John 17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
And no, he is not Judas Iscariot.
Revelation 17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
He was because he was alive. And is not because he died. He was of the seven because he ruled one of the seven kingdoms. After his resurrection he will be the eighth because he will rule the eighth kingdom.
The eight kingdoms are also a mystery that was revealed to me a long time ago. The mystery is that there has always been the nation of Israel ruling over the 12 tribes and the holy land.
The first nation was Egypt with Joseph as the defacto king. Joseph ruled over all 12 tribes and Egypt also held control of Palestine. It was the first time an Israelite ruled the world's super power. After Egypt the Israelites established their own kingdom in Palestine. That kingdom is not counted as one of the eighth because the Israelites were in their land, i.e. not in exile. Assyria does not count either because the Assyrians never conquered Jerusalem. Kingdom two is Babylon. Rabbinic tradition claims that Nebuchadnezzar was a descendant of king Solomon. Babylon conquered Assyria and Jerusalem and therefore ruled over all 12 tribes and the land of Israel. The third kingdom was Media-Persia. Media-Persia conquered Babylon and ruled over the 12 tribes and the land of Israel. Cyrus was God's servant just like Neb was God's servant. Cyrus was an Israelite in the line of David.
How can this be? King Solomon ruled over a very rich kingdom. He had a 1.3 million man army. Mostly conscripts from surrounding nations. He held military sway from Ethiopia up into Asia Minor and to the farthest reaches of the Fertile Crescent. He sent ambassadors and even governors to surrounding lands. He even founded trading post all over the Mediterranean as far as Ireland and England. That means that there were some very rich and powerful Israelite families living in the surrounding countries subject to Solomon's power. That is how Neb and Cyrus could be in king David's bloodline. And God makes kings. And he makes kings of Israelites living in foreign countries. Now back to the eight kingdoms.
Alexander conquered Media-Persia. He ruled over all 12 tribes and the land of Israel. Rome conquered Alexander's empire. Rome ruled over all 12 tribes and the land of Israel. The Ottoman's finished off Rome in 1453 when they took Constantinople. The Ottoman ruled over all 12 tribes and the land of Israel. In WWI the Brits defeated the Ottoman and ruled over all the land of Israel and the 12 tribes until Israel was reestablished.
All seven of those nations was Israel in exile. There has always been the kingdom of Israel just like God promised David. That there would always be one of his descendants ruling from his throne. That is the mystery. The beast with seven heads meaning seven kingdoms and ten crowns representing the exiled ten tribes is the dominant world power when Israel is in exile. And the Son of Perdition was a king over one the seven nations. After the resurrection Israel will rule the entire world. The Son of Perdition will rule the eighth Israeli kingdom.
I'm not going to say who the son of perdition, the man of sin the Antichrist is yet. I want to see how many are with me so far.
Don't reveal anything unless permitted to do so by the Lord.
