[§290] Rev 17:12-13: The Beast Empowers Ten Kings [Modern Nations]

This podcast explains the imagery and symbolism used by John in Revelation 17:12-13, which states: “And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.”The ten horns are mentioned several times in the book of Revelation, including the 10 horns on the seventh head of the First Beast in Revelation 13:1, and again on the scarlet-colored beast in Revelation 17:2. The ten horns represent power. They are ten in number to symbolize that they are one part of the whole power of Satan’s seventh kingdom in the modern era. Revelation 17:12 indicates that the ten horns also represent ten kings or kingdoms in the modern era since the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in the early 1800s. When John had his vision in 96 AD, these ten kings had received no kingdom. However, the ten kings and their evolving kingdoms now exist in these last days.The ten kings receive power as kings one hour with the Second Beast (Rev 13:11-18), which means that the modern nations incrementally come and go as each receives power from the beast. This power corrupts the leaders of nations and ungodly institutions. The modern nations have one mind with the beast, which means they share the same purpose and goal of wickedness and evil in the last days. As modern nations become increasingly corrupt and more powerful because of their corruption, they give back power to the Great Whore of false religion. She then becomes even more powerful and influential as we approach the Second Coming.