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Discourse on Eschatology

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XVI.

Next he tells us of the “fourth beast, dreadful

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and

terrible

;

its

teeth

were

of

iron

,

and

its

claws

of

brass

.

”

And

what

is

meant

by

these

but

the

kingdom

of

the

Romans

,

which

also

is

meant

by

the

iron

,

by

which

it

will

crush

all

the

seats

of

empire

that

were

before

it

,

and

will

lord

it

over

the

whole

earth

?

After

this

,

then

,

what

is

left

for

us

to

interpret

of

all

that

the

prophet

saw

,

but

the

“

toes

of

the

image

,

in

which

part

was

of

iron

and

part

of

clay

,

mingled

together

in

one

?

”

For

by

the

ten

toes

of

the

image

he

meant

figuratively

the

ten

kings

who

sprang

out

of

it

,

as

Daniel

also

interpreted

the

matter

.

For

he

says

,

“

I

considered

the

beast

,

namely

the

fourth

;

and

behold

ten

horns

after

it

,

among

which

another

horn

arose

like

an

offshoot

;

and

it

will

pluck

up

by

the

root

three

of

those

before

it

.

”

And

by

this

offshoot

horn

none

other

is

signified

than

the

Antichrist

that

is

to

restore

the

kingdom

of

the

Jews

.

And

the

three

horns

which

are

to

be

rooted

out

by

it

signify

three

kings

,

namely

those

of

Egypt

,

Libya

,

and

Ethiopia

,

whom

he

will

destroy

in

the

array

of

war

;

and

when

he

has

vanquished

them

all

,

being

a

savage

tyrant

,

he

will

raise

tribulation

and

persecution

against

the

saints

,

exalting

himself

against

them

.