Revelation 17:9-11

⁹ This calls for a mind [to consider that is packed] with wisdom and intelligence [it is something for a particular mode of thinking and judging of thoughts, feelings, and purposes]. The seven heads are seven hills upon which the woman is sitting;

• The world’s economy during the last days will be directed from where this whore is headquartered, Rome. 
• The Roman Catholic Church has a great amount of wealth. According to many sources it is impossible to calculate the wealth that it has accumulated.
• Remember the love of money is the root of all evil. Legitimate governments are held somewhat accountable, but the church can be very secretive about their finances. 
• The worlds leaders will want the wealth that the Catholic Church has and they will arrange alliances with the it, but that does not mean that they will be in perfect unison with the anti-christ. Remember his kingdom is built on the sand, Revelation 13:1
• The leaders of the end times will also hate the world’s economy. We are told this in Revelation 17:16.
• The leaders will need money to rule, but they will hate the powers that provide it.
• Think of socialist leaders today. They are always creating policies that come against the drivers of wealth. They need the wealth, but they want people to be subservient to their rule and wealth makes people less dependent on government. They want people to need government over God. So these end time leaders will appear to be in favor of the world’s economy because they need it, but they will actually hate it.   

¹⁰ And they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one still exists [and is reigning]; the other [the seventh] has not yet appeared, and when he does arrive, he must stay [but] a brief time.

• The Egyptian Empire has fallen
• The Babylonian Empire has fallen
• The Assyrian Empire has fallen
• The Medo-Persian Empire has fallen
• The Grecian Empire has fallen
• The Roman Empire was in control when Jesus gave us His Revelation.
• The United States had not yet come into power and historically speaking we are very young. We have not been a world power for very long, only since the 1900’s. So we will be the briefest of the historical powers. 

¹¹ 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.

• The anti-christ will be a world leader. His is the ruler of the eighth kingdom and it is comprised of several other nations, a union of the former seven, Revelation 17:12.
• The anti-christ is thrown directly into Hell after Armageddon, so he is not human.