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churches, and in the hearts of men. She is piling up her lofty and massive structures in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated. Stealthily and unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike. All that she desires is vantage ground, and this is already being given her. We shall soon see and shall feel what the purpose of the Roman element is. Whoever shall believe and obey the word of God will thereby incur reproach and persecution.
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His word has given warning of the impending danger; let this be unheeded, and the Protestant world will learn what the purposes of Rome really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare. She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the
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Daniel sees a vision of four beasts from the sea, again identified as kingdoms. In Daniel 8, in keeping with the theme by which kings and kingdoms are symbolised by "horns", Daniel sees a goat with a single horn replaced by four horns. Secondary symbols are involved with each: the statue is smashed
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The "anointed one cut off": Daniel 9 makes two references to an "anointed one", which has had major implications for Christian eschatology. Daniel 9:25 says: "Until there is an anointed ruler will be seven weeks"; the next verse says: "After the sixty-two weeks the anointed one shall be cut off."
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Chronological predictions: Daniel predicts several times the length of time that must elapse until the coming of the Kingdom of God. A prophecy of Jeremiah is reinterpreted so that "70 years" means "70 weeks of years", and the last half of the last "week" is defined as "a time, times, and half a
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This is explained as a fourth kingdom, different from all the other kingdoms; it "will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it" (v. 23). The ten horns are ten kings who will come from this kingdom (v. 24). A further horn (the "little horn") then appears and uproots three of the
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13:7–8, in which God threatens that he will be to Israel like a lion, a leopard, a bear or a wild beast. The consensus among scholars is that the four beasts of chapter 7, like the metals of chapter 2, symbolise Babylon, Media, Persia and the Seleucid Greeks, with
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The history of the Fifth Monarchists in the 1670s shows a continuing polarization of the movement, with the majority moving towards quietism and being accepted by other contemporary sectarians, whilst the minority became more deeply involved in violence and
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The "abomination of desolation": This is mentioned in Daniel 8, 9 and 11. In the New testament this was taken to refer to the eschatological future and the destruction of Jerusalem (Matthew 24:15, Mark 13:14), and later still it was interpreted as the
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An interpretation proposed by Swain (1940) sees the "four kingdoms" theory, an import from Asia Minor, becoming the property of Greek and Roman writers in the early 2nd century BC. They built on a three-kingdom sequence, already mentioned by
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the orthodox Christian interpretation followed the commentary by Jerome on the Book of Daniel. It tied the fourth monarchy and its end to the end of the Roman Empire, which was considered not to have yet come to pass (the
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Legs of iron with feet of mingled iron and clay. Interpreted as a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, but the feet and toes partly of clay and partly of iron show it shall be a divided kingdom (v. 41).
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interprets the prophecy of the 2300 days and the 70 weeks in the same manner as the Seventh-day Adventists, with the period ending in the year 1844. In Baháʼí belief, 1844 marked the end of the
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proposed an alternative to the 1844 date as used by Seventh-day Adventists and followers of Baháʼí Faith. Clarke viewed Daniel 8 as a separate vision from Daniel 7. In his 1831 commentary on
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attempted to take over London to start the "Fifth Monarchy of King Jesus". After the failure of this uprising, Fifth Monarchists became a quiescent and devotional part of religious dissent.
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interpreted the beast in Revelation 13 as the empire of Rome. The majority of modern scholarly commentators understand the "city on seven hills" in Revelation as a reference to Rome.
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by a mysterious stone which grows into a mountain, and the fourth beast has ten horns and an additional human-like horn, identified as a king. Further imagery includes Daniel 7's
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speak against the Catholic Church as a fallen church and in preparation for a nefarious eschatological role as the antagonist against God's true church and that the pope is the
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In chapter 8 Daniel sees a ram with two horns destroyed by a he-goat with a single horn; the horn breaks and four horns appear, followed once again by the "little horn".
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was concerned to argue against the whole theory of "four monarchies" as a historical paradigm. He devoted a chapter to refuting it, alongside the classical scheme of a
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The traditional interpretation of the four kingdoms, shared among Jewish and Christian expositors for over two millennia, identifies the kingdoms as the empires of
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and other non-futurists likewise typically believe in the same general sequence, but teach that Daniel's prophecies ended with the destruction of the
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of 1642–1651 and in the disruption that followed, many Englishmen advanced millennarian ideas, believing they were living in the "end of days". The
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domination of some of the Roman Empire by the barbarian tribes, this authority could not be exercised by the bishop of Rome. Finally, in 538 AD,
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by pointing out that the historical "monarchies" in question had in no case held exclusive sway. The Carion/Melanchthon view was that the
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and others held similar beliefs about the Catholic Church and the papacy when they broke away from the Catholic Church during the
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believe that Daniel is completely fulfilled, and that the believers are now working to establish the Kingdom of God on earth.
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Jerome specifically identified the four kingdoms of Daniel 2 in this way. The "four monarchies" theory existed alongside the
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The leopard represents the King of the Greek Empire, Alexander. The fourth beast represents the Roman Empire, Julius Caesar.
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There are references in classical literature and arts that apparently predate the use of the succession of kingdoms in the
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In chapter 7, Daniel has a vision of four beasts coming up out of the sea, and is told that they represent four kingdoms:
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For over two thousand years readers have speculated as to the meaning of the themes running through the Book of Daniel:
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as the "small horn" that uproots three others (Antiochus usurped the rights of several other claimants to become king).
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Swain, Joseph Ward (January 1940). "The Theory of the Four Monarchies: Opposition History under the Roman Empire".
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In chapter 2, Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a statue made of four different materials, identified as four kingdoms:
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Darius the Mede and the Four World Empires in the Book of Daniel. A Historical Study of Contemporary Theories
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must be considered a subsidiary power to Babylon: just as France was secondary compared to the Empire.
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time", then as 2,300 "evenings and mornings", with further numbers of days at the very end of the book.
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The Apocalypse in English Renaissance Thought and Literature: patterns, antecedents, and repercussions
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teach that the Little Horn Power which as predicted rose after the breakup of the Roman Empire is the
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The lion represents the King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar. The bear represents the Persian King, Cyrus.
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Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a giant statue of four metals identified as symbolising kingdoms, and in
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periods (5th to 3rd centuries BC), and was later expanded by the visions of chapters 7–12 in the
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Chest and arms of silver. Identified as an "inferior" kingdom to follow Nebuchadnezzar (v. 39).
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Gerhard F. Hasel, "The Four World Empires of Daniel 2 Against its Near Eastern Environment,"
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In 1617, sculptures representing the four kingdoms of Daniel were placed above the doors of
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in 457 BC and ends in 1844 AD. It was thought that the end of this period would bring the
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Belly and thighs of bronze. A third kingdom which shall rule over all the earth (v. 39).
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Die Sukzession von Weltreichen. Zu den antiken Wurzeln einer geschichtsmächtigen Idee
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The following interpretation represents a traditional view of Jewish and Christian
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Martydom and resurrection: Daniel 11 tells how the "wise" lay down their lives as
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persisted until 1453). This is the case for example in the tenth-century writer
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Like many reformation-era Protestant leaders, the writings of Adventist pioneer
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Most Adventist groups in the Millerite tradition hold similar beliefs about the
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in the 16th century, the "four monarchies" model became widely used by all for
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Ministerial Association, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (2005).
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The Apocalyptic Imagination: An Introduction to Jewish Apocalyptic Literature
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closely resemble and continue earlier historical Protestant interpretations.
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The alternative view which sees the sequence ending with Greece and the
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Christian interpreters typically read the Book of Daniel along with the
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Fifth Monarchy Men: Study in Seventeenth Century English Millenarianism
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Apologetics study Bible for students: hard questions, straight answers
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The prophecy of 2,300 days in Daniel 8:14 plays an important role in
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For a history of the debate and the arguments brought forward, see
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and the start of the millennial period. This meant the end of the
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as the continuation of the Roman Empire (as fourth monarchy).
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community in Babylon and Mesopotamia in the Persian and early
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A fourth beast, with large iron teeth and ten horns (v. 7–8).
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originated from a collection of legends circulating in the
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types of Christian faith. Some of these, most notably the
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which will follow the four kingdoms and the "little horn".
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The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible
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Parallel sequence of prophetic elements as understood by
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The four beasts and the Ancient of Days, depicted in the
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from 1650. Title page of the 1678 edition of her poems.
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This 1630 engraving of Daniel's vision in chapter 7 by
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the traditionalist view, supporting the conflation of
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Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children
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incorporated the characteristic medieval myth of the
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Scholars take these as references to the high priest
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Athanasius Kircher: the last man who knew everything
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was fulfilled in this year by the appearance of the
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previous horns: this is explained as a future king.
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Johann Sleidan and the Protestant vision of history
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Index

Four Empires
Four Kingdoms of Andalusia
Four Symbols

Silos Apocalypse
Book of Daniel
end-times
Kingdom of God
Book of Daniel
Jewish
Hellenistic
Maccabean
Daniel 2
Daniel 7
Daniel 8
Hosea
Antiochus IV
Nebuchadnezzar
lion
eagle
bear
leopard
fowl

Gustave Doré
Rashi
rabbi
Nebuchadnezzar
Belshazzar
Alexander of Macedon

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