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Most Bible prophecy scholars agree that in order to understand the book of Revelations, a person has to be able to comprehend the book of Daniel. Daniel and Revelations are basically the same book. One is in the Old Testament and the other is in the New Testament.
When the prophet Daniel interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar's dream, he basically gave him an outline of the rest of human history. The prophet showed the king a stature. The various kingdoms of time would represent the different body parts of the figure.
Let's discuss the four kingdoms of time.
The first one is the Babylonian Empire headed by Nebuchadnezzar himself from 605 BC to 562 BC. The animal symbol of Babylon was the lion, and the mineral symbol was gold. Babylon was the head of the statue.
The second empire was the collective Medo-Persians. The Mede kingdom was located in what is today known as northwestern Iran. It began in 678 BC with Deices as the ruler and ended in 549 BC with Astyages. That same year, King Cyrus conquered the Mede Dynasty which became the Persian Empire. Its mineral symbolization was silver. It's animal representation was a bear. The kingdom came to an end in 330 BC. Medo Persia represents the folded arms and chest of the statue.
Greece was the third empire (and the first one of Western civilization) formed by Alexandra the Great. It lasted 350 years from 776 BC to 323 BC. The Greek Empire ruled most of the known world from Greece to India. The leopard and bronze were the symbols of the Greek Empire. This kingdom is the stomach and thighs of the figure.
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And finally, the Rome conquered and absorbed most of the surrounding cultures establishing the Roman Empire from 625 BC to AD 476. It was formally christened in 27 BC when Augustas Ceasar declared himself the first emperor of Rome in 31 AD. Known as the fourth beast, its animalistic representation is a beast with iron teeth and ten horns. The ten horns are symbolic of ten kingdoms that will arise out of Rome. Rome represents the legs and feet of the statue in the dream. The toes of iron and clay allude to a future revival or continuation of the empire.
The Roman Empire controlled a significant part of world at that time including southern, central and western Europe (including Britian), North Africa, and much of the Middel East (including Israel or Palestine). The headquarters, of course, was in Rome, Italy.
Jesus Christ was born into Rome's vast world kingdom in the city of Bethlehem.
Eventually, the empire became so large that emperor Diocletian had to divide it up into western and eastern branches in the 200 BCs. The Eastern Roman Empire consisted of the southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and eastern North Africa. The Western Roman Empire was made up of western North Africa, southern and western Europe.
Although many historians think that the Roman Empire officially came to an end in AD 475, many biblical scholars think that it either continued or that it will be revived at a certain point during the end times. The Seventh Day Adventist think that the old pagan Rome evolved into papal Rome, thus establishing The Roman Catholic Church. Many mainstream Protestant believe that the establishment of the European Union or EU is the beginning of a future revival of the Roman Empire.
There have been several attempts to reestablish a revived Roman Empire. In 800 AD, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans. He was able to unite western and central Europe for the first time since the original Roman Empire fell over three centuries earlier. In order to accomplish this, they fought holy wars in the name of Christian proselytization. Whereas the original dynasty was Latin based, this reincarnation was Germanic (Frankish). This officially became known as the Holy Roman Empire and would last until 1806. After the that empire fell, Napolean Bonaparte would try to establish his own version of the Roman Empire by conquering most of Europe. This would become known as the French Empire. It would last only 11 from 1804=1815. Then, in the 20th century, Adolf Hitler started World War II by invading and occupying most of Europe (including Russia) in his attempt to build a Germanic European kingdom. It was known as the Third Reich (1933-1945). Really, Hitler was a more genocidal version of Emperor Charlemagne. Many believe that European Union is the beginning of a revived Roman Empire. The original concept was to build a United States of Europe to rival America and combat Russia at the beginning of the Cold War.
While some think that the Roman Empire will be revived as a future version of the EU and others think that it continued on in a different form, I take a midway position. My humble interpretation is that the spirit (not necessarily the letter) of the old Roman Empire continued through white European colonialism. During the 500 years of conquest, give or take between 1402 to 1960, the biggest colonizers were Spain/Portugal (Hispania), France (Gaul), and England (Britannica). All of which were part of the Rome's empire as shown by the names in parathesis that they were referred to at that time. Spain/Portugal, better knowns as the Iberians, started their exploration around the coast of Africa in the early 1400's This marked the "age of discovery." Later, in 1492, when Christopher Colombis "discovered" the New World, the Iberians turned their attention towards the largely unknown lands. They settled what is known today as Central and South America, a few of the Carribean islands. These countries today span from Mexico to Brazil to Argentina. They also include Caribbean islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic side of Hispaniola. California, Texas, the southwestern part of the US, and even Florida were a part of the Spanish colonies. This is illustrated in the architecture of homes and building in these states. Cowboys, ranches, and rodeos originated from Hispanics not Anglos. The Portuguese mostly conquered Brazil and a few coastal African countries such as Angola and Cape Verde islands.
But the Iberian empire would be eclipsed and even replaced by the much greater British Empire. Originally, Britian sent John Cabot (their version of Christopher Colombus) in 1497, just five years after the Italian explorer himself. This was later followed by Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh almost a century later. These overseas colonial attempts were unsuccessful. Actually, the first successful English attempt of colonization was on the British Isles themselves when they permanently settled Ireland in the 16th century. Then, in the 17th century, joint stock companies (the predecessors to today's big corporations) like the East Indies Company started investing in North American and the Caribbean islands. It would be merchant businesses like these that would finance a group of persecuted Christian purist followers known as the Pilgrims to come to North America to practice their religion according to the dictates of conscience. The first winter of these settlers was very rough, many died. But with the help of Indians such as Squanto and Massasoit they would eventually survive. And, as they say, the rest is history. Those pilgrims would go on to build thirteen coastal colonies. Eventually, those thirteen colonies would declare their independence on July 4, 1776, completely from Britian to become what is now known as the United States of America. From there, England would go on the colonize most of the area to the north which would become Canada. Further British overseas adventures would include Australia and New Zealand in the Pacific, African countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Egypt, among others. They took over the whole country of India as well as the Palenstine (today Israel) area of the Middle East. Most of these countries, with the exception of America and India, are still commonwealths of Britian. These include Canada and Australia. I would personally have to say that the British Empire controlled more of the world real estate mass than the old Roman Empire did.
The French also had a sizeable colonial empire but lost much of it to the British in the New world. This includes a large area of the land west of the land between the British colonies on the America and Canada coasts and the far western portions of those countries. They would lose much of it in America with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 under President Thomas Jefferson. They would also lose much of Canada during The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) to Great Britian in the Treaty of Paris of 1763. Today, Québec is the only French speaking province in Canada. In the Caribbean, they would add Haiti and Martinique to their empire. African colonies would include Niger, Cameroon, Algeria, Morocco, Chad, Tunisia, Gabon, Togo-Benin, Burkina Faso, Seychelles, and others. In the Pacific, some of their territories were French Polynesia, Papa New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Vietnam.
Other European countries such as Germany, Belgium, and Italy also had colonies but to a much smaller extent. mostly in Africa.
I was also tempted to name Russia imperialistic ambitions in establishing the Soviet Union, but Gog and Magog were never a part of the Roman Empire.
There are many aspects of Roman and even Greek culture in America, Western Civilization and the world in general. Our political structure of an executive, judicial, and legislative branch comes from the Romans, as well as the concept behind the Declaration of Independence. Accesso, the whole concept of owning private property and land rights that Americans treasure so much comes from Rome. Ancient Rome and Athens were the first examples of state capitalism. International trade built up the economies of both civilizations just as it made America a global superpower. Other honorary contributions from both ancient Greek and Roman civilizations are sewage/flushing toilets, roads, central heating, concrete, and even fast food!! These are innovations and discoveries that people all over the world enjoy and take advantage of.
There are so many similarities between ancient Rome and America to the point where the Seventh Day Adventist identify America as being the second beast of Revelations.
As a result of centuries of colonialism, most of the world is acquainted with Western culture and customs. English is the most widely spoken language in the world. It is spoken by 1.5 billion speakers. Clothing fashions from designers in New York and Paris are popular in non-Western countries. Christianity, thanks to European and American missionaries in the 19th and 20th centuries, has spread globally. The European standard of beauty is dominant in many non-white countries. American, and to a lesser extent, European and Latin American TV shows and movies are translated in foreign languages and distributed all over the world.
I guess what I am getting at on this post is that during the last days, the book of Revelations predicts that there will be a revived Roman Empire (probably in the form of the EU) that will someday control the whole world. However, there are some that think that this will be the United Nations. Still, others think that it is the papacy. The leader of this global order will be known as the Antichrist.
If so, much of our planet has embraced cultural European homogony as a result of colonialism, would it not be easy to join a European controlled global empire just before Christ comes back?
When the prophet Daniel interpreted King Nebuchadnezzar's dream, he basically gave him an outline of the rest of human history. The prophet showed the king a stature. The various kingdoms of time would represent the different body parts of the figure.
Let's discuss the four kingdoms of time.
The first one is the Babylonian Empire headed by Nebuchadnezzar himself from 605 BC to 562 BC. The animal symbol of Babylon was the lion, and the mineral symbol was gold. Babylon was the head of the statue.
The second empire was the collective Medo-Persians. The Mede kingdom was located in what is today known as northwestern Iran. It began in 678 BC with Deices as the ruler and ended in 549 BC with Astyages. That same year, King Cyrus conquered the Mede Dynasty which became the Persian Empire. Its mineral symbolization was silver. It's animal representation was a bear. The kingdom came to an end in 330 BC. Medo Persia represents the folded arms and chest of the statue.
Greece was the third empire (and the first one of Western civilization) formed by Alexandra the Great. It lasted 350 years from 776 BC to 323 BC. The Greek Empire ruled most of the known world from Greece to India. The leopard and bronze were the symbols of the Greek Empire. This kingdom is the stomach and thighs of the figure.
f
And finally, the Rome conquered and absorbed most of the surrounding cultures establishing the Roman Empire from 625 BC to AD 476. It was formally christened in 27 BC when Augustas Ceasar declared himself the first emperor of Rome in 31 AD. Known as the fourth beast, its animalistic representation is a beast with iron teeth and ten horns. The ten horns are symbolic of ten kingdoms that will arise out of Rome. Rome represents the legs and feet of the statue in the dream. The toes of iron and clay allude to a future revival or continuation of the empire.
The Roman Empire controlled a significant part of world at that time including southern, central and western Europe (including Britian), North Africa, and much of the Middel East (including Israel or Palestine). The headquarters, of course, was in Rome, Italy.
Jesus Christ was born into Rome's vast world kingdom in the city of Bethlehem.
Eventually, the empire became so large that emperor Diocletian had to divide it up into western and eastern branches in the 200 BCs. The Eastern Roman Empire consisted of the southeastern Europe, the Middle East, and eastern North Africa. The Western Roman Empire was made up of western North Africa, southern and western Europe.
Although many historians think that the Roman Empire officially came to an end in AD 475, many biblical scholars think that it either continued or that it will be revived at a certain point during the end times. The Seventh Day Adventist think that the old pagan Rome evolved into papal Rome, thus establishing The Roman Catholic Church. Many mainstream Protestant believe that the establishment of the European Union or EU is the beginning of a future revival of the Roman Empire.
There have been several attempts to reestablish a revived Roman Empire. In 800 AD, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans. He was able to unite western and central Europe for the first time since the original Roman Empire fell over three centuries earlier. In order to accomplish this, they fought holy wars in the name of Christian proselytization. Whereas the original dynasty was Latin based, this reincarnation was Germanic (Frankish). This officially became known as the Holy Roman Empire and would last until 1806. After the that empire fell, Napolean Bonaparte would try to establish his own version of the Roman Empire by conquering most of Europe. This would become known as the French Empire. It would last only 11 from 1804=1815. Then, in the 20th century, Adolf Hitler started World War II by invading and occupying most of Europe (including Russia) in his attempt to build a Germanic European kingdom. It was known as the Third Reich (1933-1945). Really, Hitler was a more genocidal version of Emperor Charlemagne. Many believe that European Union is the beginning of a revived Roman Empire. The original concept was to build a United States of Europe to rival America and combat Russia at the beginning of the Cold War.
While some think that the Roman Empire will be revived as a future version of the EU and others think that it continued on in a different form, I take a midway position. My humble interpretation is that the spirit (not necessarily the letter) of the old Roman Empire continued through white European colonialism. During the 500 years of conquest, give or take between 1402 to 1960, the biggest colonizers were Spain/Portugal (Hispania), France (Gaul), and England (Britannica). All of which were part of the Rome's empire as shown by the names in parathesis that they were referred to at that time. Spain/Portugal, better knowns as the Iberians, started their exploration around the coast of Africa in the early 1400's This marked the "age of discovery." Later, in 1492, when Christopher Colombis "discovered" the New World, the Iberians turned their attention towards the largely unknown lands. They settled what is known today as Central and South America, a few of the Carribean islands. These countries today span from Mexico to Brazil to Argentina. They also include Caribbean islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic side of Hispaniola. California, Texas, the southwestern part of the US, and even Florida were a part of the Spanish colonies. This is illustrated in the architecture of homes and building in these states. Cowboys, ranches, and rodeos originated from Hispanics not Anglos. The Portuguese mostly conquered Brazil and a few coastal African countries such as Angola and Cape Verde islands.
But the Iberian empire would be eclipsed and even replaced by the much greater British Empire. Originally, Britian sent John Cabot (their version of Christopher Colombus) in 1497, just five years after the Italian explorer himself. This was later followed by Humphrey Gilbert and Walter Raleigh almost a century later. These overseas colonial attempts were unsuccessful. Actually, the first successful English attempt of colonization was on the British Isles themselves when they permanently settled Ireland in the 16th century. Then, in the 17th century, joint stock companies (the predecessors to today's big corporations) like the East Indies Company started investing in North American and the Caribbean islands. It would be merchant businesses like these that would finance a group of persecuted Christian purist followers known as the Pilgrims to come to North America to practice their religion according to the dictates of conscience. The first winter of these settlers was very rough, many died. But with the help of Indians such as Squanto and Massasoit they would eventually survive. And, as they say, the rest is history. Those pilgrims would go on to build thirteen coastal colonies. Eventually, those thirteen colonies would declare their independence on July 4, 1776, completely from Britian to become what is now known as the United States of America. From there, England would go on the colonize most of the area to the north which would become Canada. Further British overseas adventures would include Australia and New Zealand in the Pacific, African countries such as South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Egypt, among others. They took over the whole country of India as well as the Palenstine (today Israel) area of the Middle East. Most of these countries, with the exception of America and India, are still commonwealths of Britian. These include Canada and Australia. I would personally have to say that the British Empire controlled more of the world real estate mass than the old Roman Empire did.
The French also had a sizeable colonial empire but lost much of it to the British in the New world. This includes a large area of the land west of the land between the British colonies on the America and Canada coasts and the far western portions of those countries. They would lose much of it in America with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 under President Thomas Jefferson. They would also lose much of Canada during The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) to Great Britian in the Treaty of Paris of 1763. Today, Québec is the only French speaking province in Canada. In the Caribbean, they would add Haiti and Martinique to their empire. African colonies would include Niger, Cameroon, Algeria, Morocco, Chad, Tunisia, Gabon, Togo-Benin, Burkina Faso, Seychelles, and others. In the Pacific, some of their territories were French Polynesia, Papa New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Vietnam.
Other European countries such as Germany, Belgium, and Italy also had colonies but to a much smaller extent. mostly in Africa.
I was also tempted to name Russia imperialistic ambitions in establishing the Soviet Union, but Gog and Magog were never a part of the Roman Empire.
There are many aspects of Roman and even Greek culture in America, Western Civilization and the world in general. Our political structure of an executive, judicial, and legislative branch comes from the Romans, as well as the concept behind the Declaration of Independence. Accesso, the whole concept of owning private property and land rights that Americans treasure so much comes from Rome. Ancient Rome and Athens were the first examples of state capitalism. International trade built up the economies of both civilizations just as it made America a global superpower. Other honorary contributions from both ancient Greek and Roman civilizations are sewage/flushing toilets, roads, central heating, concrete, and even fast food!! These are innovations and discoveries that people all over the world enjoy and take advantage of.
There are so many similarities between ancient Rome and America to the point where the Seventh Day Adventist identify America as being the second beast of Revelations.
As a result of centuries of colonialism, most of the world is acquainted with Western culture and customs. English is the most widely spoken language in the world. It is spoken by 1.5 billion speakers. Clothing fashions from designers in New York and Paris are popular in non-Western countries. Christianity, thanks to European and American missionaries in the 19th and 20th centuries, has spread globally. The European standard of beauty is dominant in many non-white countries. American, and to a lesser extent, European and Latin American TV shows and movies are translated in foreign languages and distributed all over the world.
I guess what I am getting at on this post is that during the last days, the book of Revelations predicts that there will be a revived Roman Empire (probably in the form of the EU) that will someday control the whole world. However, there are some that think that this will be the United Nations. Still, others think that it is the papacy. The leader of this global order will be known as the Antichrist.
If so, much of our planet has embraced cultural European homogony as a result of colonialism, would it not be easy to join a European controlled global empire just before Christ comes back?
