Winds: Jeremiah 25:31-33 Sea: Rev 17:15 Medo-Persia 3 ribs are the 3 nations it conquered. •Lydia in 546BC when Cyrus took the capital of Sardis and Lydia became a Persian Satrap. •Babylon in 538BC with Cyrus capturing Babylon. •Egypt in 525BC by Cambyses who is Cyrus’s son. The four generals who divided the kingdom were Cassander had Macedonia and Greece, Lysimachus had Thrace and Northern Asia Minor, Seleucus Southern Asia Minor, Mesopotamia and the East, and Ptolemy had Egypt and Palestine. The arms of the republic, sometimes vanquished in battle, always victorious in war, advanced with rapid steps to the Euphrates, the Danube, the Rhine, and the Ocean; and the images of gold, or silver, or brass, that might serve to represent the nations and their kings, were successively broken by the iron monarchy of Rome. (The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Ch 38 par 5) Exceedingly Strong Iron Teeth Devouring, breaking into pieces and trampling the residue Different from the other beasts Roman policy of divide and conquer and take slaves of those who lived Political and Religious 10 Horns Daniel 7:24 Arose out of the Fourth Beast “The removal of the capitol of the empire from Rome to Constantinople in 330, left the Western Church practically free from imperial power, to develop its own form of organization. The Bishop of Rome, in the seat of the Caesars, was now the greatest man in the West, and was soon forced to become the political as well as the spiritual head.” The Rise of the Medieval Church, pg. 168. Alexander C. Flick. Ph.D. Litt.D. Amongst the 10 Horns (vs 8) After the 10 horns (vs 24) The Roman Empire collapsed when the last emperor Romulus Augustus forced to abdicate in 476 AD, by the Germanic King Odoacer and the empire broke up into 10 unique kingdoms. Different from the Others A Religo-Political entity The Lateran Treaty is one of the Lateran Pacts of 1929 or Lateran Accords, three agreements made in 1929 between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See, ratified June 7, 1929, ending the "Roman Question". Whose Appearance is greater (stronger) then the others. Item episcopus universalis Ecclesiae (The Pope is likewise bishop of the universal Church.) Item episcopus seu dioecesanus totius orbis. (He is a bishop with jurisdiction over the whole globe.) Congruunt ulterius quaod Papae summam auctoritatem et potestatem texius juris Caesarei. (Consistent beyond that superior papal authority and dominion is derived from the law of the Caesars.) Prompta Bibliotheca, Vol VI, pp 25-29 (1858) Uproot 3 kingdoms The destruction of the 3 kings was due to their adoption of Arianism. A belief first taught by Arius (250-336AD) who lived and taught in Alexandria. His beliefs are listed as follows: God the Father ("unbegotten"), always existing, was separate from the lesser Jesus Christ ("only-begotten"), born before time began and creator of the world. The Father, working through the Son, created the Holy Spirit, who was subservient to the Son as the Son was to the Father. The Father was seen as "the only true God." 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 was cited as proof text: The letter of Auxentius, a 4th-century Arian bishop of Milan, to the missionary Ulfilas. The Vandals, Heruli and Ostrogoths all converted to Arian Christianity, primarily through the gothic missionary Ulfilas. Each of these tribes was utterly destroyed and uprooted. Spoke Great Words against the Most High With regard to the mystic body of Christ, that is, all the faithful, the priest has the power of the keys, or the power of delivering sinners from Hell, of making them worthy of Paradise, and of changing them from the slaves of Satan into the children of God. And God Himself is obliged to abide by the judgment of His priests, and either not to pardon or to pardon, according as they refuse or give absolution, provided the penitent is capable of it. "Such is," says St. Maximus of Turin, "this judiciary power ascribed to Peter that its decision carries with it the decision of God." The sentence of the priest precedes, and God subscribes to it, writes St. Peter Damian. (Duties and Dignities of the Priest, Alphonsus Liguori. 1927) • Item divinus monarcha, ac imperator supremus et rex regum. (He is likewise the divine monarch, and supreme emperor, and king of kings.) • Deveniendo ad Papae auctoritatem, Papa est quasi Deus in terra unicaus Christifidelium princeps, regum omnium rex maximus, plenitudinem potestatis continens, cui terreni simul, ac coelestis imperii gubernacula ab omnipotenti Deo credita sunt. (As to papal authority, the Pope is as it were God on earth, Sole sovereign of all the faithful of Christ, chief king of kings, having a plentitude of unbroken power, entrusted by the omnipotent God to govern the earthly and heavenly kingdoms.) Prompta Bibliotheca •PRAECLARA GRATULATIONIS PUBLICAE THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM Encyclical Letter of Pope Leo XIII June 20, 1894 We hold upon this earth the place of God Almighty.. Wore down the Saints of the Most High Numbers unknown of how many were actually killed during the dark ages. At least 3 separate inquisitions and 5 crusades. Change Times and Laws Times The beginning of the end came March 7, 321 A.D., when Emperor Constantine issued the first National Sunday Law in history. This was the first "blue law" to be issued by a federal government. Here is the test of Constantine's Sunday law decree: "Let all judges and townspeople and occupations of all trades rest on the venerable of the sun [Sunday]; nevertheless, let those who are situated in the rural districts freely and with full liberty attend to the cultivation of the fields because it frequently happens that no other day may be so fitting for plowing grains or trenching vineyards, lest at the time the advantage of the moment granted by the provision of heaven be lost. Given on the Nones (seventh) of March, Crispus and Constantine, being consuls each of them, for the second time."-- The Code of Justinian, Book lll, title 12, law 3. Bible 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. No other Gods Lord’s Name in Vain Graven Images Sabbath Honour Father and Mother Not Kill Mot Commit Adultery Not Steal Nor bear false witness Not Covert Catecism 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. No Other Gods Lord’s Name in vain Sabbath Honour Father and Mother Not Kill Not Commit Adultery Not Steal Not Bear false witness Not Covert neighbours wife Not covert neighbours goods Reign for Time, Times and half a Time Time equals 1 year Year in Greek, Roman and Jewish calendar is 360 days Times equals 2 years Half a time equals half a year or 180 days Therefore this equation is 360+720+180 = 1260 days Day equals 1 year therefore is 1260 years. When did it start? Destruction of the last of the 3 kingdoms was the Ostrogoths, after the siege of Rome in March 538AD Therefore if you start with 538 and add 1260 years, you come to 1798. In 1798 on February 10 Napoleon’s General Loius Alexandre Berthier Invaded the Vatican and took the Pope Pius VI captive who later died in France.