So according to your own logic, the 8th king would be Italian/Latin, not Jewish, since he is one of the seven.
He will be a Jew and also descended from the Julio-Claudian bloodline. He may be Italian. He may be from Rome. We don't know. I lean toward coming out of a small country in the EU,
btw, in Judaism, a person is considered a Jew if the mother (not the father) is a Jew.
Also, there is no rhyme or reason for the fourth kingdom in Daniel to be of one bloodline
I am not saying the fourth kingdom is of one bloodline.
The ten kings in Daniel 7 are of the fourth kingdom. But not one bloodline.
It is the 7 kings in Revelation 17:10 who are of one bloodline.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
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.
I can't and won't believe that the horns of the beast from the sea in Revelation stretch way back to the beginning of the Roman Empire and wind up here, now; today.
The ten horns don't stretch back to the beginning of the Roman Empire. The horns are ten kings of the Roman empire, end times version of it, the EU. The EU has its roots in the European common market founded by the treaties of Rome, in the 1950's.
The Roman Empire and Israel (1948, 1967) have made their presence centerfold in this parable of the fig tree generation, because all of the end times prophecies are about to be fulfilled.
The ten horns, the ten end times leaders, are associated with the 7th head, the end times little horn person, king 7 of the 7 kings in Revelation 17:10
Five of the 7 kings (heads) in Revelation 17:10 had fallen, died, at the time of John. The sixth king was ruling at the time of John. The seventh king is yet to come and when he comes he must "continue" a short space. The continue is in Revelation 13:5. And the short space is the 42 months.
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.
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
What the ten horns, the ten end times leaders of the EU, are not connected to is Israel. But the false prophet is.
He comes out of the earth, symbolic for coming out of Israel, not the nations. The false prophet will be the one who will anoint the little horn>the
Antichrist>the beast person the King of Israel. And will thought to be by the Jews, or will present himself as Elijah, the prophet.
Concerning your other belief, why on Earth would the 7th king "become" the eighth??? That makes no sense. At least you understand that the kings are of consecutive order. So are the beasts. They were in Daniel, and they are in Revelation.
The 7th king person will be killed, and brought back to life and continue the short space of 42 months as the beast - which the bible calls the eighth (king, inferred) as the beast.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
In Daniel and Revelation, there are many beasts spoken of. Sorting those out as to the meanings is up to those who seek to understand.
Your ten heads do not chronologically align with your seven heads, but these do:
Ten German Rulers/Horns (Revelation 17:12)
1. Frederick William III (1797–1840)
2. Frederick William IV (1840–1861)
3. William I (1861–1888)
4. Frederick III (1888)
5. Wilhelm II (1888–1918)
6. Friedrich Ebert (1918–1925)
7. Hans Luther (1925)
8. Walter Simons (1925)
9. Paul von Hindenburg (1925–1934)
10. Adolf Hitler (1934–1945)*
No, your interpretation does not work, because the ten horns, ten kings rule
concurrently with each other - not spread across hundreds of years.
The ten kings will be associated only with head seven - the seventh king yet to come, the little horn person. The ten kings are all end time kings, i.e. ten leaders in the EU. The little horn person will be over them. And when the little horn person becomes the beast, the ten leaders in the EU, hand the EU over to him (the beast) to be dictator of the EU.
Also, the Holy Roman Empire used to consist of Italy and Germany. Why wouldn't it be Italy and Germany? And, as I said before, the two beasts in Revelation are consecutive, as well.
The Holy Roman Empire is not in bible prophecy. There is no reason to build a scenario around the Holy Roman Empire.
The Roman Empire - yes, it is in bible prophecy. But not the Holy Roman Empire.
I know you've invested a lot of time into your interpretation. But I think you've had to make a lot of complicated accommodations and stretches in order to make yours work out. It's actually simpler, this way.
Is understanding what is in Daniel and Revelation, complicated? Yes, it is.
The prophets like Daniel pondered over what they were told, but couldn't understand, because they did not have enough information. In the end times, the understanding will be unsealed to them of that generation.
Daniel 12:
8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
If you go back to the 1st post of this thread. The three pictorials I made.
Revelation 17 - no crowns, time stamped the first century.
Revelation 12 - crowns on the heads, but not horns, time stamped at the beginning of the 7 years.
Revelation 13 - crowns on the horns, but not heads, one head mortally wounded but healed. time stamped at the beginning of the last 42 months of the 7 years.
In post 2, I explained why. Minky, in your understanding and theory, I don't think you have resolved those or even taken the issue of the crowns/no crowns into consideration, the significance of why they are different in chapters 17, 12, 13.
Yes, it is complicated. That's why you never hear any popular bible commentators address it.
And most people don't understand the concept of the Antichrist because they don't understand the concept of "the Christ" as being the King of Israel coming in the name of the Lord.