{"id":86,"date":"2019-09-18T14:58:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T21:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2019-09-18T22:00:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T05:00:32","slug":"daniels-four-kingdoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/18\/daniels-four-kingdoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel’s Four Kingdoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Daniel 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Among the prophet Daniel\u2019s multiple visions,\nhe is given three concerning a statue and two groups of creatures that are\nidentified as kingdoms that will appear on the earth. The vision of the statue\nis revealed in chapter 2. The statue is a figure in a dream of King Nebuchadnezzar\nof Babylon.  The king could not find any\nwisemen to interpret the dream for him so, in his anger, he set out to destroy\nall the wisemen of the country. Daniel, one of the king\u2019s wisemen, became aware\nof this and sent message to the king to allow him time to get the\ninterpretation. He was allowed time and the Lord revealed the meaning of the\ndream to Daniel. The statue consisted of four parts. The first was a golden\nhead. The second was a chest and arms of silver. The third were loins of\nbronze. The fourth were legs of iron with feet of mixed iron and clay. Daniel\nreveals to the king that he is the head of gold. The silver and bronze were two\nkingdoms that would follow his. The legs of iron were a kingdom that would very\nstrong and crush all others. The feet of clay and iron reveal that part of the\nkingdom will be strong and part brittle. During the fourth kingdom God would\nset up His everlasting kingdom. From history and later chapters of Daniel, we\nlearn that these four kingdoms are Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. It is\nduring Rome, the fourth kingdom, that Christ initiates the kingdom of God on\nearth through the presence of His church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel 7<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Daniel\u2019s second vision of creatures is found in chapter 7. It consists of four beasts representing four kingdoms. They are a lion, a bear, a leopard, and the fourth a terrifying beast with iron teeth. Daniel inquires about the identity of the fourth beast. He is told this beast will devour, crush, and trample all the previous kingdoms. He will wear down the saints of the Most High. His rule will eventually be taken away by the heavenly court and given to the saints of the Most High for eternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We now compare the fourth portion of the statue with the fourth kingdom of the beast with iron teeth. Both are identified with iron. Both are the last kingdom. Both end, being destroyed and replaced by the everlasting kingdom of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel 8<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Daniel chapter 8 is his third vision of\ncreatures. The creatures are identified as a ram with two long horns, one\nlonger than the other, and a goat with a conspicuous horn between its eyes. The\nram was trampled down and destroyed by the goat. The goat magnifies his own greatness,\nbut as soon as he does, his horn is broken and in its place four different\nhorns spring up. We know from history that Greece was divided up among Alexander\nthe Great\u2019s four generals after his death. From one of these horns, a smaller\nhorn sprang up that grew very powerful. This horn removes the sacrifice from\nthe temple of God in Jerusalem. Then Daniel is told that this part of the\nvision pertains to the time of the end. The angel reveals that the ram and the\ngoat are identified as Medo-Persia and Greece. The little horn that sprouts\nfrom Greece is a leader of a nation identified with the end time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identification Complete<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

So gradually we have found clear identification\nof the first three of the four kingdoms of Daniel chapters 2 and 7. The first\nwas revealed by Daniel as Nebuchadnezzar\u2019s Babylon. The second and third are\nidentified by the angel as Medo-Persia and Greece in chapter 8. Daniel 2:39-40\nalso indicate the sequential order of these four kingdoms. The naming of the\nfourth kingdom is left to the unfolding events of history after Greece. We know\nthis kingdom as Rome. Rome in one form or another extends into modern times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Two Phases of Redemption<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

And, as the kingdom of God on earth is realized in two phases as the first and second advents of Christ, so too will the beast from the fourth kingdom arise twice. In Daniel 8:9, the little horn arising from the Greek kingdom appears. This little horn can be identified with Antiochus IV Epiphanes, a Greek vassal of Rome. In 167 B.C. he halts the temple sacrifice of the Jews and desecrates the temple in Jerusalem with a statue of Zeus. His death follows three years later. In further prophesy, delivered in Daniel 9:27 and 12:11, we learn about a future leader of a kingdom known as the \u201cprince who is to come\u201d who will desecrate the temple in Jerusalem with the abomination of desolation. The time placement for this event is at the end of time according to Daniel 12:4. This period of time is also known as the seventieth week of Daniel\u2019s prophecy of seventy weeks which can be determined from the text of Daniel 9:24-27. This final week is the topic of Revelation chapters 11 and 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Resurrection of Rome<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Rome existed in one form or other until Napoleon\ncaused the abdication of the last Holy Roman Emperor in 1807. The Holy Roman\nEmpire existed only figuratively through the Kaisers in Germany and Austria\nuntil World War I. The restoration of Israel following WW II seems to fit the\ncontext of the end times events positioning themselves for coming fulfillment\nof prophecy. From the repetition of these themes in Daniel\u2019s visions, we can\nconclude that Rome, likely revived from the European Union, will be the source\nof the coming antichrist of the New Testament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daniel 2 Among the prophet Daniel\u2019s multiple visions, he is given three concerning a statue and two groups of creatures that are identified as kingdoms that will appear on the earth. The vision of the statue is revealed in chapter 2. The statue is a figure in a dream of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.  The … Continue reading “Daniel’s Four Kingdoms”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revelation714.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}