8

Ther

e w

ill b

e a

judg

men

t! A

fter

desc

ribin

g th

e te

rrib

le c

aree

r of

the

litt

le

horn

, and

sta

ting

that

the

sain

ts s

houl

d be

giv

en in

to h

is h

and

for

1260

yea

rs

(kno

wn

as “

mid

evil”

tim

es o

r th

e “d

ark

ages

”), b

ringi

ng u

s do

wn

to 1

798,

ve

rse

26 s

ays

ther

e w

ill b

e a

judg

men

t an

d th

at t

his

little

hor

n w

ill b

e

de

stro

yed.

19

. W

ho w

ill h

ave

a pa

rt in

the

king

dom

of G

od?

Dan

iel 7

:13,

14,

18,

27

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____

____

____

____

____

____

_ Fr

iend

s, w

e ha

ve b

een

give

n an

adv

ance

war

ning

as

to w

hat i

s co

min

g up

on

the

wor

ld.

In

stud

ying

cha

pter

tw

o an

d se

ven

of t

he b

ook

of D

anie

l, an

d

look

ing

at t

he e

vent

s of

his

tory

, w

e no

w h

ave

a cl

eare

r pi

ctur

e of

who

thi

s “L

ittle

Hor

n” p

ower

is

and

it is

none

oth

er t

han

papa

l R

ome.

.. th

e R

oman

C

atho

lic C

hurc

h.

My

frien

ds, t

hese

are

not

my

wor

ds b

ut th

e ve

ry w

ords

of S

crip

ture

as i

nspi

red

by th

e H

oly

Spiri

t. Je

sus

love

s pe

ople

so

muc

h th

at H

e ga

ve H

is li

fe to

sav

e th

em.

The

tru

ths

we

have

dis

cove

red

in t

his

stud

y of

pro

phec

y re

veal

tha

t th

ere

wou

ld b

e a

fals

e sy

stem

of w

orsh

ip e

stab

lishe

d. G

od’s

wor

d is

reve

alin

g th

is f

alse

sys

tem

to u

s. T

here

are

man

y go

od p

eopl

e th

at a

re b

eing

dec

eive

d an

d ar

e in

this

fals

e sy

stem

. O

ur lo

ving

Sav

iour

cal

ls th

ose

with

in th

is f

alse

sy

stem

, who

are

obe

ying

the

truth

they

kno

w, “

My

peop

le.”

It

is th

e pa

pal

syst

em, n

ot th

e pe

ople

, to

whi

ch G

od is

opp

osed

, for

it is

a m

ixtu

re o

f tru

th

and

erro

r. G

od lo

ves

ever

y pe

rson

with

in e

very

fals

e sy

stem

, but

He

is ca

lling

th

em to

com

e ou

t and

join

His

“sh

eepf

old”

(Joh

n 10

:16)

. Je

sus i

s cal

ling

you.

Will

you

follo

w H

im o

r th

e lit

tle h

orn

pow

er…

the

Papa

cy?

AN

SWE

RS: 1) Four great beasts rising out of the sea, all diverse from

each other. 2) Wind: Strife, political com

motion, or w

ar. W

aters: peoples, nations, multitudes. 3) A

lion with eagle’s w

ings. 4) A bear w

ith three ribs in it’s mouth. 5) A

four headed leopard w

ith four wings. 6) A

terrible ten horned beast with iron teeth. 7) Ten kingdom

s. 8) A little horn. 9) It had the eyes and

mouth of a m

an. 10) Uproot (destroy) three kingdom

s. 11) Great w

ords against God. 12) Persecute them

. 13) The Sabbath of the fourth com

mandm

ent. 14) Changing the Sabbath from

the seventh day (Saturday) to the first day (Sunday). 15) NO

! God’s law

s cannot be changed. 16) 1260 years. 17) From

538 A.D

. to 1798 A.D

. 18) The judgment. 19) The saints—

those who keep the

comm

andments of G

od and have the faith of Jesus.

1

1.

W

hat d

id D

anie

l see

in v

isio

n?

D

anie

l 7:1

-7

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____

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____

____

____

____

____

___

“The

bea

sts

in D

anie

l’s v

isio

n re

pres

ent

four

kin

gs o

r ki

ngdo

ms

that

aris

e co

nsec

u-tiv

ely,

for t

hey

are

enum

erat

ed fr

om th

e fir

st to

the

last

. As

we

lear

ned

in o

ur s

tudy

of

Dan

iel

chap

ter

two,

the

re w

ere

to b

e bu

t fo

ur u

nive

rsal

kin

gdom

s fro

m t

he t

ime

of

Dan

iel t

o th

e en

d of

this

wor

ld’s

his

tory

. D

anie

l w

as s

till l

ivin

g un

der

the

king

dom

de

note

d by

the

head

of

gold

. Th

eref

ore

the

first

bea

st o

f th

is v

isio

n m

ust d

enot

e th

e sa

me

king

dom

as

the

grea

t he

ad o

f go

ld o

f th

e gr

eat

imag

e of

Dan

iel

chap

ter

two,

w

hich

was

Bab

ylon

.” S

mith

, Dan

iel a

nd th

e Re

vela

tion,

p.1

06.

Ete

rnal

Tru

th M

inist

ries

Pres

ents

Les

son

4 “T

he L

ittle

Hor

n”

Stud

ies o

n B

ible

Pro

phec

ySt

udie

s on

Bib

le P

roph

ecy

“...f

or th

e w

ords

are

clo

sed

up a

nd se

aled

till

the

time

of th

e en

d.”

Dan

iel 1

2:9

A

s w

e be

gin

this

stu

dy o

f B

ible

pr

ophe

cy p

leas

e re

mem

ber

that

we

are

in s

earc

h of

Bib

le t

ruth

so

we

may

un

ders

tand

w

hat

is co

min

g up

on t

he w

orld

pri

or t

o th

e re

turn

of

our

Lor

d. S

omet

imes

the

trut

h is

a su

rpri

se t

o us

. E

ven

so, i

t is

stil

l th

e tr

uth.

Je

sus

wan

ts u

s to

kno

w

the

trut

h so

tha

t w

e w

ill n

ot b

e

dece

ived

by

the

devi

l an

d lo

se o

ur

eter

nal s

alva

tion.

2

2.

Wha

t do

the

follo

win

g sy

mbo

ls m

ean

?

“W

ind”

J

erem

iah

25:3

2, 3

3; 4

9:36

_

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

In

sym

bolic

lang

uage

win

ds re

pres

ent s

trife

, pol

itica

l com

mot

ion,

and

w

ar.

“W

ater

s”

Isai

ah 1

7:12

; Re

vela

tion

17:1

5

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3.

How

was

the

first

bea

st d

escr

ibed

?

D

anie

l 7:4

_

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____

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

“The

sym

bolic

use

of w

ings

is d

escr

ibed

in H

abak

kuk

1:6-

8, w

here

it is

said

that

the

Cha

ldea

ns sh

ould

"fly

as

the

eagl

e th

at h

aste

th to

eat

." F

rom

thes

e sy

mbo

ls w

e m

ay e

asily

ded

uce

that

Bab

ylon

was

a k

ingd

om o

f gr

eat

stre

ngth

, an

d th

at u

nder

Neb

ucha

dnez

zar

its

conq

uest

s w

ere

exte

nded

with

gre

at ra

pidi

ty. B

ut th

ere

cam

e a

time

whe

n th

e w

ings

wer

e pl

ucke

d. I

t no

lo

nger

rus

hed

upon

it’s

pre

y lik

e an

eag

le. T

he b

oldn

ess

and

spiri

t of t

he li

on

wer

e go

ne. A

man

's he

art--

wea

k, ti

mor

ous,

and

fain

t--to

ok th

e pl

ace

of a

lion

's st

reng

th.

Such

was

the

cas

e w

ith t

he n

atio

n du

ring

the

clos

ing

year

s of

its

hist

ory,

whe

n it

had

beco

me

enfe

eble

d an

d ef

fem

inat

e th

roug

h w

ealth

and

lu

xury

.” Ib

id.

4.

Wha

t was

the

appe

aran

ce o

f the

seco

nd b

east

?

D

anie

l 7:5

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

“A

s in

the

imag

e of

Dan

iel 2

, so

in th

is s

erie

s of

sym

bols

, a

mar

ked

dete

riora

tion

is n

otic

ed a

s w

e de

scen

d fro

m o

ne

king

dom

to

anot

her.

The

silv

er o

f th

e br

east

and

arm

s is

in

ferio

r to

the

gold

of

the

head

. The

bea

r is

infe

rior

to th

e lio

n.

Med

o-Pe

rsia

fe

ll sh

ort

of

Bab

ylon

in

w

ealth

,

mag

nific

ence

, an

d br

illia

nce.

The

bea

r ra

ised

its

elf

up o

n on

e si

de. T

he k

ingd

om w

as c

ompo

sed

of tw

o na

tiona

litie

s, th

e M

edes

and

the

Per

sian

s. Th

e Pe

rsia

n di

visi

on o

f th

e ki

ngdo

m, a

lthou

gh it

cam

e up

last

, atta

ined

the

high

er e

min

ence

, bec

omin

g a

dom

inan

t in

fluen

ce in

the

natio

n. T

he th

ree

ribs

sign

ify th

e th

ree

prov

ince

s of

Bab

ylon

, Lyd

ia,

and

Egyp

t, w

hich

wer

e es

peci

ally

opp

ress

ed b

y M

edo-

Pers

ia. T

he c

omm

and,

"A

rise,

de

vour

muc

h fle

sh,"

wou

ld n

atur

ally

ref

er t

o th

e st

imul

us g

iven

to

the

Med

es a

nd

Pe

rsia

ns b

y th

e ov

erth

row

of

thes

e pr

ovin

ces.

The

char

acte

r of

the

pow

er i

s w

ell

repr

esen

ted

by a

bea

r. Th

e M

edes

and

Per

sian

s w

ere

crue

l and

rapa

ciou

s, ro

bber

s an

d sp

oile

rs o

f the

peo

ple.

” Ib

id.

7

15.

Has

the

papa

cy tr

uly

mad

e an

y ch

ange

s in

God

’s la

w?

D

anie

l 7:2

5

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____

16

. F

or h

ow lo

ng w

ould

this

pow

er sw

ay th

e w

orld

?

Dan

iel 7

:25

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____

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____

____

__

A “

time”

or a

“da

y” i

n sy

mbo

lic la

ngua

ge re

pres

ents

a y

ear (

Num

bers

14:

34; E

zeki

el

4:6;

Dan

. 4:1

6).

A ti

me,

two

times

, and

a h

alf a

tim

e eq

ual 3

1/2

yea

rs, o

r 42

mon

ths,

as d

enot

ed in

Rev

elat

ion

13.

Rev

elat

ion

12:1

4 re

fers

to th

is p

erio

d of

tim

e w

hen

the

beas

t ru

les

as 1

260

prop

hetic

day

s (o

r lit

eral

yea

rs).

Sym

bolic

tim

e pr

ophe

cies

are

ba

sed

on 3

0-da

y m

onth

s, m

akin

g 36

0 da

ys a

yea

r. S

o 3

1/2

year

s, tim

es 3

60 d

ays,

equa

ls 1

260

prop

hetic

day

s or 1

260

liter

al y

ears

. 17

. W

hen

did

the

little

hor

n’s p

ower

beg

in a

nd e

nd?

“As

each

day

sta

nds

for

a ye

ar, w

e ha

ve tw

elve

hun

dred

and

six

ty y

ears

for

the

cont

inua

tion

of th

e su

prem

acy

of th

is h

orn.

Did

the

papa

cy p

osse

s do

min

ion

that

le

ngth

of t

ime?

The

ans

wer

is, Y

es. T

he e

dict

of t

he e

mpe

ror

Just

inia

n, d

ated

AD

53

3, m

ade

the

bish

op o

f Rom

e th

e he

ad o

f all

the

chur

ches

. But

this

edi

ct c

ould

not

go

int

o ef

fect

unt

il th

e Ar

ian

Ost

rogo

ths,

the

last

of t

he t

hree

hor

ns t

hat

wer

e pl

ucke

d up

to m

ake

room

for t

he p

apac

y, w

ere

driv

en fr

om R

ome;

and

this

was

not

ac

com

plis

hed

until

AD

538

. Th

e ed

ict w

ould

hav

e be

en o

f no

effe

ct h

ad th

is la

tter

even

t not

bee

n ac

com

plis

hed;

hen

ce fr

om th

is la

tter

year

we

are

to r

ecko

n, a

s th

is

was

the

earl

iest

poi

nt w

here

the

sain

ts w

ere

in r

ealit

y in

the

hand

s of

this

pow

er.

From

thi

s po

int

did

the

papa

cy h

old

supr

emac

y fo

r tw

elve

hun

dred

and

six

ty

year

s? E

xact

ly. F

or 5

38 +

126

0 =

179

8; a

nd in

the

year

17

98,

Bert

hier

, wi

th

a Fr

ench

ar

my,

ent

ered

Ro

me,

proc

laim

ed

a re

publ

ic,

took

th

e po

pe

pris

oner

, an

d

in

flict

ed a

dea

dly

wou

nd u

pon

the

papa

cy. T

houg

h it

has

neve

r si

nce

enjo

yed

all

the

priv

ilege

s an

d im

mun

ities

w

hich

it

poss

esse

d be

fore

, w

e ar

e se

eing

a g

radu

al

re

stora

tion

of it

s for

mer

stre

ngth

.” S

mith

, Dan

iel a

nd th

e Re

vela

tion,

p. 1

46.

The

over

thro

w o

f th

e pa

pacy

in

1798

mar

ked

the

conc

lusi

on o

f th

is p

roph

etic

perio

d an

d co

nstit

uted

the

“dea

dly

wou

nd”

prop

hesi

ed in

Rev

elat

ion

13:3

to c

ome

upon

this

pow

er. T

his

“dea

dly

wou

nd”

is to

be

“hea

led”

as

we

shal

l dis

cove

r in

a la

ter s

tudy

. 18

. W

hat g

reat

wor

k w

as to

follo

w 1

798?

D

anie

l 7:2

6, 9

-11

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____

6

13.

Wha

t tim

e is

men

tione

d in

God

’s la

w?

Exo

dus 2

0:8-

11

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____

_ 14

. W

hat c

hang

e ha

s th

is li

ttle

horn

pow

er a

ttem

pted

to m

ake

in th

e la

w

of G

od?

Dan

iel 7

:25

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____

____

____

_ C

laim

to

chan

ge G

od’s

tim

es a

nd la

ws:

F

or m

any

year

s, th

e co

nsis

tent

teac

hing

of

the

Rom

an C

atho

lic C

hurc

h w

as t

hat

the

Sabb

ath

(the

seve

nth

day)

was

cha

nged

to

Sund

ay (t

he fi

rst d

ay) b

y th

e ac

tion

of th

e C

atho

lic C

hurc

h.

Not

ice:

‘T

he c

hurc

h su

bstit

uted

Sun

day

for

Satu

rday

by

the

plen

itude

of t

hat d

ivin

e po

wer

whi

ch J

esus

Chr

ist

best

owed

upo

n he

r...

The

Thir

d (s

ic)

Com

man

dmen

t

co

mm

ands

us

to s

anct

ify S

unda

y as

the

Lord

’s D

ay.’

Gei

erm

ann,

Con

vert

’s C

atec

hism

of

Cat

holic

Doc

trin

e, p

. 50.

“I

t ple

ased

the

chur

ch o

f God

, tha

t the

rel

igio

us c

eleb

ratio

n of

the

Sabb

ath

day

shou

ld

be t

rans

ferr

ed t

o ‘th

e Lo

rd’s

day

’ (m

eani

ng S

unda

y),”

Cat

echi

sm o

f th

e C

ounc

il of

Tr

ent,

p. 3

47.

Not

ice:

“Q

uest

ion.

: Bu

t ha

s th

e ch

urch

a p

ower

to

mak

e an

y al

tera

tion

in t

he

com

man

dmen

ts o

f God

?

“A

nsw

er:

Inst

ead

of th

e se

vent

h da

y, a

nd o

ther

fest

ival

s app

oint

ed b

y th

e ol

d la

w, t

he c

hurc

h ha

s pr

escr

ibed

the

Sund

ays

and

holy

day

s to

be

set a

part

for

God

’s

wor

ship

; an

d th

ese

we

are

now

ob

liged

to

ke

ep

in

cons

eque

nce

of

God

’ s

co

mm

andm

ents

, in

stea

d of

the

anc

ient

Sab

bath

.”—

Ric

hard

Cha

llone

r, Th

e C

atho

lic C

hris

tian

Inst

ruct

ed,

p. 2

11.

“T

he C

atho

lic C

hurc

h fo

r ov

er o

ne t

hous

and

year

s be

fore

the

exis

tenc

e of

a P

rote

stan

t, by

vir

tue

of

her

divi

ne m

issi

on,

chan

ged

the

[Sab

bath

] da

y fr

om

Satu

rday

to S

unda

y.”—

The

Cath

olic

Mirr

or, S

ept.

23,

1893

. H

ere

is th

e de

clar

atio

n of

the

papa

cy, t

hat t

he R

oman

Cat

holic

Chu

rch

chan

ged

the

time

for

obse

rvin

g th

e Sa

bbat

h fro

m t

he s

even

th d

ay,

acco

rdin

g to

the

Dec

alog

ue (

Ten

C

omm

andm

ents

), to

the

first

day

of

the

wee

k, w

hich

it e

rron

eous

ly c

alls

“th

e Lo

rd’s

da

y.”

“And

he

shal

l sp

eak

grea

t w

ords

aga

inst

the

mos

t H

igh,

and

sha

ll w

ear

out

the

sain

ts o

f the

mos

t Hig

h, a

nd th

ink

to c

hang

e tim

es a

nd la

ws:

and

they

shal

l be

give

n in

to h

is h

and

until

a ti

me

and

times

and

the

divi

ding

of t

ime.

” (D

an 7

:25)

. Th

us, t

he

thre

e-fo

ld a

ccus

atio

n m

ade

agai

nst t

his

pow

er;

blas

phem

ous

clai

ms,

pers

ecut

ion

of G

od’s

peo

ple,

and

a c

laim

to h

ave

the

right

to c

hang

e G

od’s

law

and

sacr

ed ti

mes

, is

foun

d to

be

papa

l Rom

e. T

here

is n

o ot

her p

ower

in e

xist

ence

that

fits

this

des

crip

tion!

3

5.

W

hat d

id D

anie

l not

ice

abou

t the

thir

d be

ast?

Dan

iel 7

:6

__

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

“The

thi

rd k

ingd

om,

Gre

cia,

is

here

rep

rese

nted

by

the

sy

mbo

l of

a l

eopa

rd.

The

leo

pard

its

elf

is a

sw

ift-f

oote

d be

ast,

but t

his

was

not

suf

ficie

nt to

rep

rese

nt t

he c

aree

r of

th

e na

tion

here

sym

boliz

ed. I

t mus

t hav

e w

ings

in a

dditi

on.

Two

win

gs, t

he n

umbe

r the

lion

had

, wer

e no

t suf

ficie

nt; t

he

leop

ard

mus

t ha

ve f

our.

The

conq

uest

s of

Gre

cia

unde

r A

lexa

nder

had

no

para

llel

in a

ncie

nt t

imes

for

sud

denn

ess

and

rapi

dity

. "

The

beas

t ha

d al

so f

our

head

s.”

Afte

r

Ale

xand

er’s

bril

liant

car

eer e

nded

in a

feve

r ind

uced

by

a dr

unke

nnes

s, th

e em

pire

was

di

vide

d am

ong

his

four

lead

ing

gene

rals

. Cas

sand

er h

ad M

aced

onia

and

Gre

ece

in th

e w

est;

Lysi

mac

hus

had

Thra

ce a

nd t

he p

arts

of

Asi

a on

the

Hel

lesp

ont

and

the

B

osph

orus

in

the

north

; Pt

olem

y re

ceiv

ed E

gypt

, Ly

dia,

Ara

bia,

Pal

estin

e, a

nd

C

oele

-Syr

ia i

n th

e so

uth;

and

Sel

eucu

s ha

d Sy

ria a

nd a

ll th

e re

st o

f A

lexa

nder

's

dom

inio

ns in

the

east

. The

se d

ivis

ion

wer

e de

note

d by

the

four

hea

ds o

f the

leop

ard.

”

Ibid

. 6.

Wha

t was

pec

ulia

r ab

out t

he fo

urth

bea

st?

D

anie

l 7:7

,8

__

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

“Ins

pira

tion

finds

no

beas

t in

natu

re to

sym

boliz

e th

e po

wer

ill

ustra

ted

by th

is b

east

. N

o ad

ditio

n of

hoo

fs, h

eads

, hor

ns,

win

gs,

scal

es,

teet

h, o

r na

ils t

o an

y be

ast

foun

d in

nat

ure

will

ans

wer

. Th

is p

ower

is d

iver

se fr

om a

ll th

e ot

hers

, and

th

e sy

mbo

l is

who

lly d

iffer

ent

from

any

thin

g fo

und

in t

he

anim

al

king

dom

. Th

is

beas

t co

rres

pond

s to

th

e fo

urth

divi

sion

of t

he g

reat

imag

e (D

anie

l cha

pter

two)

–th

e le

gs o

f iro

n. It

als

o ha

d 10

hor

ns w

hich

cor

resp

ond

to th

e to

es o

f the

gr

eat i

mag

e. T

his b

east

acc

urat

ely

repr

esen

ts th

e em

pire

of P

agan

Rom

e.”

Ibid

. 7.

Wha

t did

the

10 h

orns

rep

rese

nt?

D

anie

l 7: 2

3,24

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

A

s the

Rom

an E

mpi

re b

ecam

e w

eake

r in

the

third

and

four

th c

entu

ries,

ther

e w

as a

pe

riod

of b

arba

rian

inva

sion

s th

at o

ccur

red.

Th

e re

sult

of

thes

e in

vasi

ons

was

the

divi

ding

of R

ome.

Pag

an R

ome

was

di

vide

d in

to e

xact

ly te

n ki

ngdo

ms

betw

een

351

and

476

AD

Th

e te

n na

tions

whi

ch w

ere

mos

t in

strum

enta

l in

bre

akin

g up

the

Rom

an E

mpi

re,

and

whi

ch a

t so

me

time

in t

heir

hi

stor

y he

ld p

ortio

ns o

f R

oman

ter

ritor

y as

sep

arat

e an

d

inde

pend

ent

king

dom

s, w

ere

the

follo

win

g:

1)

Fran

ks-

(Fre

nch)

, 2)

Ale

man

ni-(

Ger

man

s), 3

) B

urgu

ndia

ns-(

Swiss

), 4)

Sue

vi-(P

ortu

gues

e), 5

) V

anda

ls-(

in N

orth

ern

Afric

a), 6

) V

isig

oths

-(Spa

nish

),

4

7) A

nglo

-Sax

ons (

Engl

ish)

, 8)

Ostr

ogot

hs (i

n Ita

ly),

9) L

omba

rds (

in p

art o

f Ita

ly),

10) H

erul

i (al

so in

a p

ortio

n of

Ital

y.)

8.

Wha

t cam

e in

the

mid

st o

f the

se 1

0 ki

ngdo

ms?

D

anie

l 7:8

_

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

This

lit

tle h

orn

aros

e as

a p

oliti

cal

pow

er A

FTE

R t

he t

en;

but

Paul

not

es i

n

2

Thes

salo

nian

s th

at, t

houg

h no

t rul

ing

polit

ical

ly u

ntil

paga

n R

ome

was

take

n ou

t of

the

way

, it

was

alre

ady

pres

ent

in h

is d

ay a

nd w

ould

con

tinue

unt

il Je

sus’

sec

ond

co

min

g (s

ee 2

The

ssal

onia

ns 2

:7-1

2).

9.

How

did

this

littl

e ho

rn lo

ok?

Dan

iel 7

:20

___

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

_

“Dan

iel

cons

ider

ed t

he h

orns

and

not

iced

a s

trang

e m

ovem

ent

amon

g th

em.

Ano

ther

hor

n, a

t fir

st l

ittle

, bu

t af

terw

ard

mor

e st

out

than

its

fello

ws,

thru

st it

self

up!

“In

this

hor

n w

ere

eyes

like

the

eyes

of

man

, an

d a

mou

th s

peak

ing

grea

t th

ings

”—fit

em

blem

s of

the

shre

wdn

ess,

pene

tratio

n, a

nd a

rrog

ant

clai

ms

of a

n ap

osta

te r

elig

ious

org

aniz

atio

n.”

Ib

id.

10.

Wha

t wou

ld th

is “

dive

rse”

pow

er d

o to

mak

e a

plac

e fo

r its

elf?

D

anie

l 7:2

4

_

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

This

pow

er w

as d

iver

se fr

om th

e fir

st o

ne in

that

it w

as a

relig

ious

as

wel

l as

a po

litic

al

pow

er.

It w

as n

ot c

onte

nt to

qui

etly

find

it’s

ow

n pl

ace

and

fill i

t. It

mus

t thr

ust a

side

so

me

of t

he o

ther

s, an

d us

urp

thei

r pl

aces

. Th

ree

king

dom

s w

ere

thus

plu

cked

up.

T

hese

th

ree

king

dom

s fr

om

the

divi

sion

s of

R

ome

oppo

sed

the

spir

itual

su

prem

acy

of t

he p

apac

y. T

hey

wer

e th

e H

erul

i, de

stro

yed

in A

D 4

93;

Van

dals

,

dest

roye

d in

AD

534

; an

d th

e O

stro

goth

s, “u

proo

ted”

fro

m R

ome

in A

D 5

38 a

nd

de

stro

yed

in A

D 5

53.

The

Pope

(Bis

hop

of R

ome)

beg

an e

xerc

isin

g ci

vil a

utho

rity

in

AD

538

. 11

. A

fter

this

littl

e ho

rn w

as e

stab

lishe

d, w

hat w

ords

did

he

spea

k?

Dan

iel 7

:25

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

_

A

thre

e-ho

ld a

ccus

atio

n is

mad

e ag

ains

t thi

s po

wer

; bl

asph

emou

s cl

aim

s, pe

rsec

utio

n of

God

’s p

eopl

e, a

nd a

cla

im to

hav

e th

e rig

ht to

cha

nge

God

’s la

w a

nd sa

cred

tim

es.

Bla

sphe

my:

The

Jew

s cl

aim

ed ju

stifi

catio

n in

cru

cify

ing

Chr

ist b

ecau

se th

ey s

aid

that

H

e co

mm

itted

“bl

asph

emy”

aga

inst

God

, “be

caus

e th

at t

hou,

bei

ng a

man

, mak

est

thys

elf G

od.”

John

10:

33.

The

clai

m o

f th

e pa

pal

prie

stho

od t

o be

abl

e to

for

give

sin

s is

rep

eate

d da

ily i

n th

e

conf

essi

onal

. Th

e cl

aim

of t

he p

opes

to b

e th

e vi

cars

of C

hris

t, th

us u

surp

ing

the

role

5

of th

e H

oly

Spiri

t, is

als

o bl

asph

emy.

The

cla

ims

of th

e po

pes

to a

ctua

lly b

e G

od a

re

the

ultim

ate

blas

phem

y ag

ains

t the

Alm

ight

y.

Not

ice

wha

t the

Rom

an C

atho

lic C

hurc

h cl

aim

s:

“The

Pop

e is

of s

o gr

eat d

igni

ty a

nd so

exa

lted

that

he

is n

ot a

m

ere

man

, but

as

it w

ere

God

, and

the

vica

r of

God

.” “

The

Pope

by

reas

on o

f th

e ex

celle

nce

of h

is s

upre

me

dign

ity i

s ca

lled

bish

op o

f b

isho

ps.”

“H

e is

als

o ca

lled

ordi

nary

of

ordi

nari

es.”

“H

e is

like

wis

e bi

shop

of t

he u

nive

rsal

chu

rch.

”

“He

is li

kewi

se th

e di

vine

mon

arch

and

supr

eme

empe

ror,

and

king

of k

ings

.”

“We

hold

upo

n th

is e

arth

the

plac

e of

God

A

lmig

hty.

” —

Pope

Leo

XII

I, Th

e G

reat

Enc

yclic

al L

ette

rs o

f Leo

XII

I, p.

304

. “T

hou

art

the

shep

herd

, th

ou a

rt t

he p

hysi

cian

, th

ou a

re t

he d

irec

tor,

thou

art

the

husb

andm

an; f

inal

ly, t

hou

art a

noth

er G

od o

n ea

rth.

” —

Chr

isto

pher

Mar

cellu

s, 15

12

(an

addr

ess t

o th

e Po

pe);

His

tory

of t

he C

ounc

ils, L

abbe

and

Cos

sart,

vol

. 24,

col

. 109

. Po

pe In

noce

nt II

I wro

te: “

The

pope

is n

ot si

mpl

y a

man

but

rat

her

God

on

eart

h.”

He

also

wro

te: “

The

pope

is n

ot o

nly

the

repr

esen

tativ

e of

Jes

us C

hris

t bu

t he

is J

esus

C

hris

t Him

self

hidd

en u

nder

the

veil

of fl

esh.

” Th

ese

are

defin

itely

wor

ds sp

oken

aga

inst

the

Mos

t Hig

h… b

lasp

hem

y!

12.

Wha

t wou

ld th

is p

ower

do

to th

e sa

ints

?

Dan

iel 7

:25

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

__

Pers

ecut

ion

of th

e sa

ints

: T

he W

este

rn W

atch

man

(D

ecem

ber

24, 1

908)

, a

Rom

an C

atho

lic p

erio

dica

l sta

ted:

‘Th

e ch

urch

has

per

secu

ted.

Onl

y a

tyro

in

hist

ory

will

den

y th

at...

Pro

test

ants

wer

e pe

rsec

uted

in F

ranc

e an

d Sp

ain

with

th

e fu

ll ap

prov

al o

f ch

urch

aut

hori

ties.

We

have

alw

ays

defe

nded

the

pers

ecut

ion

of th

e H

ugue

nots

and

the

Span

ish

Inqu

isiti

on.’

Dr.

J D

owlin

g, H

isto

ry o

f Rom

anis

m, p

ages

541

-542

, sta

tes:

‘Fr

om th

e bi

rth

of p

oper

y in

606

, to

the

pres

ent t

ime,

it is

est

imat

ed b

y ca

refu

l and

cre

dibl

e hi

stor

ians

, th

at m

ore

than

fift

y m

illio

n of

the

hum

an f

amily

hav

e be

en

slau

ghte

red

for

the

crim

e of

her

esy

by p

opis

h pe

rsec

utor

s, an

ave

rage

of

mor

e th

an fo

rty

thou

sand

mur

ders

for e

very

yea

r of t

he e

xist

ence

of p

oper

y.’

For

prof

essi

ng f

aith

con

trary

to th

e te

achi

ngs

of th

e C

hurc

h of

Rom

e, h

isto

ry

reco

rds

the

mar

tyrd

om o

f mor

e th

an o

ne h

undr

ed m

illio

n pe

ople

. A

mill

ion

Wal

dens

es a

nd A

lbig

ense

s pe

rishe

d du

ring

a cr

usad

e pr

ocla

imed

by

Pope

In

noce

nt II

I in

1208

; be

ginn

ing

from

the

esta

blis

hmen

t of t

he J

esui

ts in

154

0 to

158

0, n

ine

hund

red

thou

sand

wer

e de

stro

yed;

on

e hu

ndre

d an

d fif

ty

th

ousa

nd p

eris

hed

by t

he I

nqui

sitio

n in

thi

rty y

ears

; w

ithin

the

spa

ce o

f

thirt

y-ei

ght

year

s af

ter

the

edic

t of

Cha

rles

V a

gain

st t

he P

rote

stan

ts, f

ifty

thou

sand

per

sons

wer

e ha

nged

, beh

eade

d, o

r bur

ned

aliv

e fo

r her

esy;

eig

htee

n th

ousa

nd m

ore

peris

hed

durin

g th

e ad

min

istra

tion

of th

e D

uke

of A

lve

in fi

ve

and

a ha

lf ye

ars.