or
the eventual rise of the beast, or both?
Daniel 8:23 And in the latter time of
their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the
full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding
dark sentences, shall stand up.
Is their kingdom referring to the four
kingdoms out of the Greek empire?
Daniel 8:21 And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great
horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
22 Now that being broken,
whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand
up out of the nation, but not in his power.
Is the latter time of their kingdom,
not speaking of up to the Roman empire?
But could it be speaking about the
last days before Jesus returns?
When it says when the
transgressors are come to the full,
is
it still speaking about the remnants of the
Greek empire, but in the last days?
Also, is that similar to
how the LORD spoke of Canaan to Abraham?
Genesis 15:16 But in the fourth
generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet
full.
Is the king of fierce countenance
referring to the antichrist?
Will he thus appear "anti" to how
Jesus appeared?
Isaiah 53:2 For he shall grow up
before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry
ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we
shall see him, there is no beauty that
we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected
of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and
we hid as it were our faces from him; he
was despised, and we esteemed him not.
7 He was oppressed, and he was
afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as
a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her
shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
John 11:35 Jesus wept.
Philippians 2:7
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him
the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of
men:
8 And
being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself,
and became obedient unto death, even the death of the
cross.
Matthew
11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of
me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls.
Matthew 12:19 He shall not strive, nor
cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the
streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he
not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he
send forth judgment unto victory.
Matthew 21:5 Tell ye the daughter
of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and
sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
Also, is there any connection between
the king of fierce countenance, and the nation of fierce
countenance?
Deuteronomy 28:50 A nation of fierce
countenance, which shall not regard the person of the
old, nor shew favour to the young:
And what does it mean that he
understands dark sentences?
Will he have much wisdom, like the
devil?
Will he be involved in the dark arts
of the occult?