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Daniel's Fourth and Terrible
Kingdom--Who Are They?
The Bible Says It is a Divided Kingdom--But Not Rome--It Is
Islam
The Bible Gives an Important Prophecy Clue
"They Will Combine With One
Another In Their Descendants"
The Bible is always correct. Yet prophecy is generally impossible
to understand until God chooses to reveal the true meaning. For
example, many have wondered about the terrible fourth
kingdom given in Daniel chapter 2 and Daniel chapter 7.
Because it is a divided kingdom (Daniel 2:41-43) many have
thought it was Rome, thinking the meaning was about the eastern and
western Roman empires.
But it is not Rome. The fourth and terrible kingdom Daniel saw is
Islam. Rome does not fit with Daniel nor Revelation prophecy.
For example, Rome cannot be in the "desert wilderness" (the
harlot of Revelation 17:3), but Mecca is centered in the desert
wilderness. Mecca is the harlot city of "Mystery Babylon"
in Revelation.
Rome never had a world renowned false prophet, but Islam does.
The false prophet of Revelation is Mohammad. Like Rome, Islam is a
divided kingdom, divided between Sunni and Shia. The Sunni and Shia
have been fighting each other for nearly 1,400 years now.
Most importantly from a salvation viewpoint, the false god spirit of
Islam (Baal--"Allah") in the Qur'an (chapter 5) takes away the
Oblation, the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ (Daniel 9:26-27).
Allah only gives bitter waters, not living water.
As you will see below, the Islamic leaders combined with one
another in their descendants.
The early Islamic leaders intermarried with one another
dozens of times, just as the Bible said would
happen.
This important prophecy clue giving the identity of the fourth
kingdom is written in Daniel 2:42-43:
Daniel 2:42-43 (NASB)
And just as the toes of the feet were partly of iron
and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong,
and part of it will be fragile. In that you saw the iron mixed with
common clay, they will combine with one another in their descendants; but
they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not combine with
pottery.
Understanding the extent of familial links between the
Islamic Caliphs and companions of Mohammad is quite important since
history shows the first century of Islam (632-752) as one of unceasing
warfare and animosity between one Islamic faction versus
another. Thus the divided kingdom.
 MUSLIM LEADERS SUCH AS ISIS LEADER ABU BAKR AL-BAGHDADI WEAR A
BLACK TURBAN IN ORDER TO SIGNIFY BEING A DESCENDANT OF MOHAMMAD
The first four Islamic leaders are the four riders in Revelation
chapter 6. Namely, Mohammad (610-632 AD) on the white horse, Abu
Bakr (632-634 AD) on the red horse, Umar (634-644 AD) on the black horse,
and Uthman (644-656 AD) on the pale green horse. After Uthman came
Ali with the Sunni-Shia split that exists to this very day as a divided
kingdom.
The roots of the Sunni-Shia divide can be traced all the way back to the
seventh century, soon after the death of the false prophet Mohammad in
632 AD. While most of Mohammad’s followers thought that the other elite members
of the Islamic community should choose his successor, a smaller group
believed only someone from Mohammad’s family—namely his cousin and
son-in-law, Ali—should succeed him. This group became known as the
followers of Ali; or simply "Shia."
Eventually the Sunni majority
won out, and chose Mohammad’s close friend Abu Bakr to become the first
caliph (the Revelation rider on the red horse), or leader, of the Islamic
community. Ali eventually became a caliph (or Imam, as Shiites
call their leaders), but only after the next two that preceded him
had been assassinated. Both Umar and Uthman were
assassinated.
The assassination of Umar (the rider on the black horse in Revelation
chapter 6) occurred after Umar had conquered Jerusalem. Umar
was killed by a Persian slave boy in broad view of many
hundreds of shocked people that did nothing to help--and this
fulfilled a direct Bible prophecy in Daniel 11:45.
Daniel 11:45 (NASB)
And he will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and
the beautiful Holy Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one
will help him.
After all this fighting in
the divided kingdom, Ali himself, was also killed in 661 AD, as the
bitter power struggle between Sunni and Shia continued. At stake
was not only control of Mohammad’s religious and political legacy, but
also a great deal of money, in the form of taxes and tributes paid by the
various tribes united under the banner of Islam. These taxes are
represented by the pair of scales the rider on the black horse
carries, as it was Umar that instituted the Islamic taxes.
This combination of money and power would only grow. Within the
century after Mohammad’s death, his followers had built an empire that
stretched from Central Asia to Spain. The Islamic empire
grew from nothing to having authority over one quarter of
the world's population, just as Jesus said
would happen in Revelation 6:7-8. Many prophecy experts
incorrectly say this rider "kills one quarter of the world",
but the Bible does not say that. The Bible says they will
have "authority" over a fourth of the earth.
Revelation 6:7-8 (NASB)
When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of
the fourth living creature saying, “Come!” I looked, and
behold, a pale green (ashen) horse; and the one who sat on it had
the name Death, and Hades was following with him.
Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with
sword, and famine, and plague, and by the wild animals of the earth.
Although many of the early Islamic figures listed belonged to various
competing factions and groups during the Islamic civil wars (656-661 AD
and 680-692 AD) after the Sunni-Shia splint into a divided kingdom, this
did not prevent them from marrying into one another’s families and even
naming their children ("descendants") after each other.
Just as the Bible said in Daniel 2:41-43!!
DIVIDED KINGDOM INTERMARRIAGE CHART TAKEN FROM:
INTERMARRIAGE
BETWEEN THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S COMPANIONS
For a comprehensive study which places them in the context of the first
Islamic century and which discusses their social and political
ramifications, see the study by Asad Q. Ahmed: The Religious
Elite of the Early Islamic Holy Lands (Hijaz), 2011.
The Dream of Daniel 2
In chapter 2, Nebuchadnezzar
dreams of a statue made of four different materials, identified as four
kingdoms:
- Head of gold. Explicitly identified as
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (Daniel 2 v.37–38).
- Chest and arms of silver. Identified as
an "inferior" kingdom to follow Nebuchadnezzar
(Daniel 2 v.39).
- Belly and thighs of bronze. A third
kingdom which shall rule over all the earth
(Daniel 2 v.39).
- Legs of iron with feet of mingled iron
and clay. Interpreted as a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, but the
feet and toes partly of clay and partly of iron show it shall be a
divided kingdom (Daniel 2 v. 41).
The Vision of Daniel 7
In chapter 7, Daniel has a
vision of four beasts coming up out of the sea. In Daniel and
Revelation the "sea" represents the
spiritual realm. This means these kingdoms, especially
the fourth kingdom, are controlled by the spiritual realm that
opposes the Lamb of God.
Daniel is told that the beasts represent four kingdoms:
- A beast (Babylon) like a lion with
eagle's wings (Daniel 7 v. 4).
- A beast (Medes-Persians) like a bear,
raised up on one side, with three ribs between its teeth (Daniel
7 v. 5).
- A beast (Seleucid Greeks) like a
leopard with four wings of fowl and four heads (Daniel 7 v. 6).
- A fourth beast (Islam), with large iron
teeth and ten horns (Daniel 7 v. 7-8).
This is explained as a fourth kingdom, different from all the other
kingdoms; it "will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and
crushing it" (Daniel 7 v. 23). The ten horns are ten demonic kings
who will come from this kingdom (Daniel 7 v. 24).
A further horn (the "little horn" in Daniel 7:8) with a mouth
and eyes--meaning this now is a human, then appears. This little
horn was Umar, the rider on the black horse in Revelation chapter 6.
THE TERRIBLE FOURTH KINGDOM ATTEMPTS TO TAKE AWAY THE SACRIFICE OF
JESUS CHRIST UMAR IS THE RIDER ON THE BLACK HORSE IN REVELATION CHAPTER 6 JESUS TELLS US HOW TO IDENTIFY THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF
REVELATION
Jesus said a false Revelation
would come into the world. Jesus said this some 550 years before
the Qur'an was given to Mohammad.
Revelation
22:18 (NIV)
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If
anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues
described in this scroll.
Revelation 22:19 (NIV)
And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will
take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy
City, which are described in this scroll.
Jesus is returning soon. The Book of Revelation is directly from
Jesus Christ. It is the most important book in the Bible for the
world today.
The truth is Jesus is the Son of God, died for our sins, and is the only
path to the Father and eternal life.
Jesus is returning soon. Put your trust in Jesus Christ. His
words are always true.
JESUS
FULFILLED 351 OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES
The Old Testament, written hundreds of years before Jesus’ birth,
contains at least 351 prophecies that Jesus fulfilled through
His life, death and resurrection. Mathematically speaking, the odds
are staggering of anyone fulfilling a small amount of prophecy.
Fulfilling just 8 is impossible!
Jesus gives seven sure signs you are living in the last days.  THE TRUTH
OF JESUS FOR MUSLIMS
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