9 And here is the understanding that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman sitteth, and they are seven kings:
10 Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come: and when he is come, he must remain a short time
John was writing AT HIS TIME that 5 kings had already fallen -- he's not talking about Empires, he's talking about what they saw as "kings" - names the Princeps of the Roman Empire, as numbered by the non-Romans they were
5 have ALREADY fallen - and John was writing during the time of Nero, the 6-6-6. And Galba reigned for 6 months, "he must remain a short time"
I admit that you could be right but what I see and have
saw in history puts a different light on it.
I try to look at the big picture and compare it with what
little I can understand of scriture, I use to try to make
every little detail fit but it dont, I have also read many
other opinions and the same thing one little scripture blows
the whole thing so I think it best to use what we can see as
fact.
Also John said there are ten kings which have received no
kingdom as yet which show he was talking about a future age.