For a number of years now, I have considered it possible that the 8th king was a revived Roman Empire. I have heard a lot of people coming to that conclusion.
While I have considered it, I kept coming back to Islam. However, in effort to remain humble I have continued to consider it. Until today that is when I found confirmation that the Roman Empire is not the 8th, but Persia (Islam) in fact is.
Here I intend to share this for those of you that are also seeking the deep of God concerning the days leading to the great and terrible day of our Lord:
Most already know that the 6th king spoken of by John is the Roman Empire. Scriptures make it pretty easy to identify.
Revelation 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other has not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
So the "one is" was the Roman Empire at the time that John wrote this.
So, why can't the 8th be the Roman Empire?
Revelation 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, yet is one of the seven and goeth into perdition.
It is written that the 8th IS NOT which would exclude the Roman Empire because it was at that time.
So we can see how the 8th cannot be the 6th (Roman Empire) or the 7th (because it was not yet).
WAS indicates that it used to be an empire, so it can be concluded that it was one of the five fallen empires.
Why do I insist that this empire is a revived Persian Empire (Islamic)?
Daniel 11:2 “And now will I show thee the truth: Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all; and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
The fourth king of Persia is described in Daniel 11 as the beast kingdom (8th) that is ruled by the man of perdition (Antichrist)
Persia is under Islamic rule and here are some very descriptive details in Daniel 11. While many could apply to other groups as well, a few details really single out one group. Especially the last few verses...
Daniel 11
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and ofsilver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him. Therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
What currently sits on the holy mount (Mount Zion) of God? Where does Islam plan to throne the Mahdi (Islamic messiah)?
Look into it.
While I have considered it, I kept coming back to Islam. However, in effort to remain humble I have continued to consider it. Until today that is when I found confirmation that the Roman Empire is not the 8th, but Persia (Islam) in fact is.
Here I intend to share this for those of you that are also seeking the deep of God concerning the days leading to the great and terrible day of our Lord:
Most already know that the 6th king spoken of by John is the Roman Empire. Scriptures make it pretty easy to identify.
Revelation 17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other has not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
So the "one is" was the Roman Empire at the time that John wrote this.
So, why can't the 8th be the Roman Empire?
Revelation 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, yet is one of the seven and goeth into perdition.
It is written that the 8th IS NOT which would exclude the Roman Empire because it was at that time.
So we can see how the 8th cannot be the 6th (Roman Empire) or the 7th (because it was not yet).
WAS indicates that it used to be an empire, so it can be concluded that it was one of the five fallen empires.
Why do I insist that this empire is a revived Persian Empire (Islamic)?
Daniel 11:2 “And now will I show thee the truth: Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all; and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
The fourth king of Persia is described in Daniel 11 as the beast kingdom (8th) that is ruled by the man of perdition (Antichrist)
Persia is under Islamic rule and here are some very descriptive details in Daniel 11. While many could apply to other groups as well, a few details really single out one group. Especially the last few verses...
Daniel 11
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and ofsilver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him. Therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain. Yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
What currently sits on the holy mount (Mount Zion) of God? Where does Islam plan to throne the Mahdi (Islamic messiah)?
Look into it.