And then when Rev13:2 reveals to us it's Satan himself who gives *the* BEAST it's *power*, it's *seat* and *great authority* in context of Eph6:12

"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high [places]."

And we realize it's 'that' BEAST who w/o question is the Roman Catholic Papal Church system (go here to see a deep thorough Biblical study on that crucial question - https://adtv.watch/total-onslaught/who-is-the-antichrist) then we can begin to see the truly HORRIFIC other-dimensional demonic forces the Pope has in his arsenal of 'leverage/control' over those 'merchants of the earth' and 'the mighty men' who have all the money in the world and who might otherwise be thought of as powerful and untouchable in their own right.

This is why it's clear the *real* POWER is exercised through and from out of the Vatican.

The Vatican HEADS the pyramid.