Could the first beast in revelation13 referring to the economy?

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Why? Because, as we have seen, the New, or Fulfilling Covenant, represents the fullness of all that the Divine Persons can impart to a created world, saving only the world that never ends, the Beatific Vision. We have seen this in the argument of the angelic situation: the angel comprehends all and digests utterly, given an intellect that is immediate and unimpeded. Hence, the demons presumably comprehended the fullest implications of Divine Revelation as they were tested. Therefore, their rejection of God, as indicated in the CCC, is so complete and depraved, rejecting the essential totality of what God can give to a creature short of the Beatific Vision itself, that it renders repentance impossible, and makes the sin unforgivable in nature.

Similarly, when, in the seventh light, humanity is restored to the Gospel, being shown the apocalyptic consequences of the various errors and sins of its turning from the full New Covenant, and, were it not enough, being given a restoration, a glorious period of peace, the full reconciliation between material and spiritual knowledge, nothing further remains for God to do should a subsequent rebellion of the fallen nature occur [that is, after the seventh light, or the light of the unitive way of the Church]. Hence, the apostasy that follows the seventh day sabbath is irrevocable, unforgivable , so as to warrant the end of human history, the Final Judgement, and the permanent separation of good and evil.
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The Beast Kings Delineated

The residual verses of the beast fill in gaps that expand on the theology:

" Five have fallen. "

That is, five stages of sin are the Old Law, as we have seen confirmed by St. Methodious of Olympus and St. Augustine. Five ages are the predetermined means of preparing for Messiah. The two preminent darknesses afflicting the whole of humanity, the Pre-Flood Wickedness and Tower of Babel and three darknesses of the saint’s way for the Prefiguring People: dark night of senses: Egyptian Enslavement; dark night of Soul: Pre-Babylonian-Exile Apostasy; Martyrdom: OT Antichrist Antiochus.

" One is. "

Clearly, the stage existing in St. John’s time is the sixth, the one that is the purgative dark night of the senses for the New Pilgrim People, the resistance of the pagans to conversion and their subsequent persecution of the Church.

" And the other has not yet come, and when he does, he must continue a short space. "

Clearly, this is the seventh darkness, the dark night of the Soul for the Church, the intermediate apostasy. For all practical purposes, this is our current age . Behold, that stage falls, as it were, from the Minor Chastisement, which restores the Gentiles to the Church. Which brings us to the eighth, the Great Apostasy , which we have already treated significantly:

" And the beast which was and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition. "

“of the seven”

The only comment remaining, is the concern with the phrase, that the beast in the eighth king “is of the seven”, which is simply from a mystical point of view: it is the fallen nature of man , instigated by the seduction of the dragon (who likewise bears seven heads), that constitutes the source of cause of all the stages of sin . For in each stage, the same fallen nature and the same lies that it follows are the theology of the darknesses: anti-Baptism (“Have no regard for religious and moral truth, nor to obey them”) and spiritual anti-Marriage (“Do not live for the end of marrying God in Eternity. Spiritually fornicate with this world, find all your happiness and desire in the brute superficialities of the material existence.”)

So then, in conclusion, the mystical meaning of the days of creation and the beast complement one another, and seem to bear forth the necessary blueprint of a world that is to be redeemed, that is, in its greater ages!