Study #3 Thursday 31st March 2022
Out of the 4th kingdom comes the Little Horn power
Who was the fourth kingdom, the legs of iron?
We know historically that Pagan Rome the fourth conquered Greece the third; who conquered Medo Persia the second ; who conquered Babylon the first world power; Who conquered the Apostate kingdom Israel because they broke the covenant between them and their God the Creator.
1. Origins of the Little Horn
In Daniel 2 :33 we see two legs of Iron Rome was divided at one point into east and west, thats two divisions,
In Daniel 2 :41,42 we see the iron kingdom moves from pure iron to iron and clay and the strength of the iron goes right down into the toes. A normal man has ten(10) toes,was Rome at any time divided into ten parts also? Yes !
The 10 divisions of Rome
1. Alemanni–Germany. 2. Franks–France. 3. Anglo-Saxons–England.
4.Burgundians–Switzerland.5. Visigoths –Spain. 6. Suevi–Portugal.7. Lombards–Italy.8. Heruli. 9. Vandals. 10. Ostrogoths.
The little horn power that came out of imperial Rome is Roman in nature
The iron Rule of the little horn
Dan 2;33,41 shows It must be Roman since the feet were partly clay and iron,since the iron being the fourth in the legs which is Rome goes right into the toes. The bible says in Daniel 2:41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.”
2. Clay and Iron
Thus we can conclude the miry clay kingdom in the feet compromising the toes has strong roman qualities.
Rome was ruled by the Caesars,who were kings who at times thought they were a god.
The Caesars were men that exalt themselves.
Rome ruled by force for the bible says : Daniel2: 40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
The breaking and bruising by the iron is that of a kingdom ruling and governing by force and conquest and dominion .Hence the Roman army besides fighting its wars was used to keep law within and stifle dissent in the roman republic among the citizen.
So the little horn power will have all these features mentioned above which we will summarise at the end of our findings.
3. The little horn has clay qualities symbolically .
What does clay symbolize?
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Jeremiah 18:6
“O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.”
So God's people Israel ,the Christian Church that mingle it self with the the principles of Romeì are represented as clay in the hand of God,but notice the clay goes to Miry clay. What is mire a symbol of?
Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
2Peter 2:22
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
So the Little horn being Christian in nature misrepresents her name by being described as miry which bible shows is a wicked ,dirty or corrupt, defiled form of Christianity.
4. Removes three horns
Horns represent kings or the ruling power in the kingdom as shown in
Daniel 8:21
“And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.”
Habakkuk 3 :4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Daniel 8: 8I 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.
Daniel 8:11 Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
Three horns taken up were the Hurili the vandals and the Ostrogoth kings the last being removed in 508AD leaving the remaining kingdoms under the little horn control which were 1. Alemanni–Germany. 2. Franks–France. 3. Anglo-Saxons–England.
4.Burgundians–Switzerland.5. Visigoths –Spain. 6. Suevi–Portugal.7. Lombards–Italy
Was Rome divided in 10 parts? Yes! As shown above and the little horn uprooted the three divisions of Rome that would not submit to it. History tells us the horns or division remove were the Heruli the Vandals,Ostragoths
5. Speak great words
Daniel 7:11”I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake”
Daniel 7:25 “ And he shall speak great words against the most High”
What are the great words the horn spoke ?
Revelation 13: 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
What is blaspheme?
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.”
6. Wear out the saints
Daniel 7:25
“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.”
What does wear out the saints mean ?
In Daniel 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Daniel7:10And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Who were the Saints ,the host and the stars? The Christians that believed and practice the truth
Daniel 7:12 And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
What does it mean he cast the truth to the ground?
1 Timothy 3:15
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
This wearing out ,this persecution of the saints is represented in Revelation 12 as the work instigated by the devil himself using the little horn power as his instrument.
Here what it says In Revelation 12:13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
• Woman, Pure = True Church Jeremiah 6:2; 2 Corinthians 11:2; Ephesians 5:23-27
• Woman, Corrupt = Apostate church -Ezekiel 16:15-58; 23:2-21; Hos. 2:5; 3:1; Rev. 14:4
7. So the little horn wears out, persecutes, stamps upon the saints,the church that follows the truth for a given duration of time which is described as time ,times,half of time Revelation 12:13and in Daniel 7:25 the expression is phrased “and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.”
Time = 360 days
Times = 360x2= 720
Dividing of time and half of times 360/2 = 180
360+720+180 =1260 days ,1260yrs
Ezekiel 4:6
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.”
Numbers 14:34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
Summarizing the Biblical discoveries
From the Bible we found out that the Fourth Kingdom is Imperial Rome represented as the iron kingdom in Daniel 2 also it is the terrible beast with iron teeth of Daniel 7 and the kingdom that comes out of one of Alexander's 4 generals scattered to the four winds of the earth in Daniel8. We note also that Rome was divided into 10 parts at one time then East and West Rome.
And It is out of Imperial Rome the Little Horn originates.
Out of the fourth kingdom the mysterious coming of a power in Daniel 2 represented as clay mixed into Rome's iron is shown, hence the new mysterious kingdom is Roman in nature but also Christian in nature because clay is represented as followers in the hand of their God the Potter.
The Bible shows the mysterious combination of iron and clay of Rome in the feet of of Daniel 2 Similarly wea0⁰ noticed the coming up of a little horn among the 10 horns/10 divisions of Rome, In Daniel 2 there are 10 toes ,in Daniel 7 there are 10 horns and 10 divisions of Rome.
We see the little horn removing 3 horns leaving 7 that are in existence even up to today.1. Alemanni–Germany. 2. Franks–France. 3. Anglo-Saxons–England.
4.Burgundians–Switzerland.5. Visigoths –Spain. 6. Suevi–Portugal.7. Lombards–Italy
The little horn speak great words ,even against the most high,in Revelation 13: 5 He has a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; in verse 6 he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. We learned that blaspheme is to make your self God.
He wears out the saints ,make war with the saints,and stamp the saints into the ground in Daniel 7.This is also the same History in Revelation 12 where he persecutes the woman /the church /the saints /those that practice the truth ,he trample the truth to the ground in Dan7:12
