To rightly understand what the 'deadly wound' is upon, one MUST first understand about the 2 separate beasts given in Rev.13...
Rev 13:1-3
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
(KJV)
This first beast being mentioned has ten horns, ten crowns, and seven heads. Our Lord then gives a comparison of the beast symbols of Daniel 7 to it. Per those beast symbols in Daniel, they are about 'kingdoms'. In Rev.17 our Lord Jesus told us the 'waters' represent peoples, tongues, nations, and multitudes. That points to this first beast representing a beast kingdom, and it has 7 heads.
In Rev.17 our Lord Jesus also showed John that the seven heads are seven mountains upon which the woman sits. It is ONE of those 7 mountains that suffers a deadly wound that will be healed.
Rev 17:9
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
(KJV)
Starting at Rev.13:11, were are shown a 2nd beast, this time an entity, a person. And our Lord Jesus in Rev.17 showed John that 2nd beast is a king, a beast king. So the 'beast' metaphor is applied to both a beast kingdom, and a beast king, in our Lord's Book of Revelation.
Rev 13:11-14
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
This 2nd beast (dragon) will excercise all the power of the "first beast before him". Again, the first beast is a kingdom and that kingdom has 7 heads. This also reveals when this 2nd beast (dragon) shows up, the deadly wound upon one of the 7 heads of the first beast is healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
(KJV)
When the 2nd beast (dragon) shows up on the earth, he will have power to work great signs and miracles to deceive, and will say to make an image of the beast (1st beast) which had the deadly wound yet lives.
So those are the parameters of the deadly wound prophecy. It affects 'one' of the 'seven heads' (seven mountains). And when the 2nd beast that speaks as a dragon shows up, the deadly wound upon one of the seven heads is shown to be healed. This reveals it is NOT that 2nd beast (dragon) that suffers the deadly wound, but instead the 1st beast which is a kingdom beast.
This further reveals that the seven heads (seven mountains) are specific areas upon the earth, and not just one single location. The one head that suffers the deadly wound is one specific location separate from the other six.
The question we are left with is, just which location is that one head of the beast kingdom that suffers the deadly wound and is healed?
Rev 13:1-3
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
(KJV)
This first beast being mentioned has ten horns, ten crowns, and seven heads. Our Lord then gives a comparison of the beast symbols of Daniel 7 to it. Per those beast symbols in Daniel, they are about 'kingdoms'. In Rev.17 our Lord Jesus told us the 'waters' represent peoples, tongues, nations, and multitudes. That points to this first beast representing a beast kingdom, and it has 7 heads.
In Rev.17 our Lord Jesus also showed John that the seven heads are seven mountains upon which the woman sits. It is ONE of those 7 mountains that suffers a deadly wound that will be healed.
Rev 17:9
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
(KJV)
Starting at Rev.13:11, were are shown a 2nd beast, this time an entity, a person. And our Lord Jesus in Rev.17 showed John that 2nd beast is a king, a beast king. So the 'beast' metaphor is applied to both a beast kingdom, and a beast king, in our Lord's Book of Revelation.
Rev 13:11-14
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
This 2nd beast (dragon) will excercise all the power of the "first beast before him". Again, the first beast is a kingdom and that kingdom has 7 heads. This also reveals when this 2nd beast (dragon) shows up, the deadly wound upon one of the 7 heads of the first beast is healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
(KJV)
When the 2nd beast (dragon) shows up on the earth, he will have power to work great signs and miracles to deceive, and will say to make an image of the beast (1st beast) which had the deadly wound yet lives.
So those are the parameters of the deadly wound prophecy. It affects 'one' of the 'seven heads' (seven mountains). And when the 2nd beast that speaks as a dragon shows up, the deadly wound upon one of the seven heads is shown to be healed. This reveals it is NOT that 2nd beast (dragon) that suffers the deadly wound, but instead the 1st beast which is a kingdom beast.
This further reveals that the seven heads (seven mountains) are specific areas upon the earth, and not just one single location. The one head that suffers the deadly wound is one specific location separate from the other six.
The question we are left with is, just which location is that one head of the beast kingdom that suffers the deadly wound and is healed?