It is very important to grasp that the person we all talk about is the Antichrist only for the brief period he is the King of Israel.
The other times, he is the King of the Roman Empire (equilvalent in the end times as the EU, formed by the treaties of Rome, originally as the common market).
How can we know, it means the leader of the EU? Because in Daniel, 7 there were four beasts that Daniel saw in a vision come out of the sea. These are almost universally understood to be the babylon empire, the medes/persians, the greek empire, the Roman Empire as the fourth of those kingdoms.
In the end times, when the kingdom of God is brought here to earth to be given to the saints of God, which will include Israel, the Jewish people, at that time, there are ten kings that will rise out of that fourth kingdom.
23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. [the second half of the 7 years, essentially]
The another (in red) we can know from earlier verses in Daniel 7, that is the little horn person.
19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Going still futher back in Daniel 7,
7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
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So we can know that the little horn comes out of the fourth kingdom. And all we have to is figure out what that kingdom would look like today. Which is the EU. Which also contains Rome.
Ronit, it took me almost 50 years, I am 71, double your age, to get to my present place of understanding of the end time prophecies. You don't have to learn it in a single day. But you have an opportunity, to learn it all much much faster than I did. In a very short time.
What will help you if you study that chart I made, and follow the red line down through it and read each of the scripture passages I annotated.
Everything you said is complete nonsense.
First Proof: The Bible PROMISES that the Truth about
Daniel's prophecies remain "closed-up" and "sealed" to
all saints until the Last Saints. And the scenario you just
outlined has been around (in one form or another) since
the Reformation. Therefore we KNOW it is wrong because
the Bible PROMISED it would be "sealed" until the end.
Second Proof: The Fourth Beast is DESTROYED in the
Lake of Fire while the previous Beasts/Kingdoms have
"their lives prolonged for a Season and Time".
In other words... you must pretend that the PEOPLE
living in the fourth Beast/Kingdom are cast into the Lake
while the PEOPLE from the previous Kingdoms/Beasts
continue to live on earth.
Third Proof:
The PEOPLE called the "ten virgins" [Mat 25] are the
SAME PEOPLE called the ten "kings/horns" in BOTH Daniel 7
and Revelation 17. And they are the SAME PEOPLE called
ten "kings" in Daniel 2:44
So you have to harmonize the experiences of all four groups
before you can even pretend to have found Biblical Truth.
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BTW... I am also 70 and that DOES NOT mean a thing.
There is no fool like an old fool... and your eschatology
has been around (in one form or another) since the
Reformation.
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