First of all, there is an oversight in your argument, which is where the argument is flawed.So what does all of this mean when placed together? It means that Apollyon was ASSIGNED as the "Principality in High Places" that Paul spoke of over the Mediterranean Sea Region. He was over Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome. When Rome dispersed Israel all over the world, just after Israel rejected Jesus, there ceased being a BEAST over Israel, because of course there was no Israel in the Land, God forsook Israel, He blinded Israel, He turned His back on Israel. God saw them as Dead Men's Bones for night 2000 years until 1948, thus Apollyon was LOCKED INTO THE Bottomless Pit, he will be RELEASED as the 1st Woe, thus he WAS....IS NOT....YET IS.
Since Revelation 17 says that there are also ten horns, or ten kings, which means that those seven or eight kingdoms are probably a subset of the larger group:-
Revelation 17:12-13
12 “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. 13 These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. 14 These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
So, you are saying that a disparate group of countries will "Make war on the Lamb" all at once, but this is extremely unlikely given the disparate nature of those countries.
Secondly, your scholarship doesn't actually provide CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE that this interpretation is "correct".
Ultimately, the "correct" interpretation is anybody's guess, since there are no "right" or "wrong" answers; but the person with the Stick hand is the only one who could ever make a difference, and His interpretation is the only meaningful one in terms of its "real world applications", since God alone is Judge; and only God can make things happen according to his own interpretation of the Scripture.
Ultimately, God's interpretation of this Scripture is the only one which would count on the Last day of Judgement - When God will Judge the entire earth (Isaiah 24:1, Revelation 20:9) and Judgement of the Dead would also take place in the Spiritual world (Revelation 20:11-15, 21:8).
Since God alone would decide who will live or not (2 Corinthians 5:10, Revelation 20:13), and also which countries would survive or not (Matthew 25:33).
So, if God said he wants to destroy the United States, you can be damned well sure that He will keep his PROMISE. John 5:23, 5:30, 7:16, 10:30, 14:7
PS. Now, Revelation 7:9 is concerning the immediate survivors of the Tribulation, but the long term survival of any country is not guaranteed - Since we are not to assume that there would be "equal" numbers of survivors from every country, and some countries may have too few survivors to guarantee their long term survival in the new heaven and earth and the New Jerusalem.
For lack of numbers, those countries may well disappear altogether, by way of their assimilation with larger groups.
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