Daniel 7 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

another.This evidently points out the papal supremacy, in every respect diverse from the former, which from small beginnings thrust itself up among the ten kingdoms, till at length it successively eradicated three of them, the kingdom of Heruli, of the Ostrogoths, and of the Lombards.

Dan. 7:8,20• ⁸I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another, a little horn, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
²⁰and concerning the ten horns that were in its head, and the other that came up, and before which three fell: even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and whose look was more imposing than its fellows. (Dan. 7:8,20)

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Dan. 8:9‑12• ⁹And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which became exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beauty of the earth.
¹⁰And it became great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and trampled upon them.
¹¹(And he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and from him the continual sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
¹²And a time of trial was appointed unto the continual sacrifice by reason of transgression.) And it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised and prospered. (Dan. 8:9‑12)

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Dan. 11:36• ³⁶And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every *god, and speak monstrous things against the *God of *gods; and he shall prosper until the indignation be accomplished: for that which is determined shall be done. (Dan. 11:36)

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2 Thess. 2:3‑10• ³Let not any one deceive you in any manner, because it will not be unless the apostasy have first come, and the man of sin have been revealed, the son of perdition;
⁴who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
⁵Do ye not remember that, being yet with you, I said these things to you?
⁶And now ye know that which restrains, that he should be revealed in his own time.
⁷For the mystery of lawlessness already works; only there is he who restrains now until he be gone,
⁸and then the lawless one shall be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall annul by the appearing of his coming;
⁹whose coming is according to the working of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,
¹⁰and in all deceit of unrighteousness to them that perish, because they have not received the love of the truth that they might be saved. (2 Thess. 2:3‑10)

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1 Tim. 4:1‑3• ¹But the Spirit speaks expressly, that in latter times some shall apostatise from the faith, giving their mind to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons
²speaking lies in hypocrisy, cauterised as to their own conscience,
³forbidding to marry, bidding to abstain from meats, which God has created for receiving with thanksgiving for them who are faithful and know the truth. (1 Tim. 4:1‑3)

• We thus understand that in this divine communication received by Daniel, the Roman empire is seen as a whole, from the time of its establishment on to its resuscitation, as explained in Revelation 17:10-13, and its destruction at the appearing of the Lord. There is, on this account, a large interval of time between verses 23-24, only it should be remembered, that if verse 23 portrays the Roman empire in its pristine energy and strength, the same features will reappear in its final form. (“Daniel 7” by E. Dennett)

• There will be ten kingdoms in Western Europe confederated under one imperial head. This fact is shadowed out in the ten toes of the image Nebuchadnezzar saw, and is plainly stated in the Apocalypse (Rev. 17:12-13). (“Daniel 7” by E. Dennett)

• This is the little horn of verses 8 and 20-21; but is entirely distinct, as will afterward be explained, from the little horn in Daniel 8:9. The horn of our chapter is in connection with the Roman empire in the west of Europe, where the ten kings will exercise their sovereignty within the boundaries, speaking generally, of the ancient Roman empire in Europe. (“Daniel 7” by E. Dennett)

• The little horn is no less a personage than the head of the revived Roman empire in Western Europe in the last days....The little horn thus arises after the formation of the ten kingdoms, and having subdued three of these, whether by military prowess or other means, the other seven are led in conjunction with the three subdued kingdoms to unite in one vast confederation, of which the little horn becomes the imperial head. If Revelation 13:1-8, and chapter 17 are read in this connection the whole position of the little horn will be more clearly apprehended. (“Daniel 7” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

And as to the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall arise ten kings; and another shall arise after them; and he shall be different from the former, and he shall subdue three kings.