DOES THE BIBLE REVEAL THE END-TIME NATIONS INVOLVED IN W.W.3?
(Part One)
INTRODUCTION:
The seventh chapter of Daniel reveals an end-time prophetic vision that was
given to the Prophet Daniel as a warning of things to come upon planet
earth. Daniel saw four
“great beasts” that came up
apparently from the sea of end-time humanity.
They were described as:
A LION whose eagle’s
wings were plucked off. (vs.4)
A BEAR that was awakening from hibernation and was very hungry. (vs. 5)
A LEOPARD that had four
wings of a fowl.
(vs. 6)
A DREADFUL and
STRONG BEAST with ten horns that had iron teeth and devoured and
broke into pieces everything that stood in its path.
(vs. 7)
Daniel was “GRIEVED” in
his spirit and very “TROUBLED”
by this vision that came from Heaven.
(vs. 15) This vision
was totally different than any of the visions he had previously seen and
recorded in the book by his name.
Daniel was so perplexed as to the meaning of the vision that an angel had to
give him the interpretation and told him –
“These great beasts, which are four,
are four kings, who shall arise out of the earth.”
(vs. 17)
When Daniel received this vision, Babylon already existed . . . this vision
was of four kings and their kingdoms which
“shall arise
out of the earth.”
These beasts depicted FUTURE KINGDOMS that were yet to
come . . . apparently not a repeat of Daniel’s previous visions about
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome.
WHEN will these beastly kingdoms exist?
Daniel chapter 7 is very specific in telling us when these kingdoms will
exercise dominion over the earth . . . the time of the end . . . the time
when the King of Glory will once again return to earth.
Daniel 7:9-14 presents a wonderful and majestic description of the
“Ancient of Days” and the
“Son of Man” Who will come
“with the clouds of heaven” . . .
“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.”
It is noteworthy that this description of the coming kingdom of our Lord
Jesus Christ is presented in the same text as the descriptions of the four
end-time beasts. It should also
be noted that Jesus Himself, will destroy the final beast . . .
“I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and given
to the burning flame. As for
the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away, yet their lives
were prolonged for a season and time.”
Daniel 7:11-12
The four beast described by Daniel are END-TIME KINGDOMS . . . this is not a
parallel presentation of the ancient kingdoms of Babylon, Medo-Persia,
Greece, and Rome. These four
beasts will exist during the time of Jesus’ return in power and great glory!
WHO were these end-time beasts?
There are no other scriptural references that refer to Babylon as a lion,
Medo-Persia as a bear, nor Greece as a leopard, although it should be
observed that the army of Alexander the Great, like a leopard, did move with
remarkable speed in defeating other armies and conquering lands.
Daniel was greatly perplexed about who the different beasts represented . .
. and these were all future kingdoms so the lion could not be referring to
Babylon. It should also be
noted that Daniel was instructed to
“seal up” the prophecy until the time of the end.
Daniel’s prophetic words would not be thoroughly understood until
“the time of the end.”
“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time
of the end . . . “ Daniel 12:4
“And He said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed
till the time of the end.”
Daniel 12:9
Daniel also declared that the first three kingdoms, the lion, the bear, and
the leopard, would all continue to live after the destruction of the fourth
beast (the destruction of Anti-Christ at the coming of the Lord Jesus
Christ:
“I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and given
to the burning flame . . . as for the rest of the beasts, they had their
dominion taken away, yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.”
The prolonging of the first three beasts for a short period of time cannot
possibly be referring to ancient Babylon, Medo-Persia, nor Greece.
The four beasts of Daniel chapter 7 symbolize kings and kingdoms as
we would recognize them today, the time of the end (in the time when the
Lord shall descend from Heaven).
They are NOT kingdoms of the ancient past:
The LION whose eagle’s wings were plucked off:
It is common knowledge that Great Britain (often referred to as the
United Kingdom) has had the official symbol of the lion since the days of
King Richard the Lionheart in the 12the century.
The fascinating thing is the lion had
“eagle’s wings” that were
“plucked off.”
This could be in reference to the American revolution when the lion
began to lose it’s grip upon it’s world-wide kingdom.
Before the revolutionary war, it was boasted that the sun never set
upon the British Empire.
Daniel went on to explain that the lion was made to
“stand upon the feet as a man; and a
man’s heart was given to it.”
The world-wide predator-like dominion of the British Kingdom is no more!
The lion that once devoured the nations of the world is no longer a
ferocious beast but has been given the heart of a mere man.
It is also fascinating that the words of Daniel’s prophecy speak of the
“eagle’s wings” being plucked
from the lion . . . is this referring to the end-time nation whose national
insignia is an eagle?
The BEAR that was awakening from hibernation and was very
hungry:
All of us have heard of the Russian bear.
Daniel pictured the bear lying down, apparently arousing from
hibernation. It should be
remembered that before it’s demise, the Soviet Union had THREE votes in the
United Nations . . . Russia, Belorussia, and Ukraine.
This was mentioned in Daniel’s prophecy as the bear
“raised up itself on one side, and it
had three ribs in the mouth of it between its teeth.”
With Perestroika, the Soviet Union supposedly died . . . but the fact
is, the kingdom was not destroyed but in hibernation!
It would appear that the bear is now very hungry and is once again
devouring much flesh as we have witnessed the military invasion of both
Ukraine and Syria. The bear of
the north is not dead!
The LEOPARD that had four wings of a fowl:
It is interesting that the leopard is the unofficial symbol of Germany . . .
and that one of the world’s foremost armored weapons is the German tank
named the “Leopard.”
Germany has been the dominant power of Europe for the past one hundred years despite the fact that she has lost four wars during the past century. The Third Kingdom (Third Reich) fell with the defeat of Hitler at the end of WW2. The four heads on the leopard probably refer to the number of kingdoms that have been associated with Germany including the fourth kingdom which is now ruling.
What about the “four wings of a fowl”
as depicted by Daniel? The
other dominating power of Europe is France . . . and it should be observed
that the national symbol of France is the cock rooster . . . a feisty and
fighting fowl! Today, the
European Union is controlled by the alliance of the leopard and fowl . . .
Germany and France.
“The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be
diverse (different) from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and
shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.”
Daniel 7:23
We are told by Daniel, that the horns referred to ten kings and their
kingdoms:
“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.”
Daniel 7:24
Earlier in this prophecy, Daniel had revealed an amazing and terrifying
prophecy about these “horns” or
kings and their kingdoms:
“I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another
little horn, before which 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.”
Daniel 7:8
Twenty five hundred years ago, the Lord issued a prophetic warning to
mankind that there would come a day in which the world will be conquered by
a “beast” and it will be divided
into ten regions or kingdoms.
Then, a powerful leader shall emerge who shall subdue or
“pluck up” three kingdoms
“by their roots.”
Three of the great kingdoms will be destroyed . . .
“plucked up” just like we would
pluck up weeds from our gardens! Is
this suggesting a time of horrific warfare in which three of the kingdoms of
the world will be “plucked up by the
roots” and totally destroyed?
Is this a prophecy of World War 3?
This should cause us ask several questions and search diligently for the
answers:
WHO are the kings and their kingdoms that will be destroyed?
HOW will the earth be conquered and controlled by a unified government?
A WORLD-WIDE GOVERNMENT WITH TEN KINGDOMS:
Most people are not aware that the formation of a one-world government ruled
by ten regions is already on the drawing board amongst the world planners
and behind the scenes power brokers of the United Nations.
A well financed and powerful group of men known as the Club of Rome
have already divided the world into ten regions or kingdoms.
In April, 1968 the Club of Rome was formed at a villa in Rome, thus
its name.
On September 17, 1973 they established a world-wide map of ten proposed
kingdoms or regions which would make up the New World Order under one united
world government of the United Nations.
Members of this group of UN planners include the British and Dutch
royal families, George Bush, Henry Kissinger, David Rockefeller, the
Rothschilds, Al Gore, Ted Turner, Mikhail Gorbachev, Dalai Lama, Bill
Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Bill Gates, George Soros, and many others.
Attempts at restricting population growth, eliminating national
constitutions and bringing all of the governments under one leadership
authority are apparent and moving ahead as planned.
The “New World Order” is here!
This future kingdom of a powerful world leader referred to as
“Anti-Christ” is clearly depicted in Revelation chapter 13 and it includes
all of the beast-like kingdoms identified above:
“And the beast that I saw was like a
LEOPARD, and his feet were like the feet of a
BEAR, and his mouth like the
mouth of a LION; and the dragon
(Satan) gave him his power, and his throne, and great authority.”
Revelation 13:2
But the big question remains:
Where will the Anti-Christ come from and who are the three nations
that he will subdue and “pluck up by
the roots?” The Scriptures list
two of the kingdoms slated for future destruction and clearly describes the
third. Their identities will be
taken up in the next segment.
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"God has revealed many things about the end-time
nations and events that will lead up to the return of Jesus Christ. The
Prophet Daniel recorded many of those nations and events and was then told
to close or seal up his words until the time of the end. We are learning
more things daily about future events as those events are coming upon our
society. The Lord has even revealed the nations that will be involved in
World War 3, a horrible nuclear holocust that may be coming very soon."