{"id":"7","user_id":1,"uid":"2e3ecc8c-2f33-4c04-bc4f-d131b97b2b6d","name":"Daniel 7: Christ the Most High","description":"","sections":[{"uid":"a09275a2-f01f-465c-bcb9-e2547b00bb7e","title":"First section","description":"","blocks":[{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"f4a81635-c56a-43ec-bac2-d4b1ad1f05bf","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Section 1<br>CHRIST UNFOLDS HISTORY, THE PRESENT, & THE FUTURE ","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"center"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 1"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"CHRIST UNFOLDS HISTORY, THE PRESENT, & THE FUTURE "}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"857b07a2-b1d9-4c11-8664-862f49f54339","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"In Daniel 7, it will be discovered that this apocalyptic prophecy of kingdoms through time, culminating in Christ\u2019s kingdom, follows the pattern and principles of Daniel 2\u2019s prophecy and is a recapitulation of it, where the original prophecy is repeated and enlarged. In the study of Daniel 2, it was seen what apocalyptic prophecy is: prophecy with a global impact that shows how Christ is in control of world events and what will happen unconditionally and definitively (see Study Guide 2, p. 4). Refer also to this study to see the three main ways in which apocalyptic prophecy is interpreted. Here, it was found that the biblical method to interpret apocalyptic prophecy is historicism, as extrapolated from the prophetic principles employed in the prophecy and its interpretation of Daniel 2 (see Study Guide 2, pp. 13-14).<br><br>Daniel 7:1-3<br>\u201cIn the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.\u201d <br><br>A main principle of historicism is that symbols are employed in apocalyptic prophecy and should be decoded by Scripture.<br>","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"In Daniel 7, it will be discovered that this apocalyptic prophecy of kingdoms through time, culminating in Christ\u2019s kingdom, follows the pattern and principles of Daniel 2\u2019s prophecy and is a recapitulation of it, where the original prophecy is repeated and enlarged. In the study of Daniel 2, it was seen what apocalyptic prophecy is: prophecy with a global impact that shows how Christ is in control of world events and what will happen unconditionally and definitively (see Study Guide 2, p. 4). Refer also to this study to see the three main ways in which apocalyptic prophecy is interpreted. Here, it was found that the biblical method to interpret apocalyptic prophecy is historicism, as extrapolated from the prophetic principles employed in the prophecy and its interpretation of Daniel 2 (see Study Guide 2, pp. 13-14)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:1-3"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cIn the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"A main principle of historicism is that symbols are employed in apocalyptic prophecy and should be decoded by Scripture."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"f592ef1d-3971-45db-99f8-5fabdd7d7f77","title":"1. What does Winds, Sea, and Animals represent in this prophecy? <br>Wind signifies _________ (Jeremiah 4:11-13; 25:31-33; Ezekiel 7:1-2;).<br>Sea symbolizes many ____________ (Isaiah 17:12-13; 60:5; Revelation 17:15). <br>Animals personify __________________________________ (Daniel 7:17,23). 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"}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"a648d8f7-574a-40fa-9bd8-8b581ef2d643","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Historicism is the biblical method to understand apocalyptic prophecy. Jesus applied it when He prophesied from His day through history to the Second Coming in Matthew 23:34-39 and 24:1-31.<br>","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Historicism is the biblical method to understand apocalyptic prophecy. Jesus applied it when He prophesied from His day through history to the Second Coming in Matthew 23:34-39 and 24:1-31."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]}],"action":"next","next_section_uid":null,"conditions":[],"translations":[],"index":0},{"uid":"aeaa6733-0892-4be6-8ef7-67c749f21476","title":"Second section","description":"","blocks":[{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"f4c16c9d-5c7c-4581-9adf-91ab4f9cd1a1","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Section 2<br>THE PROPHETIC DREAM","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"center"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 2"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"THE PROPHETIC DREAM"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"3be4b60f-889b-4396-bde0-58738150ac0c","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Christ gave Daniel a prophetic dream while he was sleeping, taking him by vision into the future and unfolding the future to him. This prophecy consists of six basic parts.<br><br>1) Four Beasts<br>Daniel 7:4-7<br>\u201cThe first was like a lion, and had eagle\u2019s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man\u2019s heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. 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.\u201d <br><br>Daniel sees four carnivorous beasts in a vision, emerging onto the world stage one by one, representing four world kingdoms (Daniel 7:23).<br><br>2) A Little Horn<br>Daniel 7:8<br>\u201cI 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.\u201d <br><br>Daniel sees a little horn rising, speaking great things. This power, as will be seen later, will be identified as the Antichrist power.<br><br><br>3) A Heavenly Courtroom Scene<br>Daniel 7:9-10<br>\u201cI beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.\u201d <br><br>Daniel sees a heavenly scene pass before him, depicting a future court session commencing under the direction of God the Father.<br><br>4) The Little Horn and Beasts Destroyed<br>Daniel 7:11-12<br>\u201cI beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.\u201d <br><br>Daniel sees the earthly kingdoms, represented by four beasts, including the Antichrist power, being destroyed.<br><br>5) The Son of man Coming to the Heavenly Courtroom<br>Daniel 7:13<br>\u201cI saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.\u201d <br><br>Daniel sees Christ entering the heavenly court proceedings as the main character.<br><br>6) The Son of man Receiving His Everlasting Kingdom<br>Daniel 7:14<br>\u201cAnd there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.\u201d <br><br>Daniel sees how Christ receives the everlasting kingdom from His Father\u2014a kingdom that will never be destroyed.<br><br>Daniel 7 affirms the use of historicism to interpret prophecy showing how one kingdom succeeds the other through the years of history until the end when Christ\u2019s eternal kingdom is ushered in.<br>","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Christ gave Daniel a prophetic dream while he was sleeping, taking him by vision into the future and unfolding the future to him. This prophecy consists of six basic parts."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"1) Four Beasts"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:4-7"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cThe first was like a lion, and had eagle\u2019s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man\u2019s heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. 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.\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel sees four carnivorous beasts in a vision, emerging onto the world stage one by one, representing four world kingdoms (Daniel 7:23)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"2) A Little Horn"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:8"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cI 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.\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel sees a little horn rising, speaking great things. This power, as will be seen later, will be identified as the Antichrist power."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"3) A Heavenly Courtroom Scene"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:9-10"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cI beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel sees a heavenly scene pass before him, depicting a future court session commencing under the direction of God the Father."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"4) The Little Horn and Beasts Destroyed"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:11-12"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cI beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel sees the earthly kingdoms, represented by four beasts, including the Antichrist power, being destroyed."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"5) The Son of man Coming to the Heavenly Courtroom"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:13"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cI saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel sees Christ entering the heavenly court proceedings as the main character."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"6) The Son of man Receiving His Everlasting Kingdom"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:14"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel sees how Christ receives the everlasting kingdom from His Father\u2014a kingdom that will never be destroyed."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7 affirms the use of historicism to interpret prophecy showing how one kingdom succeeds the other through the years of history until the end when Christ\u2019s eternal kingdom is ushered in."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]}],"action":"next","next_section_uid":null,"conditions":[],"translations":[],"index":1},{"uid":"62d9921c-ff19-4464-acb2-f605f9a845c0","title":"Third section","description":"","blocks":[{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"3031a83d-4901-46dd-bfd0-620c6bec094f","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Section 3<br>DANIEL SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THE PROPHECY ","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"center"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 3"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"DANIEL SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THE PROPHECY "}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"553fb8e5-b66c-4e0d-aaf9-e9089e567e80","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"While Daniel was in vision, he was disquieted within himself for not understanding the meaning of everything he saw.<br><br>Daniel 7:15-16<br>\u201cI Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.\u201d <br><br>Daniel approaches an angel in his vision, asking for help in understanding the prophetic scenes passing by him. The angel then proceeds to explain parts of it to Daniel.<br>","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"While Daniel was in vision, he was disquieted within himself for not understanding the meaning of everything he saw."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:15-16"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cI Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel approaches an angel in his vision, asking for help in understanding the prophetic scenes passing by him. The angel then proceeds to explain parts of it to Daniel."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]}],"action":"next","next_section_uid":null,"conditions":[],"translations":[],"index":2},{"uid":"57dc571f-0d47-4ae2-bf44-853c5e38a3dc","title":"Fourth section","description":"","blocks":[{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"5d60fd2e-a3c7-406c-a096-29e2bae1eecc","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Section 4<br>AN ANGEL EXPLAINS THE PROPHECY ","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"center"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 4"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"AN ANGEL EXPLAINS THE PROPHECY "}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"80a5c84d-f1bf-40d6-aa39-5c83b74b938a","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"The angel proceeds with his explanation of this prophecy by starting at the beginning, with the four beasts coming out of the sea.<br><br>Daniel 7:17<br>\u201cThese great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.\u201d<br><br>These beasts represent kingdoms (Daniel 7:23) that will rule over the earth, repeating and expanding upon the prophecy of Daniel 2 with different symbols and more detail.<br><br>Daniel 7:4<br>\u201cThe first was like a lion, and had eagle\u2019s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man\u2019s heart was given to it.\u201d<br>","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The angel proceeds with his explanation of this prophecy by starting at the beginning, with the four beasts coming out of the sea."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:17"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cThese great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"These beasts represent kingdoms (Daniel 7:23) that will rule over the earth, repeating and expanding upon the prophecy of Daniel 2 with different symbols and more detail."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:4"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cThe first was like a lion, and had eagle\u2019s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man\u2019s heart was given to it.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"1afafb83-397c-4d38-9bfe-7df188352920","title":"2. What kingdom does the Lion represent?","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"1afafb83-397c-4d38-9bfe-7df188352920","options":{},"validations":[]},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"2. What kingdom does the Lion represent?"}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"78a511ae-b18c-41a3-a71f-fb8b8ff1be8f","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"In Daniel 2, Babylon is symbolized by gold, the king of precious metals. So in Daniel 7, Babylon is symbolized by the king of beasts, a lion, and by the king of birds, an eagle. Babylon ruled the then-known world. Eventually, the prophecy declares divine judgment on it by the plucking of its wings (conquests in war coming to an end) and an end to its rule due to its last ruler\u2019s (Belshazzar) pride and cowardice (a man\u2019s heart).<br><br>Daniel 7:5<br>\u201cAnd behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.\u201d","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"In Daniel 2, Babylon is symbolized by gold, the king of precious metals. So in Daniel 7, Babylon is symbolized by the king of beasts, a lion, and by the king of birds, an eagle. Babylon ruled the then-known world. Eventually, the prophecy declares divine judgment on it by the plucking of its wings (conquests in war coming to an end) and an end to its rule due to its last ruler\u2019s (Belshazzar) pride and cowardice (a man\u2019s heart)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:5"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.\u201d"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"fbbc2593-5bf4-45e4-a846-d0e26a57e1b0","title":"3. What kingdom does the Bear represent? ","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"fbbc2593-5bf4-45e4-a846-d0e26a57e1b0","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"3. What kingdom does the Bear represent? "}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"7b18a2e6-79fb-48dd-96a7-ec3c175e7c36","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"In Daniel 2, Medo-Persia is symbolized by the chest and two arms of silver, showing the combined empire of the two kingdoms of the Medes and Persians. Similarly, in Daniel 7, Medo-Persia is symbolized by the bear that is raised more on one side, indicating a two-kingdom empire. This bear has three ribs in its mouth, signifying the conquest of three kingdoms. Medo-Persia conquered Egypt, Lydia, and then Babylon.<br><br>Daniel 7:6<br>\u201cAfter this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.\u201d","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"In Daniel 2, Medo-Persia is symbolized by the chest and two arms of silver, showing the combined empire of the two kingdoms of the Medes and Persians. Similarly, in Daniel 7, Medo-Persia is symbolized by the bear that is raised more on one side, indicating a two-kingdom empire. This bear has three ribs in its mouth, signifying the conquest of three kingdoms. Medo-Persia conquered Egypt, Lydia, and then Babylon."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:6"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAfter this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.\u201d"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"9bc6e228-9c38-409e-9343-b5c2fa8b35a8","title":"4. What kingdom does the Leopard represent?","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"9bc6e228-9c38-409e-9343-b5c2fa8b35a8","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"4. What kingdom does the Leopard represent?"}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"85eea0bc-fbd8-4297-9b06-f42031b15ffc","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"In Daniel 2, Greece is symbolized by the metal brass. In Daniel 7, Greece is symbolized by a leopard, which by nature has a brass-like color. This leopard has four wings denoting speed and swift conquest, as described in Lamentations 4:19, Ezekiel 17:3, 12, and Habakkuk 1:6-8. Greece conquered Persia and the world at an unprecedented speed under the leadership of Alexander the Great. When he died, this empire was divided among his four generals, hence the prophecy depicting the leopard with four heads.<br><br>Daniel 7:7<br>\u201cAfter 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.\u201d","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"In Daniel 2, Greece is symbolized by the metal brass. In Daniel 7, Greece is symbolized by a leopard, which by nature has a brass-like color. This leopard has four wings denoting speed and swift conquest, as described in Lamentations 4:19, Ezekiel 17:3, 12, and Habakkuk 1:6-8. Greece conquered Persia and the world at an unprecedented speed under the leadership of Alexander the Great. When he died, this empire was divided among his four generals, hence the prophecy depicting the leopard with four heads."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:7"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAfter 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.\u201d"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"92d91e20-c44c-4569-9e8a-87cbd825b717","title":"5. What kingdom does the 4th Beast represent?","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"92d91e20-c44c-4569-9e8a-87cbd825b717","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"5. What kingdom does the 4th Beast represent?"}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"d50ccdac-aa40-4cdc-87cd-9c6f113f89cc","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"In Daniel 2, Rome is symbolized by legs of iron, while in Daniel 7, Rome is equated with a terrible beast with iron teeth, strong and destructive, breaking nations. Just as the legs give rise to feet with ten toes in Daniel 2, representing 10 kingdoms of divided Western Europe, so this dragon (Revelation 12:3; 13:2) beast gives rise to 10 horns representing 10 kingdoms of divided Western Europe.<br><br>After the angel explains to Daniel the first part of the prophecy, that these beasts represent kingdoms that will rule over the earth, the angel proceeds to explain the last part of the prophecy.<br><br>Daniel 7:7<br>\u201cBut the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.\u201d<br><br>The angel encourages Daniel that Christ, the Most High, gives us His kingdom and it will be ours forever and ever.","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"In Daniel 2, Rome is symbolized by legs of iron, while in Daniel 7, Rome is equated with a terrible beast with iron teeth, strong and destructive, breaking nations. Just as the legs give rise to feet with ten toes in Daniel 2, representing 10 kingdoms of divided Western Europe, so this dragon (Revelation 12:3; 13:2) beast gives rise to 10 horns representing 10 kingdoms of divided Western Europe."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"After the angel explains to Daniel the first part of the prophecy, that these beasts represent kingdoms that will rule over the earth, the angel proceeds to explain the last part of the prophecy."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:7"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cBut the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The angel encourages Daniel that Christ, the Most High, gives us His kingdom and it will be ours forever and ever."}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]}],"action":"next","next_section_uid":null,"conditions":[],"translations":[],"index":3},{"uid":"c283ff2a-826d-48d2-a1b0-ee01eb65d989","title":"Fifth section","description":"","blocks":[{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"e5b3e8b3-9144-4495-a087-fc4bec05b7c0","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Section 5<br>DANIEL ASKS THE ANGEL FOR MORE INFORMATION ","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"center"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 5"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"DANIEL ASKS THE ANGEL FOR MORE INFORMATION "}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"080aa21e-2c0d-47a7-9d1a-0fa402630787","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Daniel understands the angel\u2019s explanation of the first part of the prophecy since he remembers the prophecy of Daniel 2. However, there are many details not explained and not found in the prophecy of Daniel 2 that his inquisitive mind wants to understand. So Daniel asks the angel about these.<br><br>Daniel 7:19-22<br>\u201cThen 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; 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. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.\u201d<br><br>Daniel asks the angel for more information about (1) The Fourth Beast, (2) The Ten Horns, (3) The Little Horn and its war against the Saints, and (4) The Heavenly Judgment. ","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel understands the angel\u2019s explanation of the first part of the prophecy since he remembers the prophecy of Daniel 2. However, there are many details not explained and not found in the prophecy of Daniel 2 that his inquisitive mind wants to understand. So Daniel asks the angel about these."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:19-22"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cThen 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; 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. I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel asks the angel for more information about (1) The Fourth Beast, (2) The Ten Horns, (3) The Little Horn and its war against the Saints, and (4) The Heavenly Judgment. "}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]}],"action":"next","next_section_uid":null,"conditions":[],"translations":[],"index":4},{"uid":"680bf26d-d5c3-40b1-8895-3b22e97b11d5","title":"Sixth section","description":"","blocks":[{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"d5441856-b5f1-4504-a043-0245488e230c","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Section 6<br>THE ANGEL PROVIDES MORE INFORMATION ","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"center"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 6"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"THE ANGEL PROVIDES MORE INFORMATION "}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"3bf2b80a-6b55-4e49-9858-b45af5d64a81","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Daniel listens as the angel provides more information on the parts of the prophecy he wants to understand better.<br><br>1) The Fourth Beast<br>Daniel 7:23<br>\u201cThus 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.\u201d<br><br>The angel confirms that this beast is Rome, stating it is the fourth kingdom upon earth, referring to the prophecy of Daniel 2. The angel also unfolds that Rome will devour the whole earth, noting that its reign will be cruel in its global empire, whereby it will \u201ctread down\u201d on anyone resisting its rule and \u201cbreak it in pieces.\u201d This is why this empire was known as the \u201ciron monarchy of Rome\u201d (Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 4, p. 161).<br><br>2) The Ten Horns<br>The angel moves on to the next part of the prophecy.<br><br>Daniel 7:24<br>\u201cAnd 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.\u201d<br><br>The angel confirms that the horns arising out of Rome are ten kingdoms that will emerge instead of a fifth kingdom replacing Rome. Historically, it is seen that Rome was divided into ten kingdoms of divided Western Europe when it fell apart. These ten kingdoms were the Alemanni (Germany), the Anglo-Saxons (UK), the Franks (France), the Visigoths (Spain), the Suevi (Portugal), the Lombards (Italy), the Burgundians (Switzerland), the Vandals, the Heruli, and the Ostrogoths (see Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 4, Chap. 37, par. 18).<br><br>3) The Little Horn and its war against the Saints<br>The angel then explains that the three kingdoms \u201cplucked out\u201d in verse 8 are destroyed by a horn power that arises after these 10 kingdoms and will be different from these political powers. The angel continues to describe this little horn power, and provides more information about its war against the saints:<br><br>Daniel 7:25<br>\u201cAnd 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.\u201d<br><br>This power is unique in that it directly attacks Christ the Most High and His followers, declaring and making war against Christ","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel listens as the angel provides more information on the parts of the prophecy he wants to understand better."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"1) The Fourth Beast"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:23"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cThus 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.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The angel confirms that this beast is Rome, stating it is the fourth kingdom upon earth, referring to the prophecy of Daniel 2. The angel also unfolds that Rome will devour the whole earth, noting that its reign will be cruel in its global empire, whereby it will \u201ctread down\u201d on anyone resisting its rule and \u201cbreak it in pieces.\u201d This is why this empire was known as the \u201ciron monarchy of Rome\u201d (Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 4, p. 161)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"2) The Ten Horns"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The angel moves on to the next part of the prophecy."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:24"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd 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.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The angel confirms that the horns arising out of Rome are ten kingdoms that will emerge instead of a fifth kingdom replacing Rome. Historically, it is seen that Rome was divided into ten kingdoms of divided Western Europe when it fell apart. These ten kingdoms were the Alemanni (Germany), the Anglo-Saxons (UK), the Franks (France), the Visigoths (Spain), the Suevi (Portugal), the Lombards (Italy), the Burgundians (Switzerland), the Vandals, the Heruli, and the Ostrogoths (see Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 4, Chap. 37, par. 18)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"3) The Little Horn and its war against the Saints"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The angel then explains that the three kingdoms \u201cplucked out\u201d in verse 8 are destroyed by a horn power that arises after these 10 kingdoms and will be different from these political powers. The angel continues to describe this little horn power, and provides more information about its war against the saints:"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:25"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAnd 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.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"This power is unique in that it directly attacks Christ the Most High and His followers, declaring and making war against Christ"}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"0b998b10-60e4-4826-918c-6eaa8e772895","title":"6. What kingdom does the Little Horn represent?","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"0b998b10-60e4-4826-918c-6eaa8e772895","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"6. What kingdom does the Little Horn represent?"}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"a2bffe90-3e40-46fb-aaf2-dfea93aeb786","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"There are mainly ten identifying markers in Daniel 7:8, 24-25 that confirm that this unique power making war with Christ is Papal Rome.<br><br>Marker #1 - \u201cCame up\u201d (Daniel 7:8).<br>Prophetically, the little horn arises out of the fourth beast. Historically, Papal Rome arises out of Pagan Rome and is thus a Roman power.<br>\u201cThe Roman Church in this way privily pushed itself into the place of the Roman World-Empire, of which it is the actual continuation; the empire has not perished, but has only undergone a transformation. . . That is no mere \u2018clever remark,\u2019 but the recognition of the true state of the matter historically, and the most appropriate and fruitful way of describing the character of this Church. It still governs the nations... It is a political creation, and as imposing as a World-Empire, because [it is] the continuation of the Roman Empire. The Pope, who calls himself \u2018King\u2019 and \u2019Pontifex Maximus,\u2019 is Caesar\u2019s successor.\u201d (Adolph Harnack, What is Christianity? pp. 269-270).<br><br>\u201cWithin three centuries, the Roman Church had transformed the administrative organization of the Roman Empire into an ecclesiastical system of bishoprics, dioceses, monasteries, colonies, garrisons, schools, libraries, administrative centers, envoys, representatives, courts of justice, and a criminal system of intricate laws all under the direct control of the pope. His Roman Palace, the Lateran, became the new Senate. The new senators were the cardinals. The bishops who lived in Rome and the priests and deacons helped the pope to administer this new imperium.\u201d (Malachi Martin, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church, p. 105).<br><br>Marker #2 - \u201cCame up among them\u201d (Daniel 7:8).<br>Prophetically, the little horn arises among the 10 horns. Historically, Papal Rome arose in Western Europe, which consisted of 10 kingdoms.<br><br>\u201cAntichrist, then, or the little horn, is to be sought among the ten kingdoms of the Western Roman Empire. I say of the western Roman Empire, because that was properly the body of the fourth beast\u201d (Thomas Newton, Dissertations on the Prophecies, pp. 239, 240).<br><br>Marker #3 - \u201cEyes of man... and a mouth\u201d (Daniel 7:8).<br>Prophetically, the little horn has the eyes and mouth of a man. Eyes are symbolic of wisdom and knowledge (Ephesians 1:18; Revelation 5:6). A mouth is symbolic of leadership and priesthood speaking law (Psalm 119:72; Malachi 2:7). Thus, prophetically, the little horn power will be led by a leader with the authority to pronounce laws. Historically, Papal Rome has been led by the Pope as its \u201cinfallible\u201d leader in pronouncements.<br><br>\u201cDuring the whole medieval period there was in Rome a single spiritual and temporal authority [the pope] exercising powers which in the end exceeded those that had ever lain within the grasp of the Roman emperor.\u201d (R. W. Southern, Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages, vol. 2, pp. 24-25).<br><br>Marker #4 - \u201cShall rise after them\u201d (Daniel 7:24).<br>Prophetically, the little horn arises after the 10 horns. Historically, the 10 kingdoms of divided Europe were all on the scene by the year 476 when Rome\u2019s collapse was complete. Historically, Papal Rome arose as a global power after Rome\u2019s fall in 476 A.D.<br><br>\u201cThe all-conquering barbarians were storming the gates of Augustine\u2019s city whenthe saint died in 430. The North African town of Hippo was one of the last imperial outposts to be attacked. Rome had already gone under. Only four years before, St. Augustine\u2019s City of God had laid the theological groundwork for the church to step into the void left by the collapsing Roman Empire.\u201d (Douglas Auchincloss, City of God and Man, Time, December 12, 1960, p. 64).<br><br>Marker #5 - \u201cHe shall be diverse\u201d (Daniel 7:24).<br>Prophetically, the little horn would be different from the previous 10 horns. Historically, Papal Rome has been distinct from these 10 European kingdoms, as it is religious in nature and political in power.<br><br>\u201cUnder the Roman Empire the popes had no temporal powers. But when the Roman Empire had disintegrated and its place had been taken by a number of rude, barbarous kingdoms, the Roman Catholic church not only became independent of the states in religious affairs but dominated secular affairs as well.\u201d <br>(Carl Conrad Eckhardt, The Papacy and World, p. 1). <br><br>Pope Nicholas I said: \u201cIt is evident that the popes can neither be bound nor unbound by any earthly power, nor even by that of the apostle [Peter], if he should return upon the earth; since Constantine the Great has recognized that the pontiffs held the place of God upon earth, the divinity not being able to be judged by any living man. We are, then, infallible, and whatever may be our acts, we are not accountable for them but to ourselves.\u201d (R. W. Thompson, The Papacy and the Civil Power, p. 248).<br>Pope Nicholas also said: \u201cFear, then, our wrath and the thunders of our vengeance; for Jesus Christ has appointed us (the popes) with his own mouth absolute judges of all men; and kings themselves are submitted to our authority.\u201d (Dave Hunt, A Woman Rides the Beast, p. 228).<br><br>Marker #6 - \u201cHe shall subdue three\u201d (Daniel 7:8,24).<br>Prophetically, the little horn plucks out three of the 10 horns. Historically, Papal Rome exterminated three kingdoms: the Vandals, the Heruli, and the Ostrogoths. These kingdoms posed a significant threat to the supremacy of Catholicism and the ascent of Papal Rome\u2019s political dominance because they all adhered to Arianism, creating a theological bond between them that made them too strong for Papal Rome to obtain political power. Papal Rome decided these kingdoms had to be exterminated.<br><br>\u201cBut she [the church] fell, as was inevitable, into many embarrassments, and found herself in an entirely altered condition...Arian kings seized the greater part of the remaining West; while the Lombards [Italy], long attached to Arianism, and as neighbors most dangerous and hostile, established a powerful sovereignty before the very gates of Rome. The Roman bishops, meanwhile, beset on all sides, exerted themselves, with all the prudence and pertinacity which have remained their peculiar attributes, to regain the mastery...\u201d (Leopold Ranke, History of the Popes, Vol. I, p. 9).<br><br>Marker #7 - \u201cWords against the Most High\u201d (Daniel 7:25).<br>Prophetically, the little horn speaks against the Most High. Historically and presently, the Pope as leader of Papal Rome has presented himself as in the place of Christ on earth.<br><br>\u201cThe Pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God, and the vicar of God. The Pope is of such lofty and supreme dignity that, properly speaking, he has not been established in any rank of dignity, but rather has been placed upon the very summit of all ranks of dignities. The Pope is called most holy because he is rightfully presumed to be such. Nor can emperors and kings be called most holy; for although in civil laws the term \u2018most sacred\u2019 seems sometimes to have been usurped by emperors, yet never that of \u2018most holy.\u2019 The Pope alone is deservedly called by the name \u2018most holy\u2019, because he alone is the vicar of Christ, who is the fountain and source and fullness of all holiness.\u201d (Lucius Ferraris. Prompta Bibliotheca Canonica, Juridica, Moralis, Theologica Nec Non Ascetica, Polemica, Rubricistica, Historica, Vol. 5: Article, \u201cPapa\u201d).<br><br>Pope Francis in a letter date April 10, 2014 writes: \u201cThe Institutions to which you belong... are entrusted to the Society of Jesus, and share the same desire \u2018to serve as a soldier of God beneath the banner of the Cross ... and to serve the Lord alone and the Church, His spouse, under the Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of Christ on earth\u2019...\u201d (https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2014\/april\/documents\/papa-francesco_20140410_universita-consortium-gregorianum.html)<br><br>Marker #8 - \u201cThink to change times and law\u201d (Daniel 7:25).<br>Prophetically, the little horn tries to change God\u2019s Law. Historically, the Papacy has tampered with God\u2019s Law and changed it. It has removed the second commandment, revised the fourth, and split the tenth in two to retain ten commandments.<br><br>\u201cThe Pope is of great authority and power, that he is able to modify, declare, or interpret even divine laws. The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth...\u201d (Lucius Ferraris. Prompta Bibliotheca Canonica, Juridica, Moralis, Theologica Nec Non Ascetica, Polemica, Rubricistica, Historica, Vol. 5: Article, \u201cPapa\u201d).<br><br>Marker #9 - \u201cWear out the saints\u201d (Daniel 7:25).<br>Prophetically, the little horn persecutes Christ\u2019s followers. Historically, Papal Rome has tortured and killed millions of people. <br><br>Augustine wrote:<br>\u201cOriginally my opinion was that no one should be coerced into the unity of Christ, that we must act only by words, fight only by arguments, and prevail by force of reason, lest we should have those whom we knew as avowed heretics feigning themselves to be Catholics. But this opinion of mine was overcome not by the<br>words of those who controverted it, but by the conclusive instances to which they could point.\u201d (St. Augustine, Letter 93, chapter 5, section 17, translated in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, volume I, p. 388). <br><br>\u201cIn his famous work, The City of God, he [Augustine] advanced the doctrine that the city or commonwealth of the world was doomed to perish, whereas the \u2018city of God,\u2019 the church, was continuing and taking its place. He taught that the \u2018city of God\u2019 was identical with the church, and that as the latter grew in power and influence it would gradually bring all men under its sway and would introduce the reign of righteousness. This doctrine of Augustine became the basis for the temporal claims of the Roman church. If the kingdom was to grow irresistibly until it dominated the earth, and if the visible church was identical with the kingdom, then the visible church could rightfully assume political power, and could make its conquests by force.\u201d (Merrill C. Tenney, Interpreting Revelation, pp. 147, 148).<br><br>Pope Martin V (1417-31) wrote to the King of Poland:<br>\u201cKnow that the interests of the Holy See, and those of your crown, make it a duty to exterminate the Hussites. Remember that these impious persons dare proclaim principles of equality; they maintain that all Christians are brethren, and that God has not given to privileged men the right of ruling the nations; they hold that Christ came on earth to abolish slavery, they call the people to liberty, that is to the annihilation of kings and priests. While there is still time, then, turn your forces against Bohemia; burn, massacre, make deserts everywhere, for nothing could be more agreeable to God, or more useful to the cause of kings, than the extermination of the Hussites.\u201d (Dave Hunt, A Woman Rides the Beast, p. 247). <br><br>Marker #10 - \u201cUntil a time and times and a dividing of time\u201d (Daniel 7:25).<br>Prophetically, the little horn reigns for a time, times, and half a time. Time is a year, times are 2 years, and half a time is half a year. This amounts to 3\u00bd years or, according to a Biblical calendar, 1260 prophetic days. Referring to the historicist principles established in Study 2 on page 14, apocalyptic prophecy calculates time prophetically. This means that one day in prophecy equals one literal year in historical time (Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6). Thus, prophetically, the little horn reigns for 1260 years. Historically, Papal Rome ruled from 538 to 1798.<br><br>\u201cBerthier entered Rome on the tenth of February, 1798, and proclaimed a republic ... Half of Europe thought Napoleon\u2019s veto would be obeyed, and that with the Pope the Papacy was dead.\u201d (Joseph Rickaby, The Modern Papacy, p. 1).<br><br>Many of the markers that identify the little horn power as Papal Rome are the same markers found in Revelation 13:1-10 that identify the Antichrist. Thus, Papal Rome and the Antichrist power are the same. Papal Rome is the Antichrist. When you study these markers, you see that the Antichrist power of Papal Rome places itself in the position of Christ and tries to usurp His authority. Do not be deceived; Christ is the only Most High.<br>","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"There are mainly ten identifying markers in Daniel 7:8, 24-25 that confirm that this unique power making war with Christ is Papal Rome."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #1 - \u201cCame up\u201d (Daniel 7:8)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Prophetically, the little horn arises out of the fourth beast. Historically, Papal Rome arises out of Pagan Rome and is thus a Roman power."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cThe Roman Church in this way privily pushed itself into the place of the Roman World-Empire, of which it is the actual continuation; the empire has not perished, but has only undergone a transformation. . . That is no mere \u2018clever remark,\u2019 but the recognition of the true state of the matter historically, and the most appropriate and fruitful way of describing the character of this Church. It still governs the nations... It is a political creation, and as imposing as a World-Empire, because [it is] the continuation of the Roman Empire. The Pope, who calls himself \u2018King\u2019 and \u2019Pontifex Maximus,\u2019 is Caesar\u2019s successor.\u201d (Adolph Harnack, What is Christianity? pp. 269-270)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cWithin three centuries, the Roman Church had transformed the administrative organization of the Roman Empire into an ecclesiastical system of bishoprics, dioceses, monasteries, colonies, garrisons, schools, libraries, administrative centers, envoys, representatives, courts of justice, and a criminal system of intricate laws all under the direct control of the pope. His Roman Palace, the Lateran, became the new Senate. The new senators were the cardinals. The bishops who lived in Rome and the priests and deacons helped the pope to administer this new imperium.\u201d (Malachi Martin, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Church, p. 105)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #2 - \u201cCame up among them\u201d (Daniel 7:8)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Prophetically, the little horn arises among the 10 horns. Historically, Papal Rome arose in Western Europe, which consisted of 10 kingdoms."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cAntichrist, then, or the little horn, is to be sought among the ten kingdoms of the Western Roman Empire. I say of the western Roman Empire, because that was properly the body of the fourth beast\u201d (Thomas Newton, Dissertations on the Prophecies, pp. 239, 240)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #3 - \u201cEyes of man... and a mouth\u201d (Daniel 7:8)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Prophetically, the little horn has the eyes and mouth of a man. Eyes are symbolic of wisdom and knowledge (Ephesians 1:18; Revelation 5:6). A mouth is symbolic of leadership and priesthood speaking law (Psalm 119:72; Malachi 2:7). Thus, prophetically, the little horn power will be led by a leader with the authority to pronounce laws. Historically, Papal Rome has been led by the Pope as its \u201cinfallible\u201d leader in pronouncements."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cDuring the whole medieval period there was in Rome a single spiritual and temporal authority [the pope] exercising powers which in the end exceeded those that had ever lain within the grasp of the Roman emperor.\u201d (R. W. Southern, Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages, vol. 2, pp. 24-25)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #4 - \u201cShall rise after them\u201d (Daniel 7:24)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Prophetically, the little horn arises after the 10 horns. Historically, the 10 kingdoms of divided Europe were all on the scene by the year 476 when Rome\u2019s collapse was complete. Historically, Papal Rome arose as a global power after Rome\u2019s fall in 476 A.D."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cThe all-conquering barbarians were storming the gates of Augustine\u2019s city whenthe saint died in 430. The North African town of Hippo was one of the last imperial outposts to be attacked. Rome had already gone under. Only four years before, St. Augustine\u2019s City of God had laid the theological groundwork for the church to step into the void left by the collapsing Roman Empire.\u201d (Douglas Auchincloss, City of God and Man, Time, December 12, 1960, p. 64)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #5 - \u201cHe shall be diverse\u201d (Daniel 7:24)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Prophetically, the little horn would be different from the previous 10 horns. Historically, Papal Rome has been distinct from these 10 European kingdoms, as it is religious in nature and political in power."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cUnder the Roman Empire the popes had no temporal powers. But when the Roman Empire had disintegrated and its place had been taken by a number of rude, barbarous kingdoms, the Roman Catholic church not only became independent of the states in religious affairs but dominated secular affairs as well.\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"(Carl Conrad Eckhardt, The Papacy and World, p. 1). "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Pope Nicholas I said: \u201cIt is evident that the popes can neither be bound nor unbound by any earthly power, nor even by that of the apostle [Peter], if he should return upon the earth; since Constantine the Great has recognized that the pontiffs held the place of God upon earth, the divinity not being able to be judged by any living man. We are, then, infallible, and whatever may be our acts, we are not accountable for them but to ourselves.\u201d (R. W. Thompson, The Papacy and the Civil Power, p. 248)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Pope Nicholas also said: \u201cFear, then, our wrath and the thunders of our vengeance; for Jesus Christ has appointed us (the popes) with his own mouth absolute judges of all men; and kings themselves are submitted to our authority.\u201d (Dave Hunt, A Woman Rides the Beast, p. 228)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #6 - \u201cHe shall subdue three\u201d (Daniel 7:8,24)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Prophetically, the little horn plucks out three of the 10 horns. Historically, Papal Rome exterminated three kingdoms: the Vandals, the Heruli, and the Ostrogoths. These kingdoms posed a significant threat to the supremacy of Catholicism and the ascent of Papal Rome\u2019s political dominance because they all adhered to Arianism, creating a theological bond between them that made them too strong for Papal Rome to obtain political power. Papal Rome decided these kingdoms had to be exterminated."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cBut she [the church] fell, as was inevitable, into many embarrassments, and found herself in an entirely altered condition...Arian kings seized the greater part of the remaining West; while the Lombards [Italy], long attached to Arianism, and as neighbors most dangerous and hostile, established a powerful sovereignty before the very gates of Rome. The Roman bishops, meanwhile, beset on all sides, exerted themselves, with all the prudence and pertinacity which have remained their peculiar attributes, to regain the mastery...\u201d (Leopold Ranke, History of the Popes, Vol. I, p. 9)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #7 - \u201cWords against the Most High\u201d (Daniel 7:25)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Prophetically, the little horn speaks against the Most High. Historically and presently, the Pope as leader of Papal Rome has presented himself as in the place of Christ on earth."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cThe Pope is of so great dignity and so exalted that he is not a mere man, but as it were God, and the vicar of God. The Pope is of such lofty and supreme dignity that, properly speaking, he has not been established in any rank of dignity, but rather has been placed upon the very summit of all ranks of dignities. The Pope is called most holy because he is rightfully presumed to be such. Nor can emperors and kings be called most holy; for although in civil laws the term \u2018most sacred\u2019 seems sometimes to have been usurped by emperors, yet never that of \u2018most holy.\u2019 The Pope alone is deservedly called by the name \u2018most holy\u2019, because he alone is the vicar of Christ, who is the fountain and source and fullness of all holiness.\u201d (Lucius Ferraris. Prompta Bibliotheca Canonica, Juridica, Moralis, Theologica Nec Non Ascetica, Polemica, Rubricistica, Historica, Vol. 5: Article, \u201cPapa\u201d)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Pope Francis in a letter date April 10, 2014 writes: \u201cThe Institutions to which you belong... are entrusted to the Society of Jesus, and share the same desire \u2018to serve as a soldier of God beneath the banner of the Cross ... and to serve the Lord alone and the Church, His spouse, under the Roman Pontiff, the Vicar of Christ on earth\u2019...\u201d (https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/francesco\/en\/speeches\/2014\/april\/documents\/papa-francesco_20140410_universita-consortium-gregorianum.html)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #8 - \u201cThink to change times and law\u201d (Daniel 7:25)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Prophetically, the little horn tries to change God\u2019s Law. Historically, the Papacy has tampered with God\u2019s Law and changed it. It has removed the second commandment, revised the fourth, and split the tenth in two to retain ten commandments."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cThe Pope is of great authority and power, that he is able to modify, declare, or interpret even divine laws. The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth...\u201d (Lucius Ferraris. Prompta Bibliotheca Canonica, Juridica, Moralis, Theologica Nec Non Ascetica, Polemica, Rubricistica, Historica, Vol. 5: Article, \u201cPapa\u201d)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #9 - \u201cWear out the saints\u201d (Daniel 7:25)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Prophetically, the little horn persecutes Christ\u2019s followers. Historically, Papal Rome has tortured and killed millions of people. "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Augustine wrote:"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cOriginally my opinion was that no one should be coerced into the unity of Christ, that we must act only by words, fight only by arguments, and prevail by force of reason, lest we should have those whom we knew as avowed heretics feigning themselves to be Catholics. But this opinion of mine was overcome not by the"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"words of those who controverted it, but by the conclusive instances to which they could point.\u201d (St. Augustine, Letter 93, chapter 5, section 17, translated in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, first series, volume I, p. 388). "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cIn his famous work, The City of God, he [Augustine] advanced the doctrine that the city or commonwealth of the world was doomed to perish, whereas the \u2018city of God,\u2019 the church, was continuing and taking its place. He taught that the \u2018city of God\u2019 was identical with the church, and that as the latter grew in power and influence it would gradually bring all men under its sway and would introduce the reign of righteousness. This doctrine of Augustine became the basis for the temporal claims of the Roman church. If the kingdom was to grow irresistibly until it dominated the earth, and if the visible church was identical with the kingdom, then the visible church could rightfully assume political power, and could make its conquests by force.\u201d (Merrill C. Tenney, Interpreting Revelation, pp. 147, 148)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Pope Martin V (1417-31) wrote to the King of Poland:"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cKnow that the interests of the Holy See, and those of your crown, make it a duty to exterminate the Hussites. Remember that these impious persons dare proclaim principles of equality; they maintain that all Christians are brethren, and that God has not given to privileged men the right of ruling the nations; they hold that Christ came on earth to abolish slavery, they call the people to liberty, that is to the annihilation of kings and priests. While there is still time, then, turn your forces against Bohemia; burn, massacre, make deserts everywhere, for nothing could be more agreeable to God, or more useful to the cause of kings, than the extermination of the Hussites.\u201d (Dave Hunt, A Woman Rides the Beast, p. 247). "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #10 - \u201cUntil a time and times and a dividing of time\u201d (Daniel 7:25)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Prophetically, the little horn reigns for a time, times, and half a time. Time is a year, times are 2 years, and half a time is half a year. This amounts to 3\u00bd years or, according to a Biblical calendar, 1260 prophetic days. Referring to the historicist principles established in Study 2 on page 14, apocalyptic prophecy calculates time prophetically. This means that one day in prophecy equals one literal year in historical time (Numbers 14:34; Ezekiel 4:6). Thus, prophetically, the little horn reigns for 1260 years. Historically, Papal Rome ruled from 538 to 1798."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cBerthier entered Rome on the tenth of February, 1798, and proclaimed a republic ... Half of Europe thought Napoleon\u2019s veto would be obeyed, and that with the Pope the Papacy was dead.\u201d (Joseph Rickaby, The Modern Papacy, p. 1)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Many of the markers that identify the little horn power as Papal Rome are the same markers found in Revelation 13:1-10 that identify the Antichrist. Thus, Papal Rome and the Antichrist power are the same. Papal Rome is the Antichrist. When you study these markers, you see that the Antichrist power of Papal Rome places itself in the position of Christ and tries to usurp His authority. Do not be deceived; Christ is the only Most High."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"63f09e76-13d7-49bd-a1b0-ec9c27d36237","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"4) The Heavenly Judgment<br>Now that the angel has explained the fourth beast, the little horn power, and its war against the saints, only one thing remains for the angel to explain more fully: the heavenly judgment.<br><br>Daniel 7:26-27<br>\u201cBut the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.\u201d<br><br>This explanation, along with the actual vision\u2019s description and Daniel\u2019s remarks reveals ten markers that help us in forming the framework and picture of the judgment.<br><br>Do note that in the next study of Daniel 8, it will be seen that Scripture speaks of three phases of the Judgment. Only the first phase is considered and studied below.<br>Marker #1 - \u201cThe judgment shall sit\u201d (Daniel 7:26).<br>","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"4) The Heavenly Judgment"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Now that the angel has explained the fourth beast, the little horn power, and its war against the saints, only one thing remains for the angel to explain more fully: the heavenly judgment."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Daniel 7:26-27"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"\u201cBut the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.\u201d"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"This explanation, along with the actual vision\u2019s description and Daniel\u2019s remarks reveals ten markers that help us in forming the framework and picture of the judgment."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Do note that in the next study of Daniel 8, it will be seen that Scripture speaks of three phases of the Judgment. Only the first phase is considered and studied below."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #1 - \u201cThe judgment shall sit\u201d (Daniel 7:26)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"a268dc5e-80eb-431e-b128-72ff1160907a","title":"There will be a Day of Judgment and from Prophecy\u2019s Stance this Judgment is ______________________________________","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"a268dc5e-80eb-431e-b128-72ff1160907a","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"There will be a Day of Judgment and from Prophecy\u2019s Stance this Judgment is ______________________________________"}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"00221d68-68ba-48fd-8757-34b5033fd6e2","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Scripture states throughout its pages that a day of reckoning is coming, where everyone\u2019s life will be examined (Acts 17:31; Matthew 12:36). This day of judgment is inevitable.<br><br>Marker #2 - \u201cthe judgment shall sit... unto the end\u201d <br>(Daniel 7:26).","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Scripture states throughout its pages that a day of reckoning is coming, where everyone\u2019s life will be examined (Acts 17:31; Matthew 12:36). This day of judgment is inevitable."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #2 - \u201cthe judgment shall sit... unto the end\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"(Daniel 7:26)."}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"21376793-d1d4-4cfd-89b7-7755dc2566f3","title":"The Judgment is in Session ___________ Christ\u2019s 2nd Coming.","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"21376793-d1d4-4cfd-89b7-7755dc2566f3","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The Judgment is in Session ___________ Christ\u2019s 2nd Coming."}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"12a1f252-a4f1-43fa-86bc-8985551909d1","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Christians in general understand the judgment to take place at the end or when Jesus returns to this world. But Daniel 7:26 is clear that before the end, and in order to destroy the Antichrist\u2019s power and kingdom, the judgment will convene. Also, in order to fairly reward the true followers of Christ, the reward should be determined in judgment, since Christ brings His reward with Him at the Second Coming (Revelation 22:12).<br><br><br>Marker #3 - \u201cthe judgment shall sit... to destroy it\u201d <br>(Daniel 7:26).","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Christians in general understand the judgment to take place at the end or when Jesus returns to this world. But Daniel 7:26 is clear that before the end, and in order to destroy the Antichrist\u2019s power and kingdom, the judgment will convene. Also, in order to fairly reward the true followers of Christ, the reward should be determined in judgment, since Christ brings His reward with Him at the Second Coming (Revelation 22:12)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #3 - \u201cthe judgment shall sit... to destroy it\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"(Daniel 7:26)."}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"ce9e074a-fc8f-4d13-bb51-8fdac0188e63","title":"The Judgment ______________________________ and Leads to the Destruction of the Antichrist\u2019s Kingdom.","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"ce9e074a-fc8f-4d13-bb51-8fdac0188e63","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The Judgment ______________________________ and Leads to the Destruction of the Antichrist\u2019s Kingdom."}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"5c2fc03a-a44b-4b76-8bd4-e06d12a1c354","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"According to Scripture, the Judgment is exposing in nature. It will even expose motives (1 Corinthians 4:5-7). The Bible indicates that everything now hidden will be revealed in the judgment (Luke 8:17; 12:2\u20133). The light of the judgment will expose what is in the dark (Ephesians 5:13), including the evil workings of the Antichrist. Before the coming of Christ, through the judgment, the Antichrist will be exposed (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4). This will enable Christ to legally destroy it at His coming to this world (2 Thessalonians 2:8).<br><br><br>Marker #4 - \u201cThe books were opened\u201d <br>(Daniel 7:10).","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"According to Scripture, the Judgment is exposing in nature. It will even expose motives (1 Corinthians 4:5-7). The Bible indicates that everything now hidden will be revealed in the judgment (Luke 8:17; 12:2\u20133). The light of the judgment will expose what is in the dark (Ephesians 5:13), including the evil workings of the Antichrist. Before the coming of Christ, through the judgment, the Antichrist will be exposed (2 Thessalonians 2:1-4). This will enable Christ to legally destroy it at His coming to this world (2 Thessalonians 2:8)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #4 - \u201cThe books were opened\u201d "}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"(Daniel 7:10)."}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"b8db5eb6-528c-4b84-8617-4c0aa2f50236","title":"The Judgment _____________________________________ All who Claim to be part of Christ\u2019s Kingdom.","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"b8db5eb6-528c-4b84-8617-4c0aa2f50236","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The Judgment _____________________________________ All who Claim to be part of Christ\u2019s Kingdom."}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"a15ce3e6-faab-4a0c-9987-ddee335c3a20","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"In this phase of the judgment, only those who have claimed to follow Christ come under investigation. The wicked do not even appear in this judgment (Psalm 1:4-5), for judgment starts with those claiming to be righteous (1 Peter 4:17). In this judgment, genuine faith in Christ will be discerned from mere profession (Matthew 7:21-23; 25:32-33). Judgment, by definition, means investigation. There needs to be an investigation to determine who is rewarded and what is rewarded before Christ returns at the Second Coming with everyone\u2019s reward (Revelation 22:12).<br><br><br>Marker #5 - \u201cThe Ancient of Days did sit\u201d (Daniel 7:9).<br>","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"In this phase of the judgment, only those who have claimed to follow Christ come under investigation. The wicked do not even appear in this judgment (Psalm 1:4-5), for judgment starts with those claiming to be righteous (1 Peter 4:17). In this judgment, genuine faith in Christ will be discerned from mere profession (Matthew 7:21-23; 25:32-33). Judgment, by definition, means investigation. There needs to be an investigation to determine who is rewarded and what is rewarded before Christ returns at the Second Coming with everyone\u2019s reward (Revelation 22:12)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #5 - \u201cThe Ancient of Days did sit\u201d (Daniel 7:9)."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"425302f4-92df-4eb8-b38c-7edf04f3d4cd","title":"The Judgment _________________ the Accusations against God. ","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"425302f4-92df-4eb8-b38c-7edf04f3d4cd","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"The Judgment _________________ the Accusations against God. "}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"4b6dae4d-a59d-4933-9d43-36d79120b90c","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"There is a cosmic dimension to the judgment. God\u2019s redemptive purposes include the entire universe that has been tainted by Lucifer\u2019s accusations against God Himself. Cosmic harmony is at stake, with the very reputation of God the Father Himself. Therefore, there is a divine tribunal with millions of heavenly beings involved before which the Ancient of Days goes to sit for judgment to proceed. He hands over the Judgment to His Son, for since He is on trial, He entrusts everything to His Son. At this divine courtroom, it will be proven by the Son that these accusations against His Father are false and unfounded. By the life He lived in human flesh on this earth, by the death He died, by His heavenly ministry, and by His people\u2019s faith and obedience, He proves God\u2019s absolute justice and mercy and refutes Satan\u2019s false accusations.<br><br>Marker #6 - \u201cjudgment was given to the saints\u201d (Daniel 7:22).","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"There is a cosmic dimension to the judgment. God\u2019s redemptive purposes include the entire universe that has been tainted by Lucifer\u2019s accusations against God Himself. Cosmic harmony is at stake, with the very reputation of God the Father Himself. Therefore, there is a divine tribunal with millions of heavenly beings involved before which the Ancient of Days goes to sit for judgment to proceed. He hands over the Judgment to His Son, for since He is on trial, He entrusts everything to His Son. At this divine courtroom, it will be proven by the Son that these accusations against His Father are false and unfounded. By the life He lived in human flesh on this earth, by the death He died, by His heavenly ministry, and by His people\u2019s faith and obedience, He proves God\u2019s absolute justice and mercy and refutes Satan\u2019s false accusations."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Marker #6 - \u201cjudgment was given to the saints\u201d (Daniel 7:22)."}]}]},"title_raw":"","translations":[]},{"typeId":"question:textarea","uid":"4555264d-3a72-4b0b-b9d7-f604c2a24612","title":"Jesus is our ________________________ in the Judgment.","description":"","category":"question","field":{"type":"textarea","uid":"4555264d-3a72-4b0b-b9d7-f604c2a24612","options":{},"validations":{"required":{"enabled":false,"options":{},"messages":[]},"minLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]},"maxLength":{"enabled":false,"options":{"value":0},"messages":[]}}},"title_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Jesus is our ________________________ in the Judgment."}]}],"translations":[]},{"typeId":"content:paragraph","uid":"83939cc7-4bf7-4aa9-a268-a542b3569690","title":"","description":"","category":"content","content":{"value":"Jesus is our Advocate in the Judgment (1 John 2:1; Hebrews 7:25; 1 Timothy 2:5) as our Human Representative and Divine Brother (Hebrews 2:17, 18; Hebrews 4:14-16). Satan, as our accuser (Revelation 12:10), levels charges of sin and guilt against us in this judgment, but Christ, as Advocate, opposes these accusations (Zechariah 3:1-5) and defends us through His merits obtained by His atoning sacrifice, where His blood was shed on the cross for the remission of our sins (Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 9:22). What wonderful news to have Christ as our Advocate in the judgment! He has never lost a case committed to Him.<br><br><br>Marker #7 - \u201cThe Son of man came... to the Ancient of Days\u201d (Daniel 7:13).","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Jesus is our Advocate in the Judgment (1 John 2:1; Hebrews 7:25; 1 Timothy 2:5) as our Human Representative and Divine Brother (Hebrews 2:17, 18; Hebrews 4:14-16). Satan, as our accuser (Revelation 12:10), levels charges of sin and guilt against us in this judgment, but Christ, as Advocate, opposes these accusations (Zechariah 3:1-5) and defends us through His merits obtained by His atoning sacrifice, where His blood was shed on the cross for the remission of our sins (Matthew 26:28; Hebrews 9:22). What wonderful news to have Christ as our Advocate in the judgment! 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Jesus, who has been given the right by God to judge (John 5:22), came into this world for judgment (John 9:39). As judge, Christ sees everything, for \u201call things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him\u201d (Hebrews 4:13). There can be no better news than your Advocate also being the Judge at your trial. This Judge judges in your favor.<br><br><br>Marker #8 - \u201cThe Son of man came...\u201d (Daniel 7:13).<br>","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Christ is the one appointed by God to be the judge of the living and the dead (Acts 10:42; 2 Timothy 4:1), and He will judge the world in righteousness on a fixed day (Acts 17:31), as we all must appear before His judgment seat (2 Corinthians 5:10). Jesus, who has been given the right by God to judge (John 5:22), came into this world for judgment (John 9:39). 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At the conclusion of this phase of the judgment, the Father rewards Him by giving Him the Kingdom (Daniel 7:14; Revelation 11:15).<br><br><br>Marker #10 - \u201cthe kingdom... given to the ...saints\u201d <br>(Daniel 7:27).","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Christ has labored tirelessly for thousands of years to clear His Father\u2019s Name, to fight evil and shine God\u2019s light, and to save this world and people by risking His own life. 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Christ is our Most High. Christ is Most High. He is so high that the highest heavens cannot contain Him (2 Chronicles 6:14, 18). Christ is so high that the highest thoughts cannot comprehend Him (Isaiah 55:7-8). Christ is so high that He declares heaven as His throne and earth as His footstool (Isaiah 66:1), and yet His height is so awesome that He dwells with those who are humble (Isaiah 66:2; 57:15). Christ\u2019s height is also His depth, His width, and His length. It is His love. Infinite, \u201csurpassing knowledge\u201d (Ephesians 3:18-19). What a wonderful God is Christ Jesus! He is truly the Most High! For His heart is humble (Matthew 11:29; Philippians 2:5-8). His humility and love are so deep that He would literally, upon receiving the everlasting kingdom as His own, come and give it to us.<br><br>The following passage is quoted from a devotional written by the legendary preacher Charles Spurgeon. This may be one of the most incredible and important passages of Scriptural reflection you will ever read. I pray that you may drink in every word and realize the magnificence and height of Christ\u2019s love for you!<br><br>\u201cThe boundless realms of His Father\u2019s universe are Christ\u2019s by prescriptive right. As \u2018heir of all things,\u2019 He is the sole proprietor of the vast creation of God, and He has admitted us to claim the whole as ours, by virtue of that deed of joint-heir-ship which the Lord hath ratified with His chosen people. The golden streets of paradise, the pearly gates, the river of life, the transcendent bliss, and the unutterable glory, are, by our blessed Lord, made over to us for our everlasting possession. All that He has He shares with His people. The crown royal He has placed upon the head of His<br>Church, appointing her a kingdom, and calling her sons a royal priesthood, a generation of priests and kings. He uncrowned Himself that we might have a coronation of glory; He would not sit upon His own throne until He had procured a place upon it for all who overcome by His blood. Crown the head and the whole body shares the honour. Behold here the reward of every Christian conqueror! Christ\u2019s throne, crown, sceptre, palace, treasure, robes, heritage, are yours. Far superior to the jealousy, selfishness, and greed, which admit of no participation of their advantages, Christ deems His happiness completed by His people sharing it. \u2018The<br>glory which thou gavest me have I given them.\u2019 \u2018These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.\u2019 The smiles of His Father are all the sweeter to Him, because His people share them. The honours of His kingdom are more pleasing, because His people appear with Him in glory. More valuable to Him are His conquests, since they have taught His people to overcome. He delights in His throne, because on it there is a place for them. He rejoices in His royal robes, since over them His skirts are spread. He delights the more in His joy, because He calls them to enter into it.\u201d (Charles Spurgeon, Morning & Evening: Daily Readings, p.271).<br><br>Praise the Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br><br>","type":"paragraph","options":{"alignment":"start"},"value_raw":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Section 7"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"APPLICATION"}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"text":"Christ is the Most High. Christ is our Most High. Christ is Most High. He is so high that the highest heavens cannot contain Him (2 Chronicles 6:14, 18). Christ is so high that the highest thoughts cannot comprehend Him (Isaiah 55:7-8). 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