The Antichrist - Part 3
The Truth
Concerning
the Antichrist
The Truth
Concerning
the Antichrist
Foundations Series
The Antichrist:
Part 3 of 12 Parts
6 After this I beheld, and, lo, another, like a
leopard, which had upon its back four wings of a bird; the beast had also four
heads; and dominion was given to it. (ASV)
Daniel 7:6
32 … its belly and its thighs of brass (ASV)
Daniel 2:32
39 … and another third kingdom of brass, which
shall bear rule over all the earth. (ASV)
Daniel 2:39
1 And as for me, in the first year of Darius the
Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
2 And now will I show thee the truth. Behold,
there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far
richer than they all: and when he is waxed strong through his riches, he shall
stir up all against the realm of Greece. 3 And a mighty king shall
stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 4
And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be
divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not to his posterity, nor
according to his dominion wherewith he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked
up, even for others besides these. (ASV)
Daniel 11:1-4
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a
leopard, … (ASV)
Revelation 13:2
The third kingdom to arise was the Macedonian kingdom under Alexander the Great, which was literally symbolized by the leopard. The belly and thighs of the image also represent the Macedonian empire. Alexander died suddenly and his kingdom was not given to his posterity but was divided among his four generals and rapidly lost its former power. The leopard symbolized the characteristics of the Macedonian empire under Alexander the Great: swift and cruel domination of those whom it conquered. The Antichrist will also have this characteristic in his ruling. As these kingdoms succeeded one another, the gulf between their rulers and God widened. Thus, the gold of Nebuchadnezzar (who feared God and somewhat attempted to obey Him) changed progressively into more common metals (to silver, then brass, then iron), which, while they are less valuable, are at the same time progressively more powerful in the world's eyes. Thus, it is that fourth kingdom had nothing of God in it but was more powerful than the three preceding kingdoms.
7 After this I saw in the night-visions, and,
behold, a fourth beast, terrible and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it
had great iron teeth; it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue
with its feet: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and
it had ten horns. (ASV)
Daniel 7:7
33 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and
part of clay. (ASV)
Daniel 2:33
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron,
forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as iron that
crusheth all these, shall it break in pieces and crush. 41 And
whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron,
it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it of the strength of the
iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And
as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom
shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 43 And whereas thou
sawest the iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the
seed of men; but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron doth not
mingle with clay. (ASV)
Daniel 2:40-43
The fourth kingdom, more powerful than the three before it, was the Roman Empire which in its latter years became divided into the Western and Eastern Roman empires (the two legs). As we shall see, the ten toes of the image correspond to the ten horns of the beast in Revelation. The Antichrist will rise to power over a revived Roman empire consisting of ten countries, which were part of the old Roman Empire. The ten toes and horns symbolize, respectfully, the ten countries and ten kings who will rule them under the Antichrist.
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