Three Kings Killed and Seven Submit
Dani’el 7:24 and Revelation 17:12-13 and 17
DIG: Who are the ten horns? Who is the other king who will rise among them? How is he different? What will be the end result? Were does this fit in the big picture?
The attempt of the antichrist to gain political control will only be delayed by his supposed death. But after his counterfeit resurrection, the second world war of the Great Tribulation will continue until three of the ten kings are killed. The ten horns are the ten kings who will come from this kingdom. After them another king will rise, different from the earlier ones. He will subdue three kings (Dani’el 7:24). This other king will be the antichrist.
Once the three kings are killed, the other seven submit to his authority. The ten horns you saw are the ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but who for one hour will receive authority as kings along with the beast, or the antichrist. They have one purpose and will give their power and authority to the beast (17:12-13). The same point is made in verse 17. For God has put it into their hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to give the beast their power to rule, until God’s words are fulfilled (17:17). The seven other kings will all agree to relinquish their power to the antichrist. With that decision, he will succeed in taking over the political control of the whole world, with the exception of Bozrah in Jordan where the majority of the Jews will take refuge. The second political system of the Great Tribulation will be started at that point. The next goal of the beast will be to gain control of the world’s religious system. He will need to remove all opposition. This will include religious Babylon, the two witnesses, believers born again during the Great Tribulation and, of course, those bothersome Jews.
Dear Heavenly Father, Praise Your great love for Isra’el, Your first born (Exodus 4:22) and for Gentiles who You made One with believing Jews into One new man. For He is our shalom, the One who made the two into one and broke down the middle wall of separation. Within His flesh He made powerless the hostility – the law code of mitzvot contained in regulations. He did this in order to create within Himself one new man from the two groups, making shalom, and to reconcile both to God in one body through the cross—by which He put the hostility to death. And He came and proclaimed shalom to you who were far away and shalom to those who were near – for through Him we both have access to the Father by the same Ruach. (Ephesians 2:14-18). We love You and bow in worship at Your feet. In the name of Your holy Son and the power of His resurrection. Amen
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