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Part 44
The Holy Roman Empire (Germany 1st Reich) Recieved A Mortal Wound
Who is the Leopard?
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. -- Dan 7:6 (KJV)
dragon gave him his power
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. -- Rev 13:2 (KJV)
Four Head Empires
Four Wing Empires - Wings of a Foul
Four Heads / Four Reichs
Curse of Rome upon the Jews
A.D. 50 30,000 Jews were killed in Jerusalem by the Roman soldiers.
A.D. 70 1 million Jews were killed during the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus while 97,000 more went into slavery.
A.D. 135 Hadrian slaughtered 580,000 Jews.
A.D. 312 Constantine began a new relihious persecution of the Jews all throughout the empire which lasted into the time of the crusades.
Curse of France upon the Jews
A.D. 1306 on the morning of the fast commemorating the Destruction of Jerusalem all the Jews of France , men woman, and children approx. 100,000 were stripped of their possessions for the benefit of the royal treasury, and cast out of the land of France.
Curse of Spain upon the Jews
A.D. 1478 Spanish Inquisition.
Curse of Germany upon the Jews
A.D. 1933 thru 1945 When the Nazi regime came to power in Germany in January 1933, it immediately began to take systematic measures against the Jews.
The Mystery Of The Seven Times upon Judah
There will be a judgement upon Israel, plus seven times more judgement.
First judgement began with Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian Captivity (606 B.C.)
John described the final kingdom rising up out of the sea in revelation
That final kingdom ( 606 B.C.) was postponed 2,520 years
1913 A.D.
1910 A.D. Halley's Comet
1910 A.D. Halley's Comet
1913 A.D. Federal Reserve System in USA
The final beast will possess great world economic control
World War I
World War I, military conflict, from 1914 to 1918, that began as a local European war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia on July 28, 1914; was transformed into a general European struggle by declaration of war against Russia on August 1, 1914; and eventually became a global war involving 32 nations.
Twenty-eight of these nations, known as the Allies and the Associated Powers, and including Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States, opposed the coalition known as the Central Powers, consisting of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey), and Bulgaria.
World War I - Ten Horns
The immediate cause of the war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia was the assassination on June 28, 1914, at Sarajevo in Bosnia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; now in Bosnia and Herzegovina), of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir-presumptive to the Austrian and Hungarian thrones, by Gavrilo Princip, a Serb nationalist.
The fundamental causes of the conflict, however, were rooted deeply in the European history of the previous century, particularly in the political and economic policies that prevailed on the Continent after 1871., the year that marked the emergence of Germany as a great world power.
The 2nd Reich - 1871
William I
1871., the year that marked the emergence of Germany as a great world power.
World War I
In 1914 A.D. World War I began a chain of events that would cause Jerusalem to be released from the dominion of the Islam head of John's beast, which is to say Muslim rule,
and to fall into the hands of the final kingdom, which is represented initially at least by the ten toes or horns.
World War I - Ten Horns
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. -- Rev 17:12 (KJV)
In 1917 A.D., the British general, Edmund Allenby, led his troops to surround the city of Jerusalem. Allenby arranged to have every available aircraft to fly over Jerusalem. The Turks, having never seen aircraft before, were extremely frightened. As the aircraft flew low over Jerusalem, it is reported that one of the pilots dropped a note demanding the surrender signed by General Allenby.
The name Allenby further frightened the Turks thinking that the name was Allah meaning God and beh meaning son, which they interpreted as the Son of Allah. In response to the note, the Turks hoisted a white flag and surrendered the city without firing a shot.
Ten Toes
Represents the beginning of the final kingdom
World War I was over in 1918 and a treaty was made between Chaim Weizmann, future president of the new Jewish state, and Prince Feisal of Arabia who later became the King of Iraq.
This treaty was to guarantee the acceptance of Jewish immigration to Palestine.
The Mystery Of The Seven Times
Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. -- Lev 26:28 (KJV)
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. -- Lev 26:42 (KJV)
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: -- Mat 24:32 (KJV)
So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. -- Mat 24:33 (KJV)
The times that followed for the nation Israel might be compared to a time of birth pangs for the babe that was about to be born. Arab enemies continued to raid new Jewish settlements and there were serious riots in Jerusalem. Chaim Weizmann wrote how there had not been such anti-Jewish sediments since the time of the Crusades.
On May 1921, such violence broke out in Jaffa, that many Jews and Arabs lives were killed and many more were injured. High Commissioner Samuels called for a temporary halt to Jewish immigration to Palestine. The British empire would attempt to consult with the Arabs, and this effort resulted in the British White Paper of 1922.
Ten Toes
Who now had possession of Jerusalem ?
The British kingdom refused to uphold their promises guaranteeing a new Jewish homeland that the Jews could freely return to.
Britain divided Palestine into two territories making the Jordan river to be the boundary.
The Jewish people everywhere felt betrayed by Winston Churchill.
There would be no new state of Israel but all immigrants were to become Palestinians.
Ten Horned Beast Rising Out Of The Sea
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and 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. -- Rev 13:1 (KJV)
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. -- Rev 13:2 (KJV)
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. -- Rev 13:3 (KJV)
And 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? -- Rev 13:4 (KJV)
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. -- Rev 13:5 (KJV)
And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. -- Rev 13:6 (KJV)
And 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. -- Rev 13:7 (KJV)
And 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. -- Rev 13:8 (KJV)
If any man have an ear, let him hear. -- Rev 13:9 (KJV)
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. -- Rev 13:10 (KJV)
Two Horned Beast Rising Out Of The Earth
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. -- Rev 13:11 (KJV)
And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. -- Rev 13:12 (KJV)
And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, -- Rev 13:13 (KJV)
And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. -- Rev 13:14 (KJV)
life unto the image
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. -- Rev 13:15 (KJV)
The image of the one world government comes alive
Who breathed life into the image of the One World Government?
League of Nations
I INTRODUCTION League of Nations, international alliance for the preservation of peace. The league existed from 1920 to 1946. The first meeting was held in Geneva, on November 15, 1920, with 42 nations represented. The last meeting was held on April 8, 1946; at that time the league was superseded by the United Nations (UN). During the league's 26 years, a total of 63 nations belonged at one time or another; 28 were members for the entire period (see accompanying table).
II THE COVENANT AND THE UNITED
STATES
In 1918,
as one of his Fourteen Points summarizing Allied aims in World War I, United States president Woodrow Wilson presented a plan for a general association of nations. The
plan formed the basis of the Covenant of the League of Nations, the 26 articles
that served as operating rules for the league. The covenant was formulated as
part of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, in 1919.
Although President Wilson was a member of the committee that drafted the covenant, it was never ratified by the U.S. Senate because of Article X, which contained the requirement that all members preserve the territorial independence of all other members, even to joint action against aggression.
During the next two decades, American diplomats encouraged the league's activities and attended its meetings unofficially, but the United States never became a member. The efficacy of the league was, therefore, considerably lessened.
Again I ask you
Who breathed life into the image of the One World Government?
League of Nations
III LEAGUE STRUCTURE
6 Heads
The
machinery of the league consisted of an assembly, a council, and a secretariat.
Before World War II (1939-1945), the assembly convened regularly at Geneva in September; it was composed of three representatives for every member state, each
state having one vote. The council met at least three times each year to
consider political disputes and reduction of armaments; it was composed of
several permanent members—France, Britain, Italy, Japan, and later
Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)—and several
nonpermanent members elected by the assembly. The decisions of the council had
to be unanimous. The secretariat was the administrative branch of the league
and consisted of a secretary general and a staff of 500 people. Several other
bodies were allied with the league, such as the Permanent Court
of International Justice, called the World Court, and the
International Labor Organization.
IV WORLD INVOLVEMENT
The league
was based on a new concept: collective security against the
"criminal" threat of war. Unfortunately, the league rarely
implemented its available resources, limited though they were, to achieve this
goal.
One important activity of the league was the disposition of certain territories that had been colonies of Germany and Turkey before World War I. Supervision of these territories was awarded to league members in the form of mandates. Mandated territories were given different degrees of independence, in accordance with their stage of development, their geographic situation, and their economic status.
The league may be credited with certain social achievements. These include curbing international traffic in narcotics and prostitution, aiding refugees of World War I, and surveying and improving health and labor conditions around the world.
In the area of preserving peace, the league had some minor successes, including settlement of disputes between Finland and Sweden over the Åland Islands in 1921 and between Greece and Bulgaria over their mutual border in 1925. The Great Powers, however, preferred to handle their own affairs; France occupied the Ruhr, and Italy occupied Corfu (Kérkira), both in 1923, in spite of the league.
Although Germany joined the league in 1926, the National Socialist (Nazi) government withdrew in 1933. Japan also withdrew in 1933, after Japanese attacks on China were condemned by the league.
Finally, the league was powerless to prevent the events in Europe that led to World War II. The USSR, a member since 1934, was expelled following the Soviet attack on Finland in 1939.
In 1940 the secretariat in Geneva was reduced to a skeleton staff, and several small service units were moved to Canada and the United States.
Dissolution 1946
In 1946 the league voted to effect its own dissolution, whereupon much of its property and organization were transferred to the UN.
The One World Government Recieved A Mortal Wound beginning around 1939
V LEGACY
Never
truly effective as a peacekeeping organization, the lasting importance of the League of Nations lies in the fact that it provided the groundwork for the UN.
This international alliance, formed after World War II, not only profited by the mistakes of the League of Nations but borrowed much of the organizational machinery of the league.
Germany
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. -- Dan 7:6 (KJV)
1939 - World War II
Hitler
Germany History is divided into 4 Reichs (Empires)
The four main men in the Nazi Party
Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, Hess
Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, Hess
Hitler
On January 30, 1933, Hitler rose to power in Germany. He described the Jews as being "parasites, malignant germs, bloodsucking leeches, the personification of the devil, and the very symbol of evil."
As a result of the increase of anti-semiticism, thousands of Jews began to flee from Nazi Germany.
In 1935 the Nuremburg Laws were enacted defining who non-Aryans were. Anti-Semitism had now become completely legal in Germany.
By 1937 the Jew would be afforded no civil rights in Germany. Freedom of speech for the Jew in Germany, whether spoken or written, was absolutely forbidden. They're only hope of escape was to flee Germany.
Gas Oven
All the while the outward persecution of the Jews grew in Germany, the Arab-Jewish conflicts continued within the land of Palestine. Between December 1939 and August 1941, 50,000 - 60,000 Jews, consisting of both children and adults, were secretly killed. Such slaughter was accomplished using lethal injections and poisonous gas.
The slaughter of Jews grew to a count of approximately six million. To top things off,
the British (European) government, had restricted Jewish emigration into Palestine in 1939. The Arab riots had intensified throughout the land of Palestine. Jewish immigration would be allowed at only 75,000 over the next five years, and afterward, no new Jewish immigrants would be allowed entrance into Palestine unless allowed by the Arabs.
Was Hitler The ANTICHRIST ??
a) Insignificant beginning Dan 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. -- Dan 8:9 (KJV)
b) Political and Military Leader
Goebbels
c) Propoganda Minister - Goebbels - False Prophet
d) Rome as an ally - Mussolini
e) Persecuted Jews for 7 years Dan. 9:27
f) Last 3 1/2 years was by far the worst persecution
g) Hitler tatooed a number on the Jews bodies
giving them both a mark and a number
Hitler
h) Hitler had his own mark (Cross - Swastika) with which he is identified
with
i) Hitler's body was thrown into a burning fire
1945 - World War II ends Germany surrenders
Germany was divided into four parts
According to Modern Germany History
divided into four eras
Britain
Not a friend of Israel
The Jew's battle was not only against Hitler, it was as if Britain had deliberately closed the back door on them, blocking any way of escape from Hitler's slaughter, and refusing to offer any help whatsoever to the perils.
Even after Germany's surrender on May 8, 1945, the British was still refusing to allow the remaining one million Jews to immigrate to the land of Palestine. As thousands of Jewish war refuges attempted to immigrate into the land of Palestine, they were withstood by the British and the white papers were enforced.
All such refuges were declared to be illegal aliens, and were forced to turn back or be imprisoned in refugee camps in Cyprus and Africa.
The 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. -- Dan 7:4 (KJV)
The war was truly on now between not only the Jews and the Arabs, but also between the Jews and the British. On June 29, 1946, British tanks and armored cars sped through the city streets of Palestine entering into the kibbutzim in an all out attempt to crush the Jewish army. All over Palestine British troops entered into the homes of the Jews, tearing down the walls and ripping up the floors looking for arms. The Jews throughout the land were dragged out by their hair and locked up in cages. They were beaten, tortured, and killed. Others were rounded up and placed in detention camps. The Jewish leadership was imprisoned. Interesting enough it was Ho Chi Minh who offered Ben-Gurion (leader of the Zionist Movement) to set up a new Jewish government in Southeast Asia.
United Nations
The British government referred the Palestine issue to the United Nations in February 1947. After extensive evaluation of the situation, the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) proposed that the territory of the British mandate west of the Jordan River be partitioned into Jewish and Arab states with Jerusalem under international control. On November 29, 1947, the UN adopted a partition plan. Both the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics voted in favor, while Britain abstained.
Zionists reluctantly accepted the plan as the best resolution they could expect given political circumstances, but the Arab world denounced and rejected it. The Arabs felt that the UN had no right to make such a decision and that Arabs should not be made to pay for Europe's crimes against the Jews.
On Nov. 29, 1947, the rule of Jerusalem passed from Daniel's Lion. Britain would no longer rule over Jerusalem. The United Nations General Assembly had voted thirty-three to thirteen to divide Palestine into two separate states, one Jewish and the other Arab.
The United Nations is the completion of the image which Daniel had imagined, although yet in its infancy.
1948 - Israel became a nation
On May 14, 1948, the Jewish baby was born and the national flag of the Israeli nation flew again over the land of Israel.
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. -- Dan 7:2 (KJV)
And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. -- Dan 7:3 (KJV)
The 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. -- Dan 7:4 (KJV)
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. -- Dan 7:5 (KJV)
The Big Three
From 1941 to 1945, United States President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin held various conferences in which they discussed their respective strategies in World War II. Their experiences helped them to formulate a plan to create an international peacekeeping organization with a goal of preventing future wars on the scale of World War II. In April 1945, representatives from 50 countries met in San Francisco to create the charter of the organization that would be called the United Nations.
United Nations
United Nations (UN), international organization of countries created to promote world peace and cooperation. The UN was founded after World War II ended in 1945. Its mission is to maintain world peace, develop good relations between countries, promote cooperation in solving the world’s problems, and encourage respect for human rights.
Like the League of Nations, the UN was founded to promote peace and prevent another world war. The UN recognized it would not be successful unless it had the ongoing support of the world’s most powerful countries. The organization took several steps to ensure that support.
To encourage continued U.S. involvement, the UN placed its headquarters in New York City.
To reassure the world’s most powerful countries that it would not threaten their sovereignty, the UN gave them veto authority over its most important actions. Five countries received this veto power: the United States, Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and China. (Russia inherited the Soviet Union’s veto after the breakup of that country in 1991.)
Another major strength of the UN, unlike the earlier League of Nations, is that virtually every territory in the world is a member, or a province, or a colony of a member. Switzerland is an exception, maintaining only an observer mission status, meaning it can participate in UN deliberations but cannot vote. Switzerland has considered becoming a full UN member. Over the years that nation’s voters have rejected two referendums suggesting Switzerland join. The Swiss apparently prefer to maintain their neutral observer status.
Some nonmember political entities, such as the Vatican City and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), also have permanent observer mission status at the UN.
Vatican is actually its own country having its own King
The United Nations is composed of six main administrative organs that direct the functions of a wide array of committees, agencies, and funds. Though the General Assembly supervises the work of the other five administrative organs, the Security Council is the most powerful branch of the United Nations. The Council makes final decisions on actions the United Nations should take and has the authority to approve or disapprove new members. While the Security Council has only 15 members, the General Assembly includes representatives from all the member nations. This chart shows the organization of the six organs and their subordinate committees, agencies, and funds.
(1) the General Assembly,
The General Assembly is made up of all 185 member countries, each with one vote.
The Security Council
(2) the Security Council,
The Security Council is the most powerful body in the UN. It is responsible for maintaining international peace, and for restoring peace when conflicts arise. Its decisions are binding on all UN members. The Security Council has the power to define what is a threat to security, to determine how the UN should respond, and to enforce its decisions by ordering UN members to take certain actions. For example, the Council may impose economic sanctions, such as halting trade with a country it considers an aggressor.
The
Council convenes any time there is a threat to peace. A representative from
each member country who sits on the Council must be available at all times so
that the Council can meet at a moment’s notice.
The Security Council also frequently meets at the request of a UN member—often a nation with a grievance about another nation’s actions.
The Security Council has 15 members;
five of which hold permanent seats.
The Assembly elects the other ten members for two-year terms.
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. -- Rev 17:12 (KJV)
Decisions of the Council require nine votes. But any one of the permanent members can veto an important decision. This authority is known as the veto right of the great powers. As a result, the Council is effective only when its permanent members can reach a consensus.
Important changes on the horizon??
Japan and Germany are powerful countries that pay large membership dues and make substantial contributions to the UN, yet they do not have permanent seats.
The UN is funded by dues paid by each of its members. Each country’s dues are based upon its wealth and ability to pay. The UN also requires countries to make financial contributions to its peacekeeping efforts. In addition, many countries make voluntary contributions to support various UN programs. The United States is the largest contributor to the UN, providing roughly 25 percent of the organization’s overall budget and about 31 percent of its peacekeeping budget.
(3) the Secretariat,
(4) the Economic and Social Council,
(5) the International Court of Justice, and
(6) the Trusteeship Council.
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and 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. 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.
Rev 13:1-2 (KJV)
The rising up of the first beast of John's revelation is accomplished in two separate stages. At first the seventh head must come into existence. We have no way of knowing how many years must pass until the rising up of the Antichrist himself, but we do know that when he rises he will assume control over this kingdom. The Antichrist himself will be the seventh head of John's beast, so we might say that this head has not yet been manifested, although the beast itself has already become manifested. The seventh head or king must be the Antichrist himself, as it is he himself, and not the United Kingdom of Nations, who must receive the mortal wound in his head. After he is in power for a short period of time, he will receive that mortal wound in his head, which suggests that he is probably to be assassinated. He will then rise up from the abyss and re-enter his mortal body, and it is then that Satan will give to this king his supernatural kingdom. The king's earthly authority will be joined with all of Satan's own supernatural power, thereby causing this king to rule over the entire earth. This kingdom is described as being an eighth or new head, while it is still perceived as being one of the original seven.
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.
Dan 7:8 (KJV)
It is obvious that this further revelation concerning the Antichrist or the "eighth head of the beast", is not revealed in Daniel's image, as there is no eleventh toe springing up out of his foot or little horn breaking forth upon his head. The ten horns do not really enter into power to rule as kings until after the eleventh horn rises up to take control of his kingdom. At that time, and probably not until, we will know and be able to identify exactly whom these ten horns represent. It is presently believed by most prophecy teachers that these ten horns are to correspond to the ten toes of the image. Although most see a revised Roman Empire in these ten toes and ten horns, it seems more probable that these ten horns may arise from out of the Muslim (clay feet) kingdom. There are a couple of interesting facts known about these ten later day kings.
First, they have had no kingdom until they enter into their kingdom and reign with the Antichrist, therefore they cannot be any kingdom that has ever existed before. That is to say that they cannot be Babylon, Greece, Rome, Assyria, Persia, etc.
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,
which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive
power as kings one hour with the beast. These have
one mind, and shall give their power and strength
unto the beast.
Rev 17:13 (KJV)
The second fact is that the Antichrist will divide the land, which is to say that he will re-draw the boundaries of the nations under his control. After he has re-drawn the boundary lines, he will set over these new sectors (kingdoms) those who he himself has specifically chosen, who are considered to be of one mind and one purpose. It is theoretically possible that the number ten could be a symbolic number indicating completeness and therefore does not literally indicate ten divisions, ten kings, or ten nations, however, we tend to believe that the number ten is to be taken literal. The dividing of the world into sectors does not necessarily mean that all nations will be renamed. The Antichrist will however rule over the entire earth.
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,
nor the desire of women, nor regard any god:
for he shall magnify himself above all. But in
his estate shall he honour the God of forces:
and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he
honour with gold, and silver, and with precious
stones, and pleasant things. Thus shall he do
in the most strong holds with a strange god,
whom he shall acknowledge and increase with
glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,
and shall divide the land for gain.
Dan 11:37-39 (KJV)
As we have already indicated, the sixth head or kingdom which consisted of the ten toes was a mixture of iron and clay or British and Muslim. Although Britain spoke words of flattery to the Jews, their true actions indicated that they were perhaps more supportive of the Muslim viewpoint then that of the Jews. This British overlord attempted to force the Jew and Muslim to live at peace in the new Palestine state together, attempting to unite the two people into one. As the scriptures declared however, although they mingled together or lived together as one people, they would never truly cleave to each other, even as the iron could never be expected to truly cleave to the clay. This most beautifully describes the attempt by Britain to force the Jew and Arab people to live peaceably together as one new nation.
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.
Dan 2:42 (KJV)
There is another especially interesting prophecy concerning a confederacy of ten nations who are purposely and deliberately set against Israel. It is possible that these ten might very well be the ten kings or horns who shall receive their kingdoms together with the Antichrist to rule for one hour with the beast. The devil has one main objective or force that propels and motivates him during his "last days" endeavors.
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto
the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought
forth the man child. And to the woman were given
two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the
wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a
time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the
serpent. And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as
a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be
carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman,
and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the
flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the
dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments
of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Rev 12:13-17 (KJV)
The Devil is against the Jewish people because it was these people who brought forth the son of God. And because of his intense hatred of the Jew, he cuts a covenant, forming an alliance or confederacy, for the purpose of stamping out the Jewish seed from the earth, once and for all. The Arab-Muslim hatred of the Jew is so powerful, that these ten kings shall willingly give their complete financial and military power and strength to the beast, to accomplish the extermination of the Jew. In return the Arab-Muslim confederacy shall gain their long sought-after prize, the holy city of Jerusalem, the third most holy place of the Muslim world and the very site which Mohammed is said to have ascended into heaven.
And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,
which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive
power as kings one hour with the beast. These have
one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto
the beast.
Rev 17:12-13 (KJV)
As we read the following prophecy concerning this Arab-Muslim confederacy, we will keep in mind that the ancient names by which these people are referred to appear to closely and unequivocally correspond to a certain people living today. A list of these ten then as indicated by biblical prophecy include: Edomites, Ishmaelites, Moabites, Hagarenes, Gebalites, Ammonites, Amalekites, Philistines (literally Palestinians), the people associated with the geographical land of Tyre, and the Asshurites (Assyrians or Northern Iraq). These are the peoples which surround the land of Israel and must correspond to a later day confederacy of Arab-Muslim nations in proximity to Israel. As the scripture suggests, they are bent upon the complete annihilation of the Jews. As the number ten also symbolizes completeness, it suggests that the Antichrist will be especially aligned with the Arab-Muslim armies and concerns during these last days.
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. -- Rev 13:2 (KJV)
Nebuchadnezzar 605-562 (2520 - 562 + 1 = 1957)
606 Bablyonian Captivity Begins (2520 - 606 + 1 = 1913)
605 Jerusalem besieged left Jehoiakim as King (2520 - 606 + 1 = 1914)
598 Jerusalem besieged a second time and Jehoiachin carried away
(2520 - 598 + 1 = 1921)
with all the mighty ones
587 temple was burned down (2520 - 587 + 1 = 1932)
569 - 562 7 years insainity (he then died in 561)
(2520 - 569 + 1 = 1950)
(2520 - 562 + 1 = 1957)
Proclamation 562 the year he recovered from insanity
Amel Marduk 562-560
Nergal-shar-usur 560-556
Nabonidus and his son Belshazzar 556-539 (2520 - 556 + 1 = 1963)
539 - Cyrus The Pesian (2520 - 539 + 1 = 1980)
538 Babylon is conquered (2520 - 538 + 1 = 1981)
1979 Saddam Hussein officially became president of Iraq
536 Cyrus ends the captivity (2520 - 536 + 1 = 1983)
resurrected
First judgement began with Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian Captivity (606 B.C.)
According to prophecy, the final Babylonian kingdom would be postponed to allow for the seven more times to pass over
Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. -- Dan 4:10 (KJV)
The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: -- Dan 4:11 (KJV)
The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. -- Dan 4:12 (KJV)
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; -- Dan 4:13 (KJV)
He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: -- Dan 4:14 (KJV)
Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: -- Dan 4:15 (KJV)
Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him: and let seven times pass over him. -- Dan 4:16 (KJV)
This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. -- Dan 4:17 (KJV)
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee. -- Dan 4:18 (KJV)
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. -- Dan 4:19 (KJV)
The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; -- Dan 4:20 (KJV)
Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: -- Dan 4:21 (KJV)
It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. -- Dan 4:22 (KJV)
And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him; -- Dan 4:23 (KJV)
This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: -- Dan 4:24 (KJV)
That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. -- Dan 4:25 (KJV)
And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. -- Dan 4:26 (KJV)
The great god, once stripped of his power and cut down almost to the ground will one day spring back to life. Here we see the great serpent being the symbol of resurrection as is all to common with the image of Aesculapius who is generally represented with a stick or branch of a tree at his side having a serpent twining around it. The tree is to once again sprout back to new life. It is very common throughout the myths of the world and their religions.
Brass and Iron = Greece and Rome = East and West Empires
2, 520 years decreed
Nebuchadnezzar begins his reign in 605 B.C. and the Bablyonian Captivity Begins around 606 B.C.
539 - Cyrus The Pesian takes the throne and in 538 Babylon is conquered
Babylonian kingdom would be postponed to allow for the seven more times to pass over
539 - Cyrus The Pesian