Hi armchairscholar, I see that you live in Berlin. I live here in the USA.
When the EU reaches its final form under the beast-king's rule, in the middle of the 7 year 70th week, it is likely that the USA and Canada will be allies with the EU.
How do I connect the beast-king with the EU ?
It is because...
1. in Daniel 9:26-27, the prince who shall come (who eventually becomes the beast-king) will be from the people who destroyed the temple and city - i.e. the Romans back in 70 AD.
2. in Daniel 7:23-24. the little horn end times person will emerge out of the fourth kingdom, the Roman Empire, the kingdom with iron teeth, nails of brass (Daniel 7:19).
3. in Daniel 8:9 the little horn end times person heads south and east toward Israel with a strong army.
So putting all of those things together, it appears that the EU is the manifestation of the Roman Empire in the end times. The EU collectively is certainly powerful, militarily, politically, economically. Although some nations of the EU are stronger than other nations in the EU.
Interestingly, the beginning roots of the EU was as the European Economic Community founded by the treaty of Rome, 1957.
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The development of the person to eventually become the beast king is that his biblical emergence is as the little horn - leader over ten king (leaders). We don't know for certain specifically how that is going to come together. My thoughts are that the little horn person will be over a panel of ten EU leaders - probably related to defense.
Once the person gets established as the little horn, the Gog/Magog of Ezekiel 38-39 will threaten to attack Israel.
Since the little horn person, in Daniel 8:9, heads south and east toward Israel with a strong army - I think what is going to happen is that the little horn person is going to mobilize a EU army in Greece - to attack as a deterrent.
Well, if so, it will not work, and Gog/Magog (Russia and a group of Muslim nations including Iran) attacks Israel anyway. Only for their armies to be supernaturally destroyed by God in Ezekiel 39:1-8.
In the aftermath, the little horn, as the prince that shall come will move his EU army into the middle east, on the premise of being a peace keeper for the region. Daniel 8:25, it says he will destroy many by peace. Perhaps by putting down any residue uprisings by Muslims in the region - when the Jews remove the Dome of the Rock and start building their temple.
The little horn person will be a Jew - because to become the Antichrist, king of Israel, thought-to-be messiah, the person must be a Jew.
The Jews (Judaism) will think that the little horn, prince that shall come, is their long awaited messiah. Two of the traits of the Jews expect of the messiah is that (1) he will be a charismatic leader (2) will have great military ability. I got that information from the Judaism 101 site, about the messiah.
Mashiach: The Messiah - Judaism 101 (JewFAQ)
(I am keeping an eye on Zelensky as possibly being that person. Too early to tell for certain)
The false prophet of Revelation 13, will initially be thought by the Jews as being Elijah, who they expect to be a part of the start up to the messianic age. The false prophet will declare that the person is the messiah and will anoint him the king of Israel. The Jews (Judaism) believe that the messiah will be anointed the king of Israel by a "known" prophet, to use their words.
Once anointed the king of Israel, the person becomes the Antichrist.
He will begin the 7 year 70th week by confirming the Mt. Sinai covenant (not a peace treaty) by the process that Moses stipulated in Deuteronomy 31:9-13, to be done on a 7 year cycle. Which is basically a big speech to nation of Israel, that God gave the land of Israel to the children of Israel as theirs forever. That speech will restart the 7 year cycle that has not been done in modern times. The 7 years will take place as the 7 years in Ezekiel 39:9.
About 3 years into the 7 years, the world will be saying peace and safety up to that time thinking it has entered the messianic age (1Thessalonians5:1-3), when the Antichrist does the unthinkable of going into the temple, sitting, claiming to have achieved God-hood (the
transgression of desolation act of Daniel 8:13) described in 2Thessalonians2:4.
God, angered by the outlandish claim, in Ezekiel 28:1-10 will have the revealed man of sin assassinated. Then after a few days of his soul being in hell, mocked, God in disdain for the person will return his soul to his body bringing the person back alive, Isaiah 14:18-20. As part of God's overall plan to bring the Jews to Jesus, and to end Satan and his angels influence over mankind and the nations.
Upon coming back to life, the person becomes the beast-king of Revelation 13, the mortally wounded but healed head on the beast out of the sea. The beast out of the sea will be the beast kingdom made up of nations comprising the end times manifestation of the Roman Empire - the E.U.
In Revelation 17:17, the ten kings, i.e. the ten leaders of the EU, will hand their kingdom, the EU, for the beast to be king of it, i.e. dictator.
Lastly, I want to make it clear that I not saying anything derogatory toward anyone in the EU who seeks improve the lives of its citizens, and the many of my brothers and sisters in Christ who live in the EU. I am just expounding on how things will develop as things fall into place from a bible prophecy perspective.
Here is a chart I made of the five stages that the little horn person will go through....
