The alignment of the prophecy with the historic record I wrote about above^
The prophecy;
Revelation 13
1 And saw a beast, having seven heads, and upon his heads the name of
blasphemy.
Revelation 17
3 So 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.
The historic alignment;
The beast is the papacy. The blasp[hemous heads are the popes. The
seven heads are Pius, Leo, Gregory, Benedict, John, Paul and John Paul.
The prophecy;
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his
deadly wound was healed:
The historic alignment;
Pius VI was the pope in 1798 who was the head wounded. It was Pius XI
who was the pope in 1929, whose head was healed.
The prophecy;
5 And power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
The historic alignment;
The papacy reached its power in 538 and was taken away in 1798; 1,260
years, a day for a year. 42 months = 1,260 days.
The prophecy;
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth
with the sword must be killed with the sword.
The historic alignment;
In 1798 Berthier, sent by Napoleon, took Pope Pius VI captive, inflicting
his deadly wound.
The prophecy;
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number
of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six
hundred threescore and six.
The prophecy;
Revelation 17
8 The 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.
The historic alignment;
The beast "was" from 538 to 1798, when Napoleon killed the beast it
became "is not" and when the arrival of the "eighth", the beast will have
returned to its full power again. (Yet future).
The prophecy;
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
The historic alignment;
The seven heads named: Pius, Leo, Gregory, Benedict, John, Paul and
John Paul are all popes that have shared their names and they are
numbered. These are "count numbers". Each name represents a
mountain. The numbers of the names are counted.
There were 12 popes named Pius
There were 13 popes named Leo
There were 16 popes named Gregory
There were 14 popes named Benedict
There were 21 popes named John
There were 6 popes named Paul
There were 2 popes named John Paul.
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12 = 78
1+2+3 --- +13 = 91
1+2+3 --- +16 = 136
1+2+3 --- +14 = 105
1+2+3 --- +21 = 231
1+2+3 --- +6 = 21
1+2 --- --- = 3
78 + 91 + 136 + 105 + 231 + 21 + 3 = 665
There remains only a single count of 1 to complete the count to 666. This
will be complete by the "eighth yet to come.
The prophecy;
10 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.
The historic alignment;
Five are fallen: Pius, Leo, Gregory, Benedict, John (note: Benedict is
among the first five). Paul is the "one is", and pope John Paul, who
introduced a "new name" is the one not having yet come at the time of
pope Paul.
The popes named Paul, held the papacy 67 years. The others as follows;
Benedict 88 years, Leo 99 years, John 122 years, Gregory 125 years,
Pius 161 years. Thus, John Paul, holding the papacy for 26½ years
constitute the "short space".
The prophecy;
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of
the seven, and goeth into perdition.
The historic alignment;
This eighth is the next and final pope, after Benedict XVI is deposed. He
will complete the count to 666 and he will be the Antichrist. He will rise
from the bottomless pit. He is Satan himself, who will personate Christ
and take over the papacy.
"In this age antichrist will appear as the true Christ, and then the law of
God will be fully made void in the nations of our world. Rebellion against
God's holy law will be fully ripe. But the true leader of all this rebellion is
Satan clothed as an angel of light. Men will be deceived and will exalt him
to the place of God, and deify him." Testimonies to Ministers p. 62.
"As the second appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ draws near, satanic
agencies are moved from beneath. Satan will not only appear as a human
being, but he will personate Jesus Christ, and the world that has rejected
the truth will receive him as the Lord of lords and King of kings." --Bible
Commentary, Vol. 5 1105, 1900
"The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform
his marvelous works in our sight. So closely will the counterfeit resemble
the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by
the Holy Scriptures. By their testimony every statement and every miracle
must be tested." --Great Controversy p. 593, 1911
By their fulfillment in these last days they will explain themselves."
--Bible Commentary Vol. 7, p. 949