Why have we not changed our position on the 7 kings of Revelation 17 since 2005?
Why have we not changed our position on the 7 kings of Revelation 17 since 2005?
In late 2005, we understood & accepted new light on Rev 17. The 7 kings of v. 10 are not 7 kingdoms but 7 kings, followed by 8th, who will be last king. There is no more definitive timeline of end-time events in Bible. Have we changed our position on Rev 17 since then? No. Here are some of the reasons why:
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1.2) French General Berthier, and Napoleon declared end of popes' temporal power. From that time till 1929 [date of Lateran Agreement], popes lost all their papal states, were on the run for their lives from Italian nationalists & lost Rome itself, and from 1870 till 1929 4 popes were prisoners of Vatican.
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2.1) If John using kings meant kingdoms, he could have done so, as he used kingdom elsewhere. So when he said kings he meant it. This leads us to second important reason why kings means kings: when you apply kings to popes from 1929 [they only became kings in 1929], prophetic details fit perfectly like a glove.
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3.1) Of the 8th, it states that he 'shall ascend out of the bottomless pit.' Bottomless pit is synonymous with death. Is it surprising that Francis the 8th king is the 1st Jesuit pope in history? Did not history record that millions of saints were martyred at the hand of Jesuits? Is there a more fitting description of the Jesuits than 'bottomless pit'?