Here's one that I never noticed before today. E. G. White identifies "kings and rulers" who war against the saint at the end as the dragon:

This ties in nicely with this passage:

So if we identify the Beast as all of the Reformers did, the Papacy; the dragon as Ellen White does above, then by elimination, the false prophet is either apostate Protestantism or Spiritualism. Since fallen Protestantism ultimately comes under the complete control of Spiritualism the two become one - fallen Protestantism/Spiritualism.

So the identities are, imo:

Beast = Papacy
Dragon = Kings of the Earth
False Prophet = Apostate Protestantism under the control of Spiritualism.

What do you think?

His Child: You may be thinking of this quote:
The reference above to the three fold union doesn't directly tie the three frogs that issue from the mouths of the beast, dragon and false prophet to those entities I've listed but the implied connection is fairly strong. It's a blessing to me that this came up just now because in the back of my mind I've been wanting to nail down the identity of these three for a few weeks or more but haven't taken the time to study it. To have that first quote dropped in my lap today by the Lord was an unexpected gift - like a nugget thrown my way without any effort on my part.

Karen and all, Heidi Heiks recently released his study on the fifth trumpet. What follows are a few of his introductory comments. Notice the quote from Ellen White placing the woes, all three of them, in the future in the context of the final warning messages. Besides David Gates, Heiks is the only main-line author or minister that I'm aware of who has seen the light on this. Heiks states:


The fifth, sixth, and seventh trumpets of Revelation 9 and 11, or the three woes of Revelation 8: 13., are both units, both a continuation and an expansion of three successive events that bring the great controversy to its close. The fifth trumpet reveals what initiates the woes soon to befall "the inhabiters of the earth." Rev. 8: 13.

Ellen White obviously places the three woes of Revelation as sounding post-1844. We have assumed, and even so stated, that the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy are silent on the signal event that sets in motion the visible, tangible event to be witnessed by all of humanity simultaneously-a still-future event that commences the official march to battle by the confederated forces of evil-to the battle of Armageddon. This event will render the word atheism a bygone term in the thoughts of humanity; every living human will be mindful of God. H Heiks The Three Woes of Revelation January 2016

This fits the scenario that I presented perfectly. Thank you.

The kings of the earth though acting on Satan's behalf do not necessarily symbolize the dragon.

The great red dragon in Rev 12 had 7-heads depicting: Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, pagan Rome, and papal Rome. To conclude that Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, pagan Rome, or papal Rome depicted Satan would be incorrect. He used these powers, but papal Rome is identified as the in the very next chapter as the beast and the dragon is not the beast. So in spite of the assumptions, the conclusion is wrong.

Beast = Papacy [Pope Francis I]

Dragon = Kings of the Earth = a particular king of the earth
*he is identified in Revelation 17:10-11 & 20
"And there are seven kings [post-1929 popes who had their kingdom restored to them by Mussolini]: five are fallen [Pius XI & XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, & John-Paul I], and one is [John-Paul II], and the other is not yet come [Benedict XVI]; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space [7 # of completeness (2005 his ascension year) his first year began on New year's day on Babylonian calendar 29 March 2006 and he left office 28 February 2013 a month short of completeness].
And the beast that was [John-Paul II], and is not [he died], even he [John-Paul II] is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition."

Rev_17:8 "The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is."

Rev 20:2-3 "And he [angel from Heaven] laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season."

Dragon = Satan who ascends from the bottomless pit posing as king/pope John-Paul II the pope that was and is dead who is the eighth and is of the 7.





Satan personating John-Paul II can deceive the world with his "spiritual body" and remind them of Dies Domini (JP II's teaching of "Sunday sacredness").

John 20:27 "Then saith he [Jesus] to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing."

John 16:4 "But these things have I [Jesus] told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them."

False Prophet = Pope Benedict XVI.

Jeremiah 14:14 "Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart."

2Peter 2:1 "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction."

Beast = Pope Francis I
Dragon = Satan as John-Paul II
False Prophet = Benedict XVI.

How many kings did Babylon have when it fell?

King Nabonidus
King Belshazzar
King Daniel

Daniel 5:29 "Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom."

Hey Mark

Definitely NOT thinking of that quote in this context. I know that GW was placed in office by a protestant mandate and he physically reached his hand across the gulf to clasp the hand of the Roman power to present Pope John-Paul II with a gold medal in 2004. Then GW physically reached his hand across the gulf to clasp the hand of spiritualism to present the Dalai Lama with a gold medal in 2008.

And this exact quote appears with spiritualism listed first and the Roman power second. Thus after giving the Dalai Lama the gold medal, GW received Pope Benedict as a guest to the White House on 15 April clasping the hand of the roman power.

And since the union of GW, the pope, and the leader of spiritualism, America has repudiated every principle of our constitution. And I could tell you about something that is about to happen that will grind the Constitution into the dust...

Thank you for your thoughts. If you have any solid evidence from the Bible or Spirit of Prophecy to make your point, I'm still open to consider it.

Christian regards

The three unclean spirits are named after their religious influences which all have received their powers from the Dragon, the Satan. Therefore, it is incorrect to interpret the dragon of the three unclean spirits as 'kings of the earth'.

Pastor Kenneth Cox has explained in his latest book, Four Winds of Revelation, about the three unclean spirits.