Understanding Biblical Timelines, part 3: The Times of the Gentiles (part 2)
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Intro
Intro
Title - The Times Of The Gentiles
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24 And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Review of Part 1
Jesus pridected the destruction of Jerusalem and its subsequent state until the consummation of the “times of the Gentiles”
the Times of the Gentiles
is a time of Gentile dominatoin over Israel
is the
began with the conquest and destruction of Jerusalem by King nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 605 B.C.
will end at the second coming of Christ
will be a succession of kingdoms, namely:
the babylonian kingdom
the Medo-Persian kingdom
the Grecian kingdom
the Roman kingdom
the joint rule of 10 kingdoms
the dream of king nebuchadnezzar
[SHOW ILLUSTRATION NO. 1 - THE GREAT IMAGE]
Daniel’s Vision
Daniel’s Vision
Daniel’s vision has two parts
The Vision of the Four Beasts
The Vision of the Four Beasts
Read:
Daniel saw in his dream the following:
four great beasts came from the sea
the first - like a lion that had eagle’s wings; its wings were plucked off, was lifted from the earth and made to stand like a man; it was given a man’s heart
the second - like a bear; it raised up on one side and had three ribs in its mouth
the third - like a leopard; it had four wings of a bird; it had four heads
the fourth - dreadful and terrible and very strong; it had huge iron teeth; it had ten horns
a little horn -
came up from among the ten horns; it pluckout 3 of the ten horns;
it had eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking blasphemous words
[SHOW ILLUSTRATION NO. 2 - THE FOUR GREAT BEASTS]
The Vision of the Son of Man
The Vision of the Son of Man
Daniel’s Vision of the Son of Man
Daniel’s Vision of the Son of Man
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Daniel saw the following:
the Ancient of Days
He was seated in a judgment court
books were opened before Him
the beasts were judged
the fourth beast was slain because of the bllasphemous words of the little horn
the other three beasts had their dominion taken away, but allowed to live for a season and a time
the Son of Man
He was coming with the clouds of heaven
He came to the Ancient of Days
He was given dominion and glory and a kingdom
everlasting dominion
indestructible kingdom
The Interpretation
The Interpretation
The Four Beasts
The Four Beasts
Read:
The four beasts are the same 4 kingdoms in king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream
[SEE ILLUSTRATION #3 - THE GREAT IMAGE AND THE 4 BEASTS]
King Nebuchadnezzar saw a great image - the human nature of these kingdoms (wealth, strength, etc.)
Daniel saw beasts - the evil and cruel nature of these kingdoms
The kingdom will be given to the saints of the Most High
the 4 kingdoms shall cease when Christ takes charge over the whole earth
The Fourth Beast
The Fourth Beast
Read:
[SEE ILLUSTRATION NO.4 - THE 4TH BEAST)
The fourth beast was the Roman Empire
The fourth beast was the Roman Empire
it rose to power after the Grecian Empire weakened
because of its vast reach, it was govern from 2 capital cities:
Rome in the west
Constantinople in the east
The Ten horns are ten kingdoms that rise after the Roman empire crumbled
The Ten horns are ten kingdoms that rise after the Roman empire crumbled
[SEE ILLUSTRATION NO.5 - THE 10 HORNS]
when it fell in the 5th century A.D. its domains were split into 10 kingdom nations
the Alemanni (Germans)
the Franks (French)
the Visigoths (Spanish)
the Suevi (Purtugues)
the Franks (French)
the Ostrogoths
the Lombards (Italians)
the Heruli
the Anglo-Saxons (English)
the Burgundians (Swiss)
the Heruli (extinct)
the Vandals (extinct)
the Ostrogoths (extinct)
The little horn is the Papacy, the head of the Holy Roman Empire
The little horn is the Papacy, the head of the Holy Roman Empire
[SEE ILLUSTRATION NO.6 - THE LITTLE HORN]
it thrived even as the Roman power declined
it destroyed three kingdoms in order to establish its power
the Heruli - destroyed in 493 AD, by the Lombards
the Vandals - destroyed in 533 AD
the Ostrogoths - destroyed in 538 AD
Reason for destruction - the believed in the Arian view of the Trinity
NOTE: The “ten horns” are different from the “ten toes”
the ten horns arise after the fall of Rome, 3 are destroyed
the ten toes are kingdoms that will exist at the time of the coming of Christ ()
it will continue in power to the end-time
blasphemous words - the Antichrist claims
instead of the son of God
persecute the saints in the Great Tribulation (3 and1/2 years)
NOTE: The “ten horns” are different from the “ten toes”
the ten horns arise after the fall of Rome, 3 are destroyed
the ten toes are kingdoms that will exist at the time of the coming of Christ ()
The Court of Judgment is the handing over of the kingdoms of this world into the Son of Man, Jesus Christ
The Court of Judgment is the handing over of the kingdoms of this world into the Son of Man, Jesus Christ
Similar to John’s vision of the book with seven seals
the Son of Man stands before Him who sits on the throne
the Son of Man takes the book of redemption and breaks the seals
the Son of Man comes down to claim His redeemed
At the end of the Great Tribulation (war against the saints)...
the kingdoms of the earth are turned over to Christ -
the little horn is destroyed (as the beast) -
The Ten Horns are different from the Ten Toes
Conclusion
Conclusion
[SEE ILLUSTRATION NO.7 - THE TIMES OF THE GENTILES AND THE TWO AGES]
God showed king Nebuchadnezzar the times of the Gentiles
as 4 successive political kingdoms of wealth and strength
it will end with the ten nations
God showed prophet Daniel the times of the Gentiles
as 4 successive kingdoms of evil nature
The times of the Gentiles will end with
the destruction of the “10 toes/kingdoms”
the destruction of the “little horn”
the kingdom given to the Son of Man and the saints of the Most High - an everlasting kingdom!
the ten horns arise after the fall of Rome, 3 are destroyed
the ten toes are kingdoms that will exist at the time of the coming of Christ ()