Chapter 27 Heads Humans and animals have a head, but what is interesting about beasts in prophecy is that some of them have multiple heads. What is the significance of a beast having more than one head? Here too prophecy defines the meaning of multiple heads: Rev 17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. This passage indicates that for this particular beast, the scarlet beast of Rev 17, heads are both mountains and kings. I do not want to elaborate on mountains here except to say that they are places of worship and also refer to Rome which was built on seven hills. Verses 10 and 11 put more emphasis on kings, and as a general meaning of multiple heads, kings make more sense. What also becomes clear as we study verses 10 and 11, we see these kings do not rule simultaneously, but are different kings of the same nation, empire or entity. Where do we see beasts with multiple heads in prophecy? There are four: The third beast of Dan 7, the dragon of Rev 12, the composite beast of Rev 13 and the scarlet beast of Rev 17. Elaborating on the details of the beast of Rev 17 is a study for later, but we will use this understanding of heads in the third beast of Dan 7 which has four heads, the only beast with multiple heads in Dan 7 and all of Daniel for that matter.