Further notes on the Ten Toes of Daniel 2

g. Further notes on the Ten Toe (or Ten Horn) stage of Roman Revival.

o   Note that the ten kings rule simultaneously and act in concert with the Antichrist (the little horn, who supplants & displaces three of them; Dan. 7:8). This resists certain postmillennial & amillennial ideas that the 10 kings are successive, or that the image was dealt its death-blow in the days of ancient Rome.

 

o      Amillennialism: The Kingdom is realized in the present Church Age. There will be no literal intervening 1,000 year Kingdom Age between the Second Coming and the Eternal State.

o      Postmillennialism: A progressive view, in which the world will ultimately be Christianized, resulting in a Golden Age which will be capped by the Second Coming of Christ, ushering in the Eternal States.

o      Premillennialism: The Lord Jesus Christ, with His Second Coming, will institute a literal 1,000 year Kingdom, followed by the Eternal State.

The final stage under Antichrist will become a global empire.

Dan. 7:23: "Thus he said: 'The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it.”

 

Images of the New Europe, clockwise:

 

1) Statue located outside the Strasbourg European Parliament complex entitled “Europe,” featuring Europa, holding the Greek “e” (symbolic of both European unity and the Euro currency), carried by the masses, of which she is part.

 

2) A controversial poster created by the European Council in the ‘90’s, promoting the European Union.

 

3) The Agora of the European Parliament featuring a large glass orb entitled “United World,” symbolizing the hope and dream for the EU’s ultimate expansion.

 

4) The European Parliament at Strasbourg. Inspired by Roman Amphitheaters, as is often claimed—or by Babel?