You could translate it any way you wish; it still fits.
Beast from the sea = Roman Catholic Church
Beast from the earth = Neo-Feudalistic system of gov'ts
The "Chair" serves the Master. The Ruling family at the top of the pyramid believes themselves to be Satan incarnate (or The Dragon), or his most loyal to be granted dominion over Earth. In Eschatological studies, the Beast from the Sea is commonly associated with being the AntiChrist, but some references say the beast from the Earth is the false prophet – likely this is mean to confuse, and is a misdirection. If you are a believer, then you are worshiping the wrong God. If you are secular, then your god is gov't, and it's still a false prophet; so they got you either way.
For the sake of brevity, Pope = Antichrist, and the Chair serves the Master, which is the Dragon, which is whoever the fuck is at the top of their gay-ass pyramid.
Revelation 12 is very, very interesting. The woman giving birth is supposed to represent Israel. From that nation, she will birth the savior of mankind. Her child was caught up with God and to His throne. The woman will be protected by God for about 3.5 years. I'm not even going to start with the massive amounts of allegory going on here, but suffice it to say if you're looking at what's currently going on in the world, everything fits. You just have to get creative with "God", the "Dragon", The "Woman", the "Child", and the next few verses make WAY MORE SENSE:
7And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, 8and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. 9And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. 11And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. 12For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.”
13And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. 14But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. 16But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth. 17So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
So yeah. Space Force is pretty important.