The term Antichrist is not used in Revelation, agreed.
But the 7th head , 7th king, is not Satan. The 7th head will be the little horn person. He becomes the 7th head when he becomes leader over ten EU kings.
Then later, after going through his prince who shall come, then Antichrist, then revealed man of sin stages - he will be killed and comes back to life as the beast (king 8), dictator of the EU.
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So the dragon in Revelation 12 is not representing Satan? Satan is not just the body. Satan is one of the heads. (The 8th kingdom is of the 7, but not the 7th kingdom) The rest of the heads are the Kingdoms of Mankind, out of the sea to make up this dragon beast.
Satan gives power to this beast as symbolic of those who would crush Israel throughout history. Starting with the statue in Daniel 2. Some want to go back and include Egypt and Assyria. Neither were part of Daniel's image.
So we are currently in the 6th head kingdom, the one that is mortally wounded, as no single human government controls Europe, Asia, and the ME.
Chapter 12 is the historical dragon. Revelation 13 is the transition between the final harvest and the 7th Trumpet. Revelation 17 is the death woes after 42 months of the 8th kingdom.
The 7th Trumpet is announcing Jesus as the 7th kingdom and as King over all nations on the earth. One king total control.
In the midst of the week of the 7th Trumpet, 3.5 days later, God decides if time will be extended 42 more months. That is the confirmation of the Atonement Covenant. Satan is the 7th head, who is the 8th kingdom. Satan controls the world for 42 months. In Revelation 13, Satan sets up the FP, and together they bring an image to life, ai. That image is your AC, called the beast from that point on. Satan always retains the title of dragon, the 8th kingdom the 7th head.
"And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. And
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. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 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."
That phrase does not say the heads are the kings. It states there are 7 kings. Satan is not a king. Satan is the beast in this explanation. Not the AC beast. The dragon, the sea beast, and now this beast the woman is sitting on. 7 plus Satan is 8.
So the 7th kingdom that is very short, only 3.5 days, is the kingdom of Christ declared at the 7th Trumpet. Jesus has been King, since creation. Jesus was the Prince to come in Daniel 9.
"and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space"
Jesus is still the Prince, King to come. If there is no 42 month extension, then no 8th kingdom at all. But Armageddon is Jesus taking back control and the 7th kingdom is the Millennial Kingdom either way. The view from Revelation 17 is dealing with human religion, and still the same historical kingdoms as the dragon and sea beast. But these heads are not first century humans, nor future human leaders. They represent the empires since Babylon and Nebuchadnezzar. So five have fallen. One is. The one we are in now, and Jesus is the 7th kingdom, but only 3.5 days after the 7th Trumpet starts sounding. That is when Satan is given 42 months.
There is not going to be an effort of a single human government until after the 6th Seal, Second Coming. That is when 2 Peter 3 takes place. That is when all the Continents and mountains are moved to form one landmass which is then divided into 10 sections. That is the 6th head revived.
But from the 7th Seal until the 7th Trumpet we have the final harvest. Jesus is removing billions of humans in judgment per Matthew 25:31 and Matthew 13. Not just redeemed people (the sheep), but the lost are removed. The goats cast into the LOF. The tares cast into the LOF. The sheep and wheat are the firstfruits of the Millennial Kingdom. The 144k and all the angels are part of this final harvest. That is the point every one is missing. Jesus clearly states in Matthew 13 and Matthew 25 that He is physically on the earth doing this judgment and harvest.
The deception is the church is looking for the wrong Christ. Then the church for the most part has decided they are going to be here on earth with Jesus the whole time. That is not the case. The church is the first to leave, because they are the last of the bride to be taken to Paradise, and wait for a thousand years to come back to the earth, in the New Jerusalem.
Unless one symbolizes away the specific and direct teachings of Christ, all this future speculation about an AC and 7 years is in direct contradiction to God's Word. Jesus is coming to earth for this period of trouble placed on Israel, His people. Not all of Israel is going to make it.