series of sevens is complete in itself. Seven angels blow seven trumpet blasts (8:2), and seven angels pour out the contents of the seven bowls (15:1, 6–8). There are seven spirits (1:4), which represent the plenitude of the Spirit, seven stars (1:20), seven lampstands (1:20), seven kings (17:9–10). The whore sits on seven mountains, which can be a reference to Rome’s seven hills, but also could be symbolic of the entire earth (seven) reaching to the heavens (mountains) in an act of self-deification
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