| Setting The Stage with Daniel 7:14First, | | | | national Israel) gave their allegiance to |
| Daniel 7:14 is a Messianic prophecy referring | | | | Rome, thus flirted with the beast, conspired |
| to Christ, not the Antichrist. It is the | | | | with Rome to murder Christ. Through the power |
| victorious reign of the Lord portrayed in the | | | | of that allegiance fleshly Israel later |
| text. The fourth, ten-horned beast (ancient | | | | persecuted the saints, --Christians, (Daniel |
| Rome) was prophesied to dominate the ancient | | | | 7:25) until Christ, the Ancient of Days, came |
| world, which it did, (Daniel 7:23) and was so | | | | and destroyed Israel and the Beast (Rome) in |
| ruling in the time of Christ, (Luke | | | | A.D. 70. |
| 2:1).Secondly, the little horn (first century | | | | |