01/24/22
The Scriptures declare that a “fourth kingdom” is coming:
(Daniel 7:23 KJ) 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.
The Scriptures also declare that this fourth Kingdom will be part supernatural (iron) and part man (clay).
(Dan 2:43 KJ) And 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.
…”they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men:”
You will remember that back in (Gen 6 KJ) the fallen angels decided to incorporate themselves into humanity. They took wives and produced giant offspring. This also happened after Noah's flood (see: David and Goliath/ 1 Sam 17; and Numbers 13 for e.g.) And the Lord Jesus Christ said that it would be like the days of Noe (i.e., Noah) again when He returns:
(Matt 24:37 KJ) But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Just as a parenthetical here: The Fourth Kingdom is coming and that is why we are seeing the mass insanity in our world now. That “strong delusion” (2 Thess 2:10,11 KJ) that God is going to send upon those who “received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.”…appears to have already begun.
Jesus Christ is the truth
(John 14:6 KJ) Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
In the book of Daniel, chapters 2,7 and 8, God's Word gives us the future hundreds of years in advance. And the prophetical advance warning of what is soon coming to our world is more than slightly alarming. Starting in (Dan 2 KJ), the Scriptures give us what transpired between some Jewish captives in the worldwide kingdom of Babylon and the King (Nebuchadnezzar) of Babylon.
God had given King Nebuchadnezzar a dream of successive world kingdoms that would follow his kingdom of Babylon. But Nebuchadnezzar wanted his wise men to, not only tell him what his dream was, but also the interpretation of it. None of his wise men could do that. But the captive Daniel who had prayed to God, along with his 3 friends who were also captives in Babylon, Hanniah, Mishael and Azariah, was given the dream and its interpretation, by God (Dan 2:19 KJ). Daniel then revealed the dream and its interpretation to King Nebuchadnezzar.
The dream was of a “great image” of a man:
(Daniel 2:32 KJ) This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
(Daniel 2:33 KJ) His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
Daniel relays to the King that he, King Nebuchadnezzar, was the head of gold. And that after the kingdom of Babylon would come another inferior kingdom of silver, then another of brass. Then Daniel leaps all the way down to the end of days, to the “latter days” (Dan 2:28 KJ), to another kingdom, the Fourth Kingdom.
…Rome is not the Fourth Kingdom. Rome does follow the third kingdom of Greece in history, but it is not the Fourth Kingdom where God's Word is concerned. There are many kingdoms in history after the third kingdom, but God calls the Fourth Kingdom, which comes in the latter days, the one that brings the:
ANTI-CHRIST
In (Daniel 2 KJ) the first three kingdoms are:
Babylon
Medes/Persians
Greece
Then Daniel skips over all of world history and over more than two thousand years to the “latter days,”…to our days, to the:
FOURTH KINGDOM
All 3 chapters of (Dan 2, 7 and 8 KJ) refer to what it says is coming, concerning successive world empires, as being about what happens in the LATTER DAYS (Dan 2:28; 7:17f.f; 8:17,19,23 KJ).
Daniel goes on to give King Nebuchadnezzar some information about the Fourth Kingdom, that kingdom that comes in the latter days:
It will be “strong as iron” that “breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things:”…and it will “break in pieces and bruise.” (Dan 2:40 KJ)
The feet and toes will be “part of potters clay, and part of iron,”…the kingdom will be “divided":” but the Fourth Kingdom will have the “strength of iron,” be “partly strong and partly broken.” (Dan 2:41,42 KJ).
The IRON = the Supernatural (Satan and his fallen angels) possessing/ incorporating themselves, again (Gen 6 KJ), into Man (CLAY):
(Daniel 2:43 KJ) And 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.
The “THEY” that “shall mingle themselves with the seed of men:” are not human beings. The “they” are the IRON/SUPERNATURAL/FALLEN ANGELS incorporating themselves into mankind (CLAY), just as they did in (Gen 6 KJ), “and also after that,” (Gen 6:4 KJ), i.e., there were fallen angels indwelling (possessing) mankind prior to the flood and also after the flood. Likewise, shall it be so in the soon coming of the:
FOURTH KINGDOM
Note something very important. Notice that when Daniel interprets the dream to the king, he first gives this order:
Gold
Silver
Brass
Part Iron, Part Clay
But watch how he changes the order to what will happen when KING Jesus Christ, i.e., (“the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands,”) returns to earth to break in pieces the kingdoms on the earth:
(Daniel 2:45 KJ) Forasmuch 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.
Note where the “brass” (3rd kingdom - Greece) is now located. Daniel starts this time at the Fourth Kingdom and goes backwards:
Iron - BRASS - clay
Silver
Gold
Remember how that the Fourth Kingdom will be part IRON (supernatural) and CLAY (man)? The “man,” i.e , the
MAN OF SIN
Iron - GREECE- Clay
… will have something to do with GREECE. And the Scriptures tell us exactly what that is……
The Scriptures speak about Alexander the Great the King of the third kingdom of Greece; he is called the “notable horn” of the “he goat,” i.e., Greece/3rd kingdom, (Dan 8: 5 KJ), and Alexander is also called the “great horn” (Dan 8:8 KJ). Alexander, the king of the third kingdom (brass) defeats the 2nd kingdom of the Medes and Persians (silver).
But what follows the death of Alexander is very important concerning the Fourth Kingdom.
When Alexander the Great dies, he leaves his kingdom (i.e., the third kingdom - Greece) to the strong. And the strong are his 4 generals who divide up the Greek empire into 4 kingdoms.
And guess who comes out of one of the four locations that Alexander’s 4 generals ruled?
ANTI-CHRIST
(Daniel 8:8 KJ) Therefore 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 8:9 KJ) 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.
…”And out of one of them came forth a little horn,”
The “little horn” is the Anti-Christ. The 10 horns of the Fourth Kingdom rise first, then the little horn rises among the 10 horns and subdues 3 of the 10 horns.
Remember, these passages that we are discussing all show that they are specifically dealing with what will happen at the very end, when the Fourth Kingdom will appear, and when KING Jesus Christ comes back to destroy the kingdoms of the earth by His destroying the Fourth Kingdom.
Note, timewise, how the angel Gabriel speaks to Daniel, concerning Alexander defeating the Medes/Persians, his 4 generals dividing his Greek kingdom into 4 places to be ruled by those same 4 generals, and of the (King-Anti-Christ/Fourth Kingdom) rising from one of those 4 locations the 4 generals rule:
..”at the time of the end shall be the vision” (Dan 8:17 KJ)
..”what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.” (19)
The “their kingdom” below are the 4 Generals who divided the Greek empire into 4 kingdoms after Alexanders death:
..”And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full,” (23)
Note: “And in the latter time of their kingdom,”
The Scriptures declare the third kingdom of Greece, (is the Word yall), that Alexander’s 4 generals divided amongst themselves, as having continued on through history.
..”And in the LATTER TIME of their kingdom”….
And what happens in the “latter time” of their kingdom, is that:
A king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.”
Thus far in (Dan 2 KJ):
Babylon
Medes/Persians
Greece
F O U R T H K I N G D O M
In (Dan 8 KJ):
Medes/Persians
Greece defeats the Medes/Persians
IN THE “LATTER TIME” OF THE THIRD KINGDOM OF GREECE, THAT ALEXANDERS 4 GENERALS DIVIDED AMONGST THEMSELVES AFTER HE DIED, THE KING OF THE FOURTH KINGDOM (i.e., THE ANTI-CHRIST) STANDS UP
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THE FOURTH KINGDOM WILL BE ONE OF THE FOUR AREAS THAT THE 4 GENERALS OF ALEXANDER RULED FOLLOWING ALEXANDERS DEATH.
THE (ANTI-CHRIST/KING/LITTLE HORN) WILL ALSO RISE FROM WITHIN THIS KINGDOM, KNOWN AS:
THE FOURTH KINGDOM
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The anti-Christ, that comes from one of the 4 parts of the Grecian Kingdom that Alexanders 4 generals divided amongst themselves, his Fourth Kingdom has “10 horns”…i.e., 10 kings ruling an area within the kingdom; and he will rise among the ten and subdue 3 horns (i.e., kings).
(Daniel 7:7 KJ) 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.
The Fourth Kingdom is Satan's Kingdom; he also has those “10 horns”:
(Revelation 12:3 KJ) And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
The Anti-Christ/ King of the Fourth Kingdom/ Man of sin/ the Beast that rises out of the “sea” (i.e., from the nations/Gentiles - Rev 13:1 KJ), the one that gets his power from the Dragon/Satan (Dan 8:24; Rev 13:4 KJ) etc, also has those “10 horns”:
(Revelation 13:1 KJ) 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.
3 of the 10 horns (i.e., 3 Kings) within the Fourth Kingdom, will resist the satanic policy of evil. The Anti-Christ, who will rise “among” the ten kings, after they rise, will subdue those 3 kings:
(Daniel 7:24 KJ) 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.
How is the Anti-Christ able to “subdue” all things? Satan (supernatural/iron) gives him (Man of sin/clay) his power - (Dan 8:24; Rev 13:4 KJ).
As we have seen, the Fourth Kingdom is part “iron” (supernatural), and part “clay” (man) ….and the power of the iron is that which “subdueth all things. Note: “subdueth”
(Daniel 2:40 KJ) And 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.
The Fourth Kingdom will be dreadful. Note the “great iron teeth”:
(Daniel 7:7 KJ) 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.
The king (Anti-Christ) will “destroy wonderfully”….he will “destroy the mighty and the Holy people”…and “by peace shall destroy many:” (Dan 8: 24,25 KJ).
The Lord Jesus said of Satan:
(John 10:10 KJ) The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Daniel chapter 2 gave us the first look prophetically at the succession of world kingdoms that would precede the Fourth Kingdom:
Babylon
Medes/Persians
Greece
Fourth Kingdom
Daniel chapter 8 revisited Daniel chapter 2; however, in its rendition of the succession of world kingdoms leading to the last days kingdom of the Fourth Kingdom, it starts with the 2nd kingdom of the Medes/Persians and then it discusses Greece, the 3rd kingdom, and its “notable horn” Alexander the Great, who defeats the 2nd kingdom of the Medes/Persians, and then it discusses the King/Anti-Christ who comes forth OUT OF one of the areas that 4 of Alexanders generals divided his kingdom into following his death.
In Daniel 7, the Scriptures give us another pre-view, a prophetical picture of a succession of world kings, that precede the dreadful Fourth Kingdom. But this time, it starts with kingdoms much closer in history to when the Fourth Kingdom begins. Scripturally, the “sea” is the nations:
(Daniel 7:3 KJ) And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
(Daniel 7:4 KJ) 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.
Do you know of an empire lasting some four hundred years known as a “lion” that had an “eagle” leave it? It was said that the sun never sat upon its flag….that is, until it was humbled.
(Daniel 7:5 KJ) 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.
Anything with a kingdom known as the “bear” that devoured “much flesh”…say, millions and millions under communism, sound familiar here?
(Daniel 7:6 KJ) 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.
Greece was the third kingdom in Daniel 2 and in Daniel 8. Recall that the Anti-Christ, the King of the Fourth Kingdom, comes forth OUT OF (Dan 8:8,9 KJ) one of the 4 areas that the 4 generals under Alexander the Great divided the 3rd kingdom of Greece into following Alexanders death. Recall also, that the Greek kingdom, as far as God is concerned, has continued, after a fashion, from when it started till, the “latter time” of their kingdom,…..when the Anti-Christ rises from one of the 4 ruled areas of the Grecian kingdom. Also, in (Rev 13:2 KJ), the first description of the Anti-Christ is that he “was like a Leopard,”…i.e., the national animal name for the Greek kingdom (Dan 7:6 KJ).
AND AT THE END IS WHEN THE FOURTH KINGDOM BEGINS:
It is Satan's Kingdom
It SHALL DEVOUR THE WHOLE EARTH
It has great iron teeth, it devours and brakes in pieces, it is dreadful and terrible, it stamps the residue with the feet of it, it was “diverse” (that word the world loves so much today) from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
It's King is the Man of Sin, the Anti-Christ, whose power shall be mighty
Satan will give His king his power
The King, by peace, shall destroy many
The good news »»»
KING JESUS CHRIST COMES BACK AND DESTROYS THE FOURTH KINGDOM AND ALL UNBELIEVERS…
Daniel said this……and this is the goal of all Scriptural prophecy:
(Daniel 7:13 KJ) I 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.
(Daniel 7:14 KJ) And 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.
(Revelation 22:21 KJ) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.