Quote:King James Bible
And 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.
Rev 17:10
Five fallen - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero
One is - Galba
Not yet Come - Vespasian
The book thus dates itself to late 68 very early 69 AD. Servius Sulpicius Galba was emperor for a period of 8 months. By the end of the summer of 68, Vespasian had isolated Jerusalem and crushed the northern rebel army. As the story goes, Josephus when he surrendered to Vespasian had declared that he would be the next emperor.
They all missed the short-lived reigns of Otho and Vitellius but all that goes to show is that the author of this book of jewish apocalyptic nonsense was writing while Galba was still emperor.
The author's world WAS ending. No one can seriously have thought that Jerusalem could stand against the Roman Empire. I don't care how many invisible gods you think you have helping you.
