Revelation 17:9-11 “And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.”
In 1929 Benito Mussolini signed the Lateran Treaty a political treaty which created the state called Vatican City State, which guaranteed full and independent sovereignty to the Roman Church, establishing popes as heads of church and state and thus once again kings. Thus verse Revelation 17:8 “...behold the beast that was [538 A.D – 1798], and is not [1798-1929], and will be [1929-present]". So we see that since the establishment of the Vatican City State in 1929 where the woman sits [Rev. 17:9], until today, the papacy has recovered much of its former power. However, though the papacy currently has the political and ecclesiastical power it wielded prior to 1798 when the deadly wound was inflicted, the deadly wound is not yet fully healed, that will only happen under the reign of the 8th and final king.
Since the signing of the Lateran Treaty, when the papacy sat (or is located) on the seven mountains (Vatican City), we can begin to count the number of kings/popes starting with the first pope to sign on February 11th 1929. Below is the list of popes, starting with Pope Pious 11th who was the pope to sign/commence the Lateran Treaty:
Revelation 13:18 “Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”
Amazingly enough, Pope Francis also fits one of the most referenced verses in Bible history listed above, as the sum of the characters of his last name "BERGOGLIO" in all capital letters, adds up to the sum of 666 in the Unicode Standard. This is pivotal since Unicode is the universal "character coding system designed to support the world wide interchange, processing and display of written texts, of the diverse languages and technical disciplines of the modern world." (1)
"The Unicode Standard provides a unique number for every character, no matter what platform, device, application or language. It has been adopted by all modern software providers and now allows data to be transported through many different platforms, devices and applications without corruption. Support of Unicode forms the foundation for the representation of languages and symbols in all major operating systems, search engines, browsers, laptops, and smart phones—plus the Internet and World Wide Web (URLs, HTML, XML, CSS, JSON, etc.)...The emergence of the Unicode Standard and the availability of tools supporting it are among the most significant recent global software technology trends." (2)
As is evident, the implications of this find are astounding folks and to say that the eternal destinies of every human being alive is dependent on comprehending this, is quite frankly an understatement!! This poignant revelation that Francis is the final pope and the "scarlet coloured beast" of Revelation 17 must traverse the whole world and finally swell to the loud cry of the angel of Revelation 18:1-4. For no greater, fearful and climatic message has been given to mortal man than, "If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." Revelation 14:9-12
(1) http://www.unicode.org/standard/standard.html
(2) https://www.unicode.org/standard/WhatIsUnicode.html