Good. Then let us reason.
Show the reason and logic of your belief in talking snakes and donkeys and a seven headed monster.
I will give my reasons and logic for not believing after I peruse your post.
Regards
DL
No need for your response..The destroyer is the king who will come up out of the Abyss - he is also the False Prophet. He “once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction” (Revelation 17:8).
The False Prophet and the Destroyer are one and the same.
The Seven Kingdoms of Revelation 17
Let’s return to the mystery of “the beast which has the seven heads and ten horns.”
What can we learn about the seven heads?
The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits (Revelation 17:9).
Prophecy frequently describes kingdoms as mountains. Below are examples:
Listen, a noise on the mountains, like that of a great multitude! Listen, an uproar among the kingdoms, like nations massing together! The LORD Almighty is mustering an army for war (Isaiah 13:4).
Deliverers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will be the Lord's (Obadiah 1:21).
"Before your eyes I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wrong they have done in Zion," declares the LORD. "I am against you, O destroying mountain, you who destroy the whole earth," declares the LORD. "I will stretch out my hand against you, roll you off the cliffs, and make you a burned-out mountain (Jeremiah 51:24-25).
Listen to what the LORD says: "Stand up, plead your case before the mountains; let the hills hear what you have to say. Hear, O mountains, the Lord's accusation; listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against his people; he is lodging a charge against Israel (Micah 6:1-2).
Who are the Seven Kingdoms?
The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come (Revelation 17:9-10).
At the time John was given the revelation, Rome was the kingdom in power, therefore, Rome is the one who “is.”
1. Fallen = ?
2. Fallen = ?
3. Fallen = ?
4. Fallen = ?
5. Fallen = ?
6. One is = Rome
7. Yet to come = ?
What does Scripture say about the five that have fallen? In Jeremiah 50 we find the following prophecy regarding kingdoms and kings that have scattered Israel.
Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (Jeremiah 50:17).
The king of Assyria is the first to have fallen.
1. Fallen = Assyria
2. Fallen = ?
3. Fallen = ?
4. Fallen = ?
5. Fallen = ?
6. One is = Rome
7. Yet to come = ?
In Daniel we find the remaining four fallen kingdoms.
You [Babylon], O king, are the king of kings (Daniel 2:37).
The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king. (Daniel 8:20).
Therefore, the five kingdoms that have fallen are Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia and Greece.
1. Fallen = Assyria
2. Fallen = Babylon
3. Fallen = Media
4. Fallen = Persia
5. Fallen = Greece
6. One is = Rome
7. Yet to come = ?
The one “yet to come” kingdom is the future fourth beast kingdom.
The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings (Daniel 7:23-24).
The fourth beast kingdom of Daniel’s prophecy has ten kings and then the Antichrist arises among them and subdues three. Then the Fourth Beast Kingdom with “seven heads and ten horns” is lead by the Antichrist.
1. Fallen = Assyria
2. Fallen = Babylon
3. Fallen = Media
4. Fallen = Persia
5. Fallen = Greece
6. One is = Rome
7. Yet to come = Fourth Beast Kingdom with 7 heads and 10 horns
Therefore, the Fourth Beast Kingdom is the seventh kingdom of Revelation 17 which “has not yet come.” The Antichrist will be the seventh king since he will lead the seventh kingdom.
Let’s read how the seven kingdoms are also seven kings.
This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come (Revelation 17:9-10)
The Eighth King becomes the beast with “7 heads and 10 horns.”
Returning again the explanation of the mystery of the beast which has the “seven heads and ten horns,” we find there is even more information.
The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction (Revelation 17:11).
Remember, the False Prophet, “once was, now is not, and will come up out of the Abyss and go to his destruction” (Revelation 17:8).
So, how is the False Prophet an eighth king who also belongs to the seven?
Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but he spoke like a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing fire to come down from heaven to earth in full view of men (Revelation 13:11-13).
The False Prophet “exercised all the authority of the first beast.” The first beast is the Antichrist and the seventh king. Therefore, when the False Prophet assumes all the authority of the Antichrist, he will become “an eighth king” since he follows the seventh. Also, “[he] belongs to the seven” because he will be one of the seven.
The False Prophet is this "beast which has the seven heads and ten horns.”