The Anti-Christ Part III

And as for the beast that [once] was, but now is no more, he [himself] is an eighth ruler (king, head), but he is of the seven and belongs to them, and he goes to perdition. Revelation 17:11

And one of his heads seemed to have a deadly wound. But his death stroke was healed; and the whole earth went after the beast in amazement and admiration. Revelation 13:3

We are told that the beast has a deadly head wound, yet he is miraculously healed. We are told that the beast was, then he wasn’t. We are also shown in Revelation 17 that the beast comes from the Abyss, which is the place of demons. With all of these Truth's in mind, here is what I believe that all of this means. It is important to understand that I am not saying that I have been translated into the third Heaven or have seen a vision about this, it is just what I see when I read Revelation.  

The beast, which is the anti-christ, is the last Pope. The Pope rules from the Vatican in Rome which is surrounded by seven hills. The last Pope will suffer a deadly head wound. The wound will be so serious that the world will believe that he should die. We will see all of it unfold on television and yet the last Pope will not die. He won’t die because his body will be taken over by the beast that is released from the Abyss. To the world it will look as if he is miraculously healed and they will follow after who they believe to be the Pope, when in reality that Pope will have died. It will be the demon that has been allowed to take over the Pope’s body who be alive. So he was and then he was not.

The beast will then have control over the vast empire that is the Roman Catholic Church. He will have its great wealth and influence, the wealth that the ten kings, or the ten horns, so desire. The beast will use the Pope’s body and the Roman Catholic Empire to influence the world. 

Also the ten horns that you observed are ten rulers (kings) who have as yet received no royal dominion, but together they are to receive power and authority as rulers for a single hour, along with the beast. These have one common policy (opinion, purpose), and they deliver their power and authority to the beast. They will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings—and those with Him and on His side are chosen and called [elected] and loyal and faithful followers. Revelation 17:12-14

Even though the ten kings and the anti-christ seem to work together they are not unified in the least. 

[As] I stood on the sandy beach, I saw a beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads. On his horns he had ten royal crowns (diadems) and blasphemous titles (names) on his heads, Revelation 13:1.

Sand is not stable, it is not a solid foundation and this shows us that the anti-christ’s kingdom will not be stable either. Think of ten kings who just want the anti-christ’s money and the anti-christ who just wants the military might of the ten king’s. They will hate each other and the union will be a very unsettled one. These king’s will give up their control for the money that they will so desperately need. Look at the world’s economies today, countries are going broke all over the place. The love of money is the root of all evil and these king’s will want the money that the beast has.