Why does the dragon have 7 crowns, while the beast has 10 crowns?
Revelation 12:3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems
Revelation 13:1 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads
Diadems in the OT were sometimes associated with a High Priest, as was done with Joshua. The dragon could be symbolizing a false priesthood?
I view Revelation as a
covenantle change from the
OC priesthood of the flesh and to that of
the NC spiritual priesthood
National Israel is cursed forever !
OC Mosaic Priesthood cursed forever?
Malachi 2
1 “
And now, O priests, this command is for you. 2 If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send
the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.
3 Behold, I will rebuke your offspring,a and spread dung on your faces, the dung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it
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Hebrews 7:12
For being changed/translated<3346> the Priesthood, out of necessity also, of Law a change/translation<3331> is becoming,
Rev 1:6
and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him
is the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.
Rev 5:10
and didst make us to our God kings and priests, and we shall reign upon the earth.'
Revelation 20:6
Happy the one having part in the first standing-up<386> upon these the second death not is having authority,
but shall be being priest of the God and of the Christ and shall be reigning with Him the thousand years.
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6797 tsaniyph tsaw-neef' or tsanowph {tsaw-nofe'}; or (feminine) tsaniyphah {tsaw-nee-faw'}; from
6801; a head-dress (i.e. piece of cloth wrapped around):--diadem, hood, mitre.
Isa 62:3
And thou hast been
a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, And
a diadem of royalty in the hand of thy God,
Zec 3:5
1He showed me
Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh,
and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
2Yahweh said to Satan, "Yahweh rebuke you, Satan! Yes,
Yahweh who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Isn't this a burning stick plucked out of the fire?"
3Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.
4He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing."
5I said, "Let them set
a clean turban/diadem on his head." So they set a clean turban on his head, and clothed him; and the angel of Yahweh was standing by.
6The angel of Yahweh protested to Joshua, saying,
7"Thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'If you will walk in my ways, and if you will follow my instructions, then you also shall judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you a place of access among these who stand by.
8Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant, the Branch.
9For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving,' says Yahweh of Armies, 'and
I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
10In that day,' says Yahweh of Armies, 'you will invite every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree.'"
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1238. diadema from a compound of 1223 and 1210;
a "diadem" (as bound about the head):--crown. Compare 4735.
Rev 12:3
And there was seen another sign in the heaven, and, lo, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven
diadems,
Rev 13:1
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten
diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking,
Rev 19:12
and his eyes
are as a flame of fire, and upon his head
are many
diadems -- having a name written that no one hath known, except himself,
4735. stephanos stef'-an-os from an apparently primary stepho (to twine or wreathe); a chaplet (as a badge of royalty, a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor generally; but more conspicuous and elaborate than the simple fillet, 1238), literally or figuratively:--crown.
Mat 27:29
and having plaited him
a crown out of thorns they put
it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, 'Hail, the king of the Jews.'
Mar 15:17
and clothe him with purple, and having plaited
a crown of thorns, they put
it on him,
Jhn 19:2
and the soldiers having plaited
a crown of thorns, did place
it on his head, and a purple garment they put around him,
Jhn 19:5
Jesus, therefore, came forth without, bearing
the thorny crown and the purple garment; and he saith to them, 'Lo, the man!'
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1Co 9:25
and every one who is striving, is in all things temperate; these indeed, then, that
a corruptible crown they may receive, but we an incorruptible;
Phl 4:1
So then my brethren, beloved and longed for, my joy
and crown, so stand ye in the Lord, beloved.
1Th 2:19
for what
is our hope, or joy, or
crown of rejoicing? are not even ye before our Lord Jesus Christ in his presence?
2Ti 4:8
henceforth there is laid up for me
the crown of the righteousness that the Lord -- the Righteous Judge -- shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.
Jas 1:12
Happy the man who
doth endure trial, because, becoming approved, he shall receive
the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.
1Pe 5:4
and at the manifestation of
the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive
the unfading crown of glory.
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Rev 2:10
'Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer, behold! the Devil is about to cast of ye to prison,
that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death! and I will give to thee
the crown of the life.
Rev 3:11
Lo, I come quickly, be holding fast that which thou hast, that no one may take
thy crown.
Rev 4:4
And around the throne
are thrones twenty and four, and upon the thrones I saw the twenty and four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and
they had upon their heads crowns of gold;
Rev 4:10
fall down do the twenty and four elders before Him who is sitting upon the throne, and bow before Him who is living to the ages of the ages, and
they cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
Rev 6:2
and I saw, and lo, a white horse, and he who is sitting upon it is having a bow, and there was
given to him a crown, and he went forth overcoming, and that he may overcome.
Rev 9:7
And the likenesses of the locusts
are like to horses made ready to battle,
and upon their heads as crowns like gold, and their faces as faces of men,
Rev 12:1
And a great sign was seen in the heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head
a crown of twelve stars,
Rev 14:14
And I saw, and lo, a white cloud, and upon the cloud
one sitting like to a son of man,
having upon his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle;