Revelation 13:3
And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
The expansion of the caliphate under the Umayyads: Expansion under Muhammad, 622–632 (brown) Expansion during the Rashidun Caliphate, 632–661 (red) Expansion during the Umayyad Caliphate, 661–750 (yellow)
If it had covered a Pope or the British Empire then the sceptics would be saying what about Islam? The Islamic caliphate existed for nearly 1300 years. Its empires have ruled over the Holy Land for most of that time. How long did the British Empire or even the Catholics rule over the Holy Land? Not long! Who is the best candidate to be the Gentiles who trampled the Holy Land underfoot? The Caliphates of course.
Think about Noah and the response of the peoples to Noah's message and the consequences of failing to do so. Consider the response of the Jewish people to Christ and their subsequent plight. Consider the perversion of Islam and what happened. What happened to the Caliphate and Persian empires that opposed the Baha'i revelation. How about Napoleon III and Czar Alexandra II of Russia? What has been the consequence of humanities failure to respond to the Divine summons to the Kings and Rulers of the earth? What further judgement on the peoples of the world for their failure to heed Baha'u'llah's message today? Woe is quite an appropriate word, wouldn't you think?
Rev 13 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
You said that the 7 headed, 10 horned beast being referenced several times it is the same beast. One is a red dragon. The other the leopard etc and one has 10 crowns the other 7. The dragon gives power and authority to the beast. This beast was given power 42 months.
Who is the red dragon? Who is the beast with the leopard etc stuff? Are you saying both are the Ummayad dynasty? If yes then did they last 42 months? No. Do they sound like they are same creature? No.
It says in verse 8... all that dwell upon the earth shall worship this beast, except those whose names are written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Who is this Lamb that was slain? Jesus, the Bab or Baha'u'llah? Only problem, this is more than 1000 years before the Baha'i Faith began.
Then comes another beast in verse 11. And you said this was the Abbasids? Here's the link to the
Ummayads and the Abbasids. "The Abbasids were members of the
Hashim clan, rivals of the Umayyads... Around 746,
Abu Muslim... successfully initiated an open revolt against Umayyad rule..." But here's what Revelation says about the relationship between the two beasts:
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
The Abbasids did not cause everyone to worship the first beast. And none of these dynasties lasted the 42 month/1260 years. But this part of the prophecy comes long after the Second Woe. I don't get why the redundancy of the 1260 years. But, if you are comfortable "adapting" the prophecies to fit the Baha'i story then fine. Let's move on to the rest of Revelation.