Daniel's little horn is definitely a man:
No, the little horn itself is NOT a man. It is the power for a short time.
Dan 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
Again, the little horn represents power, but not long, only for a little, and the man of sin is the man of lawlessness THROUGH WHOM SATAN RULES. So while they are intimately connected in that the antichrist spirit Satan is given that power to rule the gentiles a short time, they are not literally the same picture. The little horn is illustrating Satan's power to rule a little season through the man of sin or lawlessness. It will be through sinful man (or the man of sin). Not as one but MANY!
Daniel 7:8
- "I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things."
In this particular little horn, God references the
eyes (Luke 11:34)
of man in
this power because the power of Satan to rule will come by man
speaking great things that deceive.
This is the false prophet that comes with false teachings against God's people. Where is the inconsistency? The man of sin is not any "one" man in particular, but the man of lawlessness or sin in general. Lawlessness and sin is the same. Even as David also described the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputed righteousness without works (Romans 4:6), so the man of unrighteousness is the man accursed. As the Apostle Paul was the man of Righteousness with the Spirit of God in him, while Judas was the Man of Sin (unrighteousness) with the spirit of Antichrist in him. One the son of the free woman and one the son of the bond woman. One the son inheriting the land of promise and one the son inheriting perdition or desolation. One of Christ and one of Antichrist.
2nd Thessalonians 2:3
- "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;"
The sinful man is
revealed in the
falling away or "apostasy" in the Church. This great forsaking of God in the holy temple is where the Antichrist sits to rule for a little season, aka little horn! So yes, I forcefully contended that Daniel’s little horn is the little power that Satan has to rule near the end of time, and he rules through the man of sin or lawlessness. It is through his spirit the apostasy or forsaking comes. And the Antichrist is "anyone" who has the spirit of Antichrist. And there are many Antichrists, not just one. If you are going looking for one man or one Church system to fulfill the qualification, you are looking in the wrong place , dude!
Dan 7:24 And 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.
All the horns are men, kings, including the little horn.
Will you be busy looking for so-called 10 common market states, or ten literal men, etc? That is another well-oiled myth, which proves
that you are merely blindly reading from the script of the Premillennial handbook, and not from the Bible. You're following a man-made formula that changes like the weather. In the Bible Horns signify power (Daniel 8:7), the number 10 signifies its fullness, and they are kings illustrating their rule. Kings don't symbolize that they are literally Princes, Presidents, Leaders or Prime Ministers of any political nation. They are the rules of the beast through the fullness of the time of the end. They have enmity against Christ and His saints, not the political nation of Israel.
Daniel 7:24-26
- "And 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.
- And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
- But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end."
The different countries of the world are not wearing out (causing affliction to) the saints
as prophesied, it is the false Christs, false prophets, man of sin and his minions! Selah! Sure, some country is going to persecute Christians somewhere, but that has always been the case. But the great tribulation for the Church/Saints is something far more sinister and dangerous than beatings or killings. It is a
deception so great that if the days weren't shortened, there would be no flesh left on earth to be saved. When Revelation 17 says the 10 horns have received no kingdom yet, it is declaring they have not come to rule yet the saints, but their horn (power) comes in as the beast is loosed, as is illustrated in Revelation.
But if you want to keep looking at political nations and states and countries instead of allowing the Bible to interpret itself, you will never have any understanding of prophecy. Selah!