THE RISE and FALL of EMPIRES
The Beast with Seven Heads
The Statue in Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
I know that it has been said that a revised Roman Empire, the European Union, the European Common Market (called by many different names), would be the fulfilling of the aNTI-cHRIST kingdom. I heard this familiar theme all through my growing up in Jesus; what is presented here is a different conclusion.
I pray that as you read this offering you will examine your motives and appreciate that they are pure – being assured that your heart is toward faith in the One who created you. Jesus the Christ - is the One who gave His very life that we might obtain eternal life and live with Him for all eternity. It is this same Jesus who will defeat the seven headed beast of Revelation, and crush Nebuchadnezzar's statue described by Daniel in Scripture
This writing is my attempt to shed broad strokes on what Holy Spirit penned for our understanding. I say broad strokes because what I present is at best hazy and general compared to what Holy Spirit may reveal in time. Every time I study the Word of God I find more and more that I had never seen before.
From Scripture:
Daniel 2:
Daniel is speaking to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32 This image’s head was of fine gold, (Babylon) his breast and his arms of silver, (
33 His legs of iron, (Rome) his feet part of iron, (Rome) and part of clay, (Moslem).
Side bar:
Before proceeding it’s important that we see the two iron legs of the former Roman Empire as being divided under Constantine i. e., a Western leg and an Eastern leg.
Also, as we contemplate the statue let us remember that the statue gives a picture of four more kingdoms which come after Babylon.
The definitive pointer is that each subjugator came out of the head of gold i.e. Babylon.
Mesopotamia is an ancient region of southwest
Asia between the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers in modern-day
The area was the home of numerous early civilizations, including
Nimrod was a descendant of Cush, the son of Ham. He was the first who claimed to be a "mighty one in the earth."
Babel was the beginning of his kingdom, which he gradually enlarged.
Genesis 10:
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
The "land of Nimrod" (Micah 5:6) is a designation of Assyria or of
Babel, as seen in the Bible, is a city (Babylon) in
Another word for Babel is mixture which to me brings out the fact that all the empires as it were are a kind of mixing with Babel, a flowing forth from Babylon. We especially see the mixing described in the feet and toes of iron mixing with the feet and toes of clay. This is a huge hint to the meaning of the entire statue.
Each succeeding captor increased and dominated the area that is now known as the Middle East.
One of the meanings for captor is hunter, or one who takes seize.
Each conqueror came out of Nimrod's
Mesopotamia, i.e. Babylon, in
Babylon was the headquarters for each succeeding head on Nebuchadnezzar’s Statue.
And,
Babylon will be the center of operations at the time of the
last beast, not
Back to Scripture:
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. (See Zech. 4:6-9)
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold, (Babylon).
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, (Persia) and another third kingdom of brass, (Greece) which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron, (Rome): forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, ( Moslem ) and part of iron, ( Rome ) the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron (Rome) mixed with miry clay (Moslem).
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Side bar:
Something that we need to wrap our heads around: We are looking at a completed statue with a head, chest, arms, belly, thighs, legs, feet, and toes, everything that makes a statue complete, nothing is missing.
Keeping this in mind, as hinted above, these beasts, these kings, these empires, these rulers, all find their roots - in Babylon.
I looked up the Greek word meaning for mixed and mingle and they connote: to come into being together, to join together, come to pass together, arise together.
Back to Scripture:
44 And in the (End of the) days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these (Gentile) kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
Daniel 12:
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people (Israel): and there shall be a time of trouble (Jacob's trouble), such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy (Daniel’s) people (a remnant) shall be delivered (God will not forget the apple of His eye), everyone that shall be found written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life (pause), and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? (Jacob’s trouble)
7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; (3.5 years, 1260 days) and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
8 And I (Daniel) heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. (Discern)
11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
1260 + 30 = 1290, or 3.5 years + 30 = 1290 days
12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
1260 + 30 = 1290 + 45 = 1335 days
Note: The days mentioned in Daniel 12 are consecutive days one after the other just like the statue depicts the kings’ one after the other, i.e. 1260 then 1290 then 1335. These days are confined inside the 2520 days of the 7 year tribulation.
13 But (Daniel) go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand (Be raised up) in thy lot (Appointed time) at the end of the days.
Continuing with Scripture:
Revelation 17:
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; (Come Up Here John) I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore (Jezebel) that sitteth upon many waters: (Peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues)
2 With whom the kings of the earth (Throughout all ages) have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman (Jezebel the mother of harlot religions) sit upon a scarlet (Red) coloured (Demonic) beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads (kings) and ten (Moslem) horns.
4 And the woman (Jezebel the mother of harlot religions) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written,
MYSTERY BABYLON,
THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS, AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman (Jezebel the mother of harlot religions) drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, (Jezebel the mother of harlot religions) and of the (Demonic) beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads (kings) and ten (Moslem) horns.
8 The (Demonic) beast that thou sawest was (before), and is not (at this present time); and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit (where he has been confined), and go into perdition (forever): and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the (Demonic) beast that was (before), and is not (at present), and yet is (when they behold him after he rises from the bottomless pit).
Side bar:
Fallen angels, i.e. demonic principalities (princes) were dispatched by their leader (the fallen angel Lucifer) to rule over certain land areas. It is my belief, that when an evil prince was defeated they were confined to the bottomless pit where they will be until the appointed time. It appears from the next verse that when one is defeated, another takes its place to rule through another man who will go forth conquering, and to conquer. We know that the spiritual world is more real than this physical one, and it is there that things are getting accomplished. They are just played out on earth. First the spiritual, then the physical. I don’t pretend to understand all the ramifications of these parallel existences, but I do know they are both among us.
Daniel 10:20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore
I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of
When I’m gone forth from my battle with the
Prince of
Eph 6:12 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.
One of the former rulers who was empowered by a territorial demonic prince, was brought to naught, receiving a deadly wound. The demon prince who aided him in conquering - is confined in the bottomless pit until he is released to ascend at the appointed time.
This particular demonic prince will come up out of the bottomless pit at mid-trib, and the deadly wound of the ruler he empowered will be healed, and the ruler from the past will be the end time beast who rules on earth for 42 months.
At first sweep, in electing a candidate as the end time beast, I might lean toward the mighty hunter before the Lord mentioned in Genesis.
Nimrod
Each conqueror came out of Nimrod's
Mesopotamia, i.e. Babylon, in
Nimrod was the first who claimed to be a "mighty hunter in the earth."
Continuing in Scripture:
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. (The mother of harlot religions has always been seated with earthly rulers)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, (Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, and Grecian), and one is, (Roman, in the time of John) and the other (Moslem) is not yet come in the time of John’s vision); and when he cometh (at the time of the end), he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast (who is one of the five that have fallen) that was (in power), and is not (now in power, at the time of John), even he is the eighth (beast), and is (one) of the (former) seven, and goeth into perdition.
Note:
The seven heads represent the seven kings throughout history that have
taken
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no
kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
Comment:
The Anti-Christ beast will be the last super power. His positional seat will rise up from out of the former seven heads, and the ten Moslem horns give him their power to rule; he will rule for only the last 42 months of the 7 year tribulation.
13 These (Ten horned Moslem heads) have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These (The Anti-Christ beast and his 10 Moslem backers) shall make war with the Lamb (at the end of the seven year tribulation), and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful (Let us not only be called, and chosen, but also faithful unto only Jesus our Lord).
15 And he saith unto me, The waters (entire world populace) which thou sawest, where the whore (Jezebel the mother of harlot religions) sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
The spirit of Jezebel (Mystery Babylon), has been seated over all the world populace seducing everyone she can to worship any other God than the true God of the Bible. She is the mother of harlot religions. She has pointed mankind to the Anti-Christ, i.e. substitute Christ, every since the Garden of Eden. She is the harlot leader of the apostate church. Hand in hand, Mystery Babylon and Anti-Christ have had their way through all the ages.
16 And the ten horns (Moslem) which thou sawest upon the (Demonic) beast, these shall hate the whore, (Jezebel the mother of harlot religions) and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. (The Koran forbids harlotry, adultery, fornication).
1Ki 21:23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
Jezreel is a town in
It is where the kings of
Jezreel is a symbolical name given by Hosea to his oldest son in token of a great slaughter predicted by him, like that which had formerly taken place in the plain of Esdraelon (Hosea 1:4, 5).
Esdraelon is the Greek form of the Hebrew "Jezreel," the name of the great plain (called by the natives Merj Ibn Amer; i.e., "the meadow of the son of Amer") which stretches across Central Palestine (the promised land of Israel) from the Jordan to the Mediterraanean, separating the mountain ranges of Carmel and Samaria from those of Galilee, extending about 14 miles from north to south, and 9 miles from east to west. It is drained by "that ancient river" the Kishon, which flows westward to the Mediterranean. From the foot of Mount Tabor it branches out into three valleys, that on the north passing between Tabor and Little Hermon (Judg. 4:14); that on the south between Mount Gilboa and En-gannim (2 Kings 9:27); while the central portion, the "valley of Jezreel" proper, runs into the Jordan valley (which is about 1,000 feet lower than Esdraelon) by Bethshean. Here Gideon gained his great victory over the Midianites (Judg. 7:1-25). Here also Barak defeated Sisera, and Saul's army was defeated by the Philistines, and king Josiah, while fighting in disguise against Necho, king of Egypt, was slain (2 Chr. 35:20-27; 2 Kings 23-29).
This plain has been well called the "battle-field of Palestine."
"It has been a chosen place for encampment in every contest carried on
in this country, from the days of Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Assyrians, in
the history of whose wars with Arphaxad it is mentioned
as the Great Plain of Esdraelon, until the disastrous march of Napoleon Bonaparte
from
Sound like a place for a final battle, as in Armageddon?
Continuing in Scripture:
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast (Anti-Christ), until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman (Jezebel the mother of harlot religions) which thou sawest is that great city (Mystery Babylon), which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Again, we see a demonic spirit that rules from the land of Babylon. One of the meanings for the word reigneth is to have or hold - possession of the mind. Truly, Mystery Babylon and the Anti-Christ spirit have had possession of myriad minds.
Let's take a look at Revelation 13 for some further insight.
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast (Anti-Christ) rise up out of the sea (of the seven empires that had ruled over Israel), having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his (seven) heads the name of blasphemy.
Comment:
When looking at all Gentile empires in concession as one compilation we can see all seven heads and the ten horns that give power to the final Anti-Christ. All have been given their power by satanic/demonic princes of darkness.
Continuing in Scripture:
2 And the beast (Anti-Christ) which I saw was like unto a leopard, (Greece) and his feet were as the feet of a bear, (Persia) and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: (Babylon) and the dragon (Satan) gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Comment:
Notice the progression above in verse 2. The Holy
Spirit has purposely reversed the order of the statue (
Back to Scripture:
3 And I saw one of his heads (one of the former seven heads) as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: (by Satan) and all the world wondered after the beast (I wonder why they wonder).
4 And they worshipped the dragon (Satan) which gave power unto the beast: (Anti-Christ) and they worshipped the beast (Anti-Christ), 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 (at which time the trodden down at the hands of Gentile enemies of Jerusalem will come to an end).
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, (in heaven) and them that dwell in heaven (Saints and hosts of angels).
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints (who had come to embrace faith in Jesus), and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. (The Anti-Christ beast is only over all kindreds, tongues, and nations for the last 42 months of the 7 year tribulation).
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. (All who are not martyred, or hidden away by God’s capable hand will worship the beast and take his mark).
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. (He looked like a lamb, he appeared to be of God and His Son Jesus, but he spoke with deception like his father, the devil. A religious power).
12 And he (the False Prophet) exerciseth all the power of the first beast (Anti-Christ) before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast (Anti-Christ), whose deadly wound was healed (A former ruler).
13 And he (The False Prophet) doeth great wonders, (Through craft) so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, (Mocking the two witnesses, just like Pharaoh's magicians through black magic mocked Moses and Aaron)
14 And deceiveth (Like Satan deceives) them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles (Done through witchcraft, sorcery, and black magic) which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; (Anti-Christ) 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 (In history, as wounded to death, but ruling again during the last 42 months).
15 And he (The False Prophet) 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 666.
Continuing with the fall:
Revelation 18:
1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying,
Babylon (in
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Side bar:
Is it possible that this command of God to COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE is the same kind of command as when Jesus said, LAZARUS, COME FORTH! (Lazarus was a type of the coming resurrection.
Also, when the Lord speaks from heaven to the two witnesses, COME UP HERE!
The COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE and the COME UP HERE appear to be a seizing by force, just as the power of God takes by force those in the grave and we which are alive and remain at the time of the resurrection/rapture. Several occasions of immediate takings, the first being the resurrection/rapture of the church followed by the others recorded.
5 For her (Babylon/Iraq) sins have reached unto heaven, (A stench in God’s nostrils) and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled, fill to her double.
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Is there any doubt in the readers mind that
this city is none other than Babylon in
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her
burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! (Revised Babylon,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, (Babylon, Iraq) wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like
a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall
that great city Babylon (in
22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets,
and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth (I don’t recall hearing about any prophets except the prophets
of
Contrasting:
Revelation 18:23, concerning the fate of Babylon with Revelation 22:5, the holy city of Jerusalem.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Comment:
The destruction that the
Tying it all together:
Gentile Kingdoms of Man (666)
Please find in this final installment the times of the Gentile rule over
the promised nation of
Out of the Moslem empire comes the man who brokers peace with
After
Let’s look at the Gentile kingdoms once again.
1.
2. Assyria
Stepping into the prophetic mind of God: Nebuchadnezzar's Statue foretells the remaining Gentile empires.
587/6 BC, Coming forward from the account in Daniel, the times of the Gentiles begins this particular count from Nebuchadnezzar's statue, where we see a rule of Gentile dominance over Israel - until the time(s) of the Gentiles trodden down (desecrate the holy city by devastation and outrage ), be fulfilled. Luke 21:24
3. Babylon / Gold / Lion with eagle’s wings
4. Mede-Persia / Silver / Bear / Ram with two horns
5.
6. Rome / Iron / Eagle
7. Moslem / Clay / no description
8. Anti-Christ / Iron mixed with Clay / no description
6. Rome and 7. Moslem are a combined kingdom, yet divided to fulfill prophecy.
King Abdullah II / Man to broker peace / Rider of the white horse, confirms
an existing peace agreement between
The former ruler who received a mortal wound, who’s deadly wound was healed; by Satanic healing will come into power as the final world leader in the middle of the seven year covenant. I can only speculate that the man who brokers peace in the beginning is taken over by the demonic spirit who ascends from the bottomless pit at mid-trib – he then morphs into the former ruler, thus the eighth beast.
The Anti-Christ beast with his super military and political power will lead
an attack against
Soon AD, Messiah, the Stone, crushes, breaks to pieces the last of the Gentile empires, thus fulfilling, the time of the Gentiles.
Let’s look at Daniel 7:
2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
4 The first was like a lion (Babylon), and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear (
6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard (Grecia), which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast (Moslem), dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
8 I considered the (10) horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn (making 11 horns), before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots (3 of the 10 horns are uprooted to make room for the 11th little horn): and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down (one after the other), and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake (the little horn): I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame (slain, destroyed, and cast into the lake of fire).
12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away (one succeeding the other as seen in Nebuchadnezzar’s statue): yet their lives (the lives of the demon princes who ruled through the men) were prolonged for a season and time.
13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet:
Remember that Rome is represented by iron, and Grecia is represented by brass, and here we see iron and brass in the description of the fourth beast that is also the eighth beast of Revelation. This is helping us to narrow in on the final beast. I looked up the meaning of nails as mentioned above; the word nails comes from a root word which means an early departure, or to leave early. Iron teeth from out of the Roman Empire, nails of brass from out of the Grecian Empire.
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other (little horn) which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn (the little horn) made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth (with the iron teeth), and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces (by the nails of brass attached to the 10 toes of the feet of iron and clay).
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time (42 months).
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
Some of the following is fact, some is speculation.
There was an Arab Summit meeting held in
The three that are uprooted are the same as the three ribs that the bear has in his mouth. Dan7:5
The ten horns, or the ten toes depending on where you are reading in Daniel or Revelation are the original ten which are spoken of in Psalms 83:1-8.
1 <<A Song or Psalm of Asaph.>> Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head (ten Moslem heads).
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against
thy hidden ones. (Thy people,
4 They have said, Come, and let
us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
Ten Moslem confederates that are over these areas surrounding Israel give their approval to the peace broker in an effort to bring peace to the area, and then they will give their power to the Anti-Christ Beast at mid-trib to reign with him for one hour.
Behold a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. Revelation 12:3
...and I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten
horns, and upon his head the name of blaspheme. And the beast... was like
unto a leopard, (
And I saw one of his heads as it was wounded to death; (at the end of his rule) and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast, 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? ... he was to continue in power for forty two months. Rev. 13:3-5
...and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blaspheme, having seven heads and ten horns. Rev 17:3
I will tell you the mystery... the beast that you saw was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition; and they that dwell upon the earth shall wonder...when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. Rev. 17:7, 8
The seven heads are seven mountains (kings) on which the woman sits,
there are seven (Gentile) kings: five are fallen, (
Remember Nebby’s statue?
The beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth (Anti-Christ), and is (come up out) of the seven (former rulers), and goes into perdition (Is commissioned to the lake of fire after Jesus Christ defeats him). Rev. 17:11
In summary, the 7 Gentile Empires who have ruled over
Egyptian
Assyrian
Babylonian
Medes-Persian
Grecian
Roman
Moslem
From out of the above seven - morphs the last ruler, Anti-Christ.
The ten horns... are ten kings which have received no kingdom yet, but will receive power as kings one hour with the beast, (10 Moslem partners with the Anti-Christ Beast) these have one mind, (KILL THE INFIDELS) and shall give their power and strength to the beast. Rev. 17:12, 13
As already stated, myself and others believe that King Abdullah II of
In the middle of the 7 years, the Anti-Christ beast will rise up and begin
to rule for the remainder of the tribulation. The Anti-Christ and all
his minions will be defeated by the King of
Some thoughts about the confirming covenant:
And he shall confirm the covenant with many (Israel
and her 10 Arab neighbors) for one week: and in the midst (middle) of the
week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading
of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and
that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. Daniel 9:27
From a recent news report:
Standing next to Abbas, Jordanian Prime Minister
Adnan Badran said Jordan wanted to "invest" its 1994 peace agreement
with Israel to facilitate dialogue between the Jewish state and the Palestinians.
Remember as you read this treaty (originated
eleven years ago), who the players are right now. Adullah II of
ISRAEL-JORDAN PEACE TREATY
Main Points of Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty
October 26, 1994
On October 26, 1994, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Prime Minister Abdul-Salam Majali signed the Treaty of
Peace between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the
second peace treaty
The peace treaty with
The main provisions of the treaty are as follows:
1. International boundary
The Agreement delimits the agreed international boundary between
The Naharayim/Baqura Area and Zofar
Area will fall under Jordanian sovereignty with Israeli private land use rights.
These rights include unimpeded freedom of entry to, exit from and movement
within the area. These areas are not subject to customs or immigration legislation.
These rights will remain in force for 25 years and will be renewed automatically
for the same period unless either country wishes to terminate the arrangement,
in which case consultations will be taken.
2. Security
The two parties will refrain from any acts of belligerency or hostility,
will ensure that no threats of violence against the other party originate
from within their territory, and undertake to take necessary and effective
measures to prevent acts of terrorism. They will also
refrain from joining a coalition whose objectives include military aggression
against the other party.
The two countries will establish a Conference on Security and Cooperation
in the Middle East (CSCME) which will be modeled after the Conference on Security
and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). This is an ambitious attempt to replace
the more classical view of security by substituting the old notions of deterrence
and military preparedness with confidence building measures. In due time,
confidence will lead to the establishment of mutual trust and institutions
aimed at preventing war and enhancing cooperation.
3. Water
4. Freedom of Passage
Nationals from both countries and their vehicles will be permitted freedom
of movement through open roads and border-crossings. Vessels from either country
will have the right to passage through territorial waters, and will be granted
access to ports. Negotiations are underway towards a Civil Aviation Agreement.
The Strait of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba are considered international waterways, open to all nations
for freedom of navigation and overflight.
5. Places of Historical and Religious Significance
There will be freedom of access to the places of religious and historical
significance. In accordance with the Washington Declaration,
Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week:
and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation
to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate,
even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the
desolate.
Daniel 11:31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the
sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall
place the abomination that maketh desolate.
Daniel 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away,
and the abomination that maketh desolate
set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
6. Refugees and Displaced Persons
The parties recognize the human problems caused
by the conflict in the Middle East, and agree to alleviate them on a bilateral
level and to try to resolve them through
three channels:
a.) The quadripartite committee with Egypt and the Palestinians
with regard to displaced persons.
b.) The Multilateral Working Group on Refugees.
c.) Negotiations in a framework to be agreed upon - bilateral or otherwise
in conjunction with permanent status negotiations detailed in the Declaration
of Principles.
7. Normalization of Relations between Israel and Jordan
The peace treaty deals not only with an end to war, but also normalization.
Various articles of the treaty deal with practical issues of normalization
in such matters as culture and science, the war against crime and drugs, transportation
and roads, postal services and telecommunications, tourism the environment,
energy, health, agriculture, and the development of the Jordan Rift Valley
and the Aqaba/Eilat area. Economic cooperation is seen as
one of the pillars of peace, vital to the promotion of secure and harmonious
relations between the two peoples.
Diplomatic relations between Israel and Jordan were established
on November 27, 1994, including the appointment of ambassadors and the opening
of embassies.
Jordan and
As a result of continuing negotiations over the last year, bilateral agreements
have been signed between
The man of peace candidate???
This covenant confirmed???
Standing next to Abbas,
Jordanian Prime Minister Adnan Badran
said
Drawing closer to conclusion:
To my calculations the number six hundred sixty six represents the fullness
of the Gentile nations over
3 is a number for completion.
6 is the number for man.
Three sixes then - would be the completion or the fulfillment of man.
With that in mind, it appears that the last six Gentile empires from the
beginning of Babylon through the finality of Anti-Christ (which were depicted in Nebuchadnezzar’s statue), is
the completion of the Gentile kingdoms of man. The end of the six Gentile
empires is then, the complete compilation of man in his fallen state. The
opposition toward God and His beloved
Interesting that the Assyrians ruled for 666 years before they were conquered by Babylon.
Jerusalem was trodden down by the Roman Empire for exactly 666 years, from the battle of Actium, B. C. 31, to the Saracen conquest in A. D. 636.
6 x 6 = 36
The sum of 36 is 666
1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11+12+13+14+15+16+17+18+19+20+21+22+23+24+25+26+27+28+29+30+31+32+33+34+35+36 = 666 (Bullinger’s, Scripture in Numbers)
The definitive conclusion is that both the seven headed beast, and Nebuchadnezzar’s
statue represent all the Gentile rulers that God has used in order to chastise
His beloved
Not that it makes any difference to us who the end time beast will be, as we will be elsewhere, but I find the study of Biblical prophecy to be most interesting. That said, my next choice for the end time AC would be one of the former heads mentioned above. And in fact is an even greater candidate than Nimrod. The Holy Spirit, in the Book of Daniel makes mention of a demonic prince that an angel (I believe to be Gabriel), had to fight. This particular demon prince was so tough that Gabriel fought with him for a full three weeks and did not defeat him until he had help from Michael, the Prince of princes.
Let’s examine the Scripture:
1 In the third year of Cyrus king of
2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks (21 days).
3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
4 And in the four and twentieth day of the first month (Nisan 24),
as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel
(Tigris river in
5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
6 His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
8 Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
9 Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
10 And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days
(Three full weeks): but, lo, Michael, one
of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there (fighting)
with the kings of
14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days (Right after Daniel is told about the encounter with the Prince of Persia, he is told that he is being told these things in order that he will understand what shall befall his people in the latter days – hint, hint).
15 And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
16 And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
19 And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
20 Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now
will I return to fight with the prince of
21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
Gabriel tells Daniel that after the defeat of the
prince of
The question is asked in Revelation:
Who is like unto the beast?
Who is able to make war with him?
Remember that Gabriel had to receive assistance
from Michael to defeat the prince of
What happened to the prince of Grecia’s power when Alexander the Great died at an early age?
Demons are either roaming the earth, inhabiting people or animals, or they are commissioned to the bottomless pit until they are loosed to perform their acts upon earth.
I believe the prince of Grecia that gave power to Alexander is the demon prince who ascends from the pit at mid-trib - presently confined to the bottomless pit until his appointed time.
The angel Gabriel needed assistance from Michael
to defeat the prince of
The Moslem ruler of the final earthly kingdom, symbolized by the Little Horn, the peacemaker, the man on the white horse, the restored wounded head, the seventh head, will be empowered by a demon prince who ascends from the Abyss at mid-trib – this will complete his morph (transformation from one persona into another) i.e. Anti-christ. The demon prince will lead the Anti-Christ into perdition (complete destruction and ruin). The demon prince who ascends from the bottomless pit will be the spiritual force behind the seventh beast - making him the eighth and final beastly kingdom formed out of Babylon.
The dark demon princes that have empowered the
seven prominent rulers, those who flowed out of Babylon; all who have tried
to blot out
The man who brokers peace, is the seventh ruler who will, at mid-trib, be taken over by the prince of Grecia as he ascends from the Abyss. He will morph into the final eighth beast, appearing in the bodily form of Alexander the Great restored to life. Satan gives him his seat of power and authority.
How would you like to wake up next to that personality?
He is going to be one impressive beast to reckon with.
Let me add final Scripture that should bring greater vision to my conclusion regarding the prince of Grecia.
Daniel 8:
1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
7 And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
8 Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
The ram with the two horns, one higher than the
other represents Medo-Persia.
The four horns that came up after Alexander’s death were Alexander’s Generals - Seleucus, Ptolemy, Cassandra, and Lysemachus. Two of these horns play a greater role in history.
Seleucus was the Macedonian general who, as one of the successor horns
of Alexander acquired the vast eastern section of the empire centered on
the territory of the old Babylonian empire (
Ptolemy was the Macedonian general who, as one of the successor horns
of Alexander, acquired
Here we see two of the former empires,
Just for fun let’s identify the ten horns that are on the seven heads.
The first horn is the ruler of Egypt, the second horn is the ruler of Assyria, the third horn is the ruler of Babylon, the fourth horn, and the fifth horn are the two who ruled over the combined kingdom of the Medes and Persians, the sixth horn, the seventh horn, and the eighth horn are the three rulers of notoriety over Grecia, the ninth horn is the ruler of Rome, and the tenth horn is the Moslem peace maker who is arising as I type. That was fun. I’ve never done that before.
I’m very thankful that the church of Jesus Christ will not be here when this seven headed beast with ten horns comes into power. The crowns upon the horns symbolize that the ten horns have achieved power and/or fame.
I’m also grateful that God’s STONE
KINGDOM will crush the feet and toes of all others before it, and
May the church soon be fully redeemed…
De Trefethen, April 23, 2005