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Date Posted: 18:38:58 05/11/10 Tue
Daniel 7:24-28 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. 25 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. 26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. 27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. 28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
The narrative of the vision has proceeded in the order that Daniel saw the vision. He has seen the four beasts arise from the great sea. He has described them as a two winged lion, a bear with three ribs in his mouth, a four headed and four winged leopard and finally an almost indescribable beast which was "exceeding dreadful" (vs. 19). Daniel is intrigued by what the dream could mean and an angel seen in the vision tells him what the four beasts stand for. The answer given in verse 17 is thus: "These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth." Two things stand out in the verse. The first is that the meaning of the vision is future to Daniel and two, the beasts are first and foremost four kings that shall arise out of the earth. They are monarchs or dictators. They are kings and I do not think they are prime ministers or presidents elected to service. The secondary understanding is that if there is a king then it follows their is a kingdom so we have four kings ruling over four kingdoms. Daniel is given to understand the four kingdoms will stand until "the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever." This is very important because if show this to be an end time vision. We are not told when the first beast arises but we know when they all four will end. These kings will be found in the feet of clay and iron in Nebuchadnezzar's dream in chapter two. The wording "shall arise out of the earth" in verse 17 may well have supernatural meaning. Remember how many times our attention has been drawn to the iron which will not mix with the seed of men in chapter 2. Also remember in Genesis 6 we are shown the sons of God marrying the daughters of men. In Job we have a verse that sheds light on this: Job 1:7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Up and down! Not east, west, north and south as these would be the "to and fro" preceeding the up and down. Satan has access to the surface world and the underworld. All of this is pointing to the possibility of supernatural "kings" on the earth in the last days. Notice again a verse we have looked at before in this light: Revelation 9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. A king of the underworld who comes to the surface to do untold damage and destruction. I don't know about you but to me this explains a lot of the lunacy in the world today. Devils have been turned loose and they are in high places. (Eph. 6:11-12)
This last beast that so terrified and intrigued Daniel will be very much in this category. I believe we can safely say he is the very seed of Satan. (Gen. 3:15) This last beast made Daniel almost forget the other three because of what he saw and heard from this beast. Daniel wants to know about the ten horns on the head of this beast/king. The answer from the angel is that they represent ten kings that shall arise out of the beasts kingdom. They would be lesser monarchs or dictators ruling over bounded lands withing the domain of the beast. They will derive their power from the beast and rule at his pleasure. The "little horn" which was "more stout than his fellows" (vs.20) will have a special place during this end time kingdom. Notice he has eyes as a man and a mouth speaking great things. (Dan. 7:8) There is a possibility in my mind that this could be the false prophet of Revelation 16:13 and Revelation 13:11-18. This is the one who exercises the power of the beast of Rev. 13 which had the wound to the head but lived. (Rev. 13:3)
This little horn will subdue three of the original horns on the beast. In verse 25 we see the blasphemy of this "little horn". We also see his warfare against all who will stand for God during these days. The focus of the beast's wrath will be upon believing Israel who will be turning back to God at this time but anyone refusing the mark and following God will face his wrath. (Rev. 13:17 and 15:2). He will try to change times and laws. (as a side note is it not interesting at the push for Sharia Law around the world today?) The time element for him to be given a free hand against the saints will be "a time and times and the dividing of time." This will be equal to 42 months (Rev. 13:5) and 1,260 days (Rev. 11:3, 12:6). It is for 3 1/2 years. The exact length of the "great tribulation" when God's wrath is poured. The total for all the tribulation will be 7 years with a relative peace for the first half.
"But the judgment shall sit,---" As the old song says "Turn out the lights, the party's over". For the anti-Christ and the false prophet the party is definitely over (Rev. 19:20). For a thousand years the party will be over for Satan as he is bound (Rev. 20:1-3) until the end of God's seventh day of rest (2 Pet. 3:8 with Heb. 4:9) on the earth then he is to be loosed a little season to give his last shot against God. Rev. 20:7-10).
As bad as things will get there is always hope for the people of God. While Daniel 7 is mostly about Satan's free romp in control of the earth the good news is that the judgment will sit and then God's kingdom on earth will begin "And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him."
An everlasting kingdom. Never to end. All tears wiped away. No pain. No sorrow. No death. God will never be disobeyed again and there will be no more sin. The sin nature of Adam will have finally been put to rest never to be resurrected again. That is reason to hope and bless and praise God for this very great promise He has given to us.
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