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I canot accept, and thereby must reject, the teaching of a "Revived, (Revised), Roman Empire". Here is why. Please read on. ******************************************************** A Revived, (Revised), Roman Empire? Not according to what Daniel saw in his vision in chapter 7. Daniel saw and described four beasts, (empires}. Babylon, which is represented by a "Lion". Medo-Persia, which is represented by a "Bear". Greece, which is represented by a "Leopard". Rome, which is represented by "Teeth of IRON" and "Claws of BRASS". Daniel saw that three Empires will have their Dominion taken away yet their lives shall be prolonged for a Season and a Time. One Empire shall be slain and it's body destroyed and given to the burning flame. Daniel 7:1-12 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s heart was given to it. And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. Daniel 7:1-12 The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769. For a clue as to which three beasts will have their Dominion taken away, yet have their lives prolonged for a season and a time, read Revelation chapter 13. Revelation 13 and Daniel 7:7 are the main chapters that are used when these False Teachers speak of a Revived, (Revised), Roman Empire. There it describes the body of the Beast, (commonly called the Anti-Christ, yet falsely so), as consisting of having the "TEETH of a LION" "CLAWS of a BEAR", and "FEET of a LEOPARD". Where are the "Teeth of IRON"? The "Claws of BRASS, (Bronze)"? Are the "LionsTeeth" made of "IRON"? How about the feet of the Leopard? are its claws made of Bronze, (Brass)? Seeing as how the messenger told Daniel that one beast was to be slain, it's body destroyed and given to the burning flame, and that "Three" of the beasts would have their "Dominion" taken away yet their lives shall be prolonged for a "Season and a Time", from reading Revelation 13 we can deduce that it is the fourth beast of Daniel 7 that is slain and it's body destroyed and given to the burning flame, and that the first "Three" beasts are the ones who have their "Dominion" taken away yet their "Lives" shall be prolonged for a "Season and a Time". Since this is the fact of the matter, I ask you. "How can there ever be a "Revived, (Revised), Roman Empire?" Who is the Liar? The messenger in Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 and Revelation 17? Or those who teach that there will be a Revived, (Revised), Roman Empire?" For more on this subject please read:
http://www.brothersky.net/index3a.htmor copy and paste this URL to read more on this subject of Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 & 17
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