PART 1: Rome The False Prophet – As Revealed by Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself

This sequence of empires lays the groundwork to understand the Roman Empire’s place in biblical prophecy and history. Let me know if you want me to help organize the section on Rome or expand on any of these empires.

The Phoenician city-state of the Carthaginians was founded in 814 BCE, gained its independence in 650 BCE, and established control over other Phoenician settlements in the western Mediterranean. This marked the beginning of the Carthaginian Empire.

At its peak, the capital city, Carthage, was a major trading hub, known as the “empire that shines,” and ruled for about 300 years, including influence over cities of the Etruscans. Throughout much of its history, Carthage was frequently at war with the Greeks in Sicily.

These conflicts resulted in a series of armed struggles called the Greek-Punic Wars (600 BCE – 265 BCE) and the Punic Wars (264 BCE – 146 BCE). After the third and final Punic War, around 146 BCE, Carthage fell to the Roman Republic.

8. Roman Empire
Ranked as the eighth world power according to the Lord Jesus Christ’s revelation about Rome, the false prophet.

I will refer to the words of God in Revelation 17:8-13, interpreted as the Lord revealed to me.

Revelation 17:8 says, “The beast that thou sawest, was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition.” The Lord’s interpretation is this: The beast that was is the Roman Empire. It “is not” because the Roman Empire was destroyed by stronger nations. Yet it “is” again, referring to the revived Roman Empire, now known as the European Union.

Revelation 17:9 describes the seven heads as seven mountains, the hills on which the woman sits. Rome was famously built on seven hills:

• Palatine Hill

• Capitoline Hill

• Aventine Hill

• Caelian Hill

• Esquiline Hill

• Quirinal Hill

• Viminal Hill

According to Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus were abandoned in the Tiber River and raised by a she-wolf. However, according to the Lord’s words, this story is false, which you will read about later.

Revelation 17:10 mentions seven kings at the time of this prophecy. These are the seven kings who ruled Rome, starting with Romulus, the first king, who came from Carthage with his brother Remus. Romulus killed Remus to become king.

The seven kings of Rome were:

1. Romulus

2. Numa Pompilius

3. Tullus Hostilius

4. Ancus Marcius

5. Lucius Tarquinius

6. Servius Tullius

7. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

Five have fallen (Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Lucius Tarquinius, and Servius Tullius). The one “who is” at the time of the prophecy was Tarquinius Superbus. The other has not yet come. After Tarquinius Superbus, Priscus marked the end of legitimate kingship in Rome. Servius Tullius ruled briefly as an unelected king before Rome became a Republic, ending kingship.

Revelation 17:11 calls the beast that “was and is not” the Roman Empire, which was destroyed but is the eighth world power. This empire is linked to Carthage, the birthplace of Rome through Romulus and Remus. These twin warrior brothers left Carthage, settled along the River Tiber, and founded Rome. Romulus killed Remus and named the city after himself. This is the true origin, revealed by the Lord Jesus Christ, contrary to the popular myth about the she-wolf. Rome, ranked eighth among world powers, originated from Carthage.

Revelation 17:12 speaks of ten horns, representing ten kings who have not yet received kingdoms but will receive power for a short time. This likely symbolizes the Roman Empire’s ten strong kingdoms, which were eventually destroyed. Their legacy continues in the European Union. Although the EU today isn’t the same ten kingdoms, at the time of the prophecy, these were the ten Roman kingdoms. Some member states are more symbolic or subordinate, lacking real power in day-to-day governance.

Revelation 17:13 says these kings have one mind and give their power to the beast. This means the ruling powers of the European Union share the goal of regaining the strength the Roman Empire once had, though this will lead to their destruction.

While the Roman Empire was one of the longest-lasting and most famous empires, spanning about 1,500 years, it was preceded by earlier empires by over 2,000 years. These earlier empires, from Carthage and the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and surrounding regions, grew in power and conquered lands before being replaced one by one.

Now, we understand Italy’s nativity is Carthage — the true origin of Rome. Rome deliberately denied this and created the myth of Romulus and Remus being raised by a she-wolf, a story accepted by the world without question. But the Lord Jesus revealed the truth to me: Romulus and Remus were from Carthage, founding Rome together even though Romulus killed his brother.

Revelation 17:9-13 clearly unfolds this truth, showing Rome as the eighth world ruling power, with the Papacy emerging from it. This understanding is part of the Lord Jesus Christ’s prophecy revealed through these verses.

Who Was Rome the False Prophet According to Our Lord Jesus Christ?

According to the revelation that the Lord Jesus Christ showed me about Rome the false prophet:

By the Holy Spirit, I was made to understand that the two interpretations in Daniel chapters 2 and 7 refer to the same Gentile kingdoms on earth.

• In Daniel chapter 2, the head of gold represents Babylon.

• In Daniel chapter 7, Babylon is symbolized by a lion with two wings.

The lion was the emblem of Babylon when it was the most powerful Gentile kingdom, having conquered the Akkadian Empire, which actually ruled the world before Babylon. Many wrongly consider Babylon the first Gentile ruling power, but it was the Akkadian Empire that came before.

Babylon was conquered by the second Gentile kingdom described in Daniel as Medo-Persia — represented by the chest and arms of silver in chapter 2 and by a bear in chapter 7.

The third Gentile kingdom is Greece, depicted as brass in chapter 2 and a leopard in chapter 7, which conquered Medo-Persia.

Daniel chapter 2 then describes the fourth Gentile kingdom as iron legs with feet of iron and clay. In chapter 7, this same kingdom is described as a dreadful, strong beast with iron teeth and ten horns (Daniel 7:7–8). This fourth beast destroyed the previous three kingdoms and took on their characteristics—the lion, bear, and leopard—just as described in Revelation 13:2:

“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.”

This beast represents the real Rome, which adopted the emblems of the kingdoms it conquered. Rome’s nativity was Carthage. The beast emerging from the sea (symbolizing many peoples and nations) refers to Rome’s rise from Carthage by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus. They started with humble beginnings and grew Rome into the capital of Italy.

Rome became a ferocious empire, ruling ruthlessly and mercilessly. It destroyed the land of God—the city of Jerusalem—ruled over God’s people (the Jews) with harsh taxes and torture, as recorded in the Bible.

Revelation 13:3 says:

“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.”

Rome was fatally wounded when its ten empires were conquered, but it was healed in some form. The fourth beast in Daniel 7:7, representing Rome, was dreadful and strong, with great iron teeth and ten horns—the ten divisions of the Roman Empire.