Isaiah 14:29 King James Version 29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Out of satan comes the antichrist (cockatrice). And his fruit (death & resurrection》John 12:24) will be a flying fiery serpent (false prophet). The 8th king is of the 7. Only way that math works is if 2 kings share a body. What if I told you that God exposed the entire beast agenda with that 1 word (cockatrice)? Isaiah was written 700ish years BC. And God exposed the plans of the enemy with 1 word. Every. Single. Detail of the agenda. And He didn't expose it so we would foolishly think we can stop what is ordained. He exposed it so His children would know the times they are living in. He did tell us to watch & be ready after all. How can we watch if we don't know what we are looking for in relation to what the enemy is doing in the world? You see, God knew everything the enemy would do and He knew the goofy symbols they would use to hide these things in plain sight. By comparing Scripture to real world events as well as the descriptions we find about this mythical beast (cockatrice) it becomes undeniable what times we are living in. For instance; the cockatrice is scared off by the rooster's crow. The cockatrice = antichrist. When someone denies Christ they are exhibiting antichrist spirit (1 John 2:22). When Peter denied Christ he was technically exhibiting antichrist (cockatrice) spirit. What made Peter go out and cry? The roosters crow. God exposed it all.
Whether the end times is in 10 days, 10 years or 10 decades, the clash between good and evil is clear to anyone willing to see it. More recently, a period of human oppression was followed by an Enlightenment, which was embodied in Western and American culture. This was almost immediately followed by an opposing rise of Marxism, which seemed to rise and fall in the East, but continues to grow and dominate within Western culture. The resulting desire to trade one's independence for a tribe or leader is the stage on which the antiChrist will appear, imo. I think that stage has been readied, but we'll see.