Is the Babylonian Empire or Grecian Empire the Healed Wounded Head

 

As we have stated previously, the Abyss Beast is a satanic demonic fallen angel and is NOT human nor is he/will he be the spirit of some historically revived/risen dead man.  He is none other than the demonic Beast that futuristically will rise from the abyss and empower the future mortal dictator man Anti-Christ (AC).  Moreover, he was the former ruler of the ancient 5th kingdom or Grecian Empire that once empowered his mortal celebrated king Alexander the Great...  The former ancient Alexandrian Empire included today's modern countries of Greece, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Israel, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and a small fraction of India in the Indus River Basin.  As stated, this demonic Beast once ruled the 5th Grecian Head of the 5 kingdoms that had fallen before John's day of vision (Rev. 17:10).  When his kingdom fell he was confined to the bottomless pit (abyss) where he has remained until this very day awaiting his future release where he will once again revive and rule through the mortal man AC his former kingdom of the ancient Grecian Empire for the last 31/2 years of what is know as the Great Tribulation... (the Time of Jacob's Trouble - Jer. 30:7; Daniel's Time Times and Half Time - Dan. 7:25 & 12:7). 

This is what the angel meant when he told John the Beast WAS (had existed on earth before John's day) and IS NOT (did not exist on earth during John's Roman Empire day), and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit and go into in his occupation of "perdition" (destruction) - AFTER John's day.

The kingdoms of this world have always been ruled by either Godly or Satanic/demonic angels as a consequence of heavenly battles either won or lost between the forces of good and evil angels.  Thus, the Grecian Head is the "wounded head that will be healed" in the future apocalypse as revealed by Daniel's visions.  Daniel 8:9 , 20-25: 11:1-45 shows that the man AC will rise from one of the 4 (Seleucid Empire) divisions of the former Alexander the Great Grecian Empire.  Thus, the Beast of the wounded head is the Grecian Beast of Dan. 10:20 - the Prince of Grecia.

In Rev. 12:2 the bulk of the body of the Beast Kingdom is said to be like that of a leopard, of which Daniel 7:6 symbolizes as the Grecian Empire.  Likewise, in Dan. 2:32 it is stated that the "great image" seen by king Nebuchadnezzar had a belly and two thighs of brass which are suggested to be the Grecian Empire of Alexander the Great - which is equally the "He Goat" kingdom of Dan. 8:5 & 8:8.  The two thighs of brass can be pondered as this Grecian kingdom being in two parts which is alluded to in Dan. 8:23 when referring to the "latter time of transgressions" of the former divided kingdom of Alexander the Great.      

Meanwhile, In Dan. 7:17 we read the following: 

Daniel 7:17
    These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.  

In the above passage we see that the 4 Beasts are 7 Kings and the Hebrew base word ‘melek’ used here does NOT mean KINGDOMS – although we do know from other related passages that these 4 Beasts do actually represent 4 Kingdoms as well. 

melek, Hebrew 4430, Strong’s
melek, meh'-lek; (Chaldee); corresponding to Hebrew 4428 (melek); a king :- king, royal. 

However, it must be noted that the transliterated Hebrew word (letter for letter) ‘mlkin’ used here, is used 10 other times in the OT, in this particular Hebrew tense /form and in each and every instance its meaning is the same - plural ‘Kings’.  For further reference, it is used in Dan. 2:21 (twice), 47; 7:17, 24 (twice); Ezra 4:15, 19, 22; and Prov. 31:3. 

This being said, it is well known that of the four empires in question each had multiple human Kings and NOT just one singular King as revealed in Dan. 7:17 above.  That being the case, we must then conclude that the Kings being referred to CANNOT be ‘human’, but must therefore be ‘fallen angels’, hence the fallen angelic Princes/Kings of the Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Grecian and Roman Empires.  

Thus, as I have suggested many times before Biblical Beasts in reference to Empires includes – The Beast Kingdom itself, the Fallen Angelic Beast that rules the Beast Kingdom, and the Human King Beast that also rules the Beast Kingdom subject to the fallen angelic Beast (see Dan. 10:20 model – Prince of Grecia and Prince of Persia). 

What we then see from the above is that the four Beasts (fallen angelic KINGS) had their dominions (Kingdoms) taken away but their lives were spared for a season.  Apostle John describes the final 7th Kingdom of the Sea Beast as follows: 

Rev. 13:1-2
    ...saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. [2] And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion... 

As such, the final 7th Antichrist/Abyss Beast Empire that John saw included the revised vestige components of each of the four former Empires in question - the Babylonian Empire (mouth of a lion), the component of the Medo-Persian Empire (feet of a bear), the component of the Grecian Empire (like unto a leopard), and the component of the Roman Empire (ten horns).   

So why is this important?  In Rev. 13:3 (see also Jer. 50:35) we read the following: 

Rev. 13:3
    And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.  

If as we have discussed before, the 7 Heads of the Abyss Beast represent the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Medo-Persian, Grecian, Roman, and the Antichrist Empires then, the ‘head wounded to death’ would most seem to be the Babylonian Head - but it is nevertheless Grecian.  Why?  John reveals in Rev. 17:10 that the 7 fallen angelic Kings of these 7 Empires existed/will exist(s) as follows: 

Rev. 17:10
    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.  

Therefore, as we know, five of these former fallen angelic Kings and their subject Kingdoms had already fallen before John’s day, (see above) and the fallen angelic Abyss Beast King had to be number 8, but COULD NOT be number 6 (one IS - Rome) or number 7 (yet to come), then he would have to be one of the first 5 fallen angelic Kings.   

In summary, Scripture makes it clear that the man Antichrist will be an Assyrian (Isaiah 10:12) from Nineveh (Nahum 1:11) and most likely the fallen angelic Abyss Beast King who will possess/empower him will be the former demonic angelic Prince of Grecia who will speak with a Babylonian mouth.  Therefore, the 5th former Grecian Head/Beast King becomes the 7th Abyss Beast Head of the final transitioned 7th Beast Kingdom, with the Abyss Beast himself becoming the 8th King (Rev. 17:11) of the 7th Beast Kingdom.   

The Babylonian mouth of this Beast Kingdom was spoken of by the prophet Jeremiah as a 'DESTROYING MOUNTAIN' (see Abaddon/Apollyon - also the Destroyer) and that the SWORD of the Lord would come upon them.

Jeremiah 51:25 (KJV)
25 Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

Jeremiah 50:35 (KJV)
35 A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

PLEASE consider the following information - In Rev. 13:2 we read the following: 

Revelation 13:2 (KJV)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

In the above Passage when we realize that John was actually seeing the vision of this particularly described unique BEAST, he referenced its symbolic constructive design as having 7 Heads and 10 Horns (from the Roman Empire), the overall bodily appearance of a LEOPARD (the Grecian Empire), with the FEET of a BEAR (the Persian Empire).  However, here is where the symbolism becomes strained - the MOUTH of a LION.  Why? 

If we typically construct this above defined BEAST as a unique Beast with all of the symbolically ascribed bodily features John mentions, we must ask the question, "How can a Beast with 7 Heads ONLY have one singular MOUTH?"   There is something wrong with this symbolism if we interpretatively equate the 'singular' MOUTH of the Beast, who has 7 Heads, with that of a physical feature equivalent to those of the described BODY and FEET of the Beast itself.   

As such, I suggest the answer lies in the definition of the greek word 'stoma' (Strong's 4750 - MOUTH) itself - the meaning figuratively implies the 'mouthed' LANGUAGE of the Beast - the identifier of the Beast himself. 

probably strengthened from a presumed derivative of the base of <G5114> (tomoteros); the mouth (as if a gash in the face); by implication language (and its relations); figurative an opening (in the earth); specially the front or edge (of a weapon) :- edge, face, mouth. 

Thus, we must ask - did John most likely see the MOUTH or hear the Mouth?  Meanwhile, what is actually then being revealed in Rev. 13:2?  

Not only does the Beast described above represent the futuristic KINGDOM of the coming Beast 8th King, it also describes the Beast himself with respect to Rev. 17:8-11.  To this end, we see in Rev. 17:11 that the WAS/IS NOT Beast was ALSO one of the former Kings of the 7 Heads (actually one of the former first 5 Heads) of the Scarlet Abyss Beast.  Thus, Rev. 13:2 reveals that the LANGUAGE (Mouth/Speech) of the Beast is that of the LION, which we all know from the Book of Daniel would clearly identify him as Grecian with a Babylonian mouth.   

Therefore, John is telling us that the 8th King Abyss Beast (the Healed Wounded Head of Rev. 13:3) is the former King of the Grecian Empire who shall futuristically ASCEND from the Abyss forming a Chaldean LANGUAGE Mouth...
 
see: Number and Name of the Beast