[13] And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
[14] And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

The constellation of the Hercules holds a fig tree in his hands and the last fig marks the end of the year and hence "the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together" because the year is done and a new map is needed.

[1] 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.
[6] And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
[7] And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
[8] And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
[9] If any man have an ear, let him hear.

This beast are individual churches that do the bidding of the Great Church. "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." A reference to the earthly Christ invented by the Church that seduced the entire known world but which is nothing more than one of the heads of this beast who has great authority and presecutes those who do not believe.

10] He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
[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.
[13] And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
[14] And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
[15] And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
[16] And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
[17] And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
[18] Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

This beast is the Church which rises from the earth, i.e. it does not come down to us from heaven but is purely material. It causes the world to worship the beast whose mortal wound was healed--the historical Jesus Christ invention. This beast performs great miracles which deceive the ignorant but the beast is just a hand puppet that the Church puts on this show with. With this, all have been deluded, rich and poor alike so that one who does not belong to the Church is ostracized and unable to buy and sell because the Church oversees all the commerce.

"Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six." Has nothing to do with Nero. This phrase in Greek can be converted into numbers using isopsephia. Excluding the reference to 666, the verse adds up to 1702 and then adding the 666 equals 2368 and, wouldn't you know it--that just happens to the numerical value for Iesous Khristos. The writer is saying that a god was turned into a man, a beast, and used to trick the world into believing and giving the church power over the material world.

Humorously, "Church" comes from "Circe" who used to turn people into pigs.