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Giuseppe Guarino
THE TIMES
OF THE GENTILES
The four
kingdoms of Daniel identified in the Scripture
I am convinced that the
descriptions of the kingdoms given in the Bible by Daniel the prophet in his Old Testament
book and John the apostle in the Revelation, so wonderfully coincide as to
pratically complete and interpret each other.
The so called "Times of the
Gentiles" to which our Lord Jesus openly referred to, began with the
Babylonian king
Nebuchadnezzar and will last till His return.
Luke 21:24,
and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until
the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Daniel, in his perspective
of the VI century before Christ, sees four world empires to appear on the world
scene till God himself will put an end to man's efforts to create a
perfect government. It'll be the beginning of Theocracy.
John lives in the I century
AD. The first three kingdoms have risen and fallen, so he sees the fourth
kingdom only and the end of its arrogance by the very hand of Jesus.
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KINGDOMS |
DANIEL 2
THE IMAGE |
DANIEL 7
THE FOUR BEASTS |
DANIEL 8
THE TWO BEASTS |
REVELATION 13-17
THE BEAST |
Prospective of the
prophet DANIEL VI Century BC
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BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
Daniel 2:37-38 - Thou art this head
of gold , said Daniel to Nebuchadnezzar |
HEAD
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A LION |
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mouth of a lion |
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Of fine gold |
Lion with wings of an eagle |
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PERSIAN
EMPIRE
Daniel 8:20 The ram which thou
sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. |
BREAST AND ARMS
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A BEAR |
A RAM |
feet of a bear |
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Of silver |
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It raised up on one side
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Had two horns one was higher
(Persia), which came up last |
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Three ribs in his mouth |
Pushing westward and northward and
southward |
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GREEK EMPIRE
Dan 8:21 And the rough goat is the
king of Grecia |
BELLY AND THIGHS
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A LEOPARD |
A HE GOAT |
like a leopard |
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Of brass |
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Shall bear rule over all the earth |
Had upon the back of it four wings of
a fowl |
Came on the face of the whole earth
and touched not the ground |
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Prospective of the apostle JOHN I
Century AD
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ROMAN EMPIRE
Rev 17:9 And here is the mind which hath
wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
Rev 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which
reigneth over the kings of the earth.
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HIS LEGS
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A BEAST |
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A BEAST |
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Of iron |
It had great iron teeth |
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As irom
it break in pieces and
bruise |
devoured and brake in pieces
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HIS FEET AND TOES |
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Part of iron part of clay |
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the kingdom shall be divided (10
toes?) |
Ten horns ten kings |
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ten heads and ten horns, and upon his
horns ten crowns - ten kings |
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made war with the saints, and prevailed |
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make war with the saints, and to
overcome them |
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a time and times and the dividing of time
(3 years and a half) |
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forty and two months
(3 years and a half)
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a mouth speaking great things |
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a mouth speaking great things |
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devour the whole earth |
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power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues,
and nations. |
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without
hands, which smote the image upon his feet [that were] of iron and clay,
and brake them to pieces.
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The beast will be slain
and his body destroyed and the Son of man is given a kingdom which
shall not be destroyed |
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These shall make war with the Lamb,
and the Lamb shall overcome them |
KINGDOM OF GOD |
in the days of these
kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom |
I saw in the night visions, and,
behold, one like the Son of man came with the
clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him
near before him. And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a
kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his
dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his
kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
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Revelation 20:4
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which
had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received
his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and
reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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