Thousands of years ago, God clearly and in considerable detail foretold the succession of world powers that have since come to rule the earth, including his Kingdom by Christ; which would destroy them all and rule forever. (Dan 2:44-45; Rev 21:2-4; Luke 1:30-33) It seems clear He wanted you to know! Witnessing that all these kingdoms have by now existed exactly as God foretold, you should expect to see them all destroyed as He and Jesus also promised! (Luke 21:24 of 22-28; Dan 8:23-26; Mal 3:16-4:3)
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Although these prophecies reveal several thousand years of time, covering the birth and production, and finally the revealing and installment of God's earthly kingdom, (Rev 21:1-4) try not to think of these prophetic images individually or as being separate events. Think of them as the one large activity of God, as each set of the individual groups of Bible verses is revealing a section of prophecy, that prophecy in turn a snap shot onto a portion of that whole of the Bible, a sometimes overlapping snapshot. Sometimes it is a small portion and sometimes an overview of most of the whole: The huge man image interpreted by Daniel, (Daniel 2, verses 36-45) for example, is one snapshot or viewport of the last five of the seven Gentile world powers God foretold, as well as his final Kingdom that is now destroying them all. John's seven headed beast with 10 horns (Rev 13:1-4; Rev 17:7-15) is another view of much of the whole of those seven temporary Gentile world powers. John's beast looking like a lamb with 2 horns (Rev 13:11) corresponds with Rome; the same as Daniel's forth beast having ten horns... If John's lamb with 2 horns and Daniel's beast with 10 horns do both represent Rome, then the beast with the ten horns [and I assume the lamb with 2 horns] actually represents two powers, as its ten horns grow out of Rome to become the Anglo-American world power. (Dan 7:7-8) Each small prophetic view, then, is just a different vision onto the whole provided by angels who likely don't view time as we do.
[For those wishing/needing to study on paper, a link
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The Seven Gentile Nations! (Luke 21:24)

• Egypt and Assyria were not considered in Daniel's revelations of the four beasts he saw. The first beast we will read about Daniel seeing, thus represented the third Gentile world power; is Babylon [please consider below].
• Egypt is the first Gentile World Government (Luke 21:24) God placed or allowed to exist. (Rom 13:1 of 1-4) During her day in power, God was using the Nation of the Jews to produce the seed promised [because Israel was descended from God's dear friend Abraham (Deu 9:4-6)]: The Messiah who would destroy the works of Satan. (1 John 3:7-8) That Saviour, first mentioned in Gen 3:15, was then restated or re-covenanted to Abraham in Gen 22:15-18. יהוה's Kingdom of his chosen nation with Kings like David still remained on earth in the days of Egypt and Assyria; so, the Gentiles were nominal world powers. God's earthly Kingdom still ruled. [יהוה is God's Hebrew Name as recorded in the original language text of the Bible.] You should note John's seven headed beast of Rev 13:1-4 is the same one he saw the world empire of false religion riding in Rev 17:7-15 of 1-18. Egypt was first used by God to save Israel during a time of famine; when the drama surrounding Joseph brought the Jews down into Egypt for protection. (Gen 45:4-8) Egypt soon began to abuse Israel (Exo 1:8-10) so Pharaoh and his army were destroyed in the Red Sea for that wickedness. (Exo 14:26-28)

• The second of seven heads from John's beast representing the seven Gentile world governments. Rev 13:1-4; Rev 17:7-15 Assyria, like Egypt, was not considered in the revelation of prophecy given Daniel.
• The Assyrians were a barbaric warring people. They were so cruel to the survivors among their enemies that cities who were set upon by them would just open their gates. That cruelty is no doubt part of why God decided to destroy them, and it was the Assyrian capital of Nineveh that the prophet Jonah from the Bible Book by his name (Jonah 3:3-10) was sent to to give them warning. [Their badness is likely why Jonah ran away, trying to avoid his assignment!] Even if terrified by the wicked Assyrians, Jonah did go. And, the Ninevites repented and were spared by God. Years later, however, they resorted to their bad ways and were destroyed...

Daniel's Four Beasts!
Foretelling four, and then the fifth, of the seven Gentile Kingdoms.
Kingdom numbers three thru seven: Babylon, Assyria, Greece, Rome and America.
Egypt and Assyria were not considered in Daniel's revelations.

• Daniel's first beast of four he saw in dreams or visions. (Dan 7:1-4)
• Daniel's first beast is also the third of the seven heads from John's beast representing the seven Gentile world governments. (Rev 13:1-4; Rev 17:7-15) Please consider why the last five of the seven heads are set aside as more significant than Egypt and Assyria:
• Daniel's winged lion is the first beast he saw, but it represents the third Gentile world power [after Egypt and Assyria] to rule the earth. Babylon is significant because She was the first of five consecutive Gentile powers to rule without a Kingdom of God on the earth. [Thus beginning the times of the Gentile Nations. (Luke 21:24; To consider in context: Luke 21:22-28)] That is because Babylon, in 607 BCE [under the influence of Satan but used by God], destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple of יהוה [because of the Jew's own badness (Lev 26:23-25; Jer 15:7; Eze 21:6-7)]. Babylon's work of destroying the Jewish Kingdom also ended God's rulership of humankind by his kingdom among them. Mankind existed from that time forward without the influence a Kingdom by God on the earth; thus beginning the tribulation that would eventually escalate to become "The Great Tribulation" of the end of days, bringing the destruction Jesus promised would come, and we are witness to, in these end times. (Luke 21:25-28; Dan 8:23-25)

4. Medo-Persia:   • From 539 BCE
• Daniel's second beast. (Dan 7:5)
• The fourth of seven heads from John's beast representing the seven Gentile world governments. Rev 13:1-4; Rev 17:7-15
• Persia's "Cyrus The Great" defeated Babylon and set the Jewish captives of Babylon free to return to their homeland. He then provided assistance for them to rebuild Jerusalem and God's temple. Of special note: Over 200 years before Cyrus was born, יהוה called Cyrus by name in prophesy to that purpose. (Isa 44:24-45:7) Israel remained a subservient nation from that time forward. Even so, they were still reorganized as a nation; and so, could be used by God some 1500 years later to produce his promised Messiah [the Jewish nation was thus used by God to give birth to Christianity]. That meant the world could know Jesus was from among the son's of Abraham. (Gen 22:15-18) Israel was, however, never a free nation again until the end of the Gentile times in 1914 CE. (Luke 21:24) Christ was then seated on the throne of his Kingdom on Earth, his throne soon to be on earth was established temporarily in the heavens, while he destroyed all his enemies. (Psa 110:1-2) Christ's throne is now being installed on the earth [coming down from heaven (Rev 21:1-4)] in or by the final destruction of all his enemies. (1 Cor 15:12-28) Israel is a free nation once again; but, it is very important to understand, that freedom is for the "Spiritual Israel" of God, not ancient fleshly Israel. (Gal 6:15-16; Gal 3:26-29) Fleshly Israel lost favor with God when they killed the Messiah until such time as they express faith in Christ. (Luke 13:34-35) Since that time, then, the Jews have the same hope as the Gentiles [I assume "Gentile" includes all of us who are not Jews...]: We [those being saved] must each one be drawn (2 Chron 16:9) by God's Spirit (John 6:44-45; John 6:65) to express Faith in Jesus Christ... (Gal 3:26-29)

• Represented by Daniel's third beast, the one with four heads. (Dan 7:6) Daniel then saw this same world power represented again as the hairy he-goat. (Dan 8:1-8; Dan 8:20-21) Both beasts represented Greece.
• These beasts equate with fifth of seven heads from John's beast representing the seven Gentile world governments, both Daniel's four headed beast and his hairy he-goat representing Greece. Rev 13:1-4; Rev 17:7-15
• Daniel's third beast, the beast with 4 heads in chapter 7, (Dan 7:6 of 1-8) and the Hairy he-goat with a great horn that was replaced by four smaller horns in Daniel 8, (Dan 8:1-8) both represent Greece in the string of then future world kingdoms. (Dan 7:15-17) In Dan 8:20-21 the goat's meaning is further refined as his great horn is said to represent Greece's first leader, who proved to be "Alexander The Great". Alexander died young and his kingdom was divided among his four prominent generals.

6. Rome:   • From before 30 BCE
• Daniel's forth beast noteably had ten horns. (Dan 7:7)
• This beast with ten horns is the sixth and actually also the seventh of seven heads from John's beast representing the seven world governments. (Rev 13:1-4; Rev 17:7-15)
• This forth beast of Daniel, representing the fourth power to rule after the destruction of God's earthly kingdom, which is also the sixth Gentile power to rule and the sixth head of John's beast. History shows us this beast is applied first to Rome. But, it actually represents another world power as well, the seventh world power. (Dan 7:8) It represents the seventh world power because Daniel saw her ten horns grow to become the next, the Anglo-American seventh world power as seen by John (Rev 13:1-3; Rev 17:9-11) [the fifth beast and final Gentile world power Daniel was shown]. As with the previous ones, this beast learned from its predecessors and so Rome was the fiercest and most powerful in their succession. [Rome adapted and further refined Alexander The Great's ingenious battle tactics.] Rome was the power behind the thousand year [plus or minus] reign of terror by the [self described only] "Holy Roman Church" that brought humankind into what we now refer to as the Dark Ages. [The ancient church hid the Bible in the dead language of Latin so it could only be read by their Latin trained Priests. Owning or even reading a Bible brought the penalty of death from the Church, by the power granted the church by Rome.] Rome wasn't destroyed by its successor power, but fell from corruption within. The Church's influence and false teachings no doubt helped bring about her demise. Since Satan is a liar, he can't help but fight against himself: As he taught the Romans the church represented God, and then they saw him use the church to do much bad, Satan corrupted his own house of Rome from within. (Mat 12:25-26; 1 John 5:18-21)

• From about 1763 CE.
• Historians tell us there were ten European nations that ruled the earth in rapid succession in the shadow of Rome's decline. [The toes made of iron and clay? (Dan 2:41-43 of 36-45)] They bickered and fought among themselves until the English-American power rose above them; and has ruled the world since. (Dan 2:31-35; Dan 2:41-43) While Daniel dreamed about 4 beasts, they actually represented 5 world powers [3 through 7 of the 7 Gentile powers]. Daniel's 4th beast he dreamed about [and 6th world power] very notably had 10 horns. Those horns grew into another kingdom [and became the 7th Gentile power] as Britain-America. One among the ten horns was then given a mouth and eyes and became or thought it was great. (Rev 17:11 of 9-11) The Anglo-American world power is also described in Rev 13:11 of 11-15 as a Beast with horns like a lamb. It seems that beast with lamb's horns, having grown from Rome, must indicate it follows Rome to become the last beast; since it appears after Rev 13:7 tells us the 4th beast [Rome], which is the power the lambed horned beast grows from the remains of, and thus follows; (Rev 13:1-4) was allowed to war against and overcome God's people. [That likely refers to the devastation by the self described Holy Roman Church Empire during the Dark Ages, when true Christianity was nearly exterminated (temporarily), during the reign of the so called holy Roman state church.] Do you see anyone alive today who could be that great horn with a mouth [foghorn] blaring away on the world stage; bringing only chaos and anarchy. (Dan 8:23-26) Remember, we can know to look for and recognize who that last wicked king is only because God described him some 2600 years ago; and promised we can take comfort in knowing from Dan 8:25 (and Dan 7:11) he will soon be destroyed... (Rev 13:3-5; Rev 17:11) Is that mouthed horn the eighth and final King or Kingdom?

Sprouts from the seventh in the last hour. (Dan 8:23-26)
He is here only a short time and is likely struck down and destroyed by the installation of God's Kingdom. (Dan 2:44-45; Jer 25:20 of 15-35; Zeph 2:4; Rev 21:1-4) [Or, he could be converted by Christ and just excuse himself from the world stage... The Bible just says he is broken without human hands, but doesn't specify how or give details about what that means.] That last king, bringing the end of Satan's system and influence, is likely among our world leaders today. We will know its identity as we see God's drama of these end of days unfold! (1 Cor 4:9) One thing we can know for sure: God's servants will all be identified and vindicated. (Mal 3:16-4:3)

Do you see through eyes of faith?
Rev 21:1-4; 2 Kings 6:15-17

• Being installed in our day in time is God's Kingdom by Jesus Christ.
• I hope you can see from these scriptures foretelling thousands of years of the governments established by mankind in amazing detail, the Bible is largely about Sovereignty... About who has the right to it, and who has it! It is about the establishment of an earthly Kingdom to rule the earth in true righteousness forever; (Isa 11:3-5 of 1-13; Luke 1:30-33; Isa 9:6-7; Rev 21:1-4) and, to destroy the reproach Satan heaped on our Father's Name. (Gen 2:15-17; Gen 3:1-5) That Kingdom is at this moment being installed. Jesus was resurrected to heaven and remained seated at God's right hand while God has dealt with the succession of governments; giving them opportunity for life or preparing them for destruction... That allowed time for mankind to show and prove how very bad he is at trying to govern himself. Judaism failed even with God's perfect Law Code. Gentile attempts to rule have failed as well. Every living soul should by now see why we need God's Kingdom rulership over the earth: An earth full of very special people, people who have each one willingly submitted to the Kingdom of Christ.

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To encourage you to consider if we have reached the point in the outworking of God's purpose to destroy all the harm Satan has caused, (1 John 3:8) so that everyone alive either recognizes from Jesus's promises (Luke 21:25-28) that all governments and religions organized by men are a snare and a racket, and tools of Satan; or, they have been deceived and ensnared to be part of one of them. (Mat 25:31-33) If they [if YOU] don't by now see and exercise faith in the witness given in the fulfillment of Jesus promises, (Mat 24:3-8; Mat 24:14) those  failing  refusing to see may now be among those without faith and would seem lost forever? If they have heard Jesus's message, the message you are hearing now, and still don't believe; they may be without hope. Individuals lost to God would not believe even if someone would return from the dead. (Luke 16:30-31) We are today witness to world conditions indicating the establishment of God's Kingdom by his Christ! (Luke 21:25-28; Mat 24:14) It's just you and me here as you read this; so, just speak out loud and tell me out of your own mouth; who do you look to for protection and deliverance? Your answer means your life, or death... (Mal 3:16-4:3; Rom 10:9-10) If by your words you directed people to יהוה, explaining their drawing to God is accomplished through their own personal reading of Jesus's words, (Mat 17:5; John 6:28-29) good for you. If you are directing people to some church or to any sect of men, I fear you do not know Christ at all. (Pro 30:4-6) By faith your name must be inscribed in the heavens, (Mal 3:16-4:3) not on the membership rolls of some religious sect of men... (Luke 10:20-22; Mat 23:1-15)

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