Seven Empires

The New World Order is nothing new. It is as ancient as Cain and Able. Cain built a city after God exiled him for the murder of his brother. From the very beginning men have sought to rule the world at the behest of the devil. Throughout history there have been many attempts at global empire. The first notable effort after the flood was Nimrod and the tower of Babel.

Genesis 11:1-9  And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. ²And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. ³And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. ⁴And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. ⁵And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. ⁶And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. ⁷Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech. ⁸So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. ⁹Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

As men scattered and repopulated the earth after the flood, they developed city-states wherever they settled, each with a different language. As they grew in population and in strength, they began to vie for territory. The stronger, defeating the weaker, would gain new lands and new slaves, ever becoming more powerful until they controlled the known world and achieved empire. War has been the bane of human "civilization" since Cain slew Able. History tells of empires that have trampled the world to varying degrees of success. The Bible tells of six empires and of a seventh that is yet to come.

Revelation 12:3-4  And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. ⁴And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth:…

Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

We know who the great red dragon is, but what about the heads and horns?

Revelation 13:1-4  And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. ²And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. ³And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. ⁴And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

Revelation 17:1-3  ...Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: ²With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. ³So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation 17:15  And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

A beast with seven heads and ten horns that gets its power, seat, and authority from the dragon, appears ridden by a woman and rising out of a sea of people. Still, what about the seven heads and ten horns?

Revelation 17:7-10  ...I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. ⁸The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. ⁹And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. ¹⁰And 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.

The "seven kings" are the key to this mystery. Who are they? Five kings had already fallen, one king was in existence at the time, and another had yet to come. The five empires of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece had arisen and fallen prior to the rise of Roman Empire. At the time John received the Revelation, Rome still ruled the world.

Revelation 13:3  And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

The beast has only had one head at a time. When one empire died, another would grow up to take its place. From the time of the Egyptian Empire to the fall of the Roman Empire the beast lived on. However, when the Roman Empire fell it was as if the beast had died. (I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death) All the king’s horses and all the king’s men could not put it together again. What about the king that is yet to come?

The beast has had six heads to date. The general consensus says that the Roman Empire will be revived. I disagree. If the Roman Empire is to rise again, the beast will only have six heads. No, the beast is growing a new head as it has always done. It is not the head that is being healed. The beast is being healed by growing a seventh head. This one will have ten horns (and his deadly wound was healed).

Ten Governors

Revelation 17:12-13  And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. ¹³These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

The earth is being divided into ten regional states with ten governors presiding over them, and one antichrist is coming to rule them all.

Revelation 17:11  And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.

For the answer to this riddle, we must refer to the book of Daniel. Daniel’s prophecy only speaks of the last four empires. The final empire in Daniel is the same as the seventh of Revelation.

Daniel 7:24  And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

Three of the ten kings of the seventh empire will be subdued by an eleventh king. By the eleventh king overthrowing three of the former kings, there will then be eight.   “…he is the eighth, and is of the seven…”   I know this can be confusing, but the following diagram of the beast should help.

Here is the New World Order - “If they build it, he will come," (Antichrist). The mystery of the harlot, Babylon, that sits upon the beast is another story. Her mystery is that there is an ancient satanic cult behind all of this insanity.

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