We are continuing our
study, which had its basis in Daniel 2 and 7, in the last post. If you’ll
recall, they were two examples of the same prophecy – the four world kingdoms
and their order of succession. In chapter 2 of Daniel, the kingdoms were
assigned metallic equivalents to show their financial worth and in chapter 7,
they were assigned beastly characteristics to help us identify them elsewhere
(i.e. prophecy and history).
Now let us examine the
next three factual statements that I promised to make.
1.
In the book of Daniel 7, you find that
the last beast that was terrible had ten horns, which were interpreted by the
angel, as being ten kings. Then from among those ten horns came up another little horn that had the eyes and
mouth of a man and spoke blasphemous words against the God of heaven.
2.
After this little horn came up, three of
the other horns or kingdoms were taken away. This little horn also fought
against the “saints/godly believers” and subdued them for a while. Also, he
would “think” or “attempt” to change “times and laws”. These “times” deal with
how time is reckoned or accepted (i.e. sunset to sunset or midnight to midnight
for a day). The laws have to do with how one views or understands God’s 10
Commandments. He could only “think or attempt” to change what God has done,
because NO ONE can actually do it. However, he could cause humans to view it
differently from how God ordained it from the beginning. The current canons of
the Roman Catholic Church (Canon 202 §1) define a day as beginning at
midnight[6] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbath_in_Christianity
- reference)
3.
The three kings or kingdoms that were
uprooted, after the little horn arose were the kingdoms of the Heruli,
Ostrogoth and the Vandals.
If you would care to do
so, I would encourage you to investigate these three kingdoms, to see what you
uncover. I’m sure that you’ll find it fascinating, as did I.
Alright, until next
time; we will look at the last two of these insightful statements; bye.
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