Concerning the same man being from Rome and Greece:
1 Thes 5:3 "For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."
IMO the 3.5 years or peace and safety portion comes under a Roman antichrist and the travail is the next 3.5 years of great tribulation under the Greek antichrist.
TBH, that doesn't add up, the AC has to get Israel to trust him, he is NEVER a false messiah like many think (not saying you do) so they guy that gets Israel to agree (Dan. 9:27) to join the E.U. is the same man who is going to conquer Israel suddenly. God have us different layers of the same man, not two men. He will also have an Assyrian bloodline. The whole PEACE & SAFTEY is misunderstood IMHO. This is more akin to what the wicked say when God's wrath falls, not Israel, so why conflate it with Israel's 70th week events? God is speaking about His wrath on the wicked, in general.
Rev 17:15-18 "
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
In this passage, I believe the woman or great city from verse 18 will be a future Rome. Rome will be the world capital reigning over the waters, which are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues in verse 15. In verse 17, Rome and its leader is destroyed and a new leader emerges over the New Roman Empire. This can't be the same leader imo.
I made my bones on this chapter long ago, most people miss the meaning of the Harlot & Babylon, Rev. 16:19 tells us who Babylon is, 100%. But first, lets solve the Harlot riddle. Forget THAT GREAT CITY, I put it in my blog over 10 years ago as Rome and the holy spirit was like "Ron, what did John see" so I went back and the vision was only 4 verses no kidding, let me place it below, I will add in vs. 7.
Rev. 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.
(Notice NO CROWNS)
4 And the woman was
arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written,
Mystery, 1.) Babylon The Great, 2.) The Mother Of Harlots And
3).
Abominations Of The Earth.
6 And
I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, AND with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration(Wonderment).
7 And the angel said unto me,
Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
So, in vs. 7 the Angel says I will explain the Secret/Mystery of the Harlot and the [Gov.] Beast she rides.
The first mistake people make here is they do not understand MYSTERY is a Header, like a QUESTION.
MYSTERY
1.) Babylon the Great (world renowned for its
FALSE RELIGION)
2.) Mother of Harlots (
FALSE RELIGION was the original Harlotry)
3.) Abominations of the Earth (God hates all
FALSE RELIGION, its an abomination unto Him)
So, it was never Rome nor Babylon per se. its both or ALL FALSE RELIGION of All Time. Babylon is just one of three tags she is given.
As per Babylon in Rev. 18, it is referring to Satan's rule of Deception as in Babel = Confusion. Notice in Rev. 18:2 Babylon (WHOLE WORLD) has become a habitation of devils, because Satan/his demons have all be cast down to earth, and the demons from the pit released. In Rev. 18:8-10 in two verses it says Babylon will be destroyed in ON HOUR and te other verse says ONE DAY, well both mean 1260 days. See the kings in Rev,. 17:12 who serve ONE HOUR with the Beast who rules for 42 months, and he demise also comes in ONE DAY meaning the 42 month long DOTL.
Rev. 16:19 is the key, God says he gave Babylon the Great His GREAT WRATH, so who was killed via the 7th Vial? Well, Vial #6 says it was the Kings of the WHOLE WORLD who went to battle against God. Now how apt is the name Babylon for Satan's Dark Kingdom on thus earth? Satan so confuses(Babel) the masses that they are willing to fight their own loving Creator.
I had to change my blog after that, LOL.
The Harlot (False Religion) Rides THE BEAST (Gov. Kingdom's). The Harlot FALSE RELIGION is in every nation on this earth.
Concerning the beast with crowns/no crowns:
Rev 12:3 "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.
There is only 1 beast and it is under the authority of Satan. This beast throughout history has had different leadership under different regional spiritual authorities, but ultimately under Satan. In the past this beast was under 1) Babylon, 2) Media-Persia, 3) Greece, 4) King of the South from Greece - Ptolemy, Egypt, 5) King of the North from Greece - Seleucid, Assyria, 6) Rome. In the future, New Rome will arise as the 7th head. This will be the last kingdom of Satan.
You missed the point, the CROWNS designate the Beast. Satan is over every city on this earth, we just see 6 European Powers over Israel, then 7 with the AC. In Rev. 12 we know the Red Dragon is Satan he is over all 7 Heads. In Rev. 13 we know its about the ONE MAN AC who has crowns on the 10 Complete E.U. Revived, and in Rev. 17 its about the Demon from the Bottomless Pit named Apollyon, he has NO CROWNS because Satan is always over him on this earth, BUT......(God loves His riddles) he is an 8th King. the king of the bottomless pit. Why else do people think he's the Scarlet Colored Beast here?
If the bible calls it the temple of God and not a defiled temple, I'm not going to call it something else either.
Yes, the Two-witnesses JOB 1 is to get Israel to repent, meaning its is PAST TENSE, to the temple being cleansed.
