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that happen right up to the end of the Age. These ten horns 

 are only seen m the latter stage of the Beast's history. What 

 follows the slaying of the beast? Daniel vii. 13, 14, " I saw in 

 the night visions, and behold One like the Son of Man came with 

 the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they 

 brought him near before Him. And tiiere was given Him dominion 

 and glory, and a kingdom that all peoples, nations and languages 

 should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion 

 which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall 

 not be destroyed." Here, then, we have a picture of the investi- 

 ture of Jesus Christ as King of kings and Lord of lords. Thus 

 sin and evil are judged, punished and dethroned, and Christ 

 reigns. Now Daniel, when this vision was revealed, was perfectly 

 mystified as to its meaning. So in verses 16-22 he asks for an 

 explanation. " I came near unto one of them that stood by 

 and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made 

 me to know the interpretation of the things. These great beasts, 

 which are four, are four kings which shall arise out of the earth. 

 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom and 

 possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. Then I 

 would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from 

 all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron and 

 of brass which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue 

 with his feet. And of the ten horns that were in his head, and 

 of the other which came up, and before whom (three fell; even 

 of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that ^pake very great 

 things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. I beheld, 

 and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against 

 them. Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given 

 to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the 

 saints possessed the kingdom." His curiosity was aroused 

 especially with regard to the fourth beast and his horn. And he 

 is told in verse 23, " Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the 

 fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all king- 

 doms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, 

 and break it in pieces. And the ten horns are ten kings, that 

 shall arise ; and another shall rise after them, and he shall be 

 diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. And he 

 shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear 

 out the saints of the most High and think to change times and 

 laws, and they shall be given into his hand until a time and 

 times and the dividmg of time." Now these ten horns on the 

 beast correspond to the ten toes of Daniel ii. ; they are ten kings. 

 The Eoman Empire must, therefore, one day be revived politically 

 and become a great world power, in which will be manifested ten 

 kings. 



But some may say, " Surely it is impossible for the ancient 



