Revelation 17:8 - The wild beast that you saw was, but is not, and yet is about to ascend out of the abyss, and it is to go off into destruction. And when they see how the wild beast was, but is not, and yet will be present, those who dwell on the earth will wonder admiringly, but their names have not been written upon the scroll of life from the founding of the world.

What is this some kind of double talk? Well thank God we have his spirit to dissect and reassemble this scripture to correctly identify the wild beast of revelation. After all, peoples lives are at stake and once we gain the accurate knowledge of Gods word, we are under obligation to tell others about this life saving news. So lets get started.

First of all we need to identify this wild beast for what it is, a political identity. How do we know this? We know it will be some kind of political entity because the bible tells us this in Rev. 17:8-11  ⁸　The wild beast that you saw was, but is not, and yet is about to ascend out of the abyss, and it is to go off into destruction. And when they see how the wild beast was, but is not, and yet will be present, those who dwell on the earth will wonder admiringly, but their names have not been written upon the scroll of life from the founding of the world. 9"Here is where the intelligence that has wisdom comes in: The seven heads mean seven mountains, where the woman sits on top.   ^{10 And} there are seven kings: five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet arrived, but when he does arrive he must remain a short while. ¹¹　And the wild beast that was but is not, it is also itself an eighth king, but springs from the seven, and it goes off into destruction.

So This wild beast becomes what the bible says is a "eighth king" That springs forth from the seven, meaning it ows its exsistance to the seven previous world powers. Well have there been seven "kings" or world powers? At the time of this scriptures writing (96 c.e on the island of patmos) the world power at the time was rome. In his vision john said five have fallen;(1. Egypt, 2. Assyria, 3. Babylon, 4. Medo-Persia, 5. Greece) one is (6.Rome) the other has not arrived (7. Anglo-America) but when he does arrive he must remain a short while.

So now we need to identify who or what has been given the support and power from the nations of the world and the picture will become clearer. With the backing of 192 countries the United Nations come out as the clear winner of all this support. Note what the Revelation its grand climax at hand book says: "Original members of the League of Nations included, along with Great Britain, governments that ruled in the seats of some of the previous heads, namely Greece, Iran (Persia), and Italy (Rome). Eventually, governments ruling the territory controlled by the previous six world powers came to be supportive members of the image of the wild beast. In this sense, too, it could be said that this scarlet-colored wild beast sprang from the seven world powers.

 Notice that the scarlet-colored wild beast "is also itself an eighth king." Thus, the United Nations today is designed to look like a world government. At times it has even acted like one, sending armies into the field to resolve international disputes, as in Korea, the Sinai Peninsula, some African countries, and Lebanon. But it is only the image of a king. Like a religious image, it has no real influence or power apart from what is invested in it by those who brought it into existence and worship it.

Just look at the subtle nuances that the news reports about the UN recently.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.e272eaa74dccc30f21c6ff7638b0f37b.461&show_article=1

"The United Nations called on Tuesday for a new global reserve currency to end dollar supremacy which has allowed the United States the "privilege" of building a huge trade deficit." These are pretty strong words from the UN. To make a call like that, About the UN's largest financial and political supporter, could make on think that something extraordinary is brewing on the world political stage! With the debt and financial instability of the US, to abandon the dollar most likely would destroy the US as we know it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090923/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama

The above link shows a more direct focus on not the US leading the way to solve the global issues, but the world leaders as a collective. In his historic speech at the UN Security council obama said: "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges." A little later he said: "In the year 2009 — more than at any point in human history — the interests of nations and peoples are shared," It is very clear that this eighth king is the United Nations as a collective that rises up next. The US is in deep trouble and the world seems to be turning their back on them, the bible told us this would happen and we are now seeing the beginning of the power shift to th UN. Hold on ladies and gents, cause the scene of this present world is changing fast!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whA5dSWs47g - UN take over?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxiWFB7uaZI - "Conspiracy people said the UN is taking over, now they are right." (30 seconds in.)