The Comparison between Dan. 2, Rev. 12:3, and Dan. 12

     In Revelation12:3 it talks about a red dragon having 7 heads and 7 crowns. The first four heads are the four kingdoms in Dan. 2 which are Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and finally Pagan Rome. The fifth head is papal Rome because pagan Rome gave his power and authority to them. Papal Rome came to an end when the 1260 prophetic days, mentioned in Dan. 12, were up and he got a deadly wound which happened in 1798. Then the U.S. came in to power which is the lamb-like beast mentioned in Rev. 13:11 and is the sixth head. Next the deadly wound was healed (Rev.13:3, 12) and he came back in power.  In the end both heads 5 and 7 are connected and are the same entity – Papacy. The last 3 heads are related to Dan. 2 because it says that the iron was mixed with clay which means that pagan Rome was divided and goes into the above. Head number 7 will bring 1260 literal days of persecution because there is no more prophetic time after 1844(Rev. 12:14). This is connected to the feet of iron and clay in Dan. 2 because iron and clay represent the mixing of church and state which brings persecution for those who don’t follow the teaching of the papacy.