Hi Douggg,
I can see no scriptures referring to the A/C as coming from the EU (or RRE), can you?
As to the 10 kings, they do not receive authority with the A/C till half way through the trib.
`The 10 horns which you saw are 10 kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.`(Rev.17: 12)
Marilyn.
Hi Marilyn,
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet [back in the first century]; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
The ten kings don't receive their kingdom till the end times, as in Daniel 7. And they don't get as much power as they will, until the person has become the beast, when they hand over their kingdom to him to be dictator. The one hour (the 42 months), to rule with him.
In Daniel 8:9, the little horn person heads south and east, waxing strong from that direction, toward Israel. I am interpreting waxing as him having a strong army. That would put him coming with his strong army, imo, from Greece - as he also has to come from the territory of one of the beak up kingdoms of Alexander.
Greece is the eastern most frontier of the EU. Heading toward Israel with his strong army, I am interpreting as him being the prince who shall come, into the middle east, and be of pertinent impact on Israel, of Daniel 9:26, coming from the people who destroyed the temple and city.
The ten kings come from the fourth empire in both Daniel 2 and Daniel 7. And in Revelation 17:10, the 7 kings are all connected, with the sixth ruling at the time of John, from what is now in the EU, and at that time from Rome.
At the time of Jesus's first coming, the Romans occupied Israel, and a Roman King, Caesar Augustus, is mentioned in the text by name, in Luke 2:1.
So that is corresponding to the Roman Empire fourth kingdom, which expanded out of Rome, in what is now Europe.
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The Antichrist role though is to be the King of Israel (unapproved by God) for awhile, not the King of the Roman Empire in the end times. Which also indicates the person has to be a Jew.
So it necessary to separate when the person is in the role of being the King of the Roman Empire in the end times along with the ten kings of that fourth kingdom - and him being the Antichrist - deceptive King of Israel, "coming" in his own name.
little horn - King of the Roman Empire end times, emerging among ten kings of that kingdom. The 7th Caesar family king of the Roman Empire, the one who is still yet to come in Revelation 17:10, and when he comes must continue the short space of 42 months as the beast, 8th Caesar family king of the Roman Empire.
Prince who shall come (little horn, waxing strong toward Israel)
Antichrist - after he comes into the middle east, following Gog/Magog, he is perceived by the Jews as the messiah, and anointed the King of Israel, for awhile. Confirms the Mt. Sinai covenant for the 7 year interval, required by Moses of all future leaders of Israel, Deuteronomy 31:9-13.
Revealed as the man of sin - ends his time as the Antichrist. God has him killed, which he dies a type of being "cutoff" prescribed for the
uncircumcised, Ezekiel 28:10 (because he violates the covenant, by claiming to be God).
There is some background about anyone of Abraham's seed that are not circumcised are to be cutoff from the rest of the people, Genesis 17:14. And in Exodus 4:24-26, when Moses failed to circumcise his son by Zipporah, the Lord sought to kill "him". Zipporah did the deed to spare either Moses or the son, it is not clear which the "him" refers to.
Anyway, the point being is that revealed man of sin, a Jew, will be cutoff from the Jews, no longer their King of Israel, because of him claiming to be God - transgressing the covenant.
Beast - after God has the person, formerly the Antichrist, revealed as the man of sin killed, the person finds his soul in hell in Isaiah 14:18-20, and is mocked.
God in disdain for the person, likened as an abominable branch, a comparison to Jesus the righteous branch, because the person destroys his land and his people - as he will have been convinced by Satan that he has achieved God-hood and has become God - brings the person back to life - as the beast of Revelation 13, the eighth Caesar family king of the Roman Empire. As the ten kings will all buy into his claim of having achieved God-hood and hand their kingdom over to him, to be dictator.