FINAL WARNING: The Curtain Falls
revived Holy Roman Empire; or if they were, what else could prompt
him to attack these countries?This beckons the theory about the ten tribes that lived in the area of
Rome. Three were defeated because they were Aryans who opposed
the papacy– Herulians, Vandals, and Ostrogoths; while the other seven
became the nations of western Europe– Visigoths, Franks, Anglo-
Saxons, Sueves, Burgundians, Alamanni, and Alans. One possible clue
is that these nations may be apprehensive about uniting behind the
political leadership of the Antichrist. For example, when the European
Community met in Maastricht, the Netherlands, in 1991, Great Britain
and Denmark voted against the initiation of a common currency.
Another theory that somebody e-mailed me, was that the three nations
are Afghanistan (Media), Iraq (Babylon), and Iran (Persia), by virtue of
the fact that the U.S. has occupied Afghanistan and Iraq.There are other theories concerning the origin of the Antichrist. Some
researchers believe that he has to come from Greece, Turkey, Syria, or
Egypt; but not one of the countries which make up the ten nation
federation. That would eliminate Greece. Could this country be Syria.
In Isaiah 10:5, 10:24, 14:25, 30:31, he is referred to as the “Assyrian.” In
Micah 5:5 it says: “And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian
shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then
we shall raise against him...” The Aramaeans, a semi-nomadic people
who migrated from the Arabian desert around the third century BC,
into Syria and Mesopotamia, have also been called Syrians. Let’s also
look at Habakkuk 1:6– “For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and
hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to
possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.” The land of the
Chaldeans was in southern Babylonia, in what is now southern Iraq.
These references seem to point to an Arabic background, and are
given credence because they consider themselves the enemies of
Israel.A reference in Daniel 11:37 says: “Neither shall he regard the God of
his fathers...” This may be an indication of Jewish ancestry, and some
researchers believe that the Antichrist will be a Jew from the tribe of
Dan. In Genesis 49:17, when the patriarch Jacob is speaking to his
sons, he said: “Dan shall be a serpent by the way...” and Jeremiah 8:16
refers to the armies of Dan devouring the land. In the seventh chapter