Revelation

THE BOOK OF REVELATION: M. M. NINAN
One of the Protestant interpretation considers the return of Popes to the status of a King in 1929.
In the 1920s, the papacy under Pius XI agreed to give up the bulk of the Papal States and signed
the Lateran Treaty with Italy on February 11, 1929, creating the State of the Vatican City, forming the
sovereign territory of the Holy See. The city state is protected by its own military, the strangely-clad Swiss
Guards. The world's smallest country, Vatican City occupies 0.44 sq km (about .2 square miles) and is
completely encircled by the city of Rome. The first King was Pope Pius XI.
Counting this http://www.godvine.com/bible/revelation/15-5 gives the following identifications:
Beast wearing papal tiara from Luther's translation of the New Testament from 1522.
Rev 17:12 And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have received no kingdom yet, but
will receive authority as kings one hour with the beast.
Rev 17:13 These have one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast.
Here is how Matthew Henry explain this:
Verses 7-13: Here we have the mystery of this vision explained.
The apostle wonders at the sight of this woman: the angel undertakes to open this vision to him, it being the
key of the former visions; and he tells the apostle what was meant by the beast on which the woman sat; but
it is so explained as still to need further explanation.
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