FREE – Beast Empire and Horn Kingdom Maps

[Christian Gedge]

Hi friends. I’ve spent the last fifty years in my spare time drawing Bible diagrams, timelines, maps etc. I want them to be available to Bible teachers in case I fall off my perch or our website goes off air.

This thread contains maps based on Daniel 7 and Revelation 17. Most of them you’ll agree with and some you might not. Just right click and save as required.

Blessings,
Christian

“This was the dream, and now we will interpret it to the king. Your Majesty, you are the king of kings. The God of heaven has given you dominion and power and might and glory; in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold." (Daniel 2:37-38)​

 

[Christian Gedge]

“After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.” (Daniel 2:39)​

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[Christian Gedge]

“Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.” (Daniel 2:40)

 

[rebornfree]

How kind of you, and I hope you don't fall off your perch for a good while yet!

 

[Kenneth Heck]

What is an empire? It is an ethnic people who live in an specific physical location(their capitol and land) who have militarily subjugated surrounding peoples and impose tribute from them. In this sense, the Seleucid and Ptolemaic empires don't technically qualify. Both were conquered by the Greek army - but there were no physical locations of Greeks traditionally living in these areas to form a capitol; they were foreigners - so they both began to import Greeks by immigration to administer the government. If a truly Greek empire had formed, the capitol would have been in Greece or Macedonia, the same way as in all other empires - Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, Persia, etc. Alexander actually wanted his capitol to be the city of Babylon before he died, not understanding it wouldn't work. Both of these so-called empires were nothing more than artificial military dictatorships.

So, the so-called Greek empire isn't in the same category as the Babylonian, Persian and Roman empires.
It is no more than a transition from the Persian empire to the Roman, and Rome was occupied fighting the Persians and Parthians even after they had conquered the Middle East.

The third empire is Rome, and the fourth is the Muslim conquest of the Middle East with its capitol at Mecca. The Muslims captured Jerusalem in 638 AD. If interested, read my article.

 

[Douggg]

“Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others.” (Daniel 2:40)

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The fourth kingdom in Daniel 2, at the time of the ten toes will be partly weak, partly strong.

Now supposing that the EU is the kingdom of the beast, with allies of post rapture U.S. and Canada, to dominate the rest of the world at that time.

Would not parts of that EU kingdom be strong and parts weak?

Your map does not show which parts are weak and which party are strong.

The map you show is of the ancient Roman Empire. The kingdom of the beast is the Roman Empire in the end times. The title of your thread should have been something else than beast empire.

 

[Christian Gedge]

What is an empire? <snip>
So, the so-called Greek empire isn't in the same category as the Babylonian, Persian and Roman empires.
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The third empire is Rome

Each empire had their differences. Greece had 4 ‘wings’ (Daniel 7:6) but it was still an empire. I agree with you however about Islam.

 

[Kenneth Heck]

It took Alexander 10 years to conquer all of the Persian empire (334 BC to 324 BC). This is slow for a beast with four wings.

The leopard with four heads and four wings represents the persecution of the Jews by Islam. The four wings represent the rapidity of conquest by Islam and the four heads the four centers of Islam - Arabia, Iran, Egypt, and Turkey, each historically dominating. The leopard is the only beast here with two skin colorings - yellow and black, representing the two sources of Arabian culture - Semitic and Hamitic. Later, the Persians and Turks added to the diversity of cultures. Today Turkey has turned from a neutral position regarding Israel to a negative one with ominous consequences for the future. Iran is regarded as Israel's main enemy at present. In the fifties it was Nasser of Egypt.

Babylon has never been shown as a beast in the bible. At the time Daniel saw his vision of the four beasts coming out of the sea, Belshazzar was king - the last king of Babylon. Since these beasts were described as "four kings which should arise out of the earth" (Dan 7:17), the lion with two wings cannot be Babylon. It must be Persia.

The bear would then be the Greco-Roman empires. The Greeks and Romans were like cousins, with the same religion, similar genetics (Greece colonized Italy) and a similar objective of dominating the Mediterranean region. They had no realistic concerns to the east beyond the Tigris and Euphrates.

 

[Christian Gedge]

We have been following chapter two’s vision of a statue. Now let’s look at chapter seven’s vision of beasts and horns. As we can see, the first four beasts represent the same empires as the four sections of the statue.

2 Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.

4 “The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it. “And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’ “After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.​

My next map shows the ten ‘horn’ kingdoms that arose from out of the fourth beast. These kingdoms came about as the Roman Empire started disintegrating in the fifth century. Including eastern Rome (Byzantium) there were ten of them. Please notice how all of these were from inside of the former empire boundaries. I have not counted tribes whose territories were outside of Rome.

“After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns. (Daniel 7:7)​

 

[grafted branch]

We have been following chapter two’s vision of a statue. Now let’s look at chapter seven’s vision of beasts and horns. As we can see, the first four beasts represent the same empires as the four sections of the statue.

2 Daniel said: “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea.

4 “The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it. “And there before me was a second beast, which looked like a bear. It was raised up on one of its sides, and it had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, ‘Get up and eat your fill of flesh!’ “After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard. And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.​

My next map shows the ten ‘horn’ kingdoms that arose from out of the fourth beast. These kingdoms came about as the Roman Empire started disintegrating in the fifth century. Including eastern Rome (Byzantium) there were ten of them. Please notice how all of these were from inside of the former empire boundaries. I have not counted tribes whose territories were outside of Rome.

“After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns. (Daniel 7:7)​

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I'm don't want to jump ahead of where your going with this but do you see the 10 horns being the toes in Daniel 2:42?

 

[Christian Gedge]

I'm don't want to jump ahead of where your going with this but do you see the 10 horns being the toes in Daniel 2:42?

Yes, that is logical too, especially since the stone that collapsed the great statue is the ‘kingdom of God.’ Daniels vision in chapters 2 is a broad overview and chapter 7 is also an overview but with more detail added. That’s how I see it.

We get 3 main explanations of the ‘10 horns’ depending on our eschatological view points. Mine is a variation of the historicist view. On either side of my view is the Preterist and the Futurist. I like to explain with maps because they are so visual.

 

[Andrewn]

“After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth; it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left. It was different from all the former beasts, and it had ten horns. (Daniel 7:7)

 

[Christian Gedge]

Oooh, Do you keep that chained up in your back yard?

 

[Andrewn]

Oooh, Do you keep that chained up in your back yard?

"The thorny devil (Moloch horridus), also known commonly as the mountain devil, thorny lizard, thorny dragon, and moloch, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Australia. It is the sole species in the genus Moloch. It grows up to 21 cm (8.3 in) in total length (including tail), with females generally larger than males."

Perhaps in Daniel's vision he saw a bigger version. It's hard to imagine a beast with ten horns .

 

[Christian Gedge]

This is where things get interesting – and somewhat different to modern interpretations. What do you make of these developments in the 7-8th century?

“While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully. (Daniel 7:8) ​

 

[Douggg]

This is where things get interesting – and somewhat different to modern interpretations. What do you make of these developments in the 7-8th century?

“While I was thinking about the horns, there before me was another horn, a little one, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a human being and a mouth that spoke boastfully. (Daniel 7:8) ​

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SDA uses that chart concept of the ten kings as part of their eschatology thinking that the papacy/pope are the beast/Antichrist.

 

[Christian Gedge]

Yes, the SDA have a historicist method of prophecy but there are others too. eg. Reformed churches. In my case, I see the Islamic caliphate as the 'little horn' rather than the papacy.

 

[jgr]

Yes, the SDA have a historicist method of prophecy but there are others too. eg. Reformed churches. In my case, I see the Islamic caliphate as the 'little horn' rather than the papacy.

The ten horns were Roman in origin. They arose out of the dissolution of the western Roman empire.

The little horn arose from among the ten (Daniel 7:8,20). It was thus also Roman in origin. Furthermore, it has never, throughout its history to this day, ceased to be Roman. The papacy has always ruled from Rome. The identification as Roman Catholic is universally recognized.

The Islamic caliphate was not Roman in origin, nor has it been Roman at any time throughout its history.

The little horn "plucked up", i.e. overthrew, three of the ten horns (Daniel 7:8,20). The three were the Heruli in 493, the Vandals in 534, and the Ostrogoths in 553. (Horae Apocalypticae, Edward Bishop Elliott)

 

[jgr]

SDA uses that chart concept of the ten kings as part of their eschatology thinking that the papacy/pope are the beast/Antichrist.

SDA did not appear until more than three centuries after the Reformation.

The Reformers, raised up and empowered by God, recognized the apostasized papacy as the prevailing antichrist of their era, with whom they were called to engage in ultimately successful spiritual battle.

 

[Christian Gedge]

The ten horns were Roman in origin. They arose out of the dissolution of the western Roman empire.

The little horn arose from among the ten (Daniel 7:8,20). It was thus also Roman in origin. Furthermore, it has never, throughout its history to this day, ceased to be Roman. The papacy has always ruled from Rome. The identification as Roman Catholic is universally recognized.

The Islamic caliphate was not Roman in origin, nor has it been Roman at any time throughout its history.

The little horn "plucked up", i.e. overthrew, three of the ten horns (Daniel 7:8,20). The three were the Heruli in 493, the Vandals in 534, and the Ostrogoths in 553. (Horae Apocalypticae, Edward Bishop Elliott)

Bishop Elliott realised that the ten horns must come out of the fourth beast. Yes, his scheme has been the prevailing view within historicism. However, I prefer the caliphate model for several reasons:

1. The fourth beast did not split ten ways in 476 AD - only the western half did.
2. Some of the 'horns' were only identifiable within western Rome for a few years.
3. There is doubt among scholars concerning the Heruli tribe being in Rome at all.
   
4. The Caliphate was more than a religion. It was a full-blown political empire.