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The end of Gentile world-power.
(1) In the beast vision of Daniel 7. the fourth beast is declared to be "the fourth kingdom," i.e. the Roman empire, the "iron" kingdom of Daniel 2. The "ten horns" upon the fourth beast (Roman empire), Daniel 7:7 are declared to be "ten kings that shall arise" ( Daniel 7:24 ) answering to the ten toes of the image vision of Daniel 2. The ten kingdoms, covering the regions formerly ruled by Rome, will constitute, therefore, the form in which the fourth or Roman empire will exist when the whole fabric of Gentile world-domination is smitten by the "stone cut out without hands" == Christ; Daniel 2:44 ; Daniel 2:45 ; Daniel 7:9 .
(2) But Daniel sees a "little horn" rise up and subdue three of the ten kings Daniel 7:24-26 . His distinguishing mark is hatred of God and of the Saints. He is not to be confounded with the "little horn" of Daniel 8 --a prophecy fulfilled in Antiochus Epiphanes. In Revelation 13, additional particulars of the "little horn" of Daniel 7. are given. See Scofield " Revelation 13:1 ".
little horn The "little horn" here is a prophecy fulfilled in Antiochus Epiphanes, B.C. 175, who profaned the temple and terribly persecuted the Jews. He is not to be confounded with the "little horn" of Daniel 7. who is yet to come, and who will dominate the earth during the great tribulation. (See Scofield " Daniel 7:8 ") concerning "The Beast". See Scofield " Revelation 19:20 " and "The great tribulation," Psalms 2:5 . See Scofield " Revelation 7:14 ". But Antiochus is a remarkable type of the Beast, the terrible "little horn" of the last days. Daniel 8:24-25 go beyond Antiochus and evidently refer to the "little horn" of Daniel 7. Both Antiochus and the Beast, but the Beast pre-eminently, are in view in Daniel 8:24-25 . That the "little horn" of Daniel 7. cannot be the little horn of Daniel 8:9-13 ; Daniel 8:23 is evident. The former comes up among the ten horns into which the fourth empire (Roman) is to be divided; the little horn of Daniel 8. comes out of one of the four kingdoms into which the third (Grecian) empire was divided ( Daniel 8:23 ), and in "the latter time" of the four kingdoms Daniel 8:22 ; Daniel 8:23 ). This was historically true of Antiochus Epiphanes. They are alike in hatred of the Jews and of God, and in profaning the temple. Cf. Daniel 7:25 (the Beast) with Daniel 8:10-12 (Antiochus):
one of them Anticohus Epiphanes came out of Syria, one of the "four notable" kingdoms into which Alexander's empire was divided.