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Lesson 34 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course 9

lands and crowns on earth was obnoxious to the
early Christians on account of pagan associ-
ations. Stress, therefore, was laid on the worth of
the SYMBOLIC HEAVENLY GARLAND
(STEPHA.NOS).

Two Crowns

In the New Testament two Greek words
are used for the English word “crown.” One is
stepha.nos that we have just studied. The other is
DI.ADEMA.
1. We find this word used in Revelation
12:3, where it is rendered “diadems.” Who or
what is wearing all these di.ademas or crowns in
this verse?
2. Going, now, to Revelation 13:1 we
find the word di.adema used again. What is
wearing all the crowns this time?
3. In Revelation 19:12 we find another
white horse, but the rider, in this case, is wearing
many di.ademas -- NOT a stepha.nos!
COMMENT: In the New Testament,
the Greek word di.adema (meaning “something
bound about the head”) is rendered either
“crown” or “diadem” by modern translations. In
the New King James version the “great, fiery red
dragon” (Satan the Devil) has a diadem upon
each of its seven heads. A crown adorns each of
the ten horns of the symbolic seven-headed
“beast” that ascends out of the “sea.” The One
Bust of Greek athlete wearing the victor’s crown
called “Faithful and True,” namely YEHOVAH
or stepha.nos.
God, likewise has upon His head “”many
crowns,” indicating that He is the rightful source
joicing is to be in the presence of the Messiah at
of AUTHORITY and POWER.
his coming.
Now, if the WHITE HORSE and rider of
6. What will the man who resists temp-
Revelation 6:2 represents false religion, the
tation receive? James 1:12.
antichrist, civil strife or triumphant militarism
7. What will we receive if we are faithful
then the rider should be wearing the DIADEM
to YEHOVAH God until death? Revelation 2:
(DI.ADEMA) OF POWER AND RULERSHIP
10, 3:11.
-- not the CROWN (STEPHA.NOS) OF CHRIS-
8. In visions of heaven the crowns are
TIAN TRIUMPH!
prominent. What are the elders in Revelation 4:
Notice what Eerdman’s Bible Diction-
4 wearing?
ary has to say --
COMMENT: The elders are wearing
“...in Revelation Gk. “Diadema” indi-
crowns (stepha.nos) of gold. The wearing of gar-
cates a ROYAL CROWN, worn by the dragon
The White Horse of Revelation 6:2