A Barrier
preventing most from identifying the beast that is with us today. The pope, Rome, and the Church have always been fair game but not Islam. Somehow political correctness has never been extended to a religion that doesn’t allow abortion, divorce, same sex marriage, and contraception. So what is in the holy place now? Let him understand.
A Great Bishop
at the end of the fourth century. The people loved John. Those in power not so much. It was suggested that the break between east and west started with John Chrysostom who found himself it a very difficult position. He recognized the authority of Rome.
A Beast
according to Daniel. Babylon, Media, Greece, and Rome are the usual suspects. Why Media? Babylon, Greece, and Rome had something to do with the Temple but not Media. It is easy to see why messing with the Temple might make you a beast. The abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel is a good clue. So we need a fourth beast with ten horns to replace Media.
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A Dynasty
and the Roman empire had seven dynasties and Islam had ten dynasties. The seven heads and ten horns of the Apocalypse. More significant pieces of the puzzle that seem to fit. The Byzantine Empire that lasted a thousand years started with the first beast, the Roman Empire, and ended with the 10th dynasty of Islam, the second beast. Is there a fit with the four horsemen?
A Beast
according to Daniel? What do Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome have in common? The temple. The first was destroyed by Babylon. Persia helped build the second. Greece desecrated the second which was destroyed by Rome. Are there any other candidates? Islam’s Dome of the Rock is preventing the third. What else can Daniel tell us?
A Dynasty
and the Roman Empire had seven:
– Julio-Claudian dynasty 68
– Flavian dynasty 96
– Nerva–Antonine dynasty 192
– Severan dynasty 235
– Constantinian dynasty 361
– Valentinian Dynasty 455
– House of Leo 476
Watch for more pieces that fit. Blessed is the one who looks.
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A Temple
will make. Daniel 7 has four beasts. There are so many to choose from so how did he come up with these? How did the interpreters identify them? Jesus gives us a great clue by mentioning the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel. If you Google ‘abomination of desolation’, Wikipedia shows three possibilities; Antiochus IV Epiphanes in 167 BC, Titus in 70 AD, and Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan in 691 AD. The only missing one is Babylon and the first Temple. So we have Babylon destroying the first Temple, Greece desecrating the second, Rome destroying the second, and Islam preventing the third. It fits.
Watch for more pieces that fit. Blessed is the one who looks.
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