Pope John Paul - Existed until April of 2005, Last Member: John Paul II
Pope Paul - Existed Until 1978, Last Member Paul VI  - The "ONE IS" of Rev. 17:10
Pope John - Existed Until 1963, Last Member John XXIII
Pope Pius - Existed Until 1958, Last Member Pius XII

Pope Benedict - "Fell" 1922, Last Member before fall: Benedict XV

Pope Leo - Existed Until 1903, Last Member: Leo XIII
Gregory - Existed Until 1846, Last Member Gregory XVI
Chart of Papal Name Lines Fall Dates
"Five Have been, one is, and one more yet to

come who will remain only a short while"
Rev. 17:10

In Revelation 17:10, it says the 7 heads are 7 kings. In the book of Daniel, it is very clear that kings are defined as lines of kings. Here is how that is done: Consider that the four beasts are defined as four kings in Daniel 7:17. Those four beasts represented the four empires that were to arise, beginning with the one Daniel was already living in, Babylon. But as anyone with a knowledge of history knows, each of the four empires predicted in Daniel 7 had more than one king ruling it. Therefore, the word king represents a whole line of rulers for each empire. The word king can also represent other things as well. But a line of kings is what is relevant in Revelation 17:10.

Therefore, in Revelation 17:10, when it speaks of the king (think lines of kings) that is and five lines of kings that have fallen before it, this verse is telling you that 5 lines of kings have died out before a particular point in time and that one name line or line of kings continues to exist. It turns out that historically, as you can visually see above, the line of kings that continues to exist is that of the name Paul. The pope that was the last of that line which existed after the five lines of kings had died out was Pope Paul VI, so he is the part of the name line of Paul that is the "one is" of Revelation 17:10. He is the "one is" simply because his name line continues to exist beyond the others. Six name lines continued past 1798 but one by one they died out until only Paul remained.

Paul VI reigned from 1963 to 1978.  There was one more name or line of kings yet to come who is counted among the seven names and who would remain only a short while.  The name line of John Paul had in fact never existed before 1978, so indeed it was "yet to come" from the perspective of Pope Paul. In addition, the total time of reign of both popes of the John Paul line was about 26 years.  All of the other 6 names each have a total reign time that is much longer than that of John Paul.  Click here to see the reign times of each of the 7 papal names.

But, what happens after the seventh name has died out or fallen? Revelation 17 speaks of an eighth (king) who will rise after the seventh king. Revelation 17:11 tells us that the next name to come after John Paul will be from one of the original seven names, and then apparently will become the eighth name, a new name never used before in Papal history. There is no king listed after the eighth name, so he will be the final pope.

In April of 2005, the John Paul line came to an end with the death of John Paul II. At that point, the John Paul line of kings could be said to have "fallen" because no more popes will die in office with the name John Paul attached to them. The new pope, Benedict XVI, is from a line that has already fallen because it is a name that is one of the five that came before the "one is" of Revelation 17:10. Obviously, he cannot fall again, so this indicates to us that this pope will NOT die with that name. We believe he will change names based on Revelation 17:11, which says that the eighth comes out of the seven, where the seven are the names of the 7 lines of kings who rule the Papacy during the time that the beast "is not". Because the eighth has a name also, this means the eighth will start out with one of the names of the seven kings and will then change to a new name, the name he will die with.

For this reason, the name Pope Benedict XVI is not shown on the chart above as the name that Benedict falls with. Instead, the Papal name Benedict fell with was Pope Benedict XV who died in 1922.

The man who is currently Pope Benedict XVI is of indefinite duration. He will change names to a new name to become the 8th king when the beast returns. He dies when Jesus comes again.