In Revelation 17:9, what do the seven heads or seven mountains represent?
Revelation 17:9 identifies the seven heads as seven mountains, meaning seven nations with seven prime ministers or kings on which the woman sits. The woman is the religious system described earlier in the chapter. The passage also speaks of seven kings, with three having lost their identity.
Les explains that the seven heads are seven mountains—seven nations with seven prime ministers or kings—on which the woman sits. The woman is the religious system taught earlier in Revelation 17. He connects this symbolism with Daniel and notes the seven kings: three have already lost their identity, one is, and the other is not yet come, continuing only a short space. Les also sees the beast as the old Roman Empire revived, headed by Antichrist, the eighth.
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.