9th Meeting Revelation 13 Additional

When I was talking about the 4 kingdoms beast that came out of the sea, I neglected to include that according to the statue described in Daniel Chapter 2. The period we are now looking at is the bottom part of the statue the clay and iron feet and toes of the statue. The ten toes represent the 10 kingdoms of the ancient Roman empire; from which the second anti-christ will come from. If you remember when we studied Daniel 7, the kingdoms of the statue of chapter 2 were given animals to describe them. The first anti-christ was to come from the third kingdom Greece, this little horn would grow out of an existing horn. This horn has been assigned to Antiochus IV Epiphanes, who lived during the period between Malachi and Matthew 164 B.C. This is not the little horn mentioned in chapter 13 of Revelation.

The little horn mentioned in chapter 13 of Revelation comes out of the ancient Roman Empire from the feet of clay and iron. The ten toes of the statue represent the 10 kingdoms of the ancient Roman Empire at this time. This is still future to us as we still do not know who these 10 kingdoms are. This will have to take place before we will know where the anti-christ is to come from. The origin of the little horn of this beast is different from that of the third kingdom; in the third kingdom the little horn grew out of an existing horn. This will not be the case with this little horn. This little horn will come to power on its own and without the help of an existing kingdom. This insures that it will come on the scene unexpectedly.

I asked the question to whom is Jesus talking to in the Olivet Discourse when He tells them to beware when they see the Abomination that causes Desolation standing in the Holy Place, let the reader of Daniel know and understand. If you want to see the whole quote look on the right column of my blog. Those Bible verses are there to remind me of what Jesus and the prophets had to say on this subject. Jesus said in His sermon on the Mount Matthew 5:17 -19 that He did not come to do away with the Law and Prophets but to fulfil them. These are not my words but God's Words. If you have a problem with them your complaint is with God not me.

Going back to Matthew chapter 24, who are the elect that Jesus is saving from the tribulation period by shortening the period? If the elect are already raptured before this, who is Jesus talking to. He could not be talking to them, they are already present with the Lord, why would they care what is happening on earth??