Grace be to you and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. The time has now come that we must share certain things that have been foretold concerning the future of the world, which must be fulfilled before the second coming of Christ which is the end of this age. The things that we share today must come to pass before the unveiling of the antichrist and his false prophet, both of whom shall deceive the whole world by miracles and lying wonders, and by these deeds lead many to perdition in the days to come.
There seems to be a number of nations in the world today that some refer to as the super powers. Some will list the nations as: United States, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, UK, China, Japan, etc. Out of this list of nations, it appears that the US has a little more clout in world affairs than the others. This probably is the reason why some has referred to the US as the Babylon of the last days that is mentioned in Rev 18 and why some are saying that a certain man is the Antichrist. This is untrue according to what has been plainly revealed in the Scripture of truth.
According to the Word of the Lord as revealed to Daniel the prophet, ten kings must arise in the last days just before the rise of the Antichrist (Dan 7:24-28), and they must continue a short space until they give their powers to the Antichrist to rule the world. These ten kings are symbolized by the ten toes on the great image that Nebuchadnezzar saw (Dan 2:41-45), and the ten horns on the beast of Dan 7:7-8, 23-24, Rev 13, and 17:12-17. These things, we have written to you in times past http://www.seasonsofnoah.com/concerning_last_days.htm. The Scriptures declare plainly that it is in the days of these ten kings that the second coming of Christ will occur (Dan 2:44-45), and that these kings will immediately precede the Antichrist. The Scriptures also reveal plainly that the Antichrist will rise to power when the transgressors have come to the full (Dan 8:23), when there is a fullness of sin in the world (Dan 8:23, 2 Thess 2:3), and when that which now hinders is taken out of the way (2 Thess 2:3-12). This will be after the rapture of the church (1 Thess 5:4-11, Rev 4:2-11 - where John was shown events which shall be after the churches discussed in Rev 1-3).
The Scriptures further revealed that these ten kings will arise from the old Roman Empire territories. These territories are mainly in Southern Europe, Western Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, and North Africa. We must mention that United States and Russia were never part of the old Roman Empire. Therefore, if power is to shift back to the old Roman Empire territories in the last days just before the rise of the Antichrist, then two things must occur: the current supposed super powers must be subdued by those things that are coming and shall be, and the world map and alliances will be redrawn. This will be by war, disasters, and tribulations in the days to come. We speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen.
In the vision of the great image which Daniel the prophet also saw as written in Dan 2:19-23, there were two legs of iron on the image. We understand from history that these two legs symbolized the western and eastern part of the old Roman Empire. The western part was ruled from Rome and the eastern part from Constantinople (Turkey). The western part collapsed many centuries before the eastern. Now, according to the vision of Daniel, each leg of iron on the image had five toes each, making ten in total, and the toes were made of iron and clay. This was interpreted to Daniel that this kingdom shall be divided; it shall be partly strong, partly weak (Dan 2:41-43). It will be a fragile kingdom, a weak alliance, and the people will not cleave to one another.
Therefore we understand by the division and number of the toes that, in the last days just before the rise of the Antichrist to full power, the eastern part of the old Roman Empire (Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa) will be awakened and rise to power to be ruled by five kings, and the western part of the empire (Southern Europe and provinces) will also rise to power to be ruled by another five kings. These kings, ten in all, will be the means by which the Antichrist shall come to power and rule the world in the days to come (Rev 17:12-17). By ruling over these kings, he will be able to control the world. These kings will be the dominant world powers just before the man of sin is revealed. Again, all other world powers will be subdued. In view of these things, let every man understand that the man of sin cannot rise until these sure things are completed. There will be wars and it shall surely come. The rapture of the church is always imminent and will happen suddenly, in the twinkle of an eye. This will indelibly mark the very beginning of the end. The world will never be the same after this event and things will change from what they use to be.
There is still but a short time to make restitution and seek the kingdom of God. If you are a liar, gossiper, fornicator, drunkard, hater of God, wicked man, proud, or non-worshipper of Jesus Christ, you will definitely be left behind if you do not repent and come to Christ to receive forgiveness of your sins. Repent today and come to receive forgiveness of sins by the gospel of Jesus Christ, that you may receive the Holy Spirit who will help you to quit sin. But if you claim to know Him, and yet you lord over those under you, and show no mercy to those that offend you, and you continually lay up treasures on the earth at the expense of your soul, and you eat, drink, and merry with sinners, instead of warning them against the perdition of hell and severity of God's judgment, then you are blind. And you must pray that your eyes be opened today lest the Lord whom you call your God come suddenly and meet you in your slumber and cast you into Hades. Peace be to you all. Maranatha.
