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8
Jeru
sale
m
was
th
en
to
take
pl
ace…
N
ow
this
le
gitim
ate
hope
see
med
rud
ely
dash
ed to
the
grou
nd.
No
won
der
he fa
inte
d. A
lso
no w
onde
r, co
nsid
erin
g th
e ki
nd o
f man
he
was
, tha
t we
find
him
, as
soon
as
he c
ould
get
aro
und
agai
n, a
nd c
ould
find
som
e re
-lie
f fr
om p
ress
ing
offic
ial
dutie
s, en
teri
ng u
pon
a de
finite
pro
gram
of p
raye
r an
d se
ekin
g G
od to
lear
n th
e pl
ain
trut
h ab
out i
t al
l.' P
rice,
The
Gre
ates
t of
the
Pro
phet
s, pa
ges
214-
215.
D
anie
l is
tol
d th
at t
he 2
300
even
ing/
mor
ning
vis
ion
prop
hecy
is
true
and
it sh
ould
be
shut
up
(sea
led)
sin
ce it
wou
ld b
e a
long
tim
e in
fulfi
lling
and
to b
e un
ders
tood
. Acc
ordi
ng to
the
expl
anat
ion
Dan
iel l
ater
rece
ived
, onl
y a
porti
on
of t
his
2300
day
(ye
ar)
prop
hecy
app
lied
to t
he
Jew
s an
d Je
rusa
lem
, w
here
the
ir sa
nctu
ary
was
lo
cate
d. S
ince
the
con
clus
ion
of t
he 2
300
year
s w
ould
be
far
into
the
futu
re, t
he c
lean
sing
of
the
sanc
tuar
y re
ferr
ed to
in D
anie
l 8:1
4 po
ints
not
to
the
Jew
ish
earth
ly s
anct
uary
, but
to
the
heav
enly
sa
nctu
ary
that
is
to b
e cl
eans
ed p
rior
to C
hris
t's
seco
nd c
omin
g. T
his
is al
so k
now
n as
the
jud
g-m
ent w
hich
we
will
stud
y in
our
nex
t les
son.
G
od is
des
crib
ing
over
and
ove
r, an
d in
mor
e de
tail
as w
e m
ove
from
vis
ion
to
visi
on, w
ho th
is e
nd ti
me
pow
er is
who
mag
nifie
s hi
mse
lf “e
ven
to th
e pr
ince
of
the
Hos
t.” W
e sa
w in
our
stu
dies
of D
anie
l cha
pter
s 2 &
7, a
nd n
ow h
ere
in
8 th
at t
his
end
time
pow
er i
s in
deed
Pap
al R
ome
(The
Rom
an C
atho
lic
Chu
rch)
. Fr
iend
s, th
ese
are
Hol
y w
ords
we
have
bee
n st
udyi
ng a
nd a
nyon
e w
ho s
earc
hes
for t
ruth
with
an
open
min
d an
d co
ntrit
e he
art w
ill b
e le
d to
the
sam
e co
nclu
sion
. Tr
uth
is tr
uth
no m
atte
r how
unb
elie
vabl
e or
pai
nful
it m
ay
be.
Jesu
s sa
id, “
And
ye
shal
l kno
w th
e tr
uth,
and
the
trut
h sh
all m
ake
you
free
” Jo
hn 8
:32.
It i
s ou
r des
ire to
kno
w th
e tru
th a
s it
is in
Jes
us a
nd w
e pr
ay
that
it w
ill b
e yo
ur d
esire
als
o.
AN
SWE
RS: 1) The third reigning year of king B
elshazzar, at the palace in Shushan. 2) A tw
o-horned ram by the river U
lai. 3) The tw
o-horned ram represented the kings of M
edia & Persia. 4) A
male goat w
ith a notable (large) horn came from
the west and
attacked the ram, sw
iftly conquering it. 5) The goat grew strong and then his notable horn broke, and four horns took it’s place. 6)
The male goat w
as Greece and the notable horn w
as it’s first king—A
lexander. The four horns are 4 kings that take his place—A
lexander’s four generals. 7) Out of one of the four horns cam
e a little horn that grew exceedingly great. 8) A
fierce, prosperous king speaking a language foreign to the Jew
s—Latin. This king w
ill persecute God’s people. 9) H
e will conquer land to the South,
the East, and the holy land. 10) The transference from the pagan phase—
military m
ight, to the papal phase—religious m
ight. 11) G
od’s holy people. 12) Jesus. 13) God shall destroy him
. 14) How
long will this prophecy last? 15) ‘2300 days,’ w
hich is 2300 literal years. 16) D
aniel fainted.
1
1.W
hen
and
whe
re w
as D
anie
l gi
ven
a de
eper
ins
ight
int
o co
min
g e
vent
s?
D
anie
l 8:1
-2
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Th
e fir
st y
ear o
f Bel
shaz
zar
was
540
B.C
. His
third
yea
r, in
whi
ch th
is v
isio
n w
as g
iven
, wou
ld c
onse
quen
tly b
e 53
8. S
ince
Dan
iel w
as a
bout
twen
ty y
ears
of
age
whe
n he
was
car
ried
to B
abyl
on in
the
first
yea
r of N
ebuc
hadn
ezza
r in
606
B.C
., he
was
at t
his
time
abou
t eig
hty-
eigh
t ye
ars
of a
ge. T
he v
isio
n he
Ete
rnal
Tru
th M
inist
ries
Pres
ents
Les
son
5 “B
y th
e R
iver
Ula
i”
Stud
ies o
n B
ible
Pro
phec
ySt
udie
s on
Bib
le P
roph
ecy
“...f
or th
e w
ords
are
clo
sed
up a
nd se
aled
till
the
time
of th
e en
d.”
Dan
iel 1
2:9
C
hris
tians
toda
y w
ho a
re e
xpec
ting
such
gr
eat
and
impo
rtant
eve
nts
to t
rans
pire
, sh
ould
kno
w th
e re
ason
s of
thei
r fai
th, t
hat
they
may
be
able
to
give
an
answ
er t
o ev
ery
man
that
sha
ll as
k th
em a
reas
on fo
r th
e ho
pe w
hich
is
in t
hem
with
mee
knes
s an
d fe
ar.
In H
is w
ord,
God
has
rev
eale
d tru
ths
that
will
ben
efit
His
chu
rch.
As
a pe
ople
, w
e sh
ould
be
earn
est
stud
ents
of
prop
hecy
; w
hich
is
brou
ght
out
in t
he
vi
sion
s of
Dan
iel a
nd J
ohn.
W
e ar
e go
ing
to c
ontin
ue o
ur se
arch
for B
ible
trut
h in
the
eigh
th c
hapt
er o
f the
boo
k of
Dan
iel.
2
refe
rs to
as t
he o
ne w
hich
app
eare
d un
to h
im a
t the
firs
t, is
dou
btle
ss th
e vi
sion
of
cha
pter
seve
n, w
hich
he
had
in th
e fir
st y
ear o
f Bel
shaz
zar's
reig
n. S
hush
an
was
the
met
ropo
lis o
f the
pro
vinc
e of
Ela
m, w
hich
was
then
in th
e ha
nds o
f the
B
abyl
onia
ns, a
nd th
e ki
ng o
f Bab
ylon
had
a ro
yal p
alac
e th
ere.
2.
Wha
t was
Dan
iel f
irst
show
n in
his
vis
ion?
D
anie
l 8:3
-4
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3.H
ow w
as th
is p
art o
f his
visi
on e
xpla
ined
to D
anie
l?
Dan
iel 8
:20
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'G
abri
el e
xpla
ined
tha
t "t
he r
am…
hav
ing
two
horn
s ar
e th
e ki
ngs
of
Med
ia a
nd P
ersi
a."
Lik
e th
e be
ar's
hunc
hed
back
, the
ram
's lo
psid
ed h
orns
- on
e hi
gher
tha
n th
e ot
her
- po
inte
d to
Per
sian
dom
inat
ion.
The
Med
es w
ere
the
olde
r, an
d ha
d be
en th
e st
rong
er, a
nd h
ad c
o-op
erat
ed w
ith th
e Pe
rsia
ns
for y
ears
.' H
ardi
nge,
Jes
us Is
My
Judg
e, p
age
164.
4.
Wha
t was
the
next
dev
elop
men
t in
Dan
iel's
vis
ion?
D
anie
l 8:5
-7
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'It
is
sign
ifica
nt t
hat
man
y of
the
Gre
eks
used
to
spea
k of
them
selv
es a
s th
e go
ats'
peop
le, u
sing
the
goat
as
a n
atio
nal o
r tr
ibal
sym
bol.
No
wor
ds a
re n
eede
d to
po
int o
ut h
ow th
e pi
ctur
e of
gre
at s
wift
ness
giv
en in
the
prop
hetic
des
crip
tion
of t
he h
e-go
at w
hich
exa
ctly
fits
th
e as
toni
shin
g sp
eed
and
com
plet
enes
s of
Ale
xand
er's
conq
uest
s.' P
rice,
The
Gre
ates
t of
the
Pro
phet
s, pa
ge
162.
5.
Wha
t the
n ha
ppen
ed to
the
he-g
oat?
D
anie
l 8:8
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'
At th
e he
ight
of h
is p
ower
s an
d co
nque
st, A
lexa
nder
die
d in
323
BC
. He
had
a so
n, b
ut th
is s
on d
id n
ot in
heri
t the
kin
gdom
(see
Dan
iel 1
1:4)
. Ins
tead
Al
exan
der's
kin
gdom
was
div
ided
am
ong
his
gene
rals.
The
re w
as f
ight
ing
7
12.
Who
is 't
he P
rinc
e of
the
host
'?
D
anie
l 8:1
1 C
ompa
re D
anie
l 8:2
5, la
st p
art.
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13.
Wha
t w
as t
o be
the
ulti
mat
e fa
te o
f th
e lit
tle
ho
rn p
ower
?
Dan
iel 8
:25
Com
pare
Dan
iel 2
:34,
45
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This
par
alle
ls th
e pr
ophe
cy o
f Dan
iel 2
: 34,
45
whe
re th
e st
one
"cut
out
with
out h
ands
" de
stro
ys a
ll ea
rthly
pow
ers.
14
.W
hat q
uest
ion
is a
sked
con
cern
ing
this
vis
ion?
Dan
iel 8
:13
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Dan
iel
hear
d tw
o ho
ly o
nes
conv
ersi
ng a
bout
the
len
gth
of t
ime
that
has
to
pass
bef
ore
the
fulfi
llmen
t of t
he tw
ofol
d pr
ophe
cy o
n th
e da
ily s
acrif
ice
and
the
sanc
tuar
y is
sue.
15
.H
ow is
the
ques
tion
answ
ered
?
Dan
iel 8
:14
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Her
e is
intro
duce
d th
e on
e re
mai
ning
poi
nt w
hich
of a
ll ot
hers
wou
ld n
atur
ally
be
of
mos
t ab
sorb
ing
inte
rest
to
the
prop
het
and
to t
he c
hurc
h, n
amel
y, t
he
leng
th o
f tim
e th
e de
sola
ting
pow
ers
(pag
an a
nd p
apal
) br
ough
t to
view
wer
e to
con
tinue
. How
long
sha
ll th
ey c
ontin
ue th
eir
cour
se o
f op
pres
sion
aga
inst
G
od's
peop
le?
He
hear
s th
e an
swer
— a
2,3
00 d
ay p
erio
d, th
en th
e sa
nctu
ary
wou
ld b
e cl
eans
ed.
This
bei
ng a
pro
phec
y an
d us
ing
the
day
for
a ye
ar
prin
cipl
e re
gard
ing
such
apo
caly
ptic
pro
phec
ies,
Num
bers
14:
34 a
nd E
zeki
el
4:6,
the
perio
d sp
oken
of w
ould
be
a lit
eral
2,3
00 y
ears
. 16
.W
hy w
as th
is p
art o
f the
vis
ion
not e
xpla
ined
to D
anie
l by
Gab
riel
at
this
tim
e?
D
anie
l 8:2
6-27
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‘He
was
now
an
old
man
. He
had
been
ser
ving
as
a vi
rtua
l sla
ve n
earl
y al
l his
life,
eve
n th
ough
he
was
con
side
red
a tr
uste
d of
ficia
l in
high
pos
ition
: and
he
had
grow
n ol
d w
ith th
e co
nfid
ent h
ope
that
the
seve
nty
year
s of
the
pred
icte
d ca
ptiv
ity (
Jere
mia
h 25
:11)
wer
e so
on t
o ex
pire
, an
d th
at a
res
tora
tion
to
6
phas
e w
as p
agan
. The
se w
ere
all e
mbr
aced
in th
e "d
aily
." T
hen
com
es th
e pa
pal f
orm
, the
"tr
ansg
ress
ion
of d
esol
atio
n,"
a m
arve
l of c
raft
and
cunn
ing,
an
inca
rnat
ion
of c
ruel
ty.”
Sm
ith, D
anie
l and
the
Reve
latio
n, p
.161
-6.
The
phra
se d
escr
ibin
g th
e pa
pacy
(“tr
ansg
ress
ion
of d
esol
atio
n”)
is s
trong
er t
han
that
use
d to
desc
ribe
paga
nism
(“
daily
”).
It is
th
e
tra
nsgr
essi
on
(or
rebe
llion
, as
th
e w
ord
also
m
eans
) of
des
olat
ion;
as
if un
der
this
per
iod
of
the
hist
ory
of th
e ch
urch
the
deso
latin
g po
wer
had
re
belle
d ag
ains
t all
rest
rain
t pr
evio
usly
impo
sed
upon
it. F
rom
a re
ligio
us p
oint
of v
iew
, the
wor
ld
has
pres
ente
d th
ese
two
stro
ng p
hase
s (p
agan
and
pap
al) o
f opp
ositi
on a
gain
st
the
Lord
's w
ork
in th
e ea
rth.
11.
Who
are
the
host
of h
eave
n?
Dan
iel 8
:10
(C
ompa
re D
anie
l 8:2
4, E
xodu
s 12:
41.)
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LIT
TL
E H
OR
N
‘RO
MA
N E
MPI
RE
’ Tw
o Ph
ases
in H
isto
ry
Fi
rst
Paga
n (w
orsh
ip o
f fal
se G
ods;
not
ack
now
ledg
ing
the
God
of C
hris
tiani
ty)
‘Dai
ly’
Civ
il-M
ilita
ry M
ight
M
edes
/Per
sian
s—Pa
gan
Gre
eks—
Paga
n R
ome—
Paga
n R
ome
Div
ided
—Pa
gan
Even
tual
ly b
ecom
es th
e Se
cond
Pha
se...
Seco
nd
Papa
l (Po
pe in
pla
ce o
f Cae
sar!
) (b
elon
ging
to th
e po
ntiff
of R
ome;
as p
apal
aut
hori
ty)
‘Tra
nsgr
essi
on’
Rel
igio
us-T
heol
ogic
al
Chu
rch
and
Stat
e C
ivil
and
Rel
igio
us
3
amon
g th
em fo
r a p
erio
d of
abo
ut tw
enty
yea
rs. B
ut b
y 30
1 BC
, fou
r kin
gdom
s had
em
erge
d fr
om th
e po
litic
al
chao
s th
at e
nsue
d af
ter
the
deat
h of
Ale
xand
er. T
hese
w
ere
1. M
aced
onia
und
er C
assa
nder
; 2.
Thr
ace
and
nort
h-w
este
rn A
sia
Min
or u
nder
Lys
imac
hus;
3. S
yria
an
d Ba
bylo
nia
unde
r Se
leuc
us;
and
4. E
gypt
und
er
Ptol
emy.
' She
a, D
anie
l 7-1
2, p
age
93.
6.H
ow w
as th
e as
pect
of t
he v
isio
n ex
plai
ned
to D
anie
l?
D
anie
l 8:2
1-22
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'The
goa
t re
pres
ente
d G
reci
a an
d its
"no
tabl
e ho
rn"
- po
inte
d, a
ggre
ssiv
e,
dire
ct -
its
pre
mie
r ki
ng,
Alex
ande
r th
e G
reat
. Th
is re
mar
kabl
e yo
ung
man
, wi
th a
sm
all
and
dedi
cate
d ar
my
of M
aced
onia
ns, l
unge
d fr
om th
e w
est w
ith s
uch
rapi
dity
tha
t he
see
med
har
dly
to t
ouch
the
gro
und.
Th
is h
ad a
lrea
dy b
een
sign
alle
d by
the
leop
ard
mad
e sw
ifter
w
ith
the
addi
tion
of
two
pair
s of
w
ings
. H
ardi
nge,
Jes
us Is
My
Judg
e, p
age
165.
7.
Wha
t nex
t app
eare
d in
Dan
iel's
vis
ion?
Dan
iel 8
:9
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Th
e se
quen
ce i
n th
e vi
sion
s of
Dan
iel
2 &
7 h
as R
ome
fo
llow
ing
Bab
ylon
, Med
o-Pe
rsia
and
Gre
ece.
Thi
s is
wha
t we
shou
ld e
xpec
t he
re.
The
sequ
ence
of
ram
= M
edo-
Pers
ia,
de
scrib
ed a
s 'g
reat
' (ve
rse
4); h
e-go
at =
Gre
ece,
des
crib
ed a
s 'v
ery
grea
t' (v
erse
8)
prep
ares
us
for
little
hor
n =
Rom
e,
de
scrib
ed a
s 'ex
ceed
ing
grea
t (ve
rse
9).
Som
e sc
hola
rs h
ave
inte
rpre
ted
the
little
hor
n as
the
reig
n of
A
ntio
chus
Epi
phan
es, w
ho ru
led
over
Pal
estin
e in
the
seco
nd c
entu
ry B
C, a
nd
disr
upte
d th
e Je
wis
h w
orsh
ip se
rvic
es. I
s thi
s cor
rect
? W
ho w
as A
ntio
chus
? Fr
om th
e tim
e th
at S
eleu
cus
mad
e hi
mse
lf ki
ng o
ver t
he
Syria
n po
rtion
of A
lexa
nder
's em
pire
, thu
s co
nstit
utin
g th
e Sy
rian
horn
of t
he
goat
, unt
il th
at c
ount
ry w
as c
onqu
ered
by
the
Rom
ans,
twen
ty-s
ix k
ings
rule
d in
succ
essi
on o
ver t
hat t
errit
ory.
The
eig
hth
of th
ese
was
Ant
ioch
us E
piph
anes
. A
ntio
chus
, the
n, w
as s
impl
y on
e of
the
twen
ty-s
ix k
ings
who
con
stitu
ted
the
Syria
n ho
rn o
f the
goa
t. H
e w
as, t
here
fore
, for
the
time
bein
g, r
epre
sent
ed b
y th
at h
orn.
Hen
ce h
e co
uld
not a
t the
sam
e tim
e be
a s
epar
ate
and
inde
pend
ent
pow
er, o
r ano
ther
and
rem
arka
ble
horn
, as w
as th
e lit
tle h
orn.
4
And
the
re a
re f
our
mor
e re
ason
s w
hy t
his
little
hor
n m
ust
be
Rom
e.
#1.
Dan
iel,
chap
ters
2 &
7 p
oint
to R
ome
as th
e su
cces
sor
to G
reci
a; #
2. I
n ve
rse
4, th
e M
edes
and
Per
sian
s be
cam
e gr
eat.
In v
erse
8 th
e G
reci
an e
mpi
re
beca
me
very
gre
at. B
ut in
ver
se 9
, thi
s po
wer
bec
ame
exce
edin
g gr
eat.
That
w
as tr
ue o
f R
ome,
but
not
of
Ant
ioch
us E
piph
anes
. Ant
ioch
us E
piph
anes
did
no
t bec
ome
exce
edin
g gr
eat.
On
the
cont
rary
, he
did
not e
nlar
ge h
is d
omin
ion,
ex
cept
by
so
me
tem
pora
ry
conq
uest
s in
Eg
ypt.
Thes
e he
im
med
iate
ly
re
linqu
ishe
d w
hen
the
Rom
ans
took
the
part
of P
tole
my
and
com
man
ded
him
to
des
ist f
rom
his
des
igns
on
that
terr
itory
. So
whi
ch w
as t
he g
reat
er p
ower
--th
e on
e w
hich
eva
cuat
ed E
gypt
(A
ntio
chus
Epi
phan
es),
or t
he o
ne w
hich
co
mm
ande
d (R
OM
E) t
hat
evac
uatio
n?; #
3. R
ome
did
exte
nd it
's em
pire
to
the
sout
h (E
gypt
), to
the
east
(M
aced
onia
), an
d th
e pl
easa
nt la
nd (
Pale
stin
e),
and
#4.
It w
as R
ome
that
sto
od u
p ag
ains
t th
e "P
rinc
e of
the
hos
t" (
Jesu
s),
vers
e 11
, cru
cify
ing
Jesu
s in
the
sprin
g of
AD
31.
Ant
ioch
us E
piph
anes
was
lo
ng d
ead
and
gone
! 8.
How
did
Gab
riel
des
crib
e th
e lit
tle h
orn?
D
anie
l 8:2
3-24
C
ompa
re D
eute
rono
my
28:4
9-53
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The
latte
r tim
e of
thei
r kin
gdom
refe
rs to
the
latte
r end
of t
he
Gre
ek k
ingd
om. T
he li
ttle
horn
kin
gdom
wou
ld b
e bo
th P
agan
R
ome
and
late
r Pa
pal
Rom
e. I
t's a
fie
rce,
con
sum
ing
pow
er
that
per
secu
tes
and
dest
roys
hol
y pe
ople
. V
erse
24
says
his
po
wer
sha
ll be
mig
hty,
but
not
by
his
own
pow
er (
the
Papa
l ar
mie
s w
ere
thos
e ar
mie
s fr
om c
ount
ries
will
ing
to s
erve
the
Papa
cy, t
hey
soug
ht a
nd d
estro
yed
unde
r Pap
al d
ecre
e).
9. W
hat w
as D
anie
l tol
d ab
out R
ome'
s mili
tary
con
ques
ts?
Dan
iel 8
:9, 2
4
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'Th
e lit
tle h
orn
wax
ed g
reat
tow
ard
the
sout
h… E
gypt
was
mad
e a
pr
ovin
ce o
f the
Rom
an e
mpi
re B
C 3
0 an
d co
ntin
ued
such
for
som
e ce
ntur
ies.
The
little
hor
n w
axed
gre
at to
war
d th
e ea
st. T
his a
lso
was
true
of R
ome.
Rom
e co
nque
red
Syri
a BC
65
and
mad
e it
a pr
ovin
ce. T
he L
ittle
hor
n w
axed
gre
at
tow
ard
the
plea
sant
land
. Jud
ea is
cal
led
the
plea
sant
land
in m
any
scri
ptur
es.
The
Rom
ans
mad
e it
a pr
ovin
ce o
f the
ir em
pire
BC
63.
' Sm
ith, D
anie
l & th
e Re
vela
tion,
191
8 ed
., pa
ge 1
76.
10.
How
is th
e ne
xt p
hase
of R
ome'
s act
ivity
des
crib
ed?
Dan
iel 8
:10-
13, 2
5
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5
NO
TIC
E: T
he l
ittle
hor
n re
pres
ente
d he
re w
ould
be
both
Pag
an R
ome
and
late
r Pa
pal
Rom
e. “
Paga
n” i
s de
fined
as:
Hea
then
; he
athe
nish
; G
entil
e; a
pe
rson
who
wor
ship
s fa
lse
gods
; no
t ack
now
ledg
ing
the
God
of C
hris
tiani
ty.
“Pap
al”
is d
efin
ed a
s: Be
long
ing
to t
he p
ope
or p
ontif
f of
Rom
e; p
opis
h; a
s pa
pal
auth
ority
; th
e pa
pal
chai
r. B
y th
e lit
tle h
orn
"the
dai
ly s
acri
fice
was
ta
ken
away
." [
Not
e: T
he w
ord
‘sac
rific
e’ w
as a
dded
by
the
trans
lato
rs.]
This
lit
tle h
orn
sym
boliz
ed R
ome
in i
ts e
ntire
his
tory
, i
nclu
ding
its
tw
o ph
ases
, pa
gan
and
then
pap
al. T
hese
two
phas
es a
re e
lsew
here
spo
ken
of a
s the
"da
ily"
and
the
"tra
nsgr
essi
on o
f de
sola
tion;
" th
e da
ily (
deso
latio
n) s
igni
fyin
g th
e
paga
n fo
rm, a
nd th
e tra
nsgr
essi
on o
f des
olat
ion,
the
papa
l.
Als
o, in
the
actio
ns a
scrib
ed to
this
pow
er, s
omet
imes
one
form
is s
poke
n of
,
som
etim
es th
e ot
her.
"by
him
[the
pap
al fo
rm] t
he d
aily
[the
pag
an fo
rm] w
as
take
n aw
ay."
Pag
an R
ome
was
rem
odel
ed in
to p
apal
Rom
e.
We
read
tha
t a
"hos
t w
as g
iven
him
[th
e lit
tle
horn
] ag
ains
t th
e da
ily."
Pag
an R
ome
was
divi
ded
(as
sign
ified
by
the
10 to
es in
Dan
iel 2
, an
d th
e 10
hor
ns in
Dan
iel 7
) by
10
barb
aria
n tri
bes
and
the
peop
le o
f the
se tr
ibes
eve
ntua
lly,
over
tim
e, b
ecam
e co
nver
ts t
o th
e C
atho
lic
faith
, and
the
inst
rum
ents
of
the
deth
rone
men
t of
the
ir fo
rmer
rel
igio
n—pa
gani
sm.
Thou
gh
conq
uerin
g R
ome
polit
ical
ly, t
hey
wer
e th
emse
lves
van
quis
hed
relig
ious
ly b
y th
e t
heol
ogy
of R
ome,
and
bec
ame
the
perp
etua
tors
of
the
sam
e em
pire
in
an
othe
r ph
ase—
the
papa
l ph
ase!
“Th
is w
as b
roug
ht a
bout
by
reas
on o
f "t
rans
gres
sion
;" th
at is
, by
the
wor
king
of t
he m
yste
ry o
f ini
quity
. The
pap
acy
can
be c
alle
d a
syst
em o
f ini
quity
bec
ause
it h
as d
one
its e
vil w
ork
unde
r th
e pr
eten
se o
f a p
ure
and
unde
filed
rel
igio
n. O
f thi
s fa
lse
relig
ious
sys
tem
, Pau
l w
rote
in th
e fir
st c
entu
ry to
the
Thes
salo
nian
s, "T
he m
yste
ry o
f ini
quity
dot
h al
read
y w
ork.
" 2
The
ssal
onia
ns 2
: 7...
The
little
hor
n "c
ast
down
the
tru
th t
o th
e gr
ound
, an
d pr
actic
ed a
nd
pros
pere
d."
This
des
crib
es in
few
wor
ds th
e w
ork
and
care
er o
f the
pap
acy.
Th
e tr
uth
is by
it
hide
ousl
y ca
rica
ture
d, l
oade
d w
ith t
radi
tions
, tu
rned
int
o m
umm
ery
and
supe
rstit
ion,
cas
t do
wn
and
obsc
ured
. O
f th
is ec
cles
iast
ical
po
wer
it
is d
ecla
red
that
it
has
"pra
ctic
ed"-
-pra
ctic
ed i
ts d
ecep
tions
on
the
peop
le,
prac
ticed
in
sche
mes
of
cunn
ing
to c
arry
out
its
ow
n en
ds a
nd
aggr
andi
ze it
s ow
n po
wer
. Lik
ewis
e it
has
"pro
sper
ed."
It h
as m
ade
war
upo
n th
e sa
ints
, and
pre
vaile
d ag
ains
t the
m. I
t has
wel
l-nig
h ru
n its
allo
tted
care
er,
and
is so
on to
be
brok
en w
ithou
t han
d, to
be
give
n to
the
burn
ing
flam
e, a
nd to
pe
rish
in th
e co
nsum
ing
glor
ies
of th
e se
cond
app
eari
ng o
f our
Lor
d… F
rom
a
relig
ious
poi
nt o
f vi
ew, t
he w
orld
has
pre
sent
ed t
hese
tw
o st
rong
pha
ses
of
oppo
sitio
n ag
ains
t the
Lor
d's
wor
k in
the
eart
h. H
ence
, alth
ough
thre
e ea
rthl
y go
vern
men
ts a
re in
trod
uced
in th
e pr
ophe
cy a
s op
pres
sors
of t
he c
hurc
h, th
ey
are
here
ran
ged
unde
r tw
o he
ads:
"th
e da
ily"
and
the
"tra
nsgr
essi
on o
f
deso
latio
n."
Med
o-Pe
rsia
was
pag
an;
Gre
cia
was
pag
an;
Rom
e in
its
fir
st