Europe in Prophecy Daniel 7 and Revelation 13

Europe in Prophecy

Daniel 7 and Revelation 13

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Dan 7:23, 24 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. And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise:

We shall now examine the ten horns:

Horn One:

The Saxons and the Angles:

They started battling the Roman Empire for Control of England. We know them as Anglo-Saxons. They are known today as the English nations of Europe;

Horn Two:

The Franks:

The Franks at the same time started battling the Roman Empire for control of France, Known today as the French Nations of Europe. They invaded the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century. Dominating present-day northern France, Belgium, and western Germany.

Horn Three:

The Alamannies:

The Alamannies, were also battling the Roman Empire around 457 for control of the German Nations of Europe

Horn Four:

The Visigoths:

The Visigoths, battle the Roman Empire for Control of the Spanish Nations of Europe. The Visigoths emerged from the Gothic tribes. The Goths were a nomadic Germanic people who fought against Roman rule in the late 300s and early 400s A.D., helping to bring about the downfall of the Roman Empire.

Horn Five:

The Lombards:

The Lombards battle the Roman Empire for the control of Italy a country in Europe.

Horn six:

The Suevi

The Suevi battle the Roman Empire for control of the Portuguese nations of Europe.

Horn Seven:

Burgundians:

The Burgundians took Control of the Swiss nation of Europe.

Horns Eight, Nine and Ten

These three horns also battled the Roman Empire and took control of their territories. These horns were Arian by belief. They were the Heruli, the Vandals and the Ostrogoths. They believed that God is ONE. These three horns believed in the uniqueness of God, who is alone self-existent.

Deu. 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: They were opposed to the belief and teaching of the Trinitarian Godhead.

The fall of the Western Roman Empire is often dated as 476 CE. In that year a group of “barbarian,” soldiers deposed the Western Roman emperor, Romulus, and proclaimed a strongman, Odoacer, king. Although recent scholars have disputed the importance of this event the date is significant in that another Western emperor would never again reign in Rome. Regularly, the successors of these Roman rulers are simply called barbarians, or grouped as various “Germanic” tribes such as the Ostrogoths and the Lombards ect.

By 476 the Roman Empire, according to Daniel, was totally destroyed never to rise again. Daniel said, I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame, Daniel 7:11. Note a Beast in prophecy is a Kingdom or Nation. Therefore, Daniel is saying that this Kingdom called the Roman Empire by 476 is totally destroyed never to return.

The analytical language Daniel used to describe the total destruction of the Roman Empire that its denial would be a self-contradiction. He is saying the ten horns killed the Empire of Rome, mutilate it and burn it with fire. These metaphors are illustrations of total destruction of the Roman Empire.

Daniel's Prophecy that the Kingdom of the Roman Empire shall be divide and there shall be in it weak and strong nations was fulfilled in 476 when the Empire disintegrated under the pressure of the ten horns. Being in the Prophetic Daniel said, And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. Daniel 2:41-43

The prophetic language iron use in the text, do not symbolize the durability of Rome itself. As some teach, iron cannot be destroyed, and therefore Rome would last until Christ come and Rome is given to the burning flame of hell fire at the end of time. The symbolic language iron in the text symbolized strength and not durability as taught by many. There is nothing in the text that indicated that the Roman Empire was given the ability to withstand wear, pressure, or damage. The ten Nations, ten horns who battled the Empire for control did pressured and ware down the Empire and damaged it till it disintegrated.

The ten nations of Europe are the Saxons, today, are known as the English nation; the Franks, as the French nation. The Germans were known as the Alamannies and the Spanish nations were known as the Visigoths. The Lombards are known today as the Italians, the Suevi as the Portuguese nation and the Burgundians as the Swiss nation. Among the ten original nations were the Heruli, the Vandals and the Ostrogoth, though separate and distinct nations they are known as one and all encompassed as Europe.

Therefore by 476 the Roman Empire as a nation passed into the annals of history and a new Nation was formed called Europe. Note, Daniel used words to describe the Roman Empire as totally destroyed. However note his language as concerning the rest of the Beast, the Lion, the Bear and the Leopard. He said, as concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. Daniel 7:12. This verse will be expanded in the discussion of Revelation 13.

Daniel was paying close attention to those ten horns these ten nations that became Europe. While surveying and paying attention to this new compounded nation on the world stage call Europe, he noticed another horn rising among this new nations of Europe. This other horn was not the same as the original ten horns.

Daniel said, 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. Daniel 7:8

This little horn started establishing itself as a political force in 508. Therefore this little horn is part of Europe in the feet and toes of the image of Nebuchadnezzar, and not part of the legs of Iron, the Roman Empire as is being taught in many Protestant denominations. The Roman Empire disintegrated in 476 and the little horn started its political assent in 508, that is thirty two (32) years after the death of the Roman Empire.

However there was a stumbling block in the way of this little horn that needs to be removed before it could be established. The stumbling block that was in the way of the little horn were the Heruli, the Vandals and the Ostrogoth. These three Nations were Arian by belief, they believed that God is ONE. They held to the truth of the uniqueness of God, who is alone self-existent. They contended that the Son was created and therefore is not of the same substance with the Father.

The little horn believed in the trinity and therefore this one God is a thorn in their flesh and must be removed, eradicate completely.

In the rise of the Little horn known as the Papacy, these three nations were conquered and

integrated, totally eradicated them, therefore they no longer exist. The Heruli were subjugated

and disappeared from history about 512 A.D., the Vandals about 534 A.D. and the Ostrogoths about 539 A.D. The Prophecy of Daniel is fulfill, the little horn plucked up three of the original horns by the root. This work was completed by 538 and the Papacy became a powerful persecuting power.

The Lord did not intend that the Papacy continue its persecuting of the saints indefinitely, nor that it cease from persecuting the saints and resume at a later date. The Papacy was given a definite, precise time to have dominion over the saints.

Daniel said, the saints shall be given into the hand of the Papacy until a time and times and the dividing of time Daniel 7:25. We will see that same time period repeated in Revelation 13.

In Prophecy a time is one year, times is two years and dividing of time is half a year, that is 360 days a year times 3.5 years is 1,260 prophetic days or 1,260 literal years.

The Lord wanted the saints to be assured of the time, therefore He gave the time from the time they started setting up to be a political power. Daniel said, From the time the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days: Daniel 12:11.

The war against the saints ended in 1798. How do we know that? Take from the time they became a persecuting power in 538 +1260 =1798 also from the time they started setting themselves up to be a political power in 508 +1290 = 1798. Therefore the Papacy would cease their persecution of the saints in 1,798 years.

Europe in Prophecy

Revelation 13

Daniel gave a lot of description about the new European Nation he saw being formed. He even gave the type of governance that would govern the territory. He said, As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. However he never gave the description of the European Beast. John picked up where Daniel left off.

He said, I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy Revelation 13:1. This verse is just packed with symbols, and the symbols must be unpacked so the text can be understood.

It is understood that a Beast in prophecy is a Nation, the symbol sea represent much people. The Nation has seven heads. Europe is the only nation in the world that have seven major religions in it. Head symbolize Religion. The nation also has ten horns as we have seen in Daniel. The ten horns symbolize the ten nations of Europe. The Saxons, today, are known as the English nation; the Franks, as the French nation. The Germans were known as the Alamannies and the Spanish nations were known as the Visigoths. The Lombards are known today as the Italians, the Suevi as the Portuguese nation and the Burgundians as the Swiss nation. Among the ten original nations were the Heruli, the Vandals and the Ostrogoth, though separate and distinct nations they are known as one and all encompassed as Europe. On the horns have crowns, symbolizing that the head of state are kings. John also said all seven religions in Europe blasphemes, speaking irreverently about God or sacred things.

It is strange however, in verse three it said one of the heads were wounded. Seventh-day Adventist understand the wounded head to symbolized the Papacy, the christian head. How strange it is, its never asked who are the other six heads. Who are the other six religions that blasphemes? However all seven religions blaspheme, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

Remember Daniel said, the Lion, the Bear and the Leopard, their dominion was taken away but their lives were prolonged for a season and time? John is saying the Nation of Europe is an amalgamation of these three beast mentioned by Daniel. He said, the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: Revelation 13:2.

Of these ten Nations that formed Europe some adopted the form of government of Babylon the Lion, some the form of government of Greece the Bear and others the form of government of Medio Persia the Leopard. However, none of them adopted the form of government of the Roman Empire. Hence, the nature of the amalgamated beast that John saw.

John said, he saw the dragon, Satan gave his power, and his seat, and great authority to the Nations of Europe. And the dragon gave him; the Beast, the Nations of Europe his power, and his seat, and great authority. Therefore, these Nations of Europe are caring out the will of Satan the Dragon.

John and Daniel are in complete agreement as to the composition of the divided kingdom of Europe, the nations of the former Roman Empire.

The wounding of the head

And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. Revelation 13:3

John said he saw the beast has seven heads, and all seven heads blaspheme the name of God. These seven heads represent the seven major religions of Europe. Looking closer at the heads, the religions, he said, I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed:

But how was the head, the religion wounded?

Seventh-day Adventist believes the head that was wounded is the Papacy, the Christian Religion and rightly so. The Papacy, the Christian Religion was wounded as though it was going to die, according to John, but how?

Do not make the mistake of confusing the Roman Empire with the Roman Catholic Church. Do not give in to the idea of Rome in its two stages: “Pagan Rome” and “Papal Rome.” Do not make the mistake of associating General Berthier taking the pope captive in 1798 as the wounding of the head.

These and many other points of views must be unlearned.

Six of the heads on the beast, the Nations of Europe from Islam to Shinto remained intact, unchanged from their creed and dogmas, but the Christian head changed its creed and dogmas, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils and departing from the faith. Therefore, let us focus our attention on Christianity, the Christian head.

Understand that the church built on Christ by the apostles, is the same church that apostatized so badly, known today as the Roman Catholic Church, the papacy, the papal power, or the Roman Catholic

system. The apostles gave the early church ample warning of the apostasy that was to engulf and take control of the church. They told the church when the wicked ones takeover, you will remember we told you so before it happens. However be courageous and be faithful; the man of sin will be taken out of the way. They told the church: do not be disheartened by this apostasy; it will not go on forever.

The leadership of the early church would lead the church to oppose all the commandments of God and to remove their faith from beholding Christ and placing their trust and confidence in man. By then, the leadership of the church would be emboldened and demand worship to them and exalt themselves above the government of God. To perfect their work, the leadership would engage in the working of Satan with great power and lying wonders. They would use all deceivableness to uphold their unrighteousness, and many would fall prey to their great powers and lying wonders.

The true children of God were to operate as it were in sackcloth.

They were to operate as if they were in a wilderness, yet the wicked were to prevail against them. The righteous were to be given into the hands of the wicked. The wicked were the leaders and therefore

determined the rules. The deceived ones determined what constituted heresy and what did not. They persecuted and killed the children of God relentlessly for most of 1,260 years.

The wounding of the head was caused by men searching the scriptures and realizing that the church was not teaching the truth, that the church had embraced the doctrines of devils, giving heed to seducing spirits, and have departed from the faith. These men decided, come what may, to give themselves to God.

They also made another decision, which was to teach the people what they had learned. Most of these men did so at the peril of their lives. Millions of the saints gave up their lives at the stake for the truth. From their burning and other forms of death they struck a death knell to the Christian religion. Martin Luther, one of the Reformers, struck a deadly blow to the Catholic Church, one of the seven heads on the beast of Revelation 13, when he posted his ninety-five theses on the church door at Wittenberg

as an act of defiance against the leadership and practices of the church.

Luther decided to break free from the shackles of error and superstition of the church. In his writings and preaching, Luther challenged the errors and abominations that were practiced by the leadership of the church and peeled away the doctrines of devils they ensnared the people with for ages.

The Reformation gave a powerful blow to the church, weakening the hold of the church on the people. This deadly blow to the church, the head of the Christian religion, was not only given by Luther, Knox, and those other great names of renown in the reformation, but also by thousands upon thousands of unnamed individuals all over western Europe. Young maidens who were to be buried alive or burned at the stake went to their deaths with their best garments on, like they were going to a wedding and not to their last day on earth. Wives whose husbands were tied to be burnt at the stakes would stand by their husbands, encouraging them and singing hymns to them. Men burning at the stakes would sing hymns and try to witness to their enemies even while the fire was burning around them.

Each of them stuck a blow to the church, that contributed to the deadly wound of the head. This deadly wound was administered by the truth of the gospel revealed and embraced by the people.

The Church the Christian religion started braking up into many protestant denominations. At the rate of the breakup it seem that the church the christian religion was going to die. However, today the Christian religion, Protestants and Catholic alike, with the Bible wide open in their hands, are both adhering to error, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, and have departed from the faith. This action of the Christians, especially the Protestants, has caused the deadly wound inflicted by the reformers to be healed.

Worship of Satan and Country

And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?Revelation 13:4

John said the people of the Nations of Europe, they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

The worship of Country in prophecy is symbolized as the worship of the beast. Today we use the word patriotism as the quality of being patriotic; giving devotion to and vigorous support for one's country. To be patriotic is to worship country. Patriotism and worship has the same meaning.

Here is the definition of worship: the feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity.

And here is the definition for being patriotic: having or expressing devotion to and vigorous support for one's country.

Therefore when the scripture says they worshiped the beast, it is saying the people of Europe worship Country over the worship of God.

Who is able to make war with Europe? In your lifetime, have you heard any country declaring war on Europe? In World War II they declared war on themselves. Outside countries supported them declaring war on themselves, but no outside country unilaterally declared war on them. Even today who is able to make war with Europe?

The function of the mouth:

Revelation 13:5-10 discussed the function of the mouth that was given to the beast. Here we see both Daniel and John are in full agreement and are speaking with one voice using different symbols so that there is no mistaken of the prophecy.

Understand that the symbol of the mouth given to the beast, is not the beast. The Beast are the nations of Europe. The symbol of the mouth given to the nations, symbolized an entity within Europe that speak as it were for Europe. This same entity symbolized as a mouth by John is also symbolized as a little horn by Daniel and as one of the seven heads on the Beast.

Daniel use the symbol of a little horn and John use the symbol of a mouth for the same entity. This entity, the Papacy, functioned both as a political organization, a horn and as the mouth of Europe commanding the Nations of Europe and it is also one of the seven major Religions of Europe.

Here we are going to compare what Daniel said about the little horn that came up after the ten horns were fully established and what John say about the function of the mouth that was given to the beast.

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. Revelation 13:5

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. Daniel 7:8

Daniel said the little horn had a mouth speaking great things, and John says that the beast was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies.

Daniel said 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.

Daniel said the little horn was to have dominion over the saints until a time and times and the dividing of time. Which is three and a half years or 1260 prophetic days, a day to a year; therefore the little horn was to have dominion over the saints for only 1260 years and not one day more.

John said, power was given unto him (the mouth) to continue forty and two months. Forty two months is three and a half years or 1260 prophetic days, a day to a year; therefore the mouth was to have dominion over the saints for only 1260 years.

And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. Revelation 13:6,7

John said, and he (the mouth that was given to the beast) opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, and it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them:

Note that these actions are not the actions of the Beast or the nations of Europe but rather the action of the mouth that was given to the nations of Europe according to John or the acts of the little horn according to Daniel. Both the little horn as mentioned in Daniel and the mouth as mentioned in Revelation functioned within the Nations of Europe and not in the Roman Empire system as is being taught by protestants.

Protestants ascribed the acts of the mouth given to the beast as it were the acts of the beast. This error have lead them to call the whole symbol of the beast in Revelation 13:1,2 as the Papacy. This has caused them to have a myopic view of the first beast of Revelation 13. Every symbol in the prophecy must be unpacked to have a clear understanding of the Prophecy.