TheBeast 5 #IdentifyingTheLittleHorn Section B
The next point is significant. When it talks about all these other horns, it just meant they're just regular horns or regular kingdoms. But this one, God makes a special point to say this is a "little horn." In other words, "This is a LITTLE KINGDOM." So this is very easy. All you have to do is Google it and find out what is the littlest kingdom over there in Western Europe, and you will know who the Antichrist Beast is.
Next, this little horn/kingdom UPROOTS THREE OF THE OTHER KINGDOMS. They're the Heruli, the Vandals, and the Ostrogoths. That's why they don't exist anymore. And you can Google that too.
Now, the next point is unique. None of the other regular kingdoms have this. It says in the verse that this little horn/kingdom HAS A VISIBLE MAN AT ITS HEAD. This is a dead giveaway. Think about it. Every single Western European nation have kings and queens at the heads of their kingdoms, right? Sometimes it's kings, sometimes it's queens. But the Bible brings up something unique here. It's ONLY A MAN AT TH THE HEAD OF THIS ONE. Never there is a woman, never there is a queen. There is only one kingdom that fits this description.
v24 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.
Our sixth clue in that verse is that it's gonna be DIVERSE or DIFFERENT. All of the kingdoms in Western Europe are the same except one. The people of this kingdom don't vote. The people of this kingdom just automatically obey what the man at the head of this kingdom says. It's totally different.
v25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
We have read this in Revelation 13, and in this chapter, and it says here that this little horn/kingdom SPEAKS GREAT WORDS AND BLASPHEMIES AGAINST THE MOST HIGH. Now, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SPEAK GREAT WORDS AND BLASPHEMIES AGAINST THE MOST HIGH? We don't have to speculate what great words and blasphemies are. THE BIBLE GIVES US THE ANSWER--
John 10:30 "I and my Father are one."
It's a story that involves Jesus. That's Jesus talking...
v31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
v32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
v33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
Now, NOTICE: THE BIBLE DEFINITION OF GREAT WORDS AND BLASPHEMY IS WHEN A MAN CLAIMS TO BE ONE WITH GOD OR MAKING HIMSELF GOD. Let me ask you a question: Jesus is part of the Godhead, yes or no? Yes. Therefore, Jesus could say "I and my Father are one" because He is fully God, He is fully divine. But, when a man CLAIMS to be one with God, or making himself a God on this earth, then, the Bible calls that blasphemy. Now, remember, we are dealing with a religious power here, cos the Bible warned us NOT to worship this Beast. Again, this is a dead giveaway. There's only one kingdom that claims that. Let's go to another definition of "great words and blasphemy" here in --
Mark 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
6 But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?
It says here that WHEN A MAN CLAIMS TO HAVE THE POWER TO FORGIVE SINS, THAT'S BLASPHEMY. Now, Jesus is the Son of God. Again, He is part of the divine Godhead. There's, Jesus can go to a man and say, "Son, your sins are forgiven you." He has that full right because He is God. But when a man CLAIMS to have the power to forgive sins when you confess your sins to him, the Bible says that's blasphemy. Again, a dead giveaway. Because there's only one kingdom that claims to have that prerogative. So I just wanna cover those two things, and we made sure we stuck on the Bible on this one.
Now, back to Daniel 7:25, it says there in that verse that this little horn/kingdom is gonna "WEAR OUT THE SAINTS." What does that mean? It explains it in--
v21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
To "wear out" means TO MAKE WAR. It means it's gonna PERSECUTE GOD'S PEOPLE. Think about it. As you study history, let's go all the way from the time after Jesus, WHAT KINGDOM IN WESTERN EUROPE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF MARTYRS TO THEIR DEATH? There's only one. What kingdom did all the crusades against humanity? What kingdom was responsible for the Spanish Inquisition? There's only one kingdom that martyred and literally murdered millions of Christians throughout the DARK AGES. Only one.
Our next clue, back to v25 is very interesting. We know we cannot change God's times and laws. But THIS POWER IS GONNA THINK TO CHANGE GOD'S TIMES AND LAWS. Well, this power really cannot do it, BUT THIS POWER, IN ITS PRIDE, THINKS that it did, and this power MAKES EVERYONE THINK that it really was changed (eventhough the TRUTH is, it wasn't changed at all)! TUCK THAT AT THE BACK OF YOUR MIND, we're gonna come back to that later.
The last clue is that this little horn/kingdom will RULE FOR A TIME, TIMES, AND A DIVIDING OF TIME. In order to understand that, we've got to go to--
Revelation 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Here we see the same prophetic time. How long is that?
v6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
That's 1,260 DAYS. Now, remember, we are dealing with a prophecy. This is not a regular 1,260 days. A TIME in Bible prophecy symbolizes A YEAR (See Ezekiel 4:6 and Numbers 14:34). So, we have a TIME (one year), TIMES (two years), and HALF A TIME (half a year), We have a total of 3½ YEARS.
Now, using the Jewish calendar (with 360 days in a year), 360 days + 720 days + 180 days is equals to 1,260 days. But A DAY is equal to a year, so this is actually 1,260 PROPHETIC YEARS. That's how long this little horn/kingdom is gonna rule.
10 MARKS OF IDENTIFICATION:
- It will come up AMONG the 10 Western European nations.
- AFTER 476 a.d.
- It is a LITTLE kingdom.
- UPROOTS three of the ten kingdoms.
- A MAN at its head.
- It's DIVERSE (different from other kingdoms).
- Speaks great words and blasphemies.
- Wears out God's saints (PERSECUTES).
- Thinks to change God's times and laws.
- Rules TIME - 1 year
TIMES - 2 years
HALF A TIME - ½ year
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3½ years or
1,260 days = 1,260 years
Now, I wanna ask you a question: As you look at those 10 Marks of Identification, the sincere question I wanna ask you is, DID I MAKE UP ANY OF THOSE 10 MARKS, YES OR NO? No. DID ALL OF THESE 10 MARKS COME STRAIGHT FROM THE BIBLE AND THE BIBLE ONLY? Yes. I wanted to emphasize that for one reason: YOU HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS NOT A PRIVATE INTERPRETATION. This is not what I think. This is not what some church made up. THIS IS THE LIVING WORD OF GOD. And when you read what God says, then, IT'S CRYSTAL-CLEAR and you don't have to worry about it because every single one of them came STRAIGHT FROM THE BIBLE. And God, in His love, says, "Listen, I'm gonna make this so clear for you. I'm gonna give you 10 ways to identify this Antichrist Beast kingdom that I'm warning you about. I'm not gonna leave you clueless. I'm giving you a fair warning. And as you look at those 10 Identification marks, it's AIRTIGHT AND UNDISPUTABLE." THIS IS GOD SPEAKING. Not me. Not some church.
Now, I think you already know what kingdom this is, but next up, we will see the fulfillment of this prophecy!