Daniel's 4th Kingdom (Part 2)

** Please read part 1 first **
Sorry it has taken so long to get part 2 up and running!



REVIEW

We should take a minute to review the conclusions from part 1:
1. 4th Kingdom is represented by the legs of iron on Nebuchadnezzar’s statue


2. Antichrist (AC) kingdom is represented by the feet of iron and clay, and is the 4th kingdom as it exists at the second coming. It is not seen as a completely different fifth kingdom.


3. The 4th kingdom and the AC kingdom must encompass the lands of the previous kingdoms (Babylon, Persia, Greece)


4. The second coming of Jesus smashes all of the empires by striking the feet (AC kingdom).
Head = Babylon

Chest & Arms = Medo-Persia

Belly & Thighs = Greece

Legs = 4th kingdom

Feet = 4th kingdom at the time of the second coming (under AC control)

We can now look at the 4th beast of Daniel 7 to see the similarities and additional “clues”.

TIME TO FOCUS

Daniel 7
7 "After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns.
We can see above that this beast parallels the legs and feet of Nebuchadnezzar’s statue. The teeth are of iron (legs of iron on statue), and the beast had 10 horns (10 toes of the statue). We should also note that it was different from the other beasts. So, something about this beast makes it different from the empires before it.



(Just pretend there are 10 horns)

8 "While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth that spoke boastfully.
This section above refers to the antichrist, which we will further explore later. This is important to note here, because it shows the relationship between the 10 horns of the beast/empire and the antichrist.

15 "I, Daniel, was troubled in spirit, and the visions that passed through my mind disturbed me. 16 I approached one of those standing there and asked him the true meaning of all this… 23 "He gave me this explanation: 'The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it. 24 The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom.
This beast was so terrible that Daniel was “troubled in spirit”. This is a man who has seen A LOT in his time, so it must be SERIOUS.
Also note that the 10 horns = 10 Kings.

After them another king will arise, different from the earlier ones; he will subdue three kings. 25 He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to change the set times and the laws. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time.
This is another reference to the antichrist. He will subdue 3 of the 10 horns (kings). We also have the time reference of “time, times and half a time”. This equates to 3.5 years, and describes the second half of the “tribulation”.

26 " 'But the court will sit, and his power will be taken away and completely destroyed forever. 27 Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be handed over to the saints, the people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.'
This parallels the “rock” that destroys the statue. It is another reference to the kingdom that will be established after Jesus’ second coming.

CONCLUSION

1. This 4th beast prior to the time of the antichrist, is the same as the legs of iron shown in the statue.

2. The 4th kingdom as it exists under the antichrist, is the same as the feet shown in the statue.

3. The 4th kingdom as it exists under the antichrist, will have 10 kings aligned with it. (10 toes = 10 horns)

4. This 4th kingdom is different than the other three kingdoms.


In part 3, we will put all the clues together and name the 4th kingdom.
I plan to get it posted soon!!