You completely ignored what I posted and persisted on your own line of reasoning. The horns that grew out of the head of that fourth beast of Daniel 7 are kingdoms, headed obviously by Kings. But politically they are not individuals, for many of those kingdoms that arose from pagan Rome had a succession of rulers, and survived for centuries, far beyond the lifetime of just one person. This can be proved from another if the beasts, the goat. The goat, Greece, had one horn which was replaced by four more. The first horn was Alexander the Great, but upon his death the empire was divided to four of his generals... Cassander, Seleucus, Ptolemy, and Lysimachus. These parallel the four heads of the leopard. The Bible is consistent in it's interpretations of prophecy. Those four horns, while I'm their initial stages were one king, were all in reality kingdoms which had successive rulers. The 11th horn of the fourth beast was no different.
That 11th horn grew among the other ten. It then destroyed 3 of them in it's rise to power. All 11 horns grew from pagan Rome, therefore all 11 must essentially be Roman powers.
History attests to the fulfillment of the prophecy.
Things get very interesting with the 4th beast. We are given much more detail, and our attention is drawn in particular to the “little horn” which grows from the head of this beast, as if God is wanting to focus our attention on this horn, reasons for which you will shortly understand.
Rome was never conquered by any succeeding empire as were the ones before. It slowly devolved as warring barbarian tribes from the north invaded it’s territories, but Rome has always continued to exist but in a different form. It must continue in some form or another in order to be finally destroyed by Christ. The ten horns on the beast are ten kingdoms which developed in the western hemisphere of the empire. One must also remember the ten toes of the statue in Daniel 2 and not to be confused with the ten horns… The ten toes are all destroyed at the second coming, yet 3 of the original ten horns are destroyed in early Christian history. Constantine moved the capital of the empire to Constantinople in the east, leaving the western portion more or less defenceless. It is the western part of the empire that the prophecy focuses on, because it was this part that had by far the greater influence on the church.
It must be remembered that this prophecy was written some 5oo years or more prior to the actual events. Daniel lived in the 6th century BC, these events took place beginning from his time, (Babylon) and continuing down through the ages to today, 2,500 years later. The horns of the 4th beast appeared on the scene around about the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, and the “little horn” began developing in the 2nd century and grew to maturity becoming a power in its own right in the 6th century.
The ten horns represent kings and their respective kingdoms that would arise . Because the horns grow OUT of the beast, Rome, we must look WITHIN that empire in order to find them. (As in the horns of the goat) We must not expect to find any powers to invade from outside the empire. Prophecy, even in these seemingly minor details is completely accurate.
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…..
….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.
So what does history show us? The following is a list of ten barbarian tribes that carved out a land niche for their people toward the end of the Roman pagan rule in western Europe. There are 7 modern nations of Europe that descended from these people. 3 of the original 10 were destroyed.
VISIGOTHS………. SPAIN
ANGLO SAXONS….. ENGLAND
FRANKS………. FRANCE
ALEMANNI …….. GERMANY
BURGUNDIANS …… SWITZERLAND
LOMBARDS ……. ITALY
SUEVI ……… PORTUGAL
HERULI ………. ROOTED UP
OSTROGOTHS ….. ROOTED UP
VANDALS ……. ROOTED UP
No trace nor descendant exists today of those tribes that were destroyed.
The little horn, the Papacy, had an integral role in the destruction of those 3.
YOur error is you allegorize too uch!
The ten kings rise out of the fourth beast kingdom, after it has trampled the world (1 world govt.) They are specificall y called ten kings!
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.
If one simply followed thecontext without adding all sorts of allegorical reinterpreting we see this:
Out of this kingdom- the fourth beast!
ten kings- are ten horns. That is what it says. the eleventh is a he! He shall subdue three. It sdoesn't say He will have an integral role but that the eleventh horn shall subdue three of those ten kings! You also forget that these ten kings rise to give their allegiance to the eleventh horn! Last i looked, that ain't even close!
If the papacy and the RCC is the eleventh horn- when did this happen then:
25 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.
When did those 3 and 1/2 years happen?
Rev. 17:
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
When one takes the whole counsel of Scripture about a prophetic subject and then ;look at history, we see the ten kings have not arisen yet.
See for bible prophecy close enough (liike "playing an integral role") is not good enough!
