After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. 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.(Dan 7:7-8)
The 4th beast of Daniel is the Roman empire, the ten horn beats is a prophetic vision of the Roman empire, then we have the little horn, hence the phrase "revived Roman empire." It is commonly thought that Rome itself, the Catholic church, would revive, or Turkey or somewhere in the Middle East. Yet, if we look at America we see a country that was invaded and conquered by the Europeans, formerly the Roman Empire. The American form of Government is modeled after the Romans, the Republic and the Senate, and of course America has risen to be the most powerful country the world has ever seen, just like its predecessor the Romans. How hard would it be for Americans to see that their beloved homeland, far from being the New Jerusalem and all that manifest destiny portrayed, but actually is the revived Roman empire? Next to impossible......bro Frank
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