"And the ten horns you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received their kingdom; but will receive authority as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and their power and authority they shall give to the beast. These will make war with the Lamb [Jesus Christ], and the Lamb will overcome them: because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and the ones with him are the called and elect, and faithful ones" (Revelation.17:12-14).
There are four important things to note concerning these 10 Kings/Nations who will align themselves with the Sea Beast:
There are four important things to note concerning these 10 Kings/Nations who will align themselves with the Sea Beast:
1. They will not be allied with the Sea Beast's ten-nation alliance until the last few days before Christ's return.
2. They will only be allowed to align themselves with the Sea Beast's alliance of nations for only one prophetic hour
3. They will give their total support to the Sea Beast's alliance.
4. A) They will fight Christ and B) the elect of God just when they are returning to conquer the earth.
The Sea Beast's alliance of 10 Nations called the Beast, along withthe Earth Beast, which is the state religion of the Beast alliance of nations, will be given authority over the earth for 3½ years. The Final hour is not 3½ years in length.
But, the 10 Nations of Revelation 17:12-14 will be controlled by the Sea Beast (the king of the north, Daniel 11:40-45) and only exist under its control for one prophetic hour.
Therefore, these 10 Nations of the prophetic hour are not the Sea Beast, but only serve it for a very short time.
2. They will only be allowed to align themselves with the Sea Beast's alliance of nations for only one prophetic hour
3. They will give their total support to the Sea Beast's alliance.
4. A) They will fight Christ and B) the elect of God just when they are returning to conquer the earth.
The Sea Beast's alliance of 10 Nations called the Beast, along withthe Earth Beast, which is the state religion of the Beast alliance of nations, will be given authority over the earth for 3½ years. The Final hour is not 3½ years in length.
But, the 10 Nations of Revelation 17:12-14 will be controlled by the Sea Beast (the king of the north, Daniel 11:40-45) and only exist under its control for one prophetic hour.
Therefore, these 10 Nations of the prophetic hour are not the Sea Beast, but only serve it for a very short time.
The Ten Toes and Ten Horns
Chapter two of Daniel describes an image with a head of gold, a chest and arms of silver, and a belly and thighs of brass. This image splits into two parts represented by its legs of iron. At the bottom of these two legs are feet with five toes each that are composed of iron and clay. During the time that these ten toes (Kings/Nations) exist, the stone (Jesus Christ) will be cut out of a mountain (the Kingdom of God) and smash the feet and toes (Daniel 2:34-35).
The major thing that causes people confusion about the identity of the ten Kings/Nations symbolized by the ten toes in Daniel 2:34-35, the ten horns of Revelation 17:12-14, and the ten horns of Daniel 7:7 and Revelation 13:1-2 and 17:9-10, is not understanding that there are two distinct and separate 10 nation alliances being referred to in these scriptures.
One ten nation alliance is the Beast (King of the North) who is allied with the Great Whore and the other ten nation alliance is an alliance of two groups of five nations that will combine to form the ten horns of the prophetic hour of Revelation 17:12-14 (the Kings of the North and South).
When one carefully reads the description of king Nebuchadnezzar's image, one will notice that the head of gold is identified as Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar, and the silver portion, along with the other parts of brass, iron, and iron mixed with clay, are not identified.
If Daniel 8 is a parallel account of this image, history seems to indicate that the Medes and probably the Medo-Persian empire and the Greek empire under Alexander the Great are the symbolic fulfilment of the 2nd and 3rd Empires symbolized by the great image of Daniel 2. This leaves the 4th Empire still unidentified.
The Grecian kingdom was eventually divided into four sections out of which developed two kingdoms of the north and south: the Seleucid Empire with headquarters usually in northern Syria and the Ptolemaic Empire located in Egypt. Perhaps these empires are symbolic of the two legs of the image.
If (as we have said previously) the Seleucid and Ptolemaic Empires are representations of the ten toes and the ten horns of the prophetic hour, we should be looking for events to occur concerning the nations to the north and to the south of Jerusalem and Judea that are similar to the ones that occurred around 168-165 B.C. If these nations are representative of future events, a King of the North and a King of the South who each control five nations or combinations of five nations must still come to power in the Middle East.
The Book of Daniel places the prophetic context of the ten toes and ten horns of the prophetic hour in the kingdoms of the North and South that surround Jerusalem. Moreover, the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation almost exclusively focus on the peoples of the House of Israel who are scattered among the nations, the peoples of the House of Judah (the Israelis), the city of Jerusalem, and the holy Temple. And historically, the Seleucid kingdom of Syria and the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt were once the North and South kingdoms. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect the future north and south kings to be located in these geographical areas. Therefore, it should be fairly easy to determine who the King of the North (five nations) and the King of the South (five nations) are in relation to Jerusalem.
In order to identify the nations that are represented by the two legs and ten toes of Daniel and the ten horns of the prophetic hour of Revelation, we must find nations or groups of nations that fulfil all the following criteria that are given for them:
The major thing that causes people confusion about the identity of the ten Kings/Nations symbolized by the ten toes in Daniel 2:34-35, the ten horns of Revelation 17:12-14, and the ten horns of Daniel 7:7 and Revelation 13:1-2 and 17:9-10, is not understanding that there are two distinct and separate 10 nation alliances being referred to in these scriptures.
One ten nation alliance is the Beast (King of the North) who is allied with the Great Whore and the other ten nation alliance is an alliance of two groups of five nations that will combine to form the ten horns of the prophetic hour of Revelation 17:12-14 (the Kings of the North and South).
When one carefully reads the description of king Nebuchadnezzar's image, one will notice that the head of gold is identified as Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar, and the silver portion, along with the other parts of brass, iron, and iron mixed with clay, are not identified.
If Daniel 8 is a parallel account of this image, history seems to indicate that the Medes and probably the Medo-Persian empire and the Greek empire under Alexander the Great are the symbolic fulfilment of the 2nd and 3rd Empires symbolized by the great image of Daniel 2. This leaves the 4th Empire still unidentified.
The Grecian kingdom was eventually divided into four sections out of which developed two kingdoms of the north and south: the Seleucid Empire with headquarters usually in northern Syria and the Ptolemaic Empire located in Egypt. Perhaps these empires are symbolic of the two legs of the image.
If (as we have said previously) the Seleucid and Ptolemaic Empires are representations of the ten toes and the ten horns of the prophetic hour, we should be looking for events to occur concerning the nations to the north and to the south of Jerusalem and Judea that are similar to the ones that occurred around 168-165 B.C. If these nations are representative of future events, a King of the North and a King of the South who each control five nations or combinations of five nations must still come to power in the Middle East.
The Book of Daniel places the prophetic context of the ten toes and ten horns of the prophetic hour in the kingdoms of the North and South that surround Jerusalem. Moreover, the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation almost exclusively focus on the peoples of the House of Israel who are scattered among the nations, the peoples of the House of Judah (the Israelis), the city of Jerusalem, and the holy Temple. And historically, the Seleucid kingdom of Syria and the Ptolemaic kingdom of Egypt were once the North and South kingdoms. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect the future north and south kings to be located in these geographical areas. Therefore, it should be fairly easy to determine who the King of the North (five nations) and the King of the South (five nations) are in relation to Jerusalem.
In order to identify the nations that are represented by the two legs and ten toes of Daniel and the ten horns of the prophetic hour of Revelation, we must find nations or groups of nations that fulfil all the following criteria that are given for them:
- They are separated into two groups of five nations each (Daniel 2:40-43).
- They are to the north and to the south of Israel (Daniel 11:6-15).
- They come together in one prophetic hour just before Christ's return (Revelation 17:12)
- They have an intense hatred of the Great Whore who represents a religion (Revelation 17:16).
- These nations will be destroyed by Christ at his return (Daniel 2:44;Revelation 17:14).
Saul Anderson