Kingdom of the Beast: The Enemy Within

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The fulfillment of the visions in Daniel ended in 70 A. Here are some quotes from our Christian forefathers about the fulfillment of the Roman beast: John was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. But those who are of this opinion do not consider that they bring the same charge of presumption against Paul himself, after whom we speak.

Review and Herald, John Jewel was bishop of Salisbury and one of the great intellectuals of the English Reformation. It was divided into ten, or into sundry kingdoms; as I shewed you, and as we see this day. The little horn is antichrist. The empire shall be divided and weakened: Such a one there hath been, and yet is. He blasphemeth God, murdereth the saints, hath changed times and laws, the laws of God and the laws of nature.

Heinrich Bullinger was the chief pastor of the Zurich Cathedral in Notice his clear and forthright comment on the identity of the Antichrist:. But when the apostolic prophecy in Second Thessalonians 2 is more carefully examined, it seems that this prophecy of Daniel and that prophecy of the apostle belong more rightly to the kingdom of the Roman pope, which kingdom has arisen from small beginnings and has increased to an immense size. Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and also a faithful expositor of Bible prophecy.

By its eyes it was a Seer; and by its mouth speaking great things and changing times and laws, it was a Prophet as well as a King. With his mouth he gives laws to kings and nations as an Oracle; and pretends to Infallibility, and that his dictates are binding to the whole world; which is to be a Prophet in the highest degree. Daniel 11 Prophecy Fulfilled http: Could you answer me this: How could Babylon rise out of the earth when it rose a long time before, not to mention that the Medes would sack it in another 11 years give or take?

We have to keep in mind that the original text was written in Hebrew and it has been translated into English which is less expressive. So though the first beast was already in existence, the angel described it to Daniel so that he was clear about who it was, the Babylonian Empire. He says, therefore, Four kingdoms arose, and by the name kingdom he means monarchy; for we know that the Persians had many kings until Alexander transferred to himself the empire of the East.

Although Cyrus had seven or eight successors, yet the Persian empire continued through them all. And as we saw before, although whatever Alexander had acquired by his arms was divided among his four successors, yet it still remained the Macedonian kingdom. The same thing must be said concerning the fourth kingdom. Although we know consuls to have been created yearly at Rome, yet that government lasted till Julius Caesar destroyed it, and consumed the strength of the empire, so as to surpass by his power the splendid altitude which had been long and widely conspicuous in the world.

Hence the angel replied, By the four beasts four kingdoms are denoted: But it was proposed by the angel to teach the Prophet and all the people that there was no reason why revolutions should disturb them too much. The Israelites then saw themselves lying as if dead, yea, actually buried and concealed under the earth. For exile was to them equivalent to the tomb. For this reason, then, the angel announces the springing up of four kingdoms, while the first was then flourishing; but, as I have already said. Thank you for your reply. There is still one other problem.

Mede-Persia was already given the symbol of the ram and Greece the goat. Why would God switch symbols? The symbol for England is a lion with wings, Russia is known as the bear, Germany for its Leopard Tanks and the United States, as good as she may be, is full of evil. England flew high above all other kingdoms, the sun never set on her territories. No longer was England high and lofty. England is associated with the symbol of the lion with wings. Russia is lifted up on one side because it expands over 2 continents. The majority of the people live on the European side with its seat of government located on the same side.

When the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were in control from to , it was a one party state. Could be another reason it was lifted up on one side. The 3 ribs in the mouth tell the bear to devour much flesh. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin are the 3 ribs. Eventually Russia was brought down. The bear is the symbol for Russia. Germany is known for the Leopard Tanks, making the leopard the unofficial symbol. Could be the dominion given to it was when Hitler ruled. The 2 sets of wings are probably Italy and Japan, they were part of the Axis Powers. The 4 heads could mean the Allied Forces.

Germany was divided into Soviet, American, British and French zones of occupation. If the 4 heads do not refer to the Allied Forces, another thought is its reichs. Modern Germany evolved out of a series of 3 empires, with the belief that a 4th could rise.

As concerning the rest of the beasts lion, bear and leopard , they had their dominion taken away: England, Germany and Russia do exist today. I will say that Rome never truly died. The United States has adopted a lot from Rome. Our Senate, our coliseums, our pagan symbols plastered in every government institution, etc.

I believe that the feet that came out of Rome is the United States. Technically, we were settled first by the British peoples, with other European countries to follow. However, Roman influence was brought here. The 7 heads on the beast of Revelation 13 are not to be counted as the 7 heads of the 4 beasts of Daniel 7. I believe the 4th beast coincides with the feet. The 4th beast has 10 horns, feet have 10 toes. I know the prophecy never singles out the 10 toes by saying 10, but everyone knows that feet have 10 toes.

This is what I feel I have been led to by the Holy Spirit. Only time will tell who has been given the true understanding. Thanks for letting me tell my understanding. All of the great theologians through history have taught that the four kingdoms in Daniel 2 and 7 are the same. The descriptions of the beasts in Daniel 7 describe the four kingdoms of Daniel 2. Daniel 7 speaks of a little horn who rose to power out of the 10 civil kingdoms of the fallen Roman Empire. That Little Horn is the Pope of Rome, who took power as the Pontifex Maximus, the leader of church and state in Rome, thus the deadly head wound to the Roman Emperor was healed.

The seal and trumpet judgments were against the pagan Roman Empire. The first five bowl judgments were against the Roman Catholic Church. The description of the sea beast in Revelation 13 matches no other than the Roman Catholic Church. The description of the earth beast in Revelation 13 matches no other than the Jesuits of Rome, who control the Vatican, and almost all of the world.

The antichrist beast is the Pope of Rome. The False Prophet is the Jesuit General. I have an A4 list of questions which I may send by private mail. In the meantime I have some question marks that are niggling me. Is not the birth of a nation in a day in biblical? Have the returning diaspora not fulfilled prophecy with the remarkable greening of the desert? Have the missions bringing Jewish people back whether from converts or descendents of Abraham making the converts somehow second-class jews in the eyes of the Lord? Was God or the Devil behind the remarkable victories of Israel in the past seventy years — it is surely a miracle and fulfilment of prophecy that once the Jews are back in the Holy Land they have defeated all odds and are there to stay?

Israel is also one of the most compassionate nations in the modern world even tending its enemies in its hospitals and first on the scene of major catastrophes all over the world? Do you deal anywhere with the thief in the night with one taken and another left — what do you take this to mean? You dismiss a secret rapture. Were the Jesuits really clever enough to have invented so much that is being fulfilled before our eyes almost daily? I agree with Elle with regard to the British Empire being far greater than the Roman empire and we are not a Catholic country although in recent years leaning in that direction through the apostate C of E.

Or are all of them in cahoots? Those whom the Pope of Rome doth separate, it is not a man that separates them but God. For the Pope holdeth place on earth, not simply of a man but of the true God. Los Angeles Times , December 12, Then the saints shall be given into his hand For a time and times and half a time. The Catholic Church persecuted the saints, killing over 50 million. Historians estimate that during the Dark Ages and the Inquisition, the Roman Catholic Church killed over 50 million people whom they deemed as heretics, most of which were Christians who dared to own a Bible which the Church forbid or proclaimed the Gospel of Christ..

The Popes of Rome were rising in power in the 4th -5th century, and through Emperor Constantine and others, they decreed the following changes, which oppose the Word of God. They changed the calendar to be based on the Sun, not the sun and moon as God ordained in the Bible. They banned believers from observing the true Sabbath, and changed it to Sunday, the day of the conquering Sun. They then divided the 10th Commandment into two parts, so there is 10 total.

Satan was creating a new Christian sect, the Roman Catholic Church , which would pervert all of the commands of Elohim. The Popes of Rome reigned for 1, years, from — A. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. Each of the Apostles traveled to other countries, sharing the Gospel. During the Protestant Reformation, the resurgent Church cast down the strongholds of the enemy, and millions were saved out of the Roman Catholic Church. Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion, Which shall not pass away, And His kingdom the one Which shall not be destroyed. This is clearly telling us that the Roman kingdom would be in power until the Lord returns. Those things are controlled by Rome.

The stone is the Church of Christ , which was established by our Lord at His first coming, which occurred while the Roman Empire was in power. GENEVA And this kingdom, which is not only referred to the person of Christ, but also to the whole body of his Church, and to every member of it, will be eternal: The enemy does not want you to realize these truths, for when you do his schemes will be exposed and he will be defeated.

In another study you will see that in A. But in A. Then you need to understand the fulfillment of Daniel and Revelation, so that you are not deceived by the enemy. Here is the explanation of the other chapters of Daniel, which have already been fulfilled, so they are not future. Daniel 9 describes 70 consecutive week years in which the Jews were released from Babylon, to prepare for their promised Messiah. During the next 62 weeks years there was relative silence from God from prophets, as they prepared for the coming Messiah, who would appear after the 69 weeks.

Then after the 70th week, the New Covenant was offered to the Gentiles too. It is not about an end-times Israeli peace agreement, nor a 7-year tribulation period featuring a one-man Antichrist. Daniel 12 describes the desolation of the Jewish people, at the hands of the Romans from A. Some Jews accepted Jesus as their Messiah, and they were saved. But the great majority rejected Him and delivered Him up to be crucified. As a result, the city and temple were destroyed, and 1. Daniel never asked about the end times, he only inquired about what would happen to his people, the Jews, after they were released from captivity in Babylon.

All of the visions were about the great kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome, as they related to the Jewish people. The fulfillment of the visions in Daniel ended in 70 A. Here are some quotes from our Christian forefathers about the fulfillment of the Roman beast: John was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. But those who are of this opinion do not consider that they bring the same charge of presumption against Paul himself, after whom we speak.

Review and Herald, John Jewel was bishop of Salisbury and one of the great intellectuals of the English Reformation. It was divided into ten, or into sundry kingdoms; as I shewed you, and as we see this day. The little horn is antichrist. The empire shall be divided and weakened: Such a one there hath been, and yet is.

He blasphemeth God, murdereth the saints, hath changed times and laws, the laws of God and the laws of nature. Heinrich Bullinger was the chief pastor of the Zurich Cathedral in Notice his clear and forthright comment on the identity of the Antichrist:. But when the apostolic prophecy in Second Thessalonians 2 is more carefully examined, it seems that this prophecy of Daniel and that prophecy of the apostle belong more rightly to the kingdom of the Roman pope, which kingdom has arisen from small beginnings and has increased to an immense size.

Sir Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and also a faithful expositor of Bible prophecy. By its eyes it was a Seer; and by its mouth speaking great things and changing times and laws, it was a Prophet as well as a King. With his mouth he gives laws to kings and nations as an Oracle; and pretends to Infallibility, and that his dictates are binding to the whole world; which is to be a Prophet in the highest degree.

Daniel 11 Prophecy Fulfilled http: Could you answer me this: How could Babylon rise out of the earth when it rose a long time before, not to mention that the Medes would sack it in another 11 years give or take? We have to keep in mind that the original text was written in Hebrew and it has been translated into English which is less expressive. So though the first beast was already in existence, the angel described it to Daniel so that he was clear about who it was, the Babylonian Empire.

He says, therefore, Four kingdoms arose, and by the name kingdom he means monarchy; for we know that the Persians had many kings until Alexander transferred to himself the empire of the East. Although Cyrus had seven or eight successors, yet the Persian empire continued through them all. And as we saw before, although whatever Alexander had acquired by his arms was divided among his four successors, yet it still remained the Macedonian kingdom. The same thing must be said concerning the fourth kingdom. Although we know consuls to have been created yearly at Rome, yet that government lasted till Julius Caesar destroyed it, and consumed the strength of the empire, so as to surpass by his power the splendid altitude which had been long and widely conspicuous in the world.

Hence the angel replied, By the four beasts four kingdoms are denoted: But it was proposed by the angel to teach the Prophet and all the people that there was no reason why revolutions should disturb them too much. The Israelites then saw themselves lying as if dead, yea, actually buried and concealed under the earth. For exile was to them equivalent to the tomb.

For this reason, then, the angel announces the springing up of four kingdoms, while the first was then flourishing; but, as I have already said. Thank you for your reply. There is still one other problem. Mede-Persia was already given the symbol of the ram and Greece the goat. Why would God switch symbols? The symbol for England is a lion with wings, Russia is known as the bear, Germany for its Leopard Tanks and the United States, as good as she may be, is full of evil.

England flew high above all other kingdoms, the sun never set on her territories. No longer was England high and lofty. England is associated with the symbol of the lion with wings. Russia is lifted up on one side because it expands over 2 continents. The majority of the people live on the European side with its seat of government located on the same side.

When the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were in control from to , it was a one party state. Could be another reason it was lifted up on one side. The 3 ribs in the mouth tell the bear to devour much flesh. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin are the 3 ribs. Eventually Russia was brought down. The bear is the symbol for Russia.

Germany is known for the Leopard Tanks, making the leopard the unofficial symbol. Could be the dominion given to it was when Hitler ruled.

The 2 sets of wings are probably Italy and Japan, they were part of the Axis Powers. The 4 heads could mean the Allied Forces. Germany was divided into Soviet, American, British and French zones of occupation. If the 4 heads do not refer to the Allied Forces, another thought is its reichs. Modern Germany evolved out of a series of 3 empires, with the belief that a 4th could rise. As concerning the rest of the beasts lion, bear and leopard , they had their dominion taken away: The context in each case must determine.

The previous forms of authority had ceased. The first emperor, Julius, absorbed the power covered by the old names under which Rome had been governed, and commenced the long and imperial line which became extinct in the year A. It is the rise of the fallen empire under new conditions as presented in chapter When the Beast next comes upon the scene it will be characterised by the completeness of administrative authority of a blasphemous kind, and will be formed of ten kingdoms, each having its separate monarch, yet all in subordination to the great Gentile chief who will control the empire and hold all with a firm grasp.

The brief continuance of this special form of government is plainly stated. For the three years and a half preceding the Advent of the Lord in power and glory the Beast is dominated and controlled by Satan. He had revived it out of the abyss. The Beast in its last and worst state comes out of the abyss, as distinct from its rise at the first Dan.

We have the human reappearance of the empire in Revelation 13, and its hellish revival in Revelation Probably the form of power under the seventh head will be continued, and in some other respects the last holder of Gentile power will tread in the steps of his predecessor. Thus he will be of the seven, yet an eighth as a distinctive person. We may here remark that the Beast and its personal ruler are so vitally connected that the two are spoken of in interchangeable terms; thus the Beast perishes and is thrown, in the person of its last great chief, into the lake of fire.

The last sovereign ruler stamps his own character upon the empire. They can be regarded separately as in Daniel 7, or identical as in our chapter. This is accomplished at the commencement of the millennial reign, and is graphically described in Revelation The two great chiefs, heads respectively of the secular and religious powers, are consigned alive to the lake of fire; their subordinates and armies everlastingly perish. The first five heads fell in succession. Then the sixth came to a violent end; the seventh is merged in the eighth, which suffers a judgment more awful than history records.

This head is identified with the Beast itself, and hence if it is destroyed the Beast must go into utter ruin compare with Dan. These horns refer to royal persons. The ten horns therefore represent as many distinct royal personages or their kingdoms. Another has tersely said: They do not exist as separate kingdoms or nationalities.

The Beast Kingdoms Of Daniel 2 And Daniel 7

There are ten, but they are coexistent with the reign of the Beast. It disappeared in A. The revived empire will consist of ten kingdoms with their respective chiefs.

The duration of the reign of these kings is measured by the reign of the Beast. But not only are these kingdoms in existence during the time that the Beast plays his terrible role , but they are subordinate to him. Willingly they place themselves in absolute subjection to the Beast. When the empire was broken up, separate kingdoms were constituted — historical fact — but our prophecy demands the existence of the Beast and the ten kingdoms, the latter subservient to the former. The conflict itself is fully described in Revelation The angel here simply notes the fact, passing over many intervening events.

The war has not been actually entered upon, but it is anticipated. Its issue is in no wise doubtful. All power in Heaven and on earth is His Matt. How touching the blessed association of the Lamb with the mighty King — tenderness and power combined Rev. There will be other companies of saved persons in Heaven besides the Church Heb. The whole body of heavenly saints accompany their Lord through the opened Heaven, and down to crush the confederated opposition to the rights of the Lamb.

For this universal gathering of heavenly saints see Jude 14; Zechariah Angels have their part in the war in Heaven Rev. Saints alone form the conquering army of the Lamb. These epithets, called, chosen, and faithful can only strictly apply to saints. The harlot sits upon or beside many waters v. The peoples and nations, organised and unformed, specially outside the limits of the existing Roman world, are ensnared and captivated by the allurements of the harlot.

She sits enthroned in greatness, and richly adorned with the glories of the world, but without the affections of her deluded followers. There is display, but no reality; no heart for Christ, whose bride she impiously professes to be. Her own exaltation, and that to the spiritual ruin of the deluded millions who received her favours and court her smile, is her sole aim. Her supreme regard is for gold Rev. The four divisions of the human family are employed to set forth the far-reaching influence of the woman Rev. For God has given to their hearts to do His mind, and to act with one mind, and to give their kingdom to the Beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

The ten kingdoms combine with the Beast in hatred to the whore. It is evident that the Beast and confederate kings exist after the destruction of Babylon, as they, i. The secular power is reserved for destruction at the hands of the Lord in Person and at His Coming in power Rev. The ten horns act in conjunction with the Beast in hatred to the whore. All were united in supporting the claims and pretensions of the woman, and now they are equally agreed in effecting her ruin. All not founded on God withers, fades, and perishes.

Babylon, when on the highest pinnacle of pride and greatness, in the zenith of her glory, is cut down. Her ruin is complete and final. In righteous retribution her partners in crime become the active instruments in her political overthrow and displacement from power over the nations. There seems a gradation in the punishment meted out to the harlot. First, hated ; this refers to the loathing and disgust with which her late confederates and supporters regard her.

Second, made desolate ; despoiled of her wealth, and utterly wasted Rev. Third, naked ; stripped of her purple and scarlet robes, she appears before all in her true character as a shameless and abandoned woman Ezek. The main element in the destruction of the literal Babylon was water Jer. Both Babylons are doomed to everlasting desolation. The one has fallen; the other is sure to follow. The powers who destroy Babylon glut their vengeance on the guilty system which had so long enslaved them. But here the veil is drawn aside, and we find that whatever they thought they were simply carrying out the divine will.

God had decreed the destruction of the worst system on the face of the earth, and the Beast and his vassal kings are His instruments in doing so.

Revelation 17.

The heart and mind of the destroying powers are united. They love the service to which, while they know it not, they have been divinely set apart, and they execute it with fixed determination. Such seems to be the thought conveyed in our text. Unable to maintain separate and independent kingdoms the ten kings voluntarily place themselves and their kingdoms under the rule of the Beast, and from henceforth he becomes their master, allowing them but the shadow of royalty.

The real power is in the hands of the Beast Rev. What is attributed to the kings in verse 13 of our chapter is traced to God as the source in verse They had previously given their power to the woman, now it is transferred to the Beast. But that describes a state both previous and subsequent to the downfall of Babylon, whereas the abject slavery of the powers to the Beast is consequent upon and subsequent to the utter ruin of the Romish system.

God works unseen, but not the less truly, in all the political changes of the day. He knows it not. Self-will and motives of policy may influence in action, but God is steadily working towards one end, i. God is not indifferent, but is behind the scenes of human action. The doings of the future ten kings in relation to Babylon and the Beast — the ecclesiastical and secular powers — are not only under the direct control of God, but all is done in fulfilment of His words.

Babylon in the future is the full-blown development of the papal system, and finds her home naturally enough in Rome, where she has ever found it. There the most blasphemous doctrines have been taught, and there , too, claims more than human have been advanced. There will be a fuller development of papal error in the coming apostasy. Rome, therefore, is the city here referred to. The woman is the city, not Rome actually, but the system which has its seat in Rome, the Romish Church or system, the delegate of Satan in religious corruption Rev.

The last verse of this deeply interesting chapter states a truth simple, yet important withal. The immediate design of this and the next chapter is to supplement fully the two previous, but scant, notices of Babylon Rev. Here a full and detailed description of her character and doom is given.

But there is another subject of judgment besides that of Babylon. The Beast, the apostate secular power, occupies no unimportant place in this prophecy. The two main subjects then are Babylon, the religious system; and the Beast, the civil apostate power; the former occupying the chief place. The Beast, more prominent elsewhere Rev.

The chapter is divided into two parts: We may here remark that the interpretation goes considerably beyond what was seen in the vision. The same principle obtains in Daniel 2 and in Matthew The interpretation adds instruction to that found in dream, vision, or parable.

The Seer first beheld the great whore ripe for judgment v. She assumes to be subject to Christ, as the Church is and delights to be Eph. But in the case of the woman, her pretensions are hollow and unreal. She really cares nothing for Christ, nor will she bow to His headship or own His authority. These waters signify vast multitudes of the human race v.

Then the kings and inhabitants of the earth are introduced in their respective relations to the whore v. This seems a more intimate connection than is indicated in verse 1. There the influence was universal; here is intimated direct intercourse with the whore. We gather, too, that the world at large is in view in the first verse of the chapter; in the second Christendom only.

The ancient empire of Rome, defunct for many centuries, is here witnessed on the scene of prophecy covered with the glory and government of the world, as indicated by the scarlet colour. The woman, too, is arrayed in scarlet, and the dragon bears the same colour Rev. How eagerly the pomp and glory of this world are sought after! The imperial power is subservient to the woman. The Beast, to whom the dragon commits universal authority, is the mere servant and tool of the woman.

The secular power supports her arrogant pretensions. Deceit, corruption, violence, pride, and shameless evils of every kind are charged home upon ecclesiastical Babylon — the whore. Blasphemy and the public denial of God and of Christ are acts of which the Beast is guilty. The names of blasphemy on the heads of the Beast Rev.

Fear of God is gone. The empire in all its parts is wholly given up to this most horrible iniquity. The mention of the Beast in Revelation

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