Symbols

Thunder = The Voice of God. Dragon = `Rome or the devil. Sun = `Dispensation of Grace. Moon = Law. Crown of 12 Stars = The Church is crowned with the doctrines of the 12 Apostles. The Beast = Now, the beast wasn't a king. He was one which is, which is not; and yet he is, and is not. It is the succession of the popes, a power, a beast ruling. That's when pagan Rome was converted to make papal Rome. Pagan Rome was converted, and then it become the papacy, which, they had a pope in the stead of a king, and the pope is the spiritual king. That's the reason he's a crowned spiritual king, claims to be the vicar of Jesus Christ