The prophetic significance of Pope Benedict XVI’s death cannot be which overstated, as it is the catalyst for a number of events, chief among which is his resurrection. Some of the you may be aware that I believe that the Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope Francis are the Antichrist and the False Prophet, respectively.

I first made this contention in 2011 in a article entitled The Identity of the Antichrist wherein I give evidence to prove beliefs my concerning Pope Benedict XVI. In 2015, I restated my beliefs in a YouTube video discussing the Mark of the Beast from Revelation Chapter 13.

The death the Pope Benedict was prophetic, just like his resignation and the subsequent inauguration of Pope Francis was prophetic. As I explained in The Mark the Beast, Pope Benedict resigned to bring to pass the Bible’s testimony regarding the Roman Catholic Church being run by two Popes:

“And I stood upon the sand of sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon horns ten crowns, and upon his heads, the name of blasphemy.”

Revelation 13:1,3

The first beast is the Antichrist, Pope Benedict XVI.

“And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake like a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him…”

Revelation 13:11

The second beast is the False Prophet, Pope Francis. Rather than exercising the power of Pope Benedict “before” (in front of) him (as some believe), Pope Francis, as the new Bishop of Rome, exercises all of power of Pope Benedict, his predecessor.

The next on the prophetic timetable is for Pope Benedict XVI to die. This was accomplished Saturday:

“And I saw one of his [the Antichrist’s] heads as it were wounded death…”

Revelation 13:3a

Next, if I understand my Bible correctly, Pope Benedict has to miraculously return from the dead:

“[A]nd his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.”

Revelation 13:3b

After his “resurrection,” Pope Francis will command the world to recognize Pope Benedict as Christ. After all, he did rise from the dead:

“[And he] causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.”

The Bible does not say the Antichrist will rise on the third day, but if he seems to suggest he will resurrected:

“And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when 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.”

Revelation 17:10-11

Of the seven kings, five are dead, so the passage is really talking about two kings. In that the previous passage talks of the seven-headed of Revelation 13, these two kings are the Antichrist and the False Prophet. The beast that was, and is not, therefore, is Pope Benedict XVI.

He is the eighth, but he is also the sixth (as five of them are dead). At the time of this prophecy, the seventh king (Pope Francis) is not yet come, but when he comes, he only be in power for a few years, because the sixth king (Pope Benedict XVI) will die and be “resurrected.” As the eighth king (eight is the number of resurrection or new beginnings), Pope Benedict will the rule the world as the Christ.

The Vatican announced it will hold a wake Monday to give the public a chance “to say goodbye” to the late pontiff. The funeral is to be held on Thursday. Prophetically speaking, the next few days will be very important.