Search results
Daniel was given visions about world events affecting Israel, revealing a succession of empires during the times of the Gentiles until the restoration of the Kingdom of God on earth. During the long duration of the kingdom of men, God’s power would control events behind the scenes. The theme of Daniel’s prophecy is: “The Most High rules ...
- Neo-Babylonian Empire - 612 B.C.
- Persian (Medo-Persian) Empire - 549 B.C.
- Alexander The Great's Empire - 336 B.C. and Division of His Kingdom - 323 B.C.
- Roman Empire - 27 B.C.
- The Great False Religious System
- The Vandals - 439 A.D.
- The Heruli - 476 A.D.
- The Ostrogoths - 493 A.D.
- Roman Empire Partial Restoration - 527 A.D.
Represented in Bible prophecy as: Head of Gold (Daniel 2:32, 38) First Beast like a Lion (Daniel 7:4) Babylon was the kingdom that ruled the earth at the time when Nebuchadnezzar dreamed an image of a man. King Nabopolassar of Babylon, in 612 B.C., defeated the Assyrian Empire and sacked its capital city of Nineveh. This victory began Babylon's per...
Represented in Bible prophecy as: Chest and Arms of Silver (Daniel 2:32, 39) Second Beast like a Bear (Daniel 7:5) Ram with two horns (Daniel 8:3 - 4, 20) Persia is the second beast (prophetic kingdom) to rule the earth. This kingdom actually represents two kings ("ram with two horns") - the king of Media and king of Persia. Astyages became king of...
Represented in Bible prophecy as: Belly, Thighs of Bronze (brass) (Daniel 2:32, 39) Beast (Leopard) with four Heads (Daniel 7:6) Male Goat with large horn, four smaller horns (Daniel 8:5 - 8, 21 - 22, 11:3 - 4). After Alexander the Great's death (the "broken horn") the "four that stood up in its place" to rule his Greek empire in his stead were his...
Represented in Bible prophecy as: Two Legs of Iron (Daniel 2:33, 40 - 43) Fourth Beast with teeth of iron and ten horns (Daniel 7:7, 23 - 24) The transition of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire likely occurred in 27 B.C. when the Senate granted extraordinary powers to Augustus. Many consider him the first true Roman Emperor. The greatest ext...
Represented in Bible prophecy as: Little horn among ten causing removal of first three (Daniel 7:8, 20, 24 - 27) Mystery, Babylon the Great, a whore riding a beast (Rev. 17:1 - 6, 18) Prophecies represent the Roman Catholic Church and the Papacy. Rome is the "great city" that rules over the kings (kingdoms) of the earth. The great whore of Revelati...
Represented in Bible prophecy as: First of ten horns related to Rome's classical empire (Daniel 7:24) First of three horns "plucked up" due to little horn (Daniel 7:8, 20) The kingdom was overthrown at the behest of the Papacy. The Vandals migrated to live in Roman territory around 400 A.D. King Geiseric led the tribe to North Africa in 429. They c...
Represented in Bible prophecy as: Second of ten horns (Daniel 7:24) Second of three horns "plucked up" due to a little horn (Daniel 7:8, 20) The kingdom was overthrown at the behest of the Papacy. Under Odoacer (who became the first barbarian King of Italy), the Heruli deposed the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire in 476 A.D. In 508, their s...
Represented in Bible prophecy as: Third of ten horns (Daniel 7:24) Third of three horns "plucked up" due to a little horn (Daniel 7:8, 20) This prophetic kingdom was overthrown at the behest of the Papacy. In 493 A.D., Theodoric the Great became the first king of the Ostrogothic kingdom and replaced Odoacer as ruler of Italy. The Ostrogoths conside...
Represented in Bible prophecy as: Fourth of ten horns (Daniel 7:24) First of seven heads of scarlet Beast rode by the great religious whore (Rev. 17:1 - 6). Byzantine (Eastern) emperor Justinian I conquered many of the lands lost by the Western Empire when it collapsed in 476. Justinian, who reigned 527 to 565 B.C., was the first Eastern Roman (Byz...
Dec 13, 2010 · Additional aspects of this succession of world-ruling empires were revealed to Daniel in a later dream. This time the four empires were represented by four beasts: a lion (Babylonian Empire), a bear (Medo-Persian Empire), a leopard (Greco-Macedonian Empire) and a fourth beast described as "terrible" and unlike the other three (Daniel 7:1-7).
The times of the gentiles in history. Through the prophet Daniel, God says that it is He who allows certain people and nations to come into power (Daniel 4:17). And the apostle Paul adds that God has predetermined when they will come into power and have dominance (Acts 17:26). God revealed to Daniel that there would be four major empires that ...
When they responded that he was asking the impossible, he ordered all the wise men of Babylon to be killed, including Daniel (Daniel 2:12-13). Daniel, hearing of the King’s plan, went to the Lord in prayer, knowing that only the God of heaven could reveal and interpret dreams. And God did just that; He revealed the mystery of the King’s ...
In Daniel 7, the “Ancient of days” (God the Father) is seen sitting on the throne as the Judge who will destroy the Antichrist (Dan. 7:9-12). And, “one like the Son of man” (Jesus) comes to establish an everlasting kingdom that will never be destroyed (Dan. 7:13-14, cp. Rev. 5). We are moving rapidly and irresistibly toward that day.
People also ask
Did God reveal the world-ruling Gentile empires?
How many Gentile empires were there in the Bible?
What prophecy did God reveal to Daniel?
Will the Times of the Gentiles end at Christ's return?
What is the time of the Gentiles?
Will the prophesied times of the Gentiles affect modern descendants of Israel?
Nov 10, 2009 · This is the first appearance in the book of Daniel of the Antichrist who will head up the last Gentile Empire that will encompass the whole world. The fact that the last empire of 10 horns grows out of the head of the fourth beast is a clear indication that the final Gentile empire will begin as a revival of the old Roman Empire.
