Addendum: The Rise and Fall of Empires

I thought of a few more points that can be added to this BOOK!

Remember the three empires that the Scripture singled out?

Grecia/Leopard, Medo-Persia/Bear, and Babylon/Lion.

Another intentional highlight tips us off to the iron teeth of Rome and the brass nails of Greece.

Another verse said that Grecia (Alexander) was given dominion.

And another said that Grecia (Alexander) shall bear rule over all the earth.

We know from Bible study that when Holy Spirit makes something so clear and definite that there is powerful meaning in the statement. I believe it is a strong indicator that Alexander is in fact the ruler from history who will be the eighth beast, with seven heads, ten horns, and ten crowns.

Grecia (Alexander) was the third kingdom on Nebuchadnezzar’s statue, and the fifth head of the seven headed beast.

Don’t forget:

The false prophet makes an image of the ruler from history – who received a mortal wound. An image of Alexander is erected, and the false prophet causes the image of the ruler, i.e. the former ruler (Alexander), to come to life.

Revelation 13:15 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.

One of the heads on the beast was wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Can you see why the people will wonder when they see Alexander the Great alive again?

Also important to remember is that when looking at the statue all empires flow from out of Babylon.

So, too, when looking at the seven headed beast we must keep in mind the entire description of the beast. The beast is an individual having a body with seven heads, ten horns, and ten crowns, and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. Now I don’t believe for one minute that this person will look like the description that we are given. These are symbols for us to identify the last and final beast kingdom.

Consider this eighth beast:

Let’s really look at him:

He has seven heads:

The seven heads are each of the historical heads, e.g. Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander, of the seven empires before him. We know that other heads came after these in history, but the heads on the beast are the notable rulers. This beast, or final ruler, will have the combined power, authority, and might, etc. of all seven rulers before him. I remind you that these men were given their power, authority and might by a demonic prince that was over the land area at their time in history.

He has ten horns.

The horns represent each person who was the king or emperor over the former empires revealed in our Nebuchadnezzar statue, and the two earlier empires (Egypt and Assyria). This means that this final beast will have the combined dominance of all seven empires before him.

He has ten crowns:

The ten crowns upon his seven heads symbolizes that he has the collective high ranking sovereignty, and majestic splendor of the seven empires before him.

He has names of blasphemy on his heads:

We also see the names of blasphemy upon his seven heads which symbolizes the combined irreverence and disrespect for any other sovereignty, i.e. “And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.”

Again, we can see why the people wonder after this person. He will be the most powerful ruler ever, having regal authority, and a charismatic personality like none that have come before him. He will be the perfect ruler with the very best qualities of every ruler before him.

Who is like unto this ruler?

Who can make war with him?

Most people of the earth will believe he is the ruler of all rulers.

The Moslems will believe their Mahdi has come. Their Al Mahdi (the guided one), which will materialize when the believers are severely oppressed in every corner of the world has come. They believe that he will fight the oppressors, unite the Moslems, bring peace and justice to the world, rule over the Arabs, and lead a prayer in Mecca where Jesus will be present.

The Jews will believe the Messiah they were told of has come.

All peoples of the earth will take his mark save those who are hidden away, or those who stayed behind to witness to others the salvation of Messiah. None are recorded as being saved in the last forty months during this eighth and final rulers reign. All will take the mark or be martyred for the faith they embraced during the time of Jacob’s trouble, the first 1260 days of the tribulation.

The entire prophecy points us to this final earthly ruler.

Here are the highlighted portions of the Scripture again; these help us to see more clearly how we can conclude who the beast who is to come will be.

“And the beast (Anti-Christ) which I saw was like unto a leopard, (Grecia) 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.”

Grecia - Leopard

We know he is swift and scheming like Alexander the Great, i.e. the leopard is swift and cunning.

Medo/Persia - Bear

We know his province is in the land of the Old Medo/Persian area, i.e. the feet of the bear are planted here.

Babylon – Lion

We know his main headquarters are in Baghdad, Iraq, i.e. Babylon; the lion is the king of all the animals and he rules with his mighty roar.

We know his goal is supremacy, i.e. the crushing iron teeth of Rome and the brass nails of Grecia.

And lastly, we know he is ruled by a demon prince during his forty two months of time in power.

We know that the demon prince that rules him is the evil prince of Grecia, the same powerful spirit that once ruled the mighty Grecian, Alexander the Great.

In conclusion:

King Abdullah II of Jordan has been anointed to be the spokesperson for the entire surrounding Arab states in the matter of peace in the area.

He has come up quickly among his Arab brothers.

He is the one who has already been anointed to broker peace in the Middle East.

He will keep the peace in the Middle East quieted for three and one half years (1260 days).

At which time Abdullah II will be taken over by a demon prince who ascends from the Abyss.

He will become the most extraordinary earthly ruler to have ever ruled before him.

The final story: