End Times ANTICHRIST Understand Daniel 2, 7 - Revelation 13 and 17
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Head of fine gold
Breast and arms of silver
Belly and thighs of brass (bronze)
Legs of iron
Feet partly of iron and partly of clayA stone "cut without hands" strikes the statue's feet, shattering the entire image to dust, which the wind carries away.
The stone then grows into a great mountain that fills the whole earth.Daniel interprets (vv. 36–45):Gold head = Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom)
Silver chest/arms = Inferior kingdom that follows (Medo-Persia)
Bronze belly/thighs = Third kingdom that rules over all the earth (Greece under Alexander)
Iron legs = Fourth kingdom, strong as iron, breaking all others (Rome)
Feet of iron mixed with clay = A final phase of the fourth kingdom—divided, partly strong and partly brittle; kingdoms try to mix ("mingle themselves with the seed of men") but do not fully unite
Stone cut without hands = God's kingdom, established by divine power (not human), which destroys all earthly kingdoms and endures forever (Christ's eternal reign)Connecting the Big Picture
Daniel 2 (Statue)
Daniel 7 (Beasts)
Revelation 13 & 17 (Final Beast)
Gold head
Lion with eagle's wings
(Incorporated into final beast)
Silver chest/arms
Bear raised on one side
(Incorporated into final beast)
Bronze belly/thighs
Leopard with four wings/four heads
Leopard body (dominant feature in Rev 13:2)
Iron legs
Dreadful fourth beast with iron teeth
Bear feet, lion mouth, but overall tied to iron (Roman roots)
Feet: iron + clay (divided, unstable mixture)
Ten horns on fourth beast
Seven heads and ten horns (Rev 13:1; 17:3) – final confederacy of kings
(Little horn in Dan 7 arises from ten horns)
Little horn (boastful, persecutes saints)
Beast/Antichrist with deadly wound healed, blasphemes, rules 42 months, mark 666
Stone strikes feet → total destruction
Ancient of Days judges → Son of Man receives kingdom
Lamb defeats beast and ten kings (Rev 17:14; 19:19–20)
God's eternal kingdom fills earth
Everlasting dominion to saints
New heaven/earth; God's kingdom eternal
The Unified Big Picture TimelineSuccessive World Empires
Babylon → Medo-Persia → Greece → Rome
(Historically fulfilled with stunning accuracy)
Final Form of the Fourth (Roman) Empire
The iron continues into the feet/toes (Daniel 2) and the ten-horned beast (Daniel 7). This represents a revived or extended phase of the Roman Empire in the end times—a loose confederacy of nations/kingdoms (partly strong, partly weak; unable to fully unite like iron doesn't mix with clay).
Rise of the Antichrist System
From this ten-kingdom stage arises the "little horn" (Daniel 7) = the beast of Revelation 13 & 17. Empowered by Satan (Rev 13:2)
Composite of previous empires (takes the worst traits of all)
Performs miracles, demands worship, persecutes believers
Supported temporarily by a false religious system ("Babylon the Great" riding the beast – Rev 17)
Ten kings give him power for a short time ("one hour" – Rev 17:12)
Destruction and God's Kingdom
Just as the stone crushes the entire statue at its weakest point (the feet), Christ returns and utterly destroys the final beast system (Rev 19:20; Dan 7:11, 26). All human kingdoms are pulverized and blown away. God's kingdom—established supernaturally—fills the earth forever.Core MessageDaniel 2 gives the sweeping overview: Human history, with all its powerful empires, is temporary and fragile. No matter how impressive (gold) or brutal (iron), every kingdom will crumble when God's eternal kingdom arrives through the Messiah. Revelation fills in the dramatic final details of that climactic confrontation.This prophecy has encouraged believers for millennia: Earthly powers rise and fall, but the "stone cut without hands"—Jesus Christ and His kingdom—will ultimately prevail and reign forever.
Daniel 7 (KJV) - Vision of the Four Beasts
Daniel has a dream-vision of four great beasts rising from the sea (symbolizing chaotic nations/peoples stirred by God's winds):First beast: "like a lion, and had eagle's wings" – wings plucked, stood like a man, given a man's heart (v. 4). Represents Babylon (majestic but humbled, like Nebuchadnezzar).
Second beast: "like to a bear... raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth" – told to "devour much flesh" (v. 5). Represents Medo-Persia (lopsided, with Persia dominant; conquering three kingdoms).
Third beast: "like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings... and four heads; and dominion was given to it" (v. 6). Represents Greece (swift conquest under Alexander; four heads for division after his death).
Fourth beast: "dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth... it devoured and brake in pieces... and it had ten horns" (v. 7). A little horn arises among the ten, uprooting three; it has "eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things" (v. 8), makes war on saints, speaks against God, changes times/laws for "a time and times and the dividing of time" (3.5 years) (vv. 20-25).
Represents Rome (iron teeth link to Daniel 2); ten horns as future kings/kingdoms; little horn as a boastful end-times ruler (often seen as Antichrist figure).The vision shifts to heaven: "Ancient of days" judges, beasts' dominion ends, "one like the Son of man" receives everlasting kingdom (vv. 9-14). Saints inherit eternal kingdom (v. 27).Revelation 13 (KJV) - The Beast from the Sea and from the Earth Beast from the sea: Rises "having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy" (v. 1). Body "like unto a leopard... feet... of a bear... mouth... of a lion" (v. 2) – composite of Daniel's four beasts.
Dragon (Satan) gives it power. One head wounded to death but healed; world worships it, saying "Who is able to make war with him?" (vv. 3-4). Blasphemes God, wars on saints 42 months (v. 5-7). Number 666 (v. 18).Represents the Antichrist and his empire – a revived/final form of the fourth beast system.
Beast from the earth: "two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon" (v. 11). Exercises sea-beast's authority, performs miracles (fire from heaven), deceives to worship sea-beast and its image, enforces mark (666) for buying/selling (vv. 12-17).Represents the False Prophet – religious enforcer supporting Antichrist.Revelation 17 (KJV) - The Scarlet Beast and the WomanA woman ("great whore... MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT") sits on a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns (vv. 3-5). Arrayed in purple/scarlet, gold, drunken with saints' blood (v. 4-6).Beast: Same as Rev 13 sea-beast (seven heads/ten horns).
"Was, and is not, and yet is" (v. 8); goes to perdition. Seven heads = seven mountains/kings (five fallen, one is, one to come briefly; beast as eighth but "of the seven") (vv. 9-11). Ten horns = ten kings, no kingdom yet, give power to beast one hour, then hate/destroy woman (vv. 12-16).
Woman: Apostate religious system ("mother of harlots"), ruling kings, persecuted saints; ultimately judged/destroyed by beast's kings (God puts it in their hearts, v. 17). "That great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth" (v. 18).Connections Between ThemRevelation draws heavily from Daniel 7:The fourth beast (dreadful, iron teeth, ten horns, little horn) is the foundation for Revelation's beasts.
Rev 13 sea-beast combines features of all Daniel's beasts (leopard/bear/lion + ten horns/seven heads), empowered by dragon (Satan), with deadly wound healed – seen as end-times revival of Roman/antichrist empire.
Little horn (boastful, persecutes saints 3.5 times) parallels Antichrist's 42 months.
Rev 17 scarlet beast is explicitly the same entity (seven heads/ten horns), supporting false religion (woman/Babylon) temporarily before destroying it.
Overall: Daniel 7 prophesies successive empires culminating in a final oppressive kingdom with a blasphemous ruler; Revelation portrays its end-times manifestation, persecution of believers, false worship, and ultimate defeat by Christ (the "Son of man"/Lamb).
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