Oh interesting, but what about the seven mountains or seven kings..who are they?
I dont know if I would agree with this although have heard that theory. But then what about all the non european peoples. Would they be gentiles.
The prophesies of Revelation have gradually been fullfilled as history has unfolded. God promised this in Deuteronomy 18:21-22
1st Beast is the Roman Empire, which slaughtered Christians and then made Christianity its official religion. This was the mortal wound which healed. Chrisitanity then was controlled by the Roman Emperor (1st beast). The Roman emperor was the one who appointed the Pope (2nd Beast). Therefore, you have the 2nd Beast which operated in the presence and authority of the 1st beast.
1st Beast represents STATE
The 2nd beast represents the Medieval Catholic church. Every numbered beast (i.e. 1st or 2nd or 3rd...) rises, reigns for a period, then falls. The 2nd beast rose with the decline of the roman empire, it reigned during the middle ages, it began its decline during the protestant reformation and it fell during the reign of Napolean.
2nd Beast represents CHURCH
The Whore of Bablyon is the continuation of the 2nd Beast.
Whore of Bablyon is the Roman Catholic Church began somewhere in the 1800s to present day.
The seven hills are where Rome and the Vatican sit.
The beast that the whore rides on is a continuation of the 1st Beast which represents different kingdoms or STATES that followed the roman empire which declined and ended (1st Beast).
The beast that the whore rides on
was, and
is not, and
is to come.
This beast is a continuation of the 1st beast
The beast
Was = former monarchies and empires (i.e. holy roman empire and its kings)
and
is not = the rise of democratic governments.
We are currently here where the beast
is not.
But if you follow the trends in politics and the move toward socialism, you see that the world's democratic governments are slowly bankrupting the west, loosing its culture, and the democratic governments will fall paving the way for the beast that
is to come again.
The five kings which have fallen are of the beast which the Whore rides on.
They are the kings of Rome/Italy during the 1800s to 1900s)
1) Napolean 1805-1814
gap of time after napoleon in which Italy unified into the Kingdom of Italy and the papal states ended.
2) Victor Emmanual II 1861 - 1878
3) Umberto I 1878-1900
4) Victor Emmanual III 1900-1946
5) Umberto II 1946-1946
Italy becomes Democratic Republic in 1946 to Present - the beast
is not
So today the beast
is not. And this is the beast that the Roman Catholic Church (Whore of Bablyon) is riding on.
Who are the 6th and 7th kings? They have not yet come.