Now that we know more about Daniel's vision about the 10 toes of the final government, is there more to learn? Is there evidence that supports what I call the 10 government world system of the anti-Christ?
Let's investigate. The first thing , we will have to discover and further substantiate the ten government system, is to go back to Daniel's writings. In the 10th chapter of Daniel we find recorded an incident that is not only curious, but revealing in understanding the kingdom of the devil. Reminding ourselves that the image of the coming kingdoms, the building of the image began at the top rather than the bottom. So, the construction of the 10 government system has already been built in the heavens and will materialize in the Earth over a progression of time. Of which, we are now living. Daniel had been praying for an interpretation of a vision. The answer had not come for some time. While Daniel was at the edge of the river bank Tigris, he saw a man. You can read of the description of the man in verses 5 and 6 of chapter 10 of Daniel. One thing intriguing about this sighting was that when the man spoke his voice sounded like the voice of a multitude. We can conclude from this statement and his dress that this was no ordinary man. In Chapter 10 verse 12 we hear from this man that he is no ordinary messenger. That he was at the throne of God when Daniel's prayer came before God requesting knowledge of the vision he had. At that moment he began a journey to Daniel to give him the interpretation of the vision he requested. However, He was delayed in bringing the interpretation to Daniel. Why? What delayed this man? Verse 13 explains the delay; Dan 10:13 But the ruler of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days. But lo, Michael, one of the chief rulers, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. A ruler of the kingdom of Persia delayed him for 21 days. Now this was not an ordinary being that withstood him for he was not an ordinary man. In fact the battle was so fierce this man called for back up. Michael a chief ruler, or what we would know as an Angel came and assisted and took over the battle. Once the battle was won this man came to Daniel and gave him the interpretation. Now if this was no ordinary ruler and the battle was not in an ordinary place, where did the battle take place? The Apostle Paul gives us insight through the Holy Spirit which helps interpret this passage of scripture. Paul states, Eph 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the world's rulers, of the darkness of this age, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
So this battle took place in the heavens. Why? Because that is where the 10 government system of the devil was at that time. That is where he ruled and reigned from. It will not be in the Earth until the final form of government is attained and the son of perdition is identified. But, that is another prophetic timeline to be discussed later. So we will continue with this prophecy of Daniel's and why I believe it is not the Roman Empire. In chapter 7 Daniel had another vision of the coming empire of the devil. In this one it related to beasts and the empire's they represent. For centuries we have always related beasts to the identity of a country. Today, if I asked you what country is represented by the bald eagle you would answer? Right, the United States. Most folks still remember that the bear represents? Russia or the old Soviet Union. So the beasts that Daniel is seeing are representations of the coming kingdoms. Just like the image of the metal man that he saw, he is seeing the beasts of those countries. Now the first one that he saw was a lion with eagles wings. Archaeologists have discovered these same beasts made into the decor of the ancient Babylonian structures. When this image was seen it represented Babylon. Another thing I would like to add. In verse 3 of Chapter 7 Daniel states that these beasts came from the sea. The sea is representative as populous. For example, we use the term Sea of People. These kingdoms came from the sea of nations. So the first image out of the sea was the Lion which represented Babylon. The first kingdom in the metal man was a golden head again which we knew was Babylon. So these beasts are a confirmation of the metal man that we discussed earlier. The 2nd beast was in the form of a bear. It was raised up on one side indicating that there was one side of the bear stronger than the other, In other words the bear represented two kingdoms. One kingdom was stronger than the other. It was the Persian side of the bear that was stronger while Median side was the weaker of the two. However, combined the strength of the two kingdoms would be more than the Babylonians could fight against. They would succumb to their great strength which was why the bear had three ribs in it's mouth. The bear had already conquered Egypt and Lydia and now Babylon. In each case you will notice that each conquering kingdom devoured the previous. Interestingly, we can understand that the strength of the new kingdom was fed to it from the strength of the previous. Never had the world known the strength of Babylon. Then Babylon had never knew the strength of the Medo-Persian kingdom. The next kingdom that Daniel saw was the Leopard with 4 wings and 4 heads. First, the leopard was the known symbol of Greece. The 4 wings speak of the speed that this military force would move and the speed of which it's leader would rise. From the time that he took his father's throne to his death was 13 years. In as little as 13 years, Alexander the Great had overcome the greatest world empires and had become one of the greatest rulers at the time. Another interesting side note is that the number 13 symbolizes rebellion. Interesting when you think about the fact that the devil's plans are all based on his rebellion from God. Now when Alexander the Great died he had no known heir. When asked by his aids who to hand the country over to for rule he replied, to the strongest. The kingdom was divided among his generals hence the 4 heads of the leopard. The next beast to arise from the sea was a frightening and terrifying beast that had 10 horns. It had iron teeth and it stomped and crushed all the kingdoms before it. It devoured the previous kingdoms. In each of the following instances we can simply go back and study the rise and fall of these empires. You will discover that they all interlace with the other. However, when we introduce the next beast is where most preachers and teachers bring in the Roman Empire. Today, they will defend this by stating this has been taught this way since the 1600's. So for 400 plus years this theory has been taught. Because of that we are to conclude it is right? I will remind you that Martin Luther brought a school of thought to Germany that was believed to be right teaching. It was that wrong teaching that led Germany, 500 years later, into persecution of a Jewish people and almost to their extermination. So just because it has been taught for a long time does not mean it is right.
We talked about the 10 Divisional Government of the devil and it's location in the heavens at the time of Daniel. Also, we talked about the Prince of Persia who was in the air battling against Michael. I call this demon the "Cutter" demon. He was the same demon that the prophets of Baal were worshiping when Elijah challenged the prophets to a God contest. It had not rained for 3 years at the command of the Prophet Elijah. The prophets of Baal were calling on their god to make it rain. They had been praying from morning until noon. Elijah taunted the so-called prophets to pray louder, that maybe their god couldn't hear their prayers. The prophets began performing a curious ritual of cutting themselves. This same ritual has been performed by the Shi'ite sect of the Islam religion. The Shi'ite believers cut themselves on the festival day of Ashura. From young to old these believer use swords and knives to cut themselves. On one of these festivals while the Shi'ite believers were worshipping at a fevered pitch a being was captured on film. These bloodied men were waving their swords up and down most with blood flowing from the tip of their swords. This being was waving his own sword back at them in same fashion. I believe this is the one and only Prince of Persia caught on film.
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