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"And in the days of these
kings...."
lt
is here speaking of the
ten toes, part of iron and part of brit–
tle clay. This, by connecting the
prophecy with Daniel 7 and Revela–
tion
13
and
17,
is referring to the new
UNJTED STATES OF EUROPE, which is
now formíng
out of the European
Common Market before your very
eyes! Revelation
17:12
makes plain
the detail that it shall be a union of
ten KINGS OR KINGDOMS that (Rev.
17:8)
shall resurrect the medieval
"HOLYROMAN EMPIRE."
So, mark carefully the
time e/e–
ment!
"In the days of these kings"–
in the days of these ten nations or
groups of nations that shall, in our
time, resurrect briefly the Roman
Empire- notice what shall happen:
"... shall the God of heaven set up a
kingdom, which shall never be de–
stroyed ... but it shall break in
pieces and consume all these king–
doms, and it shall stand for ever"!
Yes, In Our Time
Now here we have described FOUR
universal world empires-the
only
four that ever existed! Revelation
17
shows that after the fall of the origi–
nal Roman Empire there would be
SEVEN revivals that would be ruled
over by a Gentile CHURCH-the
"daughter" of ancient BABYLON-a
church claiming to be Christian, but
actually named by God "MYSTERY
BABYLON the Great"-or, more
plainly, BABYLONIAN MYSTERIES!
Six of those have come and gone.
The seventh is now forming-the
last, final,
bríef
resurrection of the
"Holy Roman Empire" by ten Euro–
pean groups or nations. These are the
ten toes of iron and clay mixed.
In their days-and they shall last
but a
very
short space, possibly no
more than two to three and a half
years-shall the ÜOD OF HEAVEN SET
UP AKINGOOM.
This, then, shall
be
THE KINGDOM
OF Goo!
Compare with Revelation
17.
Here is pictured a church. Not a
small church- a GREAT church. She
rules over "many waters" (verse
1),
which are described in verse
15
as
different nations speaking different
languages. She posed as the .Church
of Goo-which Scripture says (Eph.
5:23;
Rev.
19:7;
Matthew
25:1-1O)
is
the affianced bride of CHRJST, to be
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spiritually MARRIED to Him at His
second COMING.
But she has committed fornica–
tion. How? By having direct
politica/
union with HUMAN GOVERNMENTS of
THIS WORLO! She "sat on" (Rev.
17:3)
all seven of these resurrections
of the Roman Empire-called the
"Holy Roman Empire." She RULED
OVER the human kingdoms- as a
common-law and unmarried "wife"
ruling her paramour "husband"- a
totally unnatural and ungodly rela–
tionship.
She is, therefore, to "sit on" this
last "head of the beast"-this final
resurrection of the Roman Empire. It
will be a
union
of church and state. It
is to endure but a
very
short time. lt
is lO FIGHT AGAINST CHRIST at HIS
SECOND COMING! That will be its
END.
We see it in process of rising now.
Therefore we are CLOSE to the com–
ing of Christ! We are now
very r¡ear
the END of this world! .
When Christ comes, He is coming
as KING of kings, ruling the whole
earth (Rev.
19:11-16);
and H1s
KINGDOM-the Kingdom of God–
said Daniel, is to CONSUME all these
worldly kingdoms.
Revelation
11:15
states it in these
words: " ... The kingdoms of this
world
are become
THE KINGOOMS OF
OUR LORD, ANO OF HIS CHRIST; and
he shall reign for ever and ever"!
This is THE KINGDOM OF Goo. lt
is the END of present governments–
the governments that rule Russia,
China, Japan, Italy, Germany- yes,
and even the United States and the
British nations. They then shall
be–
come
the kingdoms- the GOVERN–
MENTs-of the Lord Jesus CHRIST,
then K.lNG of kings over the entire
earth.
This makes completely PLAIN the
fact that the KINGDOM OF Goo is a
literal GOVERNMENT. Even as the
Chaldean Empire was a KINGDOM,
even as the Roman Empire was a
KINGDOM-so the KINGDOM OF Goo
is a government.
It
is to
take over
the
GOVERNMENT of the NATIONS of the
world .
Jesus Christ was BORN to be a
KING-A RULER!
When He stood, on tria! for His
life, before Pilate, "Pilate therefore
said unto him, Art thou a king then?
Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I
am a king. To this end was
1
born,
and for this cause carne
1
into the
world...." But Jesus also said to Pi-
late: "... My kingdom is not of this
world ..." (John
18:37, 36).
His
Kingdom is of THE WORLD TOMOR–
ROW!
Have you not read what the angel
proclaimed to Mary, the mother of
Jesus, prior to His birth? Jesus told
Pilate He was
born
to become a
KING. The angel of God said to
Mary: " ... thou shalt conceive in thy
womb, and bring forth a son, and
shalt call his name J esus. He shall be
great, and shall be called the Son of
the Highest: and the Lord God shélll
give unto him the THRONE of his fa–
ther David: And
he sha/1 reign
over
the house of Jacob for ever; and of his
kingdom there shall be NO END"
(Luke
1:31-33).
These scriptures tell you PLAINLY
that
Goo is supreme RULER. They
tell you in plainest language that Je–
sus was born to be a KING- that He
is going tO RULE ALL NATIONS OF THE
EARTH- that His Kingdom shall rule
eternally.
But all this is only
part
of the
fantastic, amazing, actually SHOCK–
ING TRUTH about the KINGDOM OF
Goo.
The KINGDOM OF Goo will rule
over
the peoples and nations of the
earth. Yet these mortal peoples and
nations will NOTbe the Kingdom, not
even
in
the Kingdom of God. They
shall merely be RULEO BY IT!
We still have to learn OF WHAT or
OF WHOM it is composed. Can YOU,
as an individual, ever become
a part
of this Kingdom?
Can Be Entered
In Jesus' day, the religious leaders
knew
He was a teacher sent from
God with Goo 's TRUTH. They
branded Him a false prophet, heretic
and seditionist. Yet
they knew
His
was the voice of Goo!
One of them, a Pharisee named
Nicodemus, occupying an office- of
authority over the Jews, carne se–
cretly by night to see Jesus.
"Rabbi," said this Pharisee, "we
know that thou art a teacher come
from God" (John
3:2).
Yes,
we Phar–
ísees,
he said,
know that!
He did not
say,
" 1
know it." He said,
"We
know"- we Pharisees!
They knew
He spoke the TRUTH- yet they not
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