These questions are crucial to our understanding of many variables, like who will be the Beast, the progression of events to watch and where is this “kingdom of God, promised to humanity ?

Going back to Daniel 2 about Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and God’s interpretation thereof (through Daniel), one can see the Beast referred to.

So, this Beast has its origin from Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon, then to successive kingdoms …to a weak mixture of iron-clay “10-member conglomerate nations” which number will be down to 7 by removing 3/10, by the “little horn” who will then lead this 8-headed Beast, that will impose its “mark”, a global currency without which, no one can “buy nor sell”; before “a stone from nowhere” destroyed it.

Identifying who the “Beast of Revelation” is, can be a daunting task. Many have tried but here is my humble understanding for now. One has to first know who the “Beast of Revelation”, when this will come; then the “mark” of the Beast, the “little horn”and finally the promised “kingdom of God”

It maybe surprising to many among us, but Jesus himself already have identified the origin of this Beast as a succession from Babylon kingdom, and what his mark is;

as indicated in Mark 12:12-17

“Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.

Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar

¹³ Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words.¹⁴ They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax^[a] to Caesar or not? ¹⁵ Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” ¹⁶ They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

¹⁷ Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”

And they were amazed at him.”

As the Roman Empire has “denarius” as currency, without it “no one can buy nor sell”, therefore the “mark” has to be “currency”, as well, to “buy or sell”; i.e., a medium of exchange “in the forehead and hand”

Right now, we don’t know the “exact identity” of the “little horn” nor this “global sovereign currency”. Our role at this time is to watch world news.

On the side, there will be conglomerate of 10 states that will be formed. But, wait until the “little horn” appears by displacing 3/10 to be the 8th head of this “revived Beast of Revelations”. But, what “global/sovereign currency” will be imposed so that “no one can buy nor sell” except with that currency?

Currently, I think and guess that this new currency will be a “digital currency”. But, watch the news.

Remember what to watch:

1. A conglomerate of 10- nations to form; 10-headed Beast.
2. Three of 10 will be displaced by the “little horn”, thus identifying this person, who will then be the 8th head of this Beast.
3. A digital global “sovereign currency” will be imposed, so that without it, “no one can buy nor sell.”
4. Israel will then be invaded by this Beast
5. Return of Jesus Christ on earth, with the “firstfruits”, to rule for 1000 years with Jerusalem as headquarters. During this time , the resurrected “latterfruits” will be taught the “steps to salvation/eternal life”.
6. Gog and Magog will invade the nation of Israel that has “no borders”, as anybody will be welcome to come in and out.
7. New heaven and new earth.

Just my current understanding.

God bless us all🙏🙏🙏