The End-Time Role of the FOUR Beasts/Kings of Daniel chapters 7 and 8

The four great beasts who come up from the sea (Dan.7:3) are four beast/kings who will arise out of the earth (Dan.7:17).

They will arise out of the bottomless pit (out of the earth - Dan.7:17) at the Fifth TRUMPET, First Woe (Re.9:1-2, 12).

The spiritual opening of the bottomless pit is in the Dead Sea, as it will be in the "new" earth (Re.21:1, Re.22:15, Isa.66:24).

These four kings’ four kingdoms will stand up out of a single nation (Dan.8:22) and in the latter time of their (plural) kingdom (singular), when the transgressors (the four kings) are come to the full, a king (the little horn – Dan.8:9, Dan.7:8) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up (Dan.8:23, Re.13:11).

Once the four kings (transgressors) come to the full, the fourth king will be given (satanic) power TO CONTINUE forty and two months/1260 days/3 ½ years (Re.13:5 - a short space, Re.17:10) WITH the king of fierce countenance (Dan.8:23, Re.13:11-12), the false prophet.

AFTER the battle of Armageddon, the beast (Re.13:1, the fourth beast/king Dan.7:7, Dan.7:17) and the false prophet (Re.13:11, little horn Dan.7:8, king Dan.8:23) BOTH will be cast into a lake of fire (Dan.7:11, Re.19:20, Re.20:10, Re.21:8), the bottomless pit.

AS CONCERNING THE REST OF THE BEASTS (three - Dan.7:3, kings Dan.7:17), they had their dominion (singular) taken away (after the battle of Armageddon), yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time (Dan.7:12) beyond the battle.



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