M.A.P., I think you are asking us why we are thinking that O may be the AC when the long held position on this was that he must come out of a "reconstituted Roman empire" as described by Hal Lyndsey et al, correct?I think there are videos by Lindsey on Youtube where he reiterates his position on this and shows why he does not believe that O is the one.The AC is said by Daniel to come out of the estate of the Seleucus general of Alexander the Great.Daniel 11:21. And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.If you go to the beginning of this chapter and follow it down, it begins with Alexander the Great:3. And a mighty king shall stand up, [ATG] that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
4. And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, [the four generals of ATG took over ruler ship when he died but did not rule in his power because the spiritual demonic power was not in them but would come out of the bottomless pit in the latter days to again rule in the AC] nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
5. And the king of the south [one of the generals, Seleucus] shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.You follow this king of the south, Seleucus until it says that in his estate stands up a vile person who is given the kingdom. This is AC. It does not require that AC rule from a specific geographic location such as in Europe but rather that the bloodline will be from that general who ruled that location which O does indeed come from. I was satisfied when I saw a lineage chart for O that indeed comes through this Seleucus general of Alexander the Great. When you put this together with all the other evidence it settles it. Yet there will be those who hold to an intellectual locked on commitment to what they have figured out back in the 70's regardless of more recent developments to show a different fulfillment than what was originally predicted. The same kinds of intellectual errors were the problem for the Pharisees when Jesus showed up and they didn't recognize Him because they were not open to the truth when it contradicted their presuppositions.