Beast Kingdoms

The battle for man's soul and the revealing of Jesus to his church and the world has been progressing exactly as foretold. We will look at events that have transpired that were described in Daniel and apostle John's Revelation. We will see the conflict between a man/Luciferian centered religious system and God's system of redeeming people from the earth. Through the ages people were expecting such things to occur in their time and have documented these occurrences. We can see through their writings and other recordings of history a bread crumb trail that matches Daniel's and John's descriptions. We will begin with looking at kingdoms that have come as prophesied. Some have gone and some are still here. A copy of the Dictionary of Prophetic Terms is included at the bottom of the page for convenience.

Kingdoms

Let's start with kingdoms that have been described in biblical prophecy that have come and have either gone or are still here.

The name Daniel means judgment. The whole book of Daniel is about kingdoms that come and go and judgments of kingdoms and the final judgment of this planet and how it will transpire. Matthew 24 tells of the last days and mentions Daniel. We can look back and see what the properties were of the different kingdoms that have already passed and we can see the kingdoms that are relevant to prophecy as they exist now. In that there has been a continuous progression of events, it would seem logical to deduce that if we have all the final players on the board that the ending act may be upon us.

We will start with Babylon. Bab means gate. El means God. Bab-El is the portal to God. Jesus says he is the door, or the bab. The man made Bab-el is "another" door.

Nimrod founded "Babylon". Nebuchadnezzar, also known as Nabu-kudurri-ussur, starting in 605 B.C., built up Babylon into the glory of the Chaldeans as the "Great Babylon" and the greatest city that ever existed. Jerusalem was destroyed in 586 B.C. by Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel and his three friends were part of the captives from the tribe of Judah in Jerusalem. Nebuchadnezzar has a dream that he cannot remember. Daniel was given the dream along with the interpretation.

Nebuchadnezzar's Dream from Daniel Chapter 2

The dream is:

Daniel 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. ²Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. ³And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. ⁴Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. ⁵The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. ⁶But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. ⁷They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. ⁸The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. ⁹But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. ¹⁰The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. ¹¹And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. ¹²For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. ¹³And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. ¹⁴Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: ¹⁵He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

¹⁶Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. ¹⁷Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: ¹⁸That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. ¹⁹Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. ²⁰Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: ²¹And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: ²²He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. ²³I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter. ²⁴Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation. ²⁵Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. ²⁶The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? ²⁷Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; ²⁸But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; ²⁹As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. ³⁰But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

³¹Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. ³²This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, ³³His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. ³⁴Thou 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. ³⁵Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; 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. ³⁶This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. ³⁷Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. ³⁸And 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. ³⁹And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. ⁴⁰And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. ⁴¹And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. ⁴²And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. ⁴³And 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. ⁴⁴And in 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 kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. ⁴⁵Forasmuch 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.

Magicians, and astrologers, and sorcerers are in use today.

Nebuchadnezzar is not happy when he finds his kingdom will fail and be replaced with other kingdoms. He tries to defy this with his own statue of gold. He decrees everyone should worship this.

Daniel 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. ²Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. ³Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. ⁴Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, ⁵That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: ⁶And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

He tries to burn Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego by throwing them into a fiery furnace.

Daniel 3:12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. ¹³Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. ¹⁴Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? ¹⁵Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? ¹⁶Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. ¹⁷If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. ¹⁸But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. ¹⁹Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. ²⁰And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. ²¹Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. ²²Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. ²³And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

Verses 17 and 18 could use a little clarification. "If it be so" in verse 17 refers to if they are thrown into the furnace. What is implied in verse 18 by "but if not" is that if the three are not thrown into the furnace they still will not bow to the statue. Sometimes it is interpreted that if God does not deliver them they will still not bow down to the statue. If God didn't deliver them, they wouldn't bow down to the statue because they would be ashes. They meant "if they are not thrown into the furnace".

Daniel 3:24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king hath been astonished, and hath risen in haste; he hath answered and said to his counsellors, `Have we not cast three men into the midst of the fire--bound?' They have answered and are saying to the king, `Certainly, O king.' ²⁵He answered and hath said, `Lo, I am seeing four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like to a son of the gods.' ²⁶Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. ²⁷And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. ²⁸Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. ²⁹Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. ³⁰Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar comes around. He writes his own chapter, Daniel chapter 4, in the bible. He is the only king to have this privilege.

A rock not hewn by hand strikes the image on the feet of iron and clay. Where the rock strikes indicates which kingdom is struck by the rock. The Jews could not have rightfully expected Rome to be overcome by Jesus because the feet aspect of the dream had not come into existence yet. Jesus came into the scene to accomplish redemption and begin the latter rain covenant during the two legs of Rome. The ten toes of the feet of iron and clay arise from the western empire of Rome. During the remaining "two legs of iron" time frame and the "feet" time frame father God is collecting people for his new kingdom.

The European foundation from the western empire exerts influence over the entire world. Western Rome influenced Canada, the U.S., Australia, etc. and conquered South America. Western ideology from Europe controls world events today.

Daniel has a dream documented in chapter 7. This dream happens during a different king than Nebuchadnezzar. It is still about judgment of the planet and how things will unfold. The dream parallels Nebuchadnezzar's dream in content with different and more detailed symbology. The sequence of the major events is still the same. Let's look at the dream as a whole and then compare it to Nebuchadnezzar's dream.

Daniel's Dream from Daniel Chapter 7

Daniel 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. ²Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. ³And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. ⁴The first was like a lion, 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. ⁵And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. ⁶After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. ⁷After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, 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. ⁸I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. ⁹I beheld till the thrones were cast down, 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. ¹⁰A 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. ¹¹I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. ¹²As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

¹³I 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. ¹⁴And 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. ¹⁵I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. ¹⁶I 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. ¹⁷These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. ¹⁸But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. ¹⁹Then 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; ²⁰And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other 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. ²¹I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; ²²Until 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. ²³Thus 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, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. ²⁴And 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. ²⁵And 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. ²⁶But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. ²⁷And 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.

One particular and very important entity here that doesn't exist in Nebuchadnezzar's dream is this "other" horn that comes out of the 10. This horn comes into existence later in the list of kingdoms but has a longer duration than any of the others. It exists until the end of the age and is present in some form today. But, let's start at the beginning of Daniel's dream.

Daniel 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. ²Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. ³And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. ⁴The first was like a lion, 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. ⁵And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. ⁶After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. ⁷After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, 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.

Daniel 7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.

We know that the beasts represent kings. Let's see who they are.

The first beast was a lion with eagle's wings. This was a symbol of Babylon.

Jeremiah spoke of the king that would punish Judah and Jerusalem for their sins.

Jeremiah 4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

And now the second beast.

Daniel 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

The bear was raised up on one side because the Medes and Persians were not equal in strength. First the Medes were greater in strength and then the Persians. The three ribs represent three major wars during their reign which conquered the land held by Babylon. One was up into Lydia. One was from Babylon central to Israel and the third was down into Egypt.

Daniel 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

This was the Greek kingdom that was started by Alexander the Great. Alexander didn't last too long after conquering his domain. He died from drinking too much at a party. His spoils went to 4 generals that survived him, Cassander, Lysimachus, Ptolemy and Seleucus. Daniel had a vision described in chapter 8 of Daniel that expounds on this kingdom manifestation which we will look at after we look at this dream.

This makes a total of 6 heads so far.

Daniel 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, 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 horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

This is the first mention of the little horn and the first mention of the three kingdoms that were eliminated by the little horn. This horn comes up among the 10 horns, indicating it must come up from this area of the 10 horns and it can't come up when there are only 7 of the original horns remaining. This horn starts as a little horn and grows to a stout horn and removes the three horns.

These 10 horns correspond to the 10 toes in the feet of iron and brittle clay in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. This beast has the manifestation of both the legs of iron and the feet of iron and brittle clay.

Daniel 7:19 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; ²⁰And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other 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.

This is the second mention of the "other" horn "which came up" and caused three kingdoms to be eliminated by it. This "other" horn looks like a man that has eyes and is speaking "very great things". We can see bronze claws from the third kingdom, the Greek kingdom of Alexander, and the iron teeth from Rome.

Daniel 7:23 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, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

This beast devoured with its Roman based iron teeth and stamped with its feet what it couldn't devour. This beast has one head and 10 horns making a total of 7 heads and 10 horns. The reference to 10 horns are for this head only. The other heads do not share in the 10 horns. They were gone in time before this head came to be. The beast in Revelation has 7 heads and all the components of the 4 beasts mentioned in Daniel 7.

Daniel 7:24 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.

This is the third mention of the "other" horn and the three kingdoms that were eliminated by it. The Jews expected Jesus to save them from Rome, but if they didn't know Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniels dream they didn't know that there still had to be 10 kings based on Rome after the Rome that ruled over them fell. They didn't expect another kingdom to arise that was different from the first 10 and they didn't know it would subdue three of the first 10. They were expecting a physical deliverance and not the spiritual redemption and deliverance that Jesus accomplished on this visit as a human to begin the latter rain covenant.

Let's review from Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel, chapter 2.

Daniel 2:42 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. ⁴³And 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. ⁴⁴And in 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 kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

We see "these kings" of the feet of iron and clay (minus the three eliminated by the "other" horn) standing until "the God of heaven" sets up a kingdom.

Daniel 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; ²²Until 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.

This one horn that arises out of the 10 horns would have a rulership and fight against the saints until the end of the age when the saints come to possess father God's kingdom.

Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, 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. ¹⁰A 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. ¹¹I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. ¹²As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. ¹³I 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. ¹⁴And 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.

While the horn power is setting up its kingdom on earth with its "great words", we see in heaven that father God and Jesus are preparing to set up Jesus' kingdom. The stout horn will be destroyed before we see the elimination of the dominion of the 7 remaining horn kingdoms.

Daniel 7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.

Daniel 7:25 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. ²⁶But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. ²⁷And 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.

Even though the one horn power was able to overcome the saints on earth, after they pass to the next age the saints possess the kingdom of Jesus and father God for ever.

We have a New Testament hint as to when the new horn power will come about.

2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we ask you, brethren, as to the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together unto him; ²that ye be not quickly shaken from your :mind, nor be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by epistle as from us, as that the day of the Lord is on; ³let no one beguile you in any wise: for not unless the falling away come first, and the man of :lawlessness be revealed, the son of :destruction, ⁴he that opposeth and exalteth himself against every one called God or an object of worship; so that he sitteth in the temple of :God, setting himself forth as being God. ⁵Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? ⁶And now ye know what restraineth, so that he be revealed in his own :season. ⁷For the mystery of :lawlessness doth already work: only there is :one that restraineth now, until he become out of the midst. ⁸And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the spirit of his :mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his :presence: ⁹him whose :presence is according to Satan's working with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood, ¹⁰and with all deceit of unrighteousness for the perishing; in that they received not the love of the truth, that they be saved. ¹¹And for this cause :God sendeth them a working of error, that they should believe the lie: ¹²that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in :unrighteousness.

This is a perfect description of the course of events that lead to the manifestation of the man of sin. When the two iron legs of the Caesars fall and Western Rome breaks into 10 parts then the son of perdition can arise. No Caesar would allow anyone to supercede them. The Caesars were the ones "who now letteth" or who now regulate and hold down. Like having a needed building permit, someone can't build because they are held back by the building department. With the needed permit they would be permitted to build. The Caesars had to be taken out of the way first so that the man of sin can be "revealed in his time". Western Rome breaks into 10 parts and the "other" "wicked" horn arises speaking "very great words" that "exalt himself above all that is called God". We expect this person to be a religious figure sitting in the temple of God and presenting himself as God. The church had to lose their love of truth enough and become apostate enough to believe what the man of sin was saying. This sequence parallels Nebuchadnezzar's and Daniels dreams perfectly. In Paul's time the parts about Nebuchadnezzar and the Medes and Persians and Greece led by Alexander had already happened. Paul speaks during the two legs of iron and explains that the next change must come to be during the time of the feet of iron and brittle clay. Paul explained this to them in person and not in a letter. If he had written "when Rome falls anti-Christ will come" he would have been in big trouble with Rome for promoting an idea that Rome would fall. Jesus' coming to establish his kingdom was not imminent, or "at hand". The "day of Christ" can't come until the Caesars were taken out of the way and the one who opposes God and exalts himself above God in unrighteousness comes first. Then the judgment of the "other" horn beast in Daniel 7:11 occurs and that beast is destroyed and burned.

Let's reflect on something implied here. All time from Nebuchadnezzar to the coming of the kingdom of Jesus is covered by a kingdom described in his dream. There is a contiguity with the timing of these kingdoms. One happens right after the other. Here we see that as soon as each kingdom plays its part the next kingdom comes into manifestation. There is no break in time between kingdoms. They roll right from one to the next. We can not put the rise of the 10 horns into the future some distance in time from the breakdown of the two legs of Rome. The change between kingdoms can happen at any time and each kingdom can be for any length of time different from any other kingdom but the next kingdom is the immediate successor to the previous one. Different descriptions of kingdoms and events can have different time lines starting while other time lines are already happening. Nebuchadnezzar's dream is one time line with the events that are described in it being contiguous with no gaps. The kingdoms in Daniel's dream start and end at the same time as those in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Daniel's dream extends beyond Nebuchadnezzar's dream in that it introduces the "other" horn which coexists with the feet of iron and clay in Nebuchadnezzar's dream but it still runs during the same time. An example of overlapping time lines is seen in the book of Daniel where Gabriel comes to talk to Daniel about the 70 weeks while also in the book of Daniel we see Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The "70 weeks" time line starts from the going forth of the decree to rebuild Jerusalem given to Ezra and is unrelated to the fact that Nebuchadnezzar's beast image time line has already started. Jesus comes to accomplish redemption and make a firm covenant with many during the two legs of Rome. The new covenant is started while Rome is dominant and before the 10 horns come into existence. The coming of Jesus and his kingdom has to be after the man of sin has had his time and not before. Jesus accomplishes redemption at one point in time during the existence of the great image of Nebuchadnezzar's dream which is not mentioned in Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Jesus comes to establish his kingdom at another point in time which is in Nebuchadnezzar's dream as the rock not cut by hands that becomes a great mountain that fills the whole earth. There is no conflict in this. The man of sin can't "make war with the saints" and deceive many and cause a great falling away from "the faith" in the new testament and Jesus if Jesus hasn't first accomplished redemption to establish the new testament such that there are "saints" to make war with and there can be a "faith in Jesus" to fall away from. The man of sin didn't exist yet when Jesus was here even though the spirit of anti-Christ was here. If the return of Jesus concludes the time line of the image of the beast in Nebuchadnezzar's dream by striking the feet of that image then we know there can't be any other contrary kingdoms to exist after that time. There can not be a man of sin after Jesus ends Nebuchadnezzar's dream as the rock not cut by hands that strikes the feet of Europe and becomes a great mountain that fills the whole earth. This coming of Jesus as the rock can not begin the new testament. This coming ends this age's manifestation of the new testament and the great image of Nebuchadnezzar's dream and begins the next age.

Let's add in a vision Daniel had that describes some of the same kingdoms we see here. They are described differently but are very clearly defined. We get extra insight regarding the nature of the kingdoms that come into existence. All of this time line parallels some of Nebuchadnezzar's "great image of a beast" time line. The symbols used here are some of the same kingdoms that exist in parts of Nebuchadnezzar's dream and some of the beasts that exist in Daniel's dream.

Daniel's Vision from Daniel Chapter 8

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. ²And 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. ³Then 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. ⁴I 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. ⁵And 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. ⁶And 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. ⁷And 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. ⁸Therefore 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. ⁹And 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. ¹⁰And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. ¹¹Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. ¹²And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. ¹³Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? ¹⁴And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. ¹⁵And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. ¹⁶And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. ¹⁷So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. ¹⁸Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. ¹⁹And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. ²⁰The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. ²¹And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. ²²Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. ²³And 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. ²⁴And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. ²⁵And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. ²⁶And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. ²⁷And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

Let's break this down. This vision has lots of "self-explanations" in it which makes it easy to follow.

Daniel 8:3 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.

Daniel 8:20 The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

We pick up the storyline with a ram with two horns with one horn bigger and further back. This equates to the chest and arms of silver in Nebuchadnezzar's dream and the bear with one side higher in Daniel's dream. The horn that is further back that comes up last succeeds the first horn and is greater in power. The head of gold in Nebuchadnezzar's dream and the lion with eagle's wings are not mentioned.

Daniel 8:4 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.

The westward, northward and southward push by the ram equates to the three ribs in the mouth of the bear in Daniel's dream. These are the three war campaigns conducted by the Medes and Persians.

Daniel 8:5 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. ⁶And 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. ⁷And 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. ⁸Therefore 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.

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. ²²Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.

The rough goat is equivalent to the belly and thighs of brass in Nebuchadnezzar's dream and the leopard with wings and 4 heads in Daniel's dream. The great horn is Alexander the Great. Once he is removed the 4 horns that come up in his place are the 4 generals that survived him, Cassander, Lysimachus, Ptolemy and Seleucus.

We skip the two legs of Rome in Nebuchadnezzar's dream and move to the time of the feet with 10 toes. The feet with 10 toes are not specifically mentioned. This is the same time frame as the ugly beast with 10 horns and iron teeth and brass claws in Daniel's dream that are reduced to 7 by an "other" horn that starts small and grows to be greater than the 10 horns. The 10 horns are not specifically mentioned.

Daniel 8:9 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. ¹⁰And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. ¹¹Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. ¹²And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.

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. ²⁴And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. ²⁵And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

This horn that emerges from one of the 4 horns from Alexanders kingdom is the same horn that emerges from the 10 horns in Daniel's dream. We see this horn casting down stars, which we know are people. We see this horn destroying the mighty and the holy people. We see a host of people was given to this beast because of their sin, or transgression. This host cast down truth and practiced sin and prospered, or progressed.

We see that truth is an issue here. We see transgression being mentioned and truth being cast to the ground. We see transgressors coming to their fullness in expression of their sin nature which opens the door for the king of fierce countenance and his followers.

Deuteronomy 11:16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; ¹⁷And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

We must love truth. We certainly don't know every truth in the universe but in our heart we have to dynamically prefer truth over lies. It does not matter what truth is as long as we are willing to love it anyway. When we have this heart attitude we can be saved from deception and lies and we can be saved from death.

John 17:17 Sanctify them in the truth: :thy :word is truth.

Father God wants people who only want truth. That becomes our test. Do we love truth? This is part of father God's righteousness. If we do not recognize father God as the supreme God then he will not send us his doctrines (rain) and we (fruit) will dry up and perish.

1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of :God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. ²Hereby know ye the Spirit of :God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of :God: ³and every spirit that confesseth not :Jesus is not of :God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and is now in the world already.

We must believe Jesus "is come" in our flesh, not "has come" in the flesh in the past or in another person. Each and every one of us individually must enter into the corporate spiritual person of Jesus. We can not believe someone else represents Jesus and somehow "covers" us or represents us to father God. Father God must be our spiritual father directly. When we are in the corporate spiritual person of the son of God, Jesus, we are also a child of father God. The whole goal of father God is to give us our own personal copy of this spirit of Jesus individually so we can become his children individually.

Let's compare the symbols from Nebuchadnezzar's dream, Daniel's dream and Daniel's vision.

So far we have a beast that has been progressing in maturity. With a foundation of Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom this corporate beast added components to it through the contributions of the Medes and the Persians. It then added the Greek mind set started with the kingdom of Alexander the Great. The Roman beast entities added the iron aspect which gave it the strength to impose itself on anyone it chose. Then we have the entrance of this "other" horn that essentially takes over the value of the corporate beast with the ability to control anything in its reach. We will soon take a closer look at the "other" horn beast and how it affects the 10 horns and the 10 toes of the feet. This beast becomes a major player in history. Its kingdom lasted in its fullness for 1260 years and it exists today in some form. This beast conflicts with father God's agenda of spreading light to mankind. Before we do that we don't want to miss a relevant conversation between an angel and Zechariah. This conversation will add more details to the nature of the beasts we have been looking at. There are also new characters that are described in the conversation that come alive during the 11^th horn's reign. We will compare these figures with ones John saw and wrote about in his book "Revelation". Let's start with part of the conversation with Zechariah.

Zechariah 4:1 And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, ²And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: ³And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. ⁴So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? ⁵Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. ⁶Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. ⁷Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. ⁸Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, ⁹The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. ¹⁰For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. ¹¹Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? ¹²And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? ¹³And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. ¹⁴Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
Zechariah 5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. ²And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. ³Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. ⁴I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

The main characters from this part of the conversation are the two anointed ones and the two olive trees or branches, the golden oil and the lamp that releases the light and life energy contained in the golden oil. They are the old and new testaments that convey father God's doctrine to people so they can be illuminated by father God. Through the scroll, or roll, we can learn doctrine of right and wrong. The manifestation of these two figures is through the Hebrews and the Christians. From our dictionary we know Jesus called himself the source of light. He also referred to the saints that took his raised from the dead spirit as sources of light. So we have the two covenants father God made with mankind manifested through people to reveal to others how to have father God's life.

Let's look at more of this conversation.

Zechariah 5:5 Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. ⁶And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. ⁷And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. ⁸And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. ⁹Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. ¹⁰Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? ¹¹And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.

Here we see another set of characters setting up a standard. From our dictionary we know an ephah is a standard of measure. We know a woman is a church type of corporate person. This church type is described as wickedness. We see two unclean birds conveying this wicked church standard. Shinar is Babylon. We see this wicked church being set up on its own base as a form of Babylon. Remember, this beast was founded with a head of gold from Babylon. We may have heard of the quote "Babylon the Great is fallen, is fallen." This is the nexus between the wicked church and the descriptor of Babylon. Wherever this wicked church is set up is called Babylon. For a short time the Reformation called the wicked church out for what it was. Then the lid was put back on its ephah and the truth was concealed. In a little bit of the Revelation written by John we see parallel characters and parallel actions.

Revelation 11:1 And a reed was given me like a rod: one saying, Rise, and measure the temple of :God, and the altar, and those worshipping therein. ²And the court :without the temple leave without, and measure it not; because it hath been given to the nations: and the holy :city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. ³And I will give to my two :witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloths.

We can see the same two witnesses and the same two candlesticks in John's Revelation as in Zechariah's conversation with an angel. We also see a measuring of something here like in Zechariah's conversation. In this case we are seeing more from the perspective of father God's side of the equation. The measuring by John is of the temple on the inner parts, the tabernacle and the sanctuary, and also very important, the people that worship therein. These people are a different church from the wicked one in the ephah. We can discern that father God is measuring people as to whether they fall into the category of being in father God's temple or part of the wicked church. If we are not part of the corporate body of people in the temple of God that measure up then we are part of the other corporate body. The outer court is not measured. There is a time-line associated with the abuse of the outer court by the gentiles. This time-line is described as forty and two months. We will see this time-line again, sometimes described differently, as we look at the "other" horn. The two unclean birds, as opposed to the Holy Spirit being described as a dove, are paralleled in John's Revelation as the Dragon and the False Prophet. They are the carriers of this wicked church and its message just like the two witnesses are the carriers of the two covenants father God made with mankind to save some.

Now let's go back to Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniel's dream and Daniel's vision. We are up to the feet of iron and clay from Nebuchadnezzar's dream and the 11^th horn in the fourth beast in Daniel's dream and the "other" horn from one of the 4 horns in Daniel's vision.

Attributes of the "other" horn beast.

Let's start with the references from Daniel's dream given to us in Daniel, chapter 7.

• Arose out of the fourth beast (Daniel 7:7,8)
  • ...and it had ten horns.
  • The wars and conquest of Rome and the elimination of the Caesars resulted in the breakup of the two legs of Rome making the 10 European nations of Rome. A new leader came that involved itself in both religion and politics. This was the Roman Catholic church and the Papacy. This entity doesn't have a country with borders like other countries. It is more of a political and religious entity that governs other countries and their religion and policies. The rulership was somewhat voluntary in the sense that the countries were trying to unify after Rome fell and they were looking for a leader. They wanted to "find God" but were deceived because of their lack of love for truth and righteousness. Father God sent them strong delusion and they believed a lie. They found the counterfeit god, Lucifer, without knowing it, who gave them all the unrighteousness they wanted. They wanted to create their own religion and society and did not submit to father God's righteousness. They were pawns to a being they never saw while believing they were their own god. As the rulership matured there were dissenters of the nature of the rulership and they were eliminated.
• Arose amongst the 10 horns. (Daniel 7:8)
  • I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn...
  • Starts as a little horn and matures.
    A European power.
• Arose after the 10 horns existed (Daniel 7:24)
  • ...and another shall rise after them...
  • This had to be after A.D. 476.
• Different from the other horns (Daniel 7:24)
  • ...and he shall be diverse from the first (10)...
  • Does not have the same type of land base as the other countries.
• More stout than the others (Daniel 7:20)
  • ...whose look was more stout than his fellows.
  • This horn takes over political and religious control.
• Uprooted 3 kingdoms (Daniel 7:8, 20, 24)
  • ...before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots...
  • ...and before whom three fell...
  • ...and he shall subdue three kings.
  • Three of the 10 horns were eliminated by the Papacy. The Herulis differed from that of the "stout" horn power. The Herulis were destroyed in A.D. 493. Using this date we know that the "stout" horn existed, at least as the little horn, before A.D. 493. The Vandals fell to this other horn in A.D. 534. The Ostrogoths used to rule over Rome itself. They ruled until they were eliminated in A.D. 538 by Belisarius. The Papacy comes into power over the remaining 7 toes under the protection of the Eastern Roman Empire. At this time the middle ages started. The history of the Herulis and the Ostrogoths has been destroyed so we don't know what they believed. We have some history of what the Vandals believed. They are reputed to have been Arian, and believed that Jesus wasn't God. It is also possible that the exact opposite was true. They may have been more biblical and therefore had to be removed by the "stout" horn or the horn couldn't come to its full power. Under the military protection of Belisarius, Vigilius ascended the Papal chair in 538 A.D. and the rulership of the Papacy was officially recognized. This was the new horn that became more stout than the others and took a leadership role in the affairs of the other 10 nations. The Papacy began to declare itself the sovereign representative of God and as such declared primacy over the whole world.
• Has eyes like a man and spoke great words against the Most High (Daniel 7:8, 11, 20, 25)
  • ...in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
  • I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake...
  • ...even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things...
  • And he shall speak great words against the most High...

  • Does the Papacy speak blasphemies and great things against the Most High?

    What establishes Blasphemy?

    John 10:30 I and the Father are one. ³¹The Jews took up stones again to stone him. ³²:Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which work of those do ye stone me? ³³The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because thou, being man, makest thyself God. ³⁴Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your :law, [that], I said, Ye are gods? ³⁵If HE called them gods, unto whom the word of :God came, (and the scripture cannot be broken), ³⁶Say YE of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world [that], Thou blasphemest; because I said I am :God's Son? ³⁷If I do not the works of my :Father, believe me not. ³⁸But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
    
    Luke 5:20 And seeing their :faith, he said, Man, thy :sins are forgiven thee. ²¹And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but :God alone? ²²But :Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said unto them, What reason ye in your :hearts? ²³What is easier, to say, Thy :sins are forgiven thee; or to say, Arise and walk? ²⁴But that ye may know that the Son of :man hath authority on :earth to forgive sins, (he said to the paralyzed one) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go unto thy :house.

    If we declare ourselves to be the sovereign representative of God we come against the question of blasphemy. Father God always maintains his own sovereignty and chooses his representatives. We have to be in the corporate spiritual person of Jesus to be a representative of father God. Our works will prove this.

    The Papacy decreed it had the power to forgive sin independent of God. People wanting to have their sins forgiven would be inclined to follow the Papacy. People naturally want to have father God as their father and remove that orphan feeling we are all born with because that is part of our design as humans. This is what we search for deep in our heart. Anybody alleging to provide this will attract people. In ignorance, people will end up believing in a false belief system that is man authored and not God authored. Lucifer can only make a fake system that puts him at the head but can't forgive sins. This leaves people in their sins.

    The Papacy began to decree that its priests had supremacy over God in their decision whether to pardon someone or not. If someone were to believe this then they would not be believing that father God sets the standard and that the standard is universal and timeless. This would nullify anything that Jesus accomplished on the cross. The standard for forgiveness becomes man defined and not God defined. Jesus is no longer the mediator, but a priest. Any priest could make any condition he wanted and people who wanted to be "right with God" would obey. Any doctrines that were not father God's truth would leave someone estranged from father God.

    The Papacy decreed that the pope individually takes on all the names and attributes of Jesus. If only one person can have this standing with father God then this would prevent each of us from being able to share in the accomplishment of Jesus. No one else could have the same spiritual personality and nature of Jesus. We would still have the fallen spiritual nature of Adam and not be spiritually resurrected ourselves.

    The Papacy has claimed they hold the place of God Almighty. That is absolutely sure to get father God upset. Father God says we are to have no other gods before him. Anyone calling themself God fits the description Paul gave us of the son of perdition.

    2 Thessalonians 2:3 let no one beguile you in any wise: for not unless the falling away come first, and the man of :lawlessness be revealed, the son of :destruction, ⁴he that opposeth and exalteth himself against every one called God or an object of worship; so that he sitteth in the temple of :God, setting himself forth as being God.

    Anyone expecting to be worshiped instead of worshiping father God is getting eye to eye contrary with father God. Nebuchadnezzar learned this lesson.

• It will wear out the saints (Daniel 7:21, 25)
  • ...and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them.
  • ...and shall wear out the saints of the most High...
  • Thomas Aquinas, a noted Catholic, said that convicted heretics should be put to death just as surely as other criminals. If people believed differently than what the Papacy decreed they were killed. The Catholic church was responsible for the Inquisition in Italy that killed millions of people.
• It will think to change times and laws (Daniel 7:25)
  • ...and think to change times and laws...

  • The times and laws must be God's times and laws. The times and laws would be those father God established. Father God is still on his calendar. He made a calendar and he still uses it. We are currently on a Gregorian calendar named after Pope Gregory. The names of the months of the year in the Gregorian calendar are different than on father God's calendar. They are named after different deities. Father God disregards this. He is still on the same calendar he gave the Hebrews. He starts the new year the same time he always did. He disregards the Gregorian new year. Many significant events have happened on Jewish holidays. We would never notice this because we don't use that calendar. We can look back though and see this.

    Here are several time related events that father God established. Father God called a day from sundown to sundown and not midnight to midnight. Sundown establishes the beginning of a new day.

    Genesis 1:5 and God calleth to the light `Day,' and to the darkness He hath called `Night;' and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- one day.

    Father God set feast days.

    Exodus 23:14 Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year.

    Feast days or celebration days or holy days that we establish that are man made and not ordained by father God are not honored by father God. Events like May day and Presidents day and Thanksgiving and Christmas are not on father God's calendar.

    Father God established the sabbath.

    Exodus 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. ⁹Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: ¹⁰But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: ¹¹For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

    The Catholic church changed its observance of the sabbath from the Jewish Sabbath on the seventh day of the week to the first day of the week. The Council of Laodicea in A.D. 363-364 outlawed the keeping of the Sabbath on Saturday and encouraged resting on Sunday (canon 29). Millions of people were killed by the Papacy on this issue alone. Many denominations have adopted this change, but not all. Some still practice the sabbath on the seventh day with the Jews as father God ordained. "It will think to change times and laws" doesn't mean it did change any of father God's times and laws. We might show up on Sunday, but when did father God show up? Are we missing him by a day?

    How about laws? In the Catholic catechism the 10 commandments were altered. The second commandment on idolatry was removed and the 10^th on coveting was split into 2 commandments. We have to be careful we know what father God told us or we will miss an aspect of relationship with him. Idolatry is what our mini prophetic dictionary calls prostitution. Father God gets very irate when we prostitute ourselves with idolatry. Many people have died when they became idolatrous.

• Will rule for a time, times and half a time (Daniel 7:25)
  • ...and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

  • Rome became the fourth beast, which has two stages of existence. The first is under the Caesars as the Eastern and Western parts. In Nebuchadnezzar's dream these were the two legs of iron. Rome was unhindered in its conquests in this form and used its military might without reservation to conquer much land including what became Europe. When the Caesars were gone, the nature of the beast changed to focus on the 10 horns, which are the same as the feet of iron and brittle clay with 10 toes in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The 10 countries of Europe were established and the little horn came into existence. When the little horn had matured into the stout horn it ruled "until a time and times and the dividing of time."

    In Hebrew time this is 3½ years. Hebrew years were 360 days. Then 3½ years would be 1260 days. If these are prophetic days then we have a year for a day. That would be 1260 years.

    The Papacy came into formal existence and rulership in the year 538 under Emperor Justinian's decree which established the Bishop of Rome as the head over all churches and the definer of doctrine. Emperor Justinian authorized the Papacy to "correct" heretics that believed different from Papal doctrine. This established a socio-religious entity and power.

    The 1260 years came and went exactly to the year. If we add 1260 years to the year 538 we come to 1798. There are 7 references to the 1260 years that range from 538 to 1798. These references are in both Daniel and Revelation.

    The Seven References to the 1260 Years

    1. Daniel 7:25
       • ...a time, and times and the dividing of time.
    2. Daniel 12:7
       • ...for a time, times, and an half;...
    3. Revelation 11:2
       • ...forty and two months.
    4. Revelation 11:3
       • ...a thousand two hundred and threescore days,...
    5. Revelation 12:6
       • ...a thousand two hundred three score days.
    6. Revelation 12:14
       • ...a season, and seasons, and half a season,...
    7. Revelation 13:5
       • ...forty and two months.

    During the 1260 years of Papal rule the two witnesses testified against the Papal structure and its teachings. Zechariah 4 and 5 talk about the flying scroll that witnessed against people. This general time frame was called the "Dark Ages". The "dark" anything would indicate an absence of light. We know from our dictionary that father God calls himself and Jesus "Light". If there is an absence of father God and his "word" then there would be an absence of good doctrine. We also see an ephah with a wicked woman in it and the two unclean women with stork wings that lifted it. The source of darkness was temporarily exposed by the reformation symbolized by the lifting of the lead lid of the ephah exposing the wicked woman and then putting the lid back down. The reformation temporarily revealed this wicked woman church and the two carriers but it was quenched and the woman was concealed. As of 1994 the Lutherans and Protestants and Calvinists no longer call the papacy antichrist. We looked at a little piece of John's Revelation referencing the two witnesses. Let's look at some more of that continuing from right where we left off.

    Revelation 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two lampstands, :standing before the Lord of the earth. ⁵And if any desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their :mouth, and devoureth their :enemies; and if any shall desire to hurt them, he must thus be killed. ⁶These have the authority to shut the heaven, that it rain not during the days of their :prophecy: and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as oft as they shall desire. ⁷And when they shall have finished their :testimony, the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them. ⁸And their dead :body is on the street of the great :city, the which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their :Lord was crucified. ⁹And from among the people and tribes and tongues and nations they look upon their dead :body three days and a half, and suffer not their dead :bodies to be laid in a tomb. ¹⁰And the dwellers on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two :prophets tormented the dwellers on the earth.

    The country of France was the "great city" that was spiritually called Sodom and Egypt. France was known for its licentiousness and willingness to challenge God concerning spiritual authority. France was known to be consistently violent to the protestants. There is a whole historical categorization of wars involving France called the French Wars of Religion. In 1572, during a time of peace from the wars there was a notable event corresponding to prophecy that would help qualify it as the place where Jesus was figuratively crucified. It was called the St. Bartholomew Massacre. During the seemingly endless fight between Catholics and Protestants the Papacy was unable to utterly destroy the Protestants so it changed tactics and became cozy with them. The queen mother Catherine planned to marry her daughter Margaret to the Protestant prince Henry of Navarre (the future King Henry IV). The marriage was consummated on August 18 but the Papacy refused to recognize it. A failed attempt on August 22 to assassinate one of the high ranking Protestants visiting the wedding caused a stir amongst the Protestants. King Charles IX, the son of the queen and brother to Margaret, the bride, decided to execute two to three dozen of the Protestant leaders and probably their staff as well to gain control of the Protestants and prevent an uprising. On a given night at midnight the bell at the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois was rung and the executions were fulfilled. This began a wave of violence by the common people of Paris who began to methodically go to each of the residences of the Protestants over a three day period and remove about 2,000 to 3,000 of them, including women and children, to the street to kill them. King Charles admitted to the original executions of the Protestant leaders but supposedly ordered the violence to stop. Even so, from August to October, following the news of the massacre in Paris, with alleged conflicting orders from the king or in the king's name to continue, there was a slaughter of the Huguenots through about 12 other predominantly Catholic cities in France. All tolled, about 5,000 to 70,000 people were killed. There is suspicion that the whole thing was planned by King Charles and allowed to progress while leaving the appearance of chaos that couldn't be linked to King Charles directly. In Rome, bells were rung as a celebration. Pope Gregory the 13^th had a medal struck with his bust on one side and a reference to the massacre. It had an inscription "Ugonottorum strages 1572 ", meaning "slaughter of the Huguenots". During the St. Bartholomew massacre the members of the spiritual body of Jesus were killed, so the Lord Jesus was figuratively crucified.

    The 11^th horn had a strong run through the French Revolution that lasted to the end of the 1700's. November 10, 1793 to June 1797 the bible was banned by government decree and the two witnesses were declared dead. They had no need for fear of God and were walking in the vanity of their minds. The people in France literally did rejoice and exchange gifts with each other.

    In 1798 France was the superpower of the day under Napoleon. On February 21 in 1798 Pope Pius 6^th was exiled by Napoleon. This is the "wound as unto death" of the Sea beast's 7^th head with the 10 horns and the end of the 11^th horn's reign over physical land.

    Revelation 13:3 And I saw one of his :heads as though it had been smitten unto death; and his :stroke of :death was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast; ⁴and they worshipped the dragon, because he gave the authority to the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast? and who can war with him?

    Starting in 1798 the "pope" and papacy was exiled for about 50 years. Pope Pius 6^th died in exile. In December 1804 Napoleon crowned himself emperor. On May 30^th, 1806 Napoleon reinstated the Jewish religion. In 1808 Napoleon took over the papal states. Pope Pius 7^th was the pope that lost control of the papal states. The two witnesses revived when Napoleon came into power.

    Revelation 11:11 And after the three days and a half the spirit of life from :God entered in them, and they stood upon their :feet; and great fear fell upon them that beheld them. ¹²And they heard a great voice from the heaven saying to them, Come up hither. And they went up into :heaven in the cloud; and their :enemies beheld them.

    When Napoleon eliminated the Papacy, bibles were printed in great abundance. All the great world bible societies came into existence. Father God's word went wherever it wanted. The papacy no longer had any political authority. In 1848 Mazzini took over Rome and pope Pius 9^th was exiled until 1850. He was restored as a "pope" but without political authority. The Papacy did not have a physical domain again until February 11, 1929 when Mussolini and Gasparri re-established the pope's sovereignty over the remaining papal states. Then the deadly wound was healed "and all the world wondered after the beast."

    At the end of the 1700's the nature of the "beast" that started in Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar changed and went from the Papal rule through monarchies to democracies. The democracies tended to place humans above God in their nature. Humanism and "Logic and Reason" was the new fake substitute for father God instead of Papal sovereignty as the fake substitute. With the structure and strength of the Roman Beast to implement it, this schema can self perpetuate over the whole earth without the coordination necessary for one person to be identified as the ruler. We know father God expresses himself through his spirit. It is the spirit of the resurrected Jesus that resurrects us. Christianity is not a philosophy. It is a real human spirit. When we put our authority on our minds rather than our spirit, we are still missing father God.

• Shall devour the whole earth. (Daniel 7:23)
  • ...and shall devour the whole earth...

  • The scope of the observance of kingdoms expands beyond the European/Near East theater. The next significant "beast" type of event was the birth of the Land beast.

    Revelation 13:11 And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

    In 1798 France was the first nation to recognize the U.S. colonies as a nation. The U.S. has the two dominant political powers in it of Democrats and Republicans, the two horns.

    The Caesars spread Roman doctrine and laws and their legal system globally wherever they had authority. The Papacy spread Roman/European doctrines and theologies and the same kind of legal system globally during its 1260 year reign as Rome did during the time of the Caesars.. If the Papacy came back in the background without its Vatican states in the 1800s then we know that the U.S. was just getting started and communications were still very simple. During this time most activity involving the pope was still in Europe and was limited to religion while it still lacked its physical presence of dominion over the Vatican states. Ships and horses were the means of travel. Trains came in around 1859 and the car came early in the 1900's.

    The unity of Europe representing Rome is an occult unity. It is an anti-Christ unity. Envision Lucifer trying to attain global domination behind the scenes but having challenges doing this. We humans are sometimes like herding cats. The different nations attempted through marriages to unite Europe but could not. Napoleon Bonaparte attempted to unite Europe. Kaiser Wilhelm also attempted to unite Europe in WWI. Hitler also attempted to unite Europe in WWII under occultic principles of theosophy. Hitler was very occultic. Hitler was doing seances with Madam Blavatski to connect with "people from the Pleiades" to guide him as to how to run his war to bring in their technology and nature. There is a direct connection between Hitler and the Church of Satan in California. Madam Blavatski knew Anton LeVey who wrote the Satanic Bible and established the Church of Satan on California St. in San Francisco, California, USA in 1969. Anton LeVey trained Alister Crowley. The song "Hotel California" by The Eagles is about this satanic church. The reference in the song to wine and the response "we haven't had that spirit here since 1969" is a reference to the year the Church of Satan was established. Hitler projected sun worship and Lucifer worship as evidenced by his use of the schwastika also used by the theosophy society. The theosophy society said Lucifer was the logos, the serpent, the savior. The bible uses the eagle as a symbol of God. Hitler used the eagle from the symbol in Egypt of Horace. Hitler obtained the Pergamon altar in Turkey in 1936. This is a very big stone structure like a building that many people could walk into at one time. The Lord referred to it as Satans seat.

    Revelation 2:12 And to the angel :of the church in Pergamos write:
    These things saith he which hath the sharp two-edged :sword: ¹³I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan is; and thou holdest fast my :name, and didst not deny my :faith, even in the days of Antipas my :witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where :Satan dwelleth.

    Hitler was looking for the spiritual power in the sons of God that mated with humans, creating giants. Their offspring were the half spiritual, half human entities known in Greek lore. Hitler thought this was the way to godliness and the end to all human problems. Hitler was looking for the spiritual nature called Thule at the time. Hitler believed that the Christians and the Jews had the wrong spiritual nature. Anybody who thinks the Christians and the Jews are pursuing the wrong spiritual nature are barking up the wrong tree. Hitler was chasing the wrong god. Those entities have a fallen sin nature and were rejected by father God as impious offspring. They are in Tartarus, which is reputed to be as far below hell as earth is below heaven. From the behind the scenes view that Lucifer would have had, we see how close Hitler came to world domination on Lucifer's behalf. This would have given Lucifer the reign he wanted. Hitler wanted to re-create the superman, the spiritual man. He thought that by genetic refinement he could go back to the spirituality of the Greek gods, or gods described by Greek lore. Even though Hitler tried to isolate the people with what he thought were those characteristics, he was far too late because of Noah's flood. Father God picked Noah in part because his "generations" were pure. His genealogy was pure. Pure human, that is. The mixed breed was killed in the flood. The original "sons of God" source was in Tartarus and unavailable, therefore no amount of the "sons of God" component would ever increase. Hitler's plan was doomed from the start. Lucifer would have known this but he had a servant willing to push his agenda of global domination and rule by Lucifer. What Hitler didn't understand was that father God was way ahead of him. Father God already has a program to make sons of God. Father God is already making people into higher spiritual beings by giving them the spirit of his son, Jesus. Father God is already elevating people into heaven and is already planning on sharing his kingdom with them for ever. Hitler's offer doesn't come close. Hitler was pushing a counterfeit sonship. In history there was "Son" worship. Since there was a biblical promise of a son that would deliver mankind, at least those that took father God's offer, counterfeits came along. Mithra was in vogue for a long time as the glorified son figure projected as a Jesus type. Mithra was around before Jesus actually came in flesh to accomplish redemption for us. Today we have counterfeits. The teaching of "Star children" is one of the counterfeit teachings. Again, from behind the scenes, Lucifer knows about father God's program and this program was exactly what Lucifer was trying to suppress. The same Luciferian theme exists in the misleading of people away from father God with false doctrines as with killing millions that honor the true doctrine. WWll costed 55 million lives. There were about 6 million Jews, 7 million Christians and 20 million Russians that died there. Whether it is by deception in the form of false doctrines or by the inquisition or by war, the result is the same. Kill off the opposition physically or by deceiving the prospects such that when they die anyway from old age they are still spiritually unregenerate and therefore spiritually dead.

    Occult principles influence rulers and kings today. The U.N. has adopted many cultic principles that deny father God and Jesus.

• Exists until the end (Daniel 7:22, 2:42)
  • Until the Ancient of days came...
  • And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom...
  • In 1929 the Papacy became the ruler over the physical domain of the Vatican states again giving it a physical presence again as during its 1260 years of European rulership. Europe will continue to exist and be the seat of the anti-Christ spirit which will manifest on the earth in the form of the son of perdition, or man of sin until the end of the age. Lucifer will use this portal to manifest his kingdom until father God has collected enough children out of the earth. Then father God will end the age and establish his new kingdom wherein dwells righteousness.
• Dominion taken away at the end of time (Daniel 7:26)
  • ...and they shall take away his dominion...
  • The Lord will take away the power of the son of perdition, or man of sin, and the stout horn beast. No earthly power will. No army will remove this entity. Nobody will "take back" any country for any moral or religious purpose. Powers far beyond ours are in control and will guarantee that things will go exactly as they plan. The political structure of things is in place by divine power and father God's purpose will not be changed.

Now let's look at the references from Daniel's Vision described in Daniel, Chapter 8.

• Arose out of one of the four horns on the rough goat (Daniel 8:9)
  • And out of one of them came forth a little horn...
  • The timing for this horn corresponds with the timing of the horn that comes out of the 10 horns referred to in Daniel's dream in chapter 7. After the Greek kingdom morphed into the Roman kingdom and the Roman kingdom morphed into the European feet of iron and clay with the Roman foundation this little horn emerges.
• Becomes exceeding great. (Daniel 8:9)
  • ...which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
  • This little horn grows to be exceeding great, exceeded the other horn powers in the same area and expands its reach to the south, the east and the pleasant land.
• Its greatness increased until it superceded the greatness of hosts of heaven. (Daniel 8:10)
  • And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven...
  • This horn desired to dominate the religious realm as well as the physical.
• This great horn has an "outside" spiritual source of power. (Daniel 8:24)
  • And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power...
  • This horn had a spiritual power as well as a physical power. This is not a Godly power coming from father God. We will see in Revelation where this spiritual power comes from.
• This great horn understood trickery and riddles. (Daniel 8:23)
  • ...and understanding dark sentences...

  • Let's look at the definition of "dark sentences".

    Dark Sentences: חידה, chı̂ydâh, khee-daw' - A puzzle; hence a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim: - dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
    

    This horn could speak in half truths. It can introduce "mixture" which is always a death sentence when it comes to the word of God. Subtracting from, adding to and changing father God's word will result in not invoking kingdom principles because of the boundaries of spiritual law. If we allow mixture we negate our ability to invoke true kingdom spiritual laws. This leaves us in the natural where we have no spiritual advantage above a rock or a piece of wood.

• This great horn spoke in deception. (Daniel 8:25)
  • And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand...

  • Let's look at the definition of "craft".

    Craft: מרמה, mirmâh, meer-maw' - In the sense of deceiving; fraud: - craft, deceit (-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.

    Once we depart from father God's spiritual laws we are essentially defenseless against sin. Sin has a spiritual nature to it. There is the law of "sin and death". Sin can prosper in our lives because of the inherent fact that if we are not on father God's side invoking his laws in our lives we are on the dark side. If we invoke spiritual principles that are contrary to father God's life oriented spiritual laws we are essentially bringing destruction onto ourselves. Sin can and will dominate us until we stop invoking it.

• This great horn exercises its authority. (Daniel 8:24)
  • ...and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise...
  • This horn uses its power in a destructive way rather than strictly as a governmental way.
• This great horn had help from its followers. (Daniel 8:12, 23)
  • And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression...
  • And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full...
  • Transgressors are automatically numbered with the dark side. They may manifest their will to desire sin in this age. They may choose to not love truth in this age.
• This great horn lifts itself up against Jesus and his body. (Daniel 8:11, 25, 25)
  • Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host...
  • ...and he shall magnify himself in his heart...
  • ...he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes...
  • Starting as a small horn this horn matures into one that can overpower all the other horns in the area and presumes it can even overpower father God and Jesus.
• This great horn used its power destructively against heaven. (Daniel 8:10, 24, 25)
  • ...and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
  • ...and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
  • ...and by peace shall destroy many...

  • The nature of this horn was adversarial to the nature of the hosts of heaven. This horn wanted to have dominion and remove the people in Jesus' body that represented heaven. Through either force or deception, using a spiritual power that is not its own, this horn was able to kill many people including some of the stars of heaven, the saints, Abraham's spiritual seed. It isn't necessary to use violence to kill someone. By threatening violence and then giving the option for peace if there is mixture and compromise it is possible to spiritually kill someone without touching them. If we are not "in the faith", in Jesus' spiritual corporate body, then we are still spiritually dead. Then it is just a matter of time until someone dies naturally and finds this out. So, the horn used deception for the gullible and force against the ones firm in the faith.

    Deception is a powerful tool. We have already seen where father God sends strong delusion to people who don't love truth. Remember, we are not born into father God's family. We are born spiritually dead, or death natured. If we don't make it into father God's family through Jesus then father God loses nothing from his family. Father God has already had to condemn some of his children because of sin and he doesn't want to have to do that again. Authorizing this kind of a beast entity to do the dirty work of fleshing out the non-truth-loving people guarantees that father God won't have any non-truth-loving people in heaven. If we spiritually die to the deception we are still spiritually dead. If we are physically killed by a beast, or old age, or anything else but we are spiritually in the corporate person of Jesus we are still spiritually alive and will be in heaven.

• This great horn falls in the end to Jesus, the rock formed without hands. (Daniel 8:25)
  • ...but he shall be broken without hand.
  • This horn which comes into power and magnifies itself against Jesus and his body is eventually destroyed along with all its followers.

The general pattern of this horn is the same in Daniel's dream and in his vision. The horn comes out from previous horns as a little horn, matures into the most powerful horn and then takes over by deception and violence directed against all dissenters and Jesus' spiritual body. In the end the horn is destroyed.

We can see much of the prophecy given by the book of Daniel has occurred. We are in the final stage of both King Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniel's dream and Daniel's vision. According to these three sources we can witness the destruction of the man of sin by Jesus, the rock formed without hands, and the age could now end and we could enter the Messianic era. We will not bring this about. When the time of the gentiles is fulfilled the focus will temporarily return to Israel and the Jews. Father God will bring in his kingdom overseen by Jesus and administered by the saints that became part of the spiritual body of Jesus over the centuries.

With this foundation of beasts we cover a lot of time from Nebuchadnezzar to the present day. We can use this foundation to look at other descriptions of beasts that are out of the same collection of beasts we have already seen. These other descriptions give us more detail of the nature of this corporate beast that Nebuchadnezzar described. As promised we will see where the spiritual power comes from to empower the man of sin as a spiritual authority. These descriptions are found in John the beloved's book Revelation. We can see the same template of a corporate beast we have already seen described in Nebuchadnezzar's dream described in Revelation in chapter 12 and again in part of chapter 13. In chapter 12 we see a spiritual manifestation of the beast and not predominantly the physical nature. We will see the spiritual source to the spiritual power behind the man of sin. In chapter 13 we see the same template used, but this manifestation is more physical and sourced by the spiritual version.

Revelation 12:1 And a great sign was seen in the heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her :feet, and on her :head a crown of twelve stars; ²and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing, and in pain to be delivered. ³And another sign was seen in the heaven: and lo, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his :heads seven diadems. ⁴And his :tail draweth the third of the stars of the heaven, and he cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman :about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her :child. ⁵And she was delivered of a son, a male, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her :child was caught up unto :God, and unto his :throne. ⁶And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath there a place prepared of :God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred threescore days. ⁷And war was in the heaven: :Michael and his :angels going to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his :angels; ⁸and he prevailed not, neither was their :place found any more in the heaven. ⁹And the great :dragon was cast down, the old :serpent, the one called Devil and :Satan, who deceiveth of the whole inhabited earth; he was cast down to the earth, and his :angels were cast down with him. ¹⁰And I heard a great voice in the heaven, saying,
Now is the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom, become our God's, and the authority is become his Christ's: for the accuser of our :brethren is cast down, who accuseth 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 love not their :life even unto death. ¹²Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that tabernacle in them. Woe for the earth and the sea, because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short season. ¹³And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman that brought forth the male. ¹⁴And the two wings of the great :eagle were given to the woman that she fly to the wilderness to her :place, where she is nourished there for a season, and seasons, and half a season, from the face of the serpent. ¹⁵And the serpent cast out of his :mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the river. ¹⁶And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her :mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his :mouth. ¹⁷And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her :seed, that keep the commandments of :God, and hold the testimony of Jesus: and he stood upon the sand of the sea.

Let's break this down.

Revelation 12:1 And a great sign was seen in the heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her :feet, and on her :head a crown of twelve stars; ²and she was with child; and she crieth out, travailing, and in pain to be delivered.

Revelation 12:5 And she was delivered of a son, a male, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her :child was caught up unto :God, and unto his :throne. ⁶And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath there a place prepared of :God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred threescore days.

Our first new character is a woman clothed with the sun. We know a woman represents a church. This woman is pregnant with a man child who will rule all nations with a rod of iron. When this woman is delivered of her man child the man child is caught up to the throne of father God. We can see Jesus as the man child that the church produces who is now legally born of human flesh. Jesus is physically born out of the physical church and the saints are spiritually born into the spiritual body of Jesus. Jesus was born of human flesh so that what he accomplished pertained to those also in human flesh, who is us. Jesus had to bring a new spirit that was not a descendant of Adam, who is himself, and put it into the existing Adamic flesh. This made Jesus a living spirit in the death corrupted human flesh of Adam. This way Jesus could accomplish redemption for us by not sinning according to father God's laws, dieing without sin on his soul and then demanding he be resurrected, since he was not guilty of any sin that would require that he stay dead. As a raised from the dead human spirit, Jesus can share his spirit with us, making us raised from the dead also. At this time Jesus has accomplished redemption and has already made it back to heaven to rule. We see the timing of 1260 years which we have seen to be the duration of the unhindered rule of the man of sin within a certain domain. The woman part of the church has a place elsewhere on earth that father God prepared to protect her. During the man of sin's dominion, Christians fled the general area of Europe to places like Africa and what became the U.S. to escape persecution. These would be the woman. The remainder of the Christians that stayed behind were persecuted aggressively. These would be the rest of the woman's seed.

Revelation 12:3 And another sign was seen in the heaven: and lo, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his :heads seven diadems. ⁴And his :tail draweth the third of the stars of the heaven, and he cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman :about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her :child.

Revelation 12:7 And war was in the heaven: :Michael and his :angels going to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his :angels; ⁸and he prevailed not, neither was their :place found any more in the heaven. ⁹And the great :dragon was cast down, the old :serpent, the one called Devil and :Satan, who deceiveth of the whole inhabited earth; he was cast down to the earth, and his :angels were cast down with him.

Here we see Satan being called the Devil, a serpent and the great red dragon. This dragon is described as having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. Heads and crowns are kings and/or kingdoms. This is the same pattern we have seen in Daniel's dream described in chapter 7. This one dragon incorporates the lion, the bear, the leopard with 4 heads and the ugly beast. Seven heads, seven crowns and seven kingdoms. This is similar to the description of Nebuchadnezzar's beast with all parts consisting of one body. In this description we see it is Satan who is the spiritual source of these kingdoms that start as either the head of gold or the lion. Satan, the dragon, is described as deceiving the whole earth. We just saw in Daniel's vision that the man of sin, the last horn to manifest, used deception to conquer. We now see where the man of sin learns deception as a tactic.

Let's look at a point of doctrine that is often debated. We can see Satan being cast into the earth along with his followers. These are actual spiritual beings that were in heaven that were permanently banned from heaven after the man child was born. We see the tail of the dragon drawing a third part of the stars of heaven and casting them to the earth. The dragon is doing the casting. We also see Michael and his angels casting out into the earth the dragon and his angels. Some people believe the reference to the third of the stars of heaven is about angels that the dragon drew saying a third of the angels were drawn down to the earth by the dragon. We would then have a third part of all angels both being drawn down to the earth by the tail of the dragon and also at the same time being cast out by Michael and his angels. Or, we would have a third part of all angels both being drawn and cast down to the earth by the tail of the dragon and also at the same time a separate group of angelic followers of the dragon being cast out by Michael and his angels. Let's look at another option. We know from our dictionary under the term "Sand" that Abraham's seed is as the sand of the sea and the stars of heaven. Let's look at this.

Genesis 22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, ¹⁶And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: ¹⁷That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

We have a conflict in the story if we say that both the dragon's tail drew these stars and cast them to the earth and Michael's angels cast them to the earth. We also have more than a third of all angels being involved in some great fall consisting of all the voluntary followers of Satan plus the third part his tail drew and cast to the earth. Let's say the third of the stars are people that the dragon's tail drew and cast to the earth, or caused to fall from their faith, taking them out of the corporate spiritual person of Jesus who is seated in heaven, and that Michael cast to the earth the angels that followed Satan. This requires that a third of people are involved. This does not require that more than a third of all angels be involved. The angelic followers of Satan can be much less. This corresponds much better with other sources of information like the book of Enoch. That number is in the 70 to 200 range for Satan's followers. We know the stars referred to in Daniel's vision are people and not angels. Let's take a glance at a couple of other references to "a third of" or "a third part of".

Revelation 9:15 And the four angels were loosed, those prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third of :men.

Revelation 9:18 By these three :plagues was the third of :men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their :mouths.

We have more continuity if we say that the third of the stars is a reference to people. This symbology will come up again when we look at references to people as trees and the sea with a third part being destroyed. Let's move on.

Revelation 12:10 And I heard a great voice in the heaven, saying,
Now is the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom, become our God's, and the authority is become his Christ's: for the accuser of our :brethren is cast down, who accuseth 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 love not their :life even unto death.

We see Satan, the accuser of the saints, cast down. We now have Jesus enthroned after accomplishing redemption for humans. We now have spiritual salvation and strength. We have the power of Jesus being able to invoke the kingdom of father God. The saints can now overcome by the blood of the lamb which paid for the redemption and the word of their confession which invokes the deliverance. The blood paid for the saints to have access to deliverance and what we speak that complies with father God's spiritual kingdom laws invokes this deliverance.

Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that tabernacle in them. Woe for the earth and the sea, because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short season.

The beast that was operating in heaven is now restricted to operating on the earth. Heaven is relieved of Satan having access to it and the heavenly dwellers. However, the fight is now brought to the earth. We see from our Prophetic Terms dictionary that the sea represents people. We will see more references to this. People don't normally inhabit the sea but there is the use of the term sea to refer to large groups of people. Time is different in the spirit realm. It has been 2000 years but compared to eternity it is a blink. During this 2000 years Satan has been trying to establish his kingdom, but he knows it will be destroyed since the authority to destroy it has already been obtained by Jesus.

Revelation 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman that brought forth the male. ¹⁴And the two wings of the great :eagle were given to the woman that she fly to the wilderness to her :place, where she is nourished there for a season, and seasons, and half a season, from the face of the serpent. ¹⁵And the serpent cast out of his :mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the river. ¹⁶And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her :mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his :mouth. ¹⁷And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her :seed, that keep the commandments of :God, and hold the testimony of Jesus: and he stood upon the sand of the sea.

Special Note

We have to make a special note here about the ending of chapter 12 and the beginning of chapter 13. Some translations put "and he stood upon the sand of the sea" at the beginning of chapter 13. Others even have that part as verse 18 of chapter 12 whereas most translations have only 17 verses in chapter 12. It is a bit of a grey area as to where it belongs since chapter and verse designations were added long after the book was written. It definitely belongs and is important. Some translations have the person as being John, saying "And I stood...". Others have the person as the third person saying "And he stood...". In the Greek the word is ἐστάθη. This word is a verb in the indicative mood, aorist tense, passive voice, third person and is singular. The third person singular would mean "he" or "she". John said "I saw" or "And I saw" 34 times in the book of Revelation. John said "I looked" 5 times. John said "I beheld" or "And I beheld" 7 times. John said "I heard" or "And I heard" 23 times. John had passed through a doorway and was in the spirit having a vision.

Revelation 4:1 After these things I saw, and lo, a door opened in the heaven, and the first :voice that I heard, as a trump speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee what things must come to pass. ²After these things I was straightway in the Spirit : and lo, a throne was set in the heaven, and one sitting upon the throne ;

Revelation 9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision...

John did not likely stand on any literal sand of any sea. John did not interact more than to take a figurative little book and eat it. John was given a rod to measure with but no measuring or measurement was documented. Let's use our symbology for sand and sea to represent people and nations. In the context, the dragon standing on the people of the nations would be consistent with the dragon being wroth with the woman and making war with the remnant of her seed.

Let's move on from our special note. We have a lot of symbology here to step through. Satan, the dragon, persecutes the woman, the church that represents Jesus' body. The church is allowed to fly into the wilderness during the 1260 years of the reign of the man of sin who is controlled by Satan. The wilderness is the place father God brings people to escape beasts. He did this with the Hebrews when he took them out of Egypt. He took them into the wilderness and provided for them there. The water the serpent cast out of his mouth was doctrine. Satan spewed his doctrine at the church to carry it away. The satanic doctrines did not affect the true church. Satan was wroth with the true church and made physical and spiritual war with it. The remnant kept the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus. Satan is seen standing on the sand of the sea, or the people of the nations. The sea here is mostly Europe. Remember, the Herulis, the Vandals and the Ostrogoths were wiped out by the Papacy. They refused to get along with the Papacy and its rulership. They may have been more "Christian" than most to have been targeted for complete elimination. The Papacy removed all references to them in all history books so it's hard to know for sure but we know what the Papacy's goal in this time frame was.

The dragon we saw had the 7 heads and 10 horns. This entity is more of a single entity with multiple parts like in Nebuchadnezzar's dream where the great image of a beast was one entity with multiple parts. This single beast is cross referenced as Satan and the serpent. This beast first exists in heaven and has followers and then is cast down to the earth with the followers. Now we have another beast. This beast is casually called "the sea beast".

Revelation 13:1 And I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. ²And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. ³And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. ⁴And 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? ⁵And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. ⁶And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. ⁷And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. ⁸And 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. ⁹If any man have an ear, let him hear. ¹⁰He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience (hupomone - steadfastness) and the faith of the saints.

We see the same template being used to describe the sea beast as was used to describe the dragon. This is like a spiritual/physical manifestation where the dragon is the spirit version and the sea beast is the physical version. The sea beast is like the puppet of the puppeteer. Let's take a look.

Revelation 13:1 And I saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

This beast comes out of the nations that constitute Europe. We see that it is a single beast and already it has the 7 heads meaning all the nature of the earlier kingdoms is incorporated into this manifestation. The 10 horns already exist. We don't have in this description that the 10 horns were on one head but this was the case in earlier beasts. So we would have one head with 10 horns on it. The blasphemy against father God which is a part of the nature of these 7 kingdoms is identified.

Revelation 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

The sea beast is a single beast that is like a leopard, a bear and a lion. In Daniel's dream there were separate beasts of a leopard, a bear and a lion. From Nebuchadnezzar's dream we know the lion was representative of Babylon. The mouth of a lion means this beast speaks "Babylonian", or, its values and morals are typical of what was normal in Babylon. The sea beast gets its power and authority from Satan who has as part of his nature the same spiritual personality attributes of Babylon, the Medes and the Persians, and Greece. Satan authored their nature as he developed and matured this beast to do his work. This power and authority is partly derived from the garden of Eden when Adam sinned and relinquished his authority to the serpent. Adam gave up his authority in the domain of the earth where at this time Satan has been cast down to. Another aspect of the authority that Satan has comes from the fact he is willing to sin and no one else wants to be the head of that! No one else wants to die an eternal death for the very temporary time of being the head of sin. Satan was willing to step out and manifest sin and therefore decides what kind of sin to manifest.

Revelation 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. ⁴And 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? ⁵And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. ⁶And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. ⁷And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. ⁸And 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.

Some of the timing here is a little different with the wound of one head as unto death being described before the 42 months or 1260 years being referenced. Also the dragon being worshiped is new. The dragon is Satan and is being worshiped indirectly as his puppet manifests his nature and will. This shows us that Satan being worshiped is the ultimate goal of Satan in creating this beast. A paradox is that Satan is being worshiped as the source of lies and deception. Satan wants to be worshiped as the author of lies, which are not real. What is the value of being worshiped for something we are not? Pride can fill in the gap here. Satan is faking it for a little while as the entity to be worshiped until his kingdom is destroyed. He has the ability to feel proud about himself even if what he is proud of is sin and lies. Self deceit is a powerful tool. Anyway, the rest of the acts of the sea beast should be familiar. We see the power of the sea beast being able to overcome all kindreds and tongues and nations. We see the mouth speaking blasphemy against God. We see the authority and destructive power directed against the saints to overcome them and kill them.

There is one more reference to a beast that fits this same prototype. More details as to how it manifests are given in its description. Let's look at that.

Revelation 17:1 And one out of the seven angels that had the seven bowls came and spake with me, saying, Hither, I will shew thee the judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters; ²with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the dwellers on the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication. ³And he carried me away in Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet beast, full of names of blasphemy, he having seven heads and ten horns. ⁴And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, and the unclean things of her fornication, ⁵And upon her forehead a name written, a mystery, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. ⁶And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder. ⁷And the angel said to me, Wherefore didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and the ten horns. ⁸The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and he goeth unto destruction. And the dwellers on the earth shall wonder, they whose name hath not been written upon the little book of life from the world's foundation, when they behold the beast, how that he was, and is not, and shall be present. ⁹Here is the mind that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, where the woman sitteth on them: ¹⁰And the kings are seven; the five are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when he docome, he must continue a little while. ¹¹And the beast that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth unto destruction. ¹²And the ten horns that thou sawest are ten kings, who have received no kingdom as yet; but receive authority as kings with the beast one hour. ¹³These have one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast. ¹⁴These shall war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings; and they with him called, and chosen, and faithful. ¹⁵And he saith to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth, are peoples, and crowds, and nations, and tongues. ¹⁶And the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire. ¹⁷For God did put in their hearts to do his mind, and to come to one mind, and to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished. ¹⁸And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which hath kingship over the kings of the earth.

More to come...