FINAL WARNING: The Curtain Falls
7:19-25)
“...behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns
(Media and Persia) ... I saw the ram pushing westward, and
northward, and southward ... he did according to his will, and
became great ... an he goat (Greece), came from the west ... and
touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn
(Alexander the Great) ... and smote the ram, and brake his two
horns ... Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he
was strong, the great horn was broken, and for it came up four
notable ones (Greece, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt) ... And out of one
of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceedingly great,
toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant
land (Israel) ... he magnified himself even to the prince of the host,
and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of
his sanctuary was cast down ... How long shall be ... to give both
the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot ... two
thousand and three hundred days.” (Daniel 8:3-14)
“And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors
are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and
understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. And his power
shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy
wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy
the mighty and the holy people. And through his policy also he
shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify
himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many.” (Daniel
8:23-25)
“And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a
great red dragon (Satan), having seven heads (the five fallen
kingdoms of Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece;
the current, Rome; and the one yet to come) and ten horns, and
seven crowns upon his heads.” (Revelation 12:3)
“And I stood upon the sand of the sea (Mediterranean), and saw a
beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns,
and upon his horns ten crowns ... And the beast which I saw was
like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his
mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power,