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God showed John, in a vision, a symbolic Beast that represents
the endtime kingdom that will be ruled by the Antichrist. John
says in Rev.13:1-2, "I saw a Beast rise up out of the sea (peoples
and nations) having 7 heads, and 10 horns. And the Beast that
I saw was like a leopard, but it had the feet of a bear and the
mouth of a lion: and the dragon (Satan) gave him his power,
and his seat, and great authority." So this one Beast that John
saw was made up of the three Beasts that represented the old
Alexandrien empire that included all of the middle east.
Revelation chp.13, and Daniel chp.7 are two earthly and heavenly
dramas that are intermingled with each other in God's prophecy.
The above paragraph is what God showed John. Now we go back
in time 600 years, where God showed Daniel a vision of the same
3 Beasts plus a 4th Beast (the only Beast that John saw), but it
was made up of the 3 that Daniel saw.
Dan. 7:3,4,5,6,7 __God shows Daniel a vision of 4 great Beasts
coming up out of the sea (nations and peoples). The 1st Beast
was like a lion (ancient Babylon). The 2nd Beast was like a bear
(Persia & Media). The 3rd Beast was like a leopard (Greece).
And the 4th Beast was terrible, and it had 10 horns.
God showed Daniel 4 Beasts (representing kingdoms),then 600
yrs. later, He showed John that 3 of the Beasts (past kingdoms)
would become the 4th Beast (endtime AC kingdom), that John
describes in Rev.13:1-2. In other words, (to be a bit redundant),
God showed to Daniel, a lion, a bear, a leopard, and a 4th
terrible Beast. And 600 years later He showed John only one
Beast (the 4th) that was composed of parts of a lion, a bear,
and a leopard, meaning that this last endtime kingdom (the 4th)
would rise out of the first 3 that are now past history to John,
therefore, no need to show him. However, it was necessary to
show Daniel all 4, because 1 was present and 3 were future.
The four kingdoms represented by the 4 symbolic beasts, that
God showed to Daniel in 555 B.C......(Dan.7:3):
Dan.7:4...................Dan.7:5..................Dan.7:6........................Dan.7:7
1st............ .........2nd................... 3rd........................4th
lion..................bear...............leopard..............terrible
ancient.............Media &..........Alexanders..........beast with
Babylon............Persia..............empire.................7 heads and
Iraq.................Iran................Greece................10 horns
Below is the symbolic beast God showed John 600 years later,
and this single beast is made from the first 3 beasts shown in the
above, but not the 4th...This beast is the 4th! See Rev.13:1-2.
mouth of.........feet of.............looked like...........and becomes the
a lion 1st.......a bear 2nd.......a leopard 3rd.......terrible beast 4th
Babylon..........Media &.........symbolic for..........with 7 heads and
kingdom.........Persia.............Alexander's..........10 horns, Daniel
Iraq...............Iran.............Greek empire......saw 600 yrs before
The 3 ancient kingdoms (above) will be welded together by the
antichrist (and devils), into one terrible "beast" empire, ruled
by the A.C., empowered by the dragon (Satan), centered in the
middle east, and will control the world in last half of tribulation.
Rome is not mentioned or seen in any of the visions, and to say
that Rome is going to be revised and become the endtime A.C.
4th kingdom, is an assumption. If this were true a symbolic beast
would have been used by God, to represent Rome in the vision.
God showed Daniel another vision of these same kingdoms, this
time using different symbolic animals. (Dan.8:20-21),God showed
him a ram with two horns, and told him the horns are the kings
of Media & Persia (Iran). Then God showed him a goat with one
horn, and said the horn is the king of Greece (Alexander). Then
Dan.8:8-9, states (in so many words) that out of his (Alexander's)
combined ancient empire (most of middle east) would come forth
a little horn (antichrist), and Rome was never in Alexander's old
empire. Again Rome is not mentioned, only Persia and Greece.
To clearify some of the above, Daniel 8:8, describes a goat that in
Dan.8:5 has one horn (Alexander). And now in Dan.8:6 this goat
with one horn runs into the ram that has two horns (kings of
Media/Persia). God was showing Daniel that Alexander's army
would conquer the Media/Persian empire, and then in Dan.8:8
Alexander would become great (the great Alexandrian empire)
and then die. And in his place four horns (his top four generals)
would rise up and divide his empire into four parts, and Dan.8:9
out of one of these parts would arise a little horn (antichrist).
Now, neither Rome or Europe was ever in this empire. So how
can most people say that the antichrist comes out of a "Revived
Roman Empire" or somehow connecting Europe to this empire?
The Image that represents the four kingdoms------------>
(Read the article on the right, above and below the Image).
Ancient medical books show legs to be from the knee to the feet.
See that the brass (Alexandrian empire) color is from the chest to
the knees, so the thighs (upper legs) are part of the (brass)
Alexandrian empire, not the east and west division of Rome, but
instead the north and south division of the Greek empire. After
the death of Alexander, his four generals broke his empire into
four parts, and history tells us that these four generals fought each
other until there were only two left. So they divided Alexander's
empire into two parts, north and south kingdoms. So we get the
expression 'king of the north' and 'king of the south' (Dan.11:5,6).
Seleucus was "king of the north," and his descendants ruled the
vast area of the entire middle east from Greece to India. Ptolemy
was "king of the south," his descendants ruled Egypt, Sudan and
Libya until 31 B.C., when taken by the Romans.
Image: So the two thighs represent the north and south split of a
revived Alexandrian Empire, not a revived Roman Empire. And
the Knees to the feet, represent times of the gentiles, Rome and
all of the great world powers, until the 4th endtime beast kingdom
that is represented by the feet with 10 toes (10 kings, rulers).
And the feet and toes are part iron (demons), and part clay
(men), and in the days of these kings (10 toes) God will set up a
kingdom, which shall never be destroyed (Dan.2:39-45). Now in
Daniel chp.11, the Antichrist in the first half of the tribulation re-
conquers this old Alexanderian Empire including Israel; not the
big deal of Russia coming against Israel now or soon.
Russia is not Gog (Eze. chp. 38 & 39) as we are told. Russia's
people are the people of the north, but not the kingdom of the
north. In Ezekiel's and Daniel's time Russian territory was
inhabited by unorganized barbarians and was not recognized by
God or man as a kingdom. In Dan. 2:39 God says Brass (Greece)
would rule "all the earth" (known kingdoms of that time). "King
of the north" was and will be again "north of Israel" but not to the
north pole, which Russia almost reaches. The Alexandrian empire
(the Arab and Persian world) after the Antichrist reorganizes it,
will be much stronger than the European Common Market.
Lets review all of the above and see if we can find Rome (or the so
called revived Roman empire) in any of the visions or dreams God
showed to Daniel or John, that concerns the four kingdoms:
A. Rev.13:1-2, God showed John the 3 kingdoms that the endtime
beast 4th kingdom would rise out of: 1. Like a leopard-Greece.
2. Feet of a bear-Persia. 3. Mouth of a lion-Babylon. No Rome ?
B. Dan.7:3-7, God showed Daniel all four kingdoms: 1. Like a lion-
Babylon. 2. Like a bear-Persia. 3. Like a leopard-Greece. 4. God did
not use a particular animal, Daniel described it as dreadful and
terrible, strong, great iron teeth and different from the first three
beasts, it had 10 horns. This is the 4th endtime beast kingdom,
the feet (with 10 toes) of the image. No mention of Rome ?
C. Dan.8:20-21, God showed Daniel, 1. Ram with 2 horns-Persia.
2. Goat with one horn-Greece. No mention of Rome ?
D. Dan.2:32, and Dan.2:38-42, Daniel interprets the image:
1. Head of gold-Babylon. 2. Chest of silver-Persia. 3. Belly & thighs
of brass-Greece. 4. And the 4th kingdom shall be strong as iron. I
believe this is in reference to Dan.2:41-44, where its talking about
the 4th kingdom represented by the feet and 10 toes, iron and
clay. Again no mention of Rome. ?
The Bible does not say that the Antichrist rises out of Rome, or
the so called revised Roman empire or Europe. Its always the old
Alexandrian empire that God has frozen in time that the antichrist
will rise out of (the middle east). However, Rome is the personifi-
cation of the Babylonish woman (false religion) that rides into the
last half of the tribulation on the Beast (Antichrist) system; see
the link at the end of this post.
Another reference to this Greek Empire is in Dan.7:19, "Then I
would know the truth of the fourth beast (empire), which was
different...dreadful...teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass..."
The 4th beast (kingdom) had nails (claws) of brass, which is
symbolic for Greece in the image. Then Dan.7:20 goes on to say
that this 4th kingdom beast (not only had nails of brass) also had
10 horns and another horn that came up later from this Beast
will be the Antichrist. This very clearly states that the Antichrist
comes out of Alexander's Empire. Rome or the revised Roman
Empire, or Europe was never in any part of Alexander's Empire.
Now, getting back to Rev.13:1-18. The endtime beast with seven
heads and 10 horns, seen by John (Rev.13:1:1) is a geographically
located land area (middle east), and will be the terrible beast
kingdom, which at a specific time will have 7 heads (kings, rulers)
in the first 3 1/2 years, and 10 horns (potential kings), during the
last 3 1/2 years of the great tribulation (Rev.17:10). The 7 kings/
rulers are not devil's but are devil influenced. When we put it all
together, the Antchrist kingdom on earth, not counting the dragon
(Satan), has 19 rulers: Antichrist, False Prophet, 7 heads and 10
horns (kings or rulers).
To analize the above, with the use of Rev.17:10-12, "There are
7 heads (kings)" and 10 horns and an 8th head who is added to
this group of kings, 5 are fallen, one is and one is yet to come,
which makes 7. Then an 8th (antichrist) who is one of a group of
8 kings, not one of the 7, but of the same group of kings. So we see
the political beast has grown another head (antichrist) when he
starts to rule at the beginning of the last half, after the 7th head
was through ruling. Where did the 8th head come from? He is the
little horn (A.C.) of Dan.8:9-11 who is no more a little horn, who at
that time, the beginning of the last half of the tribulation, becomes
the 8th head and ruler of the world, after the 7 are gone at the
end of the first half.
At the beginning of the second half, this unholy system will consist
of Satan (talking image) and his 12 fallen angels (unholy disciples):
Antichrist, False Prophet and the 10 horns (devils in the flesh);
....an imitation of.... Jesus and His 12 disciples.
It is clear that the Antichrist's number is "666", but we must not
speculate now, just wait for developments (Rev.13:17-18).
In the English Standard Version, Rev.13:17, seems to infer there
are two different types of marks put on people. But for a better
translation the KJV is always the most accurate. In the KJV this
same verse (Rev.13:17 KJV) reads:
"And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,
_or_ the name of the beast, _or_ the number of his name."
The KJV seems to infer that there are three different types of
marks, perhaps to show rank, such as rulers, police, or the public.
See: The Woman on the Scarlet Beast... Click on image--------->
Questions? Roger lassenview@gmail.com ...... See maps below:
Ancient Alexandrian Empire, 336-323 BC
