poison of rebellion into the third part of the...