Tim, copy and past the verses, when you make a statement. Satan is not any of the 7 heads.
The seven mountains are where the woman, turned prostitute sits. It is a location, not kingdoms. The location is Rome. And the 7 kings in Revelation 17:10 are 7 sequential kings of the Roman Empire, all related. i.e. the Julio-Claudians.
Revelation 17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
The 7 kings of the Roman Empire are...
1. Julius Caesar
2. Augustus Caesar
3. Tiberius
4. Caligula
5. Claudius
6. Nero
7. the end time little horn person, leader over ten EU kings. The EU being the manifestation of the Roman Empire in the end times.
The beast, king 8 of Revelation 17:11 will be the little horn person after he has been assassinated and brought back to life - as the beast-king, dictator of the EU.
In Revelation 17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
... the ten EU leaders hand the EU over to the beast to be dictator of the EU.
That is a forced interpretation of an historical entity of the first century.
Revelation 17 and 18 are describing the period of the 3rd woe.
Why are you forcing the 7th Trumpet and 3rd woe into the first century?
Israel will never sit in authority from Rome, ever. Jesus will never set up a throne in Rome. Israel will always rule from Jerusalem. Jesus will always rule from Jerusalem.
This is not Israel of the first century. For starters, while Israel existed in the first century, it was a scattered Israel, even though this verse talks about Jesus:
"And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne."
We see this fulfilled here:
"And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever."
That was the purpose of the birth of Jesus, but that purpose only happens with the 7th Trumpet sounding.
That does not mean Israel had to be a single nation and Jesus was born in the days of David and Solomo, either. So why does Revelation 17 have to depict Rome at all, as if this is also talking about Rome in the first century?
John clearly states that Satan is of the 7 heads. Satan was one of the 7 heads as the dragon along with Babylon, the Medes and Persians, Greece, Rome, the ten nation confederation of the Dark Ages, and the 6th head from the Reformation until now. Those future 10 horns were on the head of Satan, for lack of a better placement. That is the historical relationship of Satan and the image in Daniel 2. Daniel 2 only covers the first 5 heads.
In Revelation 13 the only thing that changed was the 6th head was now restored as a world wide government.
Those ten horns were not the ten toes, and your horns in Daniel 11 may not even be the 5th kingdom, but yet you apply both horns and toes to first century Rome. Antiochus Epiphanes, as the type of little horn was Greek, not Roman. The ten toes show a divided kingdom. The ten horns show a united front for Satan's 8th kingdom.
Why do you not post the verses in Revelation 17 that back up your alleged interpretation?
The son of perdition always points to Satan.
2 Thessalonians 2:3-7 is talking about Satan:
"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way."
Satan was already at work with Greece and Rome as a spiritual authority over them in their pagan darkness. The dragon relationship is mentioned here by Paul. Paul is telling us that the Day of the Lord will not come, the Millennial Kingdom, until Satan has sat on that throne that Jesus will sit on as the son of David.
So when we see John echo that in Revelation 17, we should already understand both passages are talking about Satan. So why concoct an interpretation not even found in Scripture?
"And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition."
Satan is of the 7 heads on all 3 renditions of the beast with 7 heads, that are 7 mountains, which are symbolism for Kingdoms. So in Revelation 12, the woman is insulated from this beast. The woman is not mentioned in chapter 13, because that chapter introduces the mouth (false prophet) and the image, corresponding to the Abomination of Desolation. But that is set up where the woman holds authority, and that causes the woman to be viewed as the part that has played the harlot throughout history and is finally decimated by the 10 horns. So now the woman is on the scarlet colored beast of the same 7 heads, which is the dragon, and Satan is one of the 7 heads, but the 8th kingdom, after the 7th Trumpet declares Jesus is the 7th Kingdom. The 3rd woe is Satan come to earth as the 8th kingdom.
"And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 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. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: "
These ten horns are on Satan's head and give Satan their power. Satan is the 7th head, but 8th kingdom. None of these horns have kingdoms, so do not represent any of the other 6 heads.
To be consistent throughout Revelation, there is only one beast representing the historical government of humankind. That history was given to Nebuchadnezzar in a dream.
"But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and
maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these"
God showed Nebuchadnezzar what the historical relationship would be and how those kings would even interact with the Cross, and the church in the latter days, the last 2 millennia before the Second Coming.
We are told 5 are fallen, so one has to understand when that last one ended, and why we are in the 6th head and 6th kingdom, though it is mortally wounded. Then figure out who the 7th is for a short period of only 3.5 days, and why not longer.
But to say this beast that was and is not just pertains to 5 human Roman rulers, is not allowing any explanation for the dragon. The woman should always represent Israel, and their city as Jerusalem. Jesus is their one and only true King. That is the purpose of the 7th Trumpet to announce that fact.
