Revelation 17:11-13

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. 

This simply shows us that the anti-christ, who I believe will be the last Pope, is also considered a ruler and that he and the other rulers are all working together. The anti-christ, is one of the seven, so he is a Pope as well. What we are shown here again that is really powerful is that he fails, right along with the other’s. We are shown that even though our Father is using him and the kings to carry out His will, that they are not one with Him. The anti-christ, the last Pope, will be thrown into the Lake of Fire. 

The Bible calls this last Pope, the anti-christ. We are told in the Bible that in the last days there will be people who claim to be Christ. This Pope, will allow himself to be called the Christ, but the Truth is that he is the anti-christ. He will perform miracles and many will be deceived by them. He will seem to be the only one who is able to unify the world. The lost, who will be our guests for eternity, will marvel at his power of speech. He will be able to communicate as no other leader ever has. The lost will make images of him and worship him even though the world will be falling apart around them. They will do this because they need to hold on to something as all is being lost around them. Now this is a real turn around for the Catholic Church, because right now it doesn’t do these things, or make these images, for a living Pope. But during the last 3 1/2 years they will be deceived into believing that he is the Christ and images will be made! 

12 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.

None of the countries that make up Europe are ruled by a King today, and here we are shown ten rulers who have no royal dominion. But when they join together with the anti-christ, they will have great power for a very brief time. Keep in mind as we study about the end time how all of these things happen in just 3 1/2 years. People come into power and lose power very quickly! 

13 These have one common policy (opinion, purpose), and they deliver their power and authority to the beast. 

The leaders of the revised Roman Empire make this last Pope the leader of their union. Even though there are ten kingdoms, they will attempt to work together as one. Yet their kingdom has been built on sand and it will repeatedly fail, Revelation 13:1. We however, are built on the Rock of Jesus Christ Matthew 7:24. He is our firm foundation and there is no weapon that will ever prosper against us, Isaiah 54:17. We are always more then conquerors through Christ Who loves us, Romans 8:37. We will never be put to shame, Romans 5:5.