Revelation 17:9-10

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; 

There are seven Hills that surround Rome, this where the Vatican is, the home of Roman Catholicism. In 1929 Italy gave the Catholic Church the land where the Vatican sits. Today the land is called the Papal States and the Pope is allowed to have an army and other stately organizations. 

What is really cool is that there has been seven Popes since this all happened in 1929. The seven hills are referred to as seven heads, and in Bible Prophecy heads are referred to as leaders or kings. In verse 11, we will read about an eighth and final leader! Also in verse 10, we will read that the seventh leader, only serves a short time. How cool is that, the current Pope is the seventh Pope since 1929, and the seventh leader only serves a short time. Our Father loves to use symbolism. Just as America only serves a short time in history, so does the seventh Pope. Pope Benedict XVI was 78 when he was appointed, he cannot help but serve a short time.

Here is a great place to preach some Truth, Jesus told us in John 14:12 that we would be used by our Father to do even greater works than He did through Jesus. We are told in Ephesians 5:27, that Jesus is going to present us to Himself as a glorious Church, without spot, wrinkle, or blemish. Jesus told us that there is coming a great falling away of fake believers and then the Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached to every nation, tribe, and tongue. None of this has happened, but it will before the end. So if the end is near, don’t look for an anti-christ, look for the power of the Chosen and Called of God. Look for the power of our Father being poured out as never before through us, and when you see that, then the end is near! A-men! 

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. 

These hills, or heads, also represent seven other kings. We are shown that five kings have fallen, they have lost their power, and we are shown that one kingdom still exists, and that one is coming, who will only be around for a short time. There are five kingdoms that the Bible talks about that have fallen: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Roman, and the Pope’s first reign of power from 538-1798, which ended at the hands of Napoleon. The sixth king, France, that dethroned the Pope, is still in existence and America the seventh kingdom is the youngest and historically speaking will only be around for a short time.