SEVEN MOUNTAINS by Editor

Publishing Committee · Saratoga Springs, N. Y. · Dec 23, 1851

SEVEN MOUNTAINS.

By Editor

What are the "seven mountains" named in Rev. xvii, 9? Those who contend that Rome is mystery Babylon, say that they are seven literal mountains, on which that city stands. But by what symbol are those seven mountains represented? Verse 3 tells us that it was "a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns." On this beast the woman was seated. Verse 9 explains the seven heads of this beast, where the woman sitteth, to be seven mountains. Now if the seven heads of this beast symbolize the seven hills of earth on which Rome stands, pray what does the beast itself, and the ten horns, represent? Does a part of the beast denote seven literal hills, and a part the governments of this earth? So Br. Litch, in his recent pamphlet on the downfall of Babylon, seems to teach. He says, on page 40, "This Symbol, a beast, is well defined in Dan. vii, chapter, and signifies a government." On page 41, speaking of the seven mountains, he asks, "Are these to be taken literally?" and answers, "Most certainly," and then defines them to be "seven hills or mountains" on which Rome sits. Are we justifiable in dividing this symbol, the beast, into parts, and making it represent things so widely different in their nature, as "seven hills" of earth, and a "government?" We think not.