Thanks Eric,

I appreciate your comments. I fuly agree that preterism, historicism and futurism all have a measure of validity. But because I live in the future, I tend to focus on that aspect moreso than the others. (That was another one of my poor attempts at humor) My specific question however still pertains to the unique little portion of Rev that I referenced. Revelation 17: 9-11 If we follow a consistant hermenuetic, it certainly seems to at a minimun hint at two more Beast empires that would follow Rome.