Ten horns and the Beast
I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her(Revelation 17:7). What does it mean of ten horns and the beast? This is a hiding and interesting mystery.
What beast did apostle John seeing? One among of the seven heads’ beast? Which one did he see?
Revelation 17:8 “The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.”
“As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth but it belongs to the seven”(Revelation 17:11). So the beast appearing in front of John at that moment was : the eighth one, it independent of the seven heads’ beast but actually it belongs to the seven heads’ beast.
So the answer is : John saw the beast before him was the eighth beast.
Is it a little bit confusing? Let us see more verses of Revelation chapter 17. First of all, let’s read and study the seven heads beast first.
“9 This calls for a mind with wisdom: the seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman is seated; 10 they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come, and when he does come he must remain only a little while”(Revelation 17:9,10).
This beast with seven heads means seven mountains, and mountain means kingdom, can be said it is the world hegemony.
So the beast with seven heads means seven kingdoms. In apostle John’s time the 1st century, five kingdoms have fallen, one is still existing. Who were they? No doubt, the one that was existing in John’s time was Roman Empire.
If we see the history back from Roman Empire(6th head), before Roman Empire was the Greek Empire(5th head->has fallen), and before was Medo-Persia Empire(4th head->has fallen), and before was Babylon Empire(3rd head->has fallen), and before was Assyrian Empire(2nd head->has fallen). And the first empire was ancient Egypt(1st head->has fallen) who was the first head or first mountain, the first kingdom setup and built in our human history.
Then who was the seventh head? We can say it was United Kingdom(British Empire). So what does the beast with seven heads mean? It means the “whole” of the dominion, the seven heads’ beast represents the “whole” of the dominion from ancient Egypt(the 1st head) to the United kingdom(the 7th head). To be precise the seven heads’ beast represents the whole from 1st one(Egypt) to the 8th one; and the ten horns. Daniel 2:37,38 says,
“…the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, 38 and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all.”
The eighth beast and ten horns are also included into the 7 heads’ beast.
Therefore for the different time period, the beast would shown the different head. For example, this beast displayed the Egypt head in Moses’ time, it displayed the Babylon head(Lion) in Daniel’s time and Roman head(the combination of 10 horns and little horn) in apostle John’s time. In our days this beast is the eighth one, “the beast with 2 horns that rise on earth”(Revelation 13:11). So the seven heads’ beast represents the “whole” of all its’ kingdoms.
But why the eighth one is not the eighth “head” but the another “beast”(the eighth king)? Why God separated it from the seven head’s beast? Maybe God want us to know the eighth one is a big big different from other seven kingdoms, who is much powerful than the total of other seven kingdoms. The eighth beast possess mass strong destructive weapons that no other kingdoms could be.
If we break down each head(king) into the separate and independent beast, then the eighth king will be the eighth beast. So it can be said the eighth king is the beast’s eighth head, they are the whole. God specially separates it out from the seven head beast means the eighth one is extremely terrifying, dreadful and exceedingly strong(Daniel 7:7).
But why God says the beast is seven heads not eight heads? The main reason is : the eighth world hegemony is : “it belongs to the seven”, it belongs to the 7th head beast(UK)(Revelation 17:11). Actually, God defines the 8th kingdom as “the little horn” in Daniel 7:8, that’s why God said the seven heads’ beast with 10 horns, not eight heads with 10 horns, and the little horn(the 8th one) is come from the one(UK) of the 10 horns.
So the angel showed the vision to apostle John was about the seven heads’ beast and the prostitute, and then the seven heads’ beast switch become the eighth king. Can be said it is also the seven heads’ beast, for it is also belongs to the seven head’s beast. He said this beast was existed before, and is not exist now, is about to rise from the bottomless pit(to be exist) is the the eighth. The eighth beast will be existed in the final period and last to the End Day, “and it goes to destruction” finally(Revelation 17:11).
Who is the eighth king the world hegemony? This beast is the beast what Revelation chapter 13 talking about, who is raised out of the earth with 2 horns and it’s name is 666. Why?
Because Revelation chapter 13 tells us seven heads of the beast means 7 kings. And then the other beast rise out on earth, does it refer to the 7th king of the seven heads’ beast? No, because “It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence, and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast(seven heads’ beast)”(Revelation 13:12).
So they are presented at the same time, that means it does not refer to the 7th king, and this beast appear after the seven, so you will know the answer : it is the eighth one. That’s why Revelation 17:11 says this beast is the 8th one.
Do you know who is the beast? What is its name? The beast’s name is United States(US). Then who are the ten horns and what does it mean? We can say it is the European Union(EU), please read <The Beast 666> and <The four Great Beast> for more explanation. But Why the angel said the eighth beast “was(existed), and is not(exist), and is about to rise from the bottomless pit”?
We are sure that this beast is not existing in the John’s time, but how about before and after John’s time? It was existed before, but not existed in John’s time? What does it mean it will come out from the bottomless pit?
It related to the mortal wound head of Revelation 13:3. What does the ‘bottomless pit’ mean? It means the place store the dead, it is the unlimited capacity place like bottomless pit. So that means the eighth king has been killed before John’s time? Yes, who was he?
We can say this wounded head is Greece, why? Because Greece was the first one to develop the Democracy System, a different political system rather than other Empires. Firstly, the Democracy political system was flourishing in Greece, but then was killed by Roman Empire(symbolized by Gaius Lulius Caesar be killed by sword in Italy, “the wounded head”, his death symbolize the end of Democracy System). After that it died and disappeared during Apostle John’s time till…
Till to 19th-20th century, Democracy was healed. Firstly was healed in Italy(the wounded head) of European about 14-15th century, and then flourishing in US. And the whole world(all other countries) was marveled and followed the beast, they followed him and changed to Democracy political system one by one. They worship the beast(US) and actually they worship the dragon, saying, “Who is like the beast(US), and who can fight against it?”. Yes, no one(country) can fight against US, even Russia or China.
So the wounded head(symbol of Democracy) the Greek Empire was(was existed before), but killed in John’s time(and is not exist), and would be rising from bottomless pit(will exist, symbolize by US, the new beast, the new form of Democracy appearance, US=the symbol of Democracy).
Ten Horns
How about the ten horns? Who are they? What does it mean?
Revelation 17:12 “And the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast“.
Daniel 7:7,8 “…It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns(EU). 8 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one(US)…”.
Daniel 7:20 “and about the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn(US) that came up… and that seemed greater than its companions”.
Daniel 7:24 “As for the ten horns,
out of this kingdom(Roman Empire) ten kings shall arise,
and another shall arise after them(the little horn, US);
he shall be different from the former ones…”
Daniel 2:41,42
41 And as you saw the feet and toes(10 toes, 10 horns), partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom, but some of the firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet(10 toes, 10 horns) were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle.
Ten horns are ten kings, they have not yet received royal power in John’s time, but they will get it at the final period of the end time(only one hour), they will be the last one to receive dominion after and together with the eighth beast-US, and then will go to destruction. The 10 toes are the final part what Daniel told us about the statue.
If we back to the history, we can find that the fourth beast of Daniel’s vision was Roman Empire who is the iron legs and will last to the end day. But Roman Empire has fallen, how come it can be last to the end day? Let’s see…
Before Roman Empire has fallen, it ruled over all European territories including Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain… After that Rome Empire was fallen and broken down into many European countries(become ten horns) like those above, and then keeping this situation until now. Biblical meaning of ten is “a whole“. Now they have formed the EU(European Union) and NATO, we can say they are the ‘ten toes’ or ‘ten horns’, they are ten kings. Their kingdom “partly(countries) strong and partly(countries) brittle” (formed by Union or intermarriage).
“13 These are of one mind(EU), and they hand over their power and authority to the beast(the eighth one, US). 16 And the ten horns(EU) that you saw, they and the beast(US) will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire, 17 for God has put it into their hearts to carry out his purpose by being of one mind and handing over their royal power to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled”(Revelation 17:13,16,17).
Please read <Babylon the Great> for more detailed discussion.
“14 They(EU and US) will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful”.
In the last second of ‘one hour‘, they(EU and US) will make war on the Lamb, Jesus is Lord of lords and King of kings. Yes, Jesus come back officially at that time and he will conquer them.
Amen.
Let’s see <King of kings Lord of lords>.
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