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.
And history shows it in the same light I did
1. the 7 “kings” with the 7th having a short reign - that’s only the 7 Princeps with Galba reigning 6 months
2. Egypt was not an empire ruling over Israel - at the most they were a vassal state
3. Media was not in a separate timeline empire after Babylon - they with the BAbylonians defeated Assyria
4. the Roman Empire, nor the Holy Roman empire was “wounded by the sword but did live”
5. The holy Roman Empire never came anywhere near Jerusalem
6. the Rev 17:12 ten “kings” are rulers appointed by Caesar - including the Herodians. The 10 horns derive their authority from the beast, just as the Herodians did
Look at the big picture and the detailed picture and at Christ’s prophecy - it is clear he said “this generation”, it is clear He meant the destruction of Jerusalem.
This ties in to the historical picture and is why Christianity spread so wide even after the destruction of the 2nd temple