LITTLE HORN AND ANTI-CHRIST.
DISCOURSE IX.

PROPHETIC WONDERS--TWENTY MARKS OF THE MONSTER--THE BERLIN
CONGRESS--ANTI-CHRISTS MANY--MISTAKES BY WRITERS.

"I considered the horns, and behold! there came up among them another
little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked
up by the roots; and behold! in this horn were eyes like the eyes of
man, and a mouth speaking great things."--Daniel vii. 8.

In the visions and dream recorded by Daniel in this chapter we have the
same subject matter as that contained in the dream of Nebuchadnezzar of
the metallic image. In this the subject is carried further into the
future, bringing to view some new items of interest, under different
symbols and more of detail. The four kingdoms of the metallic image are
in this dream presented by the symbolism of four beasts. Babylon by a
lion which had eagle's wings, setting forth the strength and swiftness of
the same. Persia by a bear raised up on one side. Persia at this time
was composed of Media as well, but the one-sided position of the bear
denotes the dying out of Media and the continuance of Persia. The same
idea is conveyed in the eighth chapter and third verse: "The ram had two
horns, and one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last."
Media was a kingdom before Persia, but Persia was to survive Media; all
this history confirms. After the Medo-Persian Empire declined, Persia
surviving, held on to Babylon, Lydia, and Egypt--that is, when the bear
was raised up on one side, it held in its mouth three ribs, and was
strong for a time.

The Macedonian Empire Daniel saw under the type of a leopard, which had
on its back four wings of a fowl; the beast also had four heads. Babylon
was represented by two wings, but it is very fitting that Alexander and
his empire should have four wings, for no conqueror ever flew so fast
over the earth as this same monarch. In the metallic image he is
represented by brass, in this by a leopard, and in the one we noticed in
Discourse VII., by the goat. How wonderfully appropriate are these
symbolisms. The four heads of this leopard stand for the four kingdoms
into which the Macedonian Empire was divided on the death of
Alexander--namely, first, Egypt under Ptolemy; second, Syria under
Antigonus; third, Asia Minor under Lysimachus; fourth, Greece under
Cassandar. These four kings were the four leading generals of Alexander.

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