Revelation Chapter 13 - the Eurozone and the Antichrist.

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REVELATION CHAPTER 13 - VERSES 1 TO 3
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and 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: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
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.

The Eurozone currently consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain.

Those are the 17 nations that have adopted the Euro.

As per the prophecy of Revelation Chapter 13, seven of those nations are the heads, or the governing bodies. The remaining 10 of those nations or the ten CROWNS mentioned in the prophecy.

As there are 27 member nations of the EU there are still 10 member nations of the EU outside the eurozone that do not use the euro. Those ten nations are Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Those are the nations that are mentioned in the prophecy as the HORNS that are upon the CROWNS. The second verse is quite self explanatory so there is no need to explain it in any great detail as that is not the purpose of this article.

The third verse makes reference to one of the heads as having a fatal wound. That is, as one of the governing bodies of the eurozone as having a fatal wound.

Therefore it does not refer to the man, the Antichrist, as having a fatal wound, but instead refers to a nation - Belgium. More correctly, it is telling us the Antichrist is an ex Belgium Prime Minister.

The founder of the EU was Henri Spaak, a former Belgium Prime Minister is the one who has had the fatal wound, but the wound is healed when he is replaced by another Belgium Prime Minister, Herman Van Rompuy.

Therefore the verses are telling us that the Antichrist from Belgium and is an ex Belgium Prime Minister, as per the above mentioned.

It does not mean that the Antichrist is wounded to death and then miraculously recovers by having a resurrection akin to the resurrection of Christ. With Satan that is impossible as Satan only takes life and souls -- but does not give life.

Please note: The above explanation does not give me the right to say, or make claim to being a prophet, as I am not saying right here right now that I am to see into the future, but that I have only noted the aforementioned after the prophecy has been fulfilled, and not before. Hindsight is a wonderful thing?