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THE STUDY OF DANIELTHE WISE SHALL

UNDERSTAND

THE STUDY OF DANIEL

ROBERT W. TOZIER

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Creation Revelation

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Robert & Mary Tozier


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At Sunrise Southern Baptist Church

Las Vegas, NV

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The Wise Shall Understand

Dan 12:10 Many shall be purified, and made

white, and tried; but the wicked shall do

wickedly: and none of the wicked shall

understand; but the wise shall understand.

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The Wise Shall

Understand

The Study of Daniel

Lesson 06

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BEAST EMPIRE

Daniel 2:1-43

Part 2 of 2

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Opening Prayer

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THE BEAST

EMPIRE

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THE BEAST EMPIRE

In the last lesson we found Daniel

interpreting King Nebuchadnezzar’s

dream of four succeeding kingdoms

beginning with Babylon (head of gold),

through Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome.

Dan 2:31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a

great image. This great image, whose

brightness was excellent, stood before thee;

and the form thereof was terrible.

(Continued)

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32 This image's head was of fine gold, his

breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his

thighs of brass,

33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and

part of clay.

34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out

without hands, which smote the image upon

his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake

them to pieces.

(Continued)

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THE BEAST EMPIRE35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the

silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together,

and became like the chaff of the summer

threshingfloors; and the wind carried them

away, that no place was found for them: and the

stone that smote the image became a great

mountain, and filled the whole earth.

36 This is the dream; and we will tell the

interpretation thereof before the king.

Just as silver is inferior to gold, each

succeeding kingdom would be inferior to

the one preceding it.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Daniel now interprets the dream.

DAN 2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell

the interpretation thereof before the king.

37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the

God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom,

power, and strength, and glory.

38 And wheresoever the children of men

dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls

of the heaven hath he given into thine

hand, and hath made thee ruler over them

all. Thou art this head of gold.

(Continued)

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THE BEAST EMPIRE39 And after thee shall arise another

kingdom inferior to thee [silver], and

another third kingdom of brass, which

shall bear rule over all the earth.

40 And the fourth kingdom shall be

strong as iron: forasmuch as iron

breaketh in pieces and subdueth all

things: and as iron that breaketh all

these, shall it break in pieces and

bruise.(Continued)

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THE BEAST EMPIRE41 And whereas thou sawest the feet

and toes, part of potters' clay, and part

of iron, the kingdom shall be divided;

but there shall be in it of the strength

of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest

the iron mixed with miry clay.

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part of iron, and part of clay, so the

kingdom shall be partly strong, and

partly broken.(Continued)

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THE BEAST EMPIRE43 And whereas thou sawest iron

mixed with miry clay, they shall

mingle themselves with the seed of

men: but they shall not cleave one to

another, even as iron is not mixed

with clay.

These four empires are shown

with the two aspects of Daniel 2

and 7, first as a statue of

degrading metals, then as as

follows:

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THE BEAST EMPIRE First – Babylonian Empire

Head of Gold (Dan 2:38) and Lion-like

Beast (Dan 7:4):

Dan 2:38 And wheresoever the children of

men dwell, the beasts of the field and the

fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine

hand, and hath made thee ruler over them

all. Thou art this head of gold.

Notice the same aspect of

Babylon in Daniel 7:4:

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THE BEAST EMPIREDan 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had

eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof

were plucked, and it was lifted up from the

earth, and made stand upon the feet as a

man, and a man's heart was given to it.

Different aspects of the Babylonian

Empire are found in Daniel 1:1-5:30 and

7:4.

Each of these aspects will be dealt with

fully in the appropriate chapters.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Second – Medo-Persian Empire

Arms and Breast of Silver

(Dan 2:39a) and Bear-like Beast (Dan 7:5):

Dan 2:39 And after thee shall arise another

kingdom inferior to thee….

Dan 7:5 And behold another beast, a second,

like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one

side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it

between the teeth of it: and they said thus

unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE

Different aspects of the Medo-Persian

Empire are found in Daniel 2:39a; 5:31-

6:28; 7:5; 8:1-7; and 10:1-11:2.

Each of these aspects will be dealt with

fully in the appropriate chapters.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Third – Hellenistic (Greek) Empire

Belly & thighs of Brass (Dan 2:39b)

and Leopard-like Beast (Dan 7:6):

Dan 2:39 …and another third kingdom of

brass, which shall bear rule over all the

earth.

Dan 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another,

like a leopard, which had upon the back of it

four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four

heads; and dominion was given to it.

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THE BEAST EMPIREGreece was unified under Alexander the

Great.

The Greek Empire was divided among four

generals after Alexander’s death.

Different aspects of the Greek Empire are

found in Daniel 2:39b; 7:6; 8:7-27; and

11:3-35.

Each of these aspects of the Greek Empire

will be dealt with fully in the appropriate

chapters.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Fourth – Imperialism (beginning with

Rome) 63 BC – Present and beyond

Daniel – Legs of Iron with Feet and Toes

of Iron Mixed with Clay (Daniel 2:40-43))

and Beast with Iron Teeth with Ten Horns

(Daniel 7:7-10).

Revelation – This is the same

as the beast with Seven

Heads and Ten Horns:

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Different aspects of this beast are found in

Daniel 2:40-43; 7:7-12, 19, 27; 9:27; 11:36-

45; Revelation 13:1-10; 17:7-14.

The legs and feet with ten toes of Daniel 2

is the same as the fourth beast of Daniel 7

and the beasts in Revelation 13 and 17.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE These kingdoms were united under Rome,

the first imperialistic government.

Rome set up its own Roman rulers in its

occupied lands (example – Pilate).

In contrast, the previous three kingdoms

had established rulers from among the

conquered people.

[1] See: Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE MESSIAH, A Study of the Sequence of Prophetic Events, Tustin, CA: Ariel Ministries, 2003, 2004, pp. 19-44, 260.


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THE BEAST EMPIRERome was and is manifested as:

1. Two East-West divisions (Rome &

Constantinople beginning in 364AD).

This has continued to the present time

through colonial systems of East and West

(East-West balance of power) to the

breakup of Soviet Communism, and now

seems to be giving way to the push toward

global unification (globalism) – possibly

taking the form of Technocracy (adherence

to Agenda 21) now emerging.



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One World Government Stage – Being

implemented today by the push for global

economies and regionalization [EU

(European Union), NAFTA (North American

Free Trade Agreement), CAFTA (Central

American Free Trade Agreement), United

Nations, IMF, World Bank, World Court,

Public Private Partnerships, Various other

Free Trade Agreements, etc.].



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THE BEAST EMPIRE This one world system will eventually split

into ten divisions (the ten toes); possibly

already being accomplished through

regionalization as proposed by the Club of

Rome in 1973, and is being implemented

today.



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THE BEAST EMPIRE The UN Divides the World into 10

'Regional Groupings'

“Agenda 21 (Sustainable Development – This

global contract binds governments around

the world to the UN plan for changing the

ways we live, eat, learn and communicate –

all under the noble banner of saving the

Earth. Its regulations would severely limit

water, electricity and transportation – even

deny human access to our most treasured

wilderness areas. (Continued)



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THE BEAST EMPIRE“If implemented, it would manage and

monitor all lands and people. No one would

be free from the watchful eye of the new

global tracking and information system.” -Berit Kjos, "Local Agenda 21 - The U.N. Plan for Your

Community"



In the following

map you have

unrestricted use of

the zones in green,

if you can find

them.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE



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THE BEAST EMPIRE1.Ten Division Stage

The world will organize into ten

kingdoms (the ten toes) (e.g.

regionalization – (EU, NAFTA, etc.) that

will change to eleven with the rise of the

“little horn,” the Antichrist (Daniel 7:8).

Then it will be reduced to seven when

Antichrist removes three kings, after

which he becomes the eighth (Daniel

7:24, 25; Revelation 13:11).



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THE BEAST EMPIRE2. The Antichrist Stage – Absolute

Imperialism

At this point, the Antichrist is firmly in

control as the world ruler (ruling all ten

divisions), but this rule will only last

until the system is completely destroyed

by Jesus Christ at the Second Coming,

at which time the fourth empire will end

– to be replaced by the Messianic

(Millennial) Kingdom).



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THE BEAST EMPIRE Eventually Rome (160BC - 500AD) sprang

on the scene, represented by the legs of

iron.

Rome in due course was divided into two

parts, the Western and Eastern division

with centers in Rome and Constantinople.

These two parts represent the East-West

balance of power that has existed since

364AD when Emperor Valentinian I

divided the Roman Empire into an east

and west division.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Despite its fall, Rome

has continued to the

present day in the

East-West balance of

power.

Notice the Colonial

Empires in the legs

into which Rome split.



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THE BEAST EMPIRE Rome began to deteriorate and crumbled

into strong and weak factions, eventually

being divided up into separate empires,

but maintaining the Roman identity.

Various ones of these were prominent

such as the British, Belgium, German,

French, Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish,

Russian, Grecian, Byzantine, and Italian

colonial empires.

All of these were of the old Roman

Empire.



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THE BEAST EMPIRE Rome continued to rule the world through

the European colonial system until 1945

when the system was broken up by

agreement at Yalta between Roosevelt

and Stalin.

It was the European colonial system that

produced most of the wars during the last

thousand years, as prophesied by Daniel

– that the legs of iron would jostle and

bruise.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Today we see most of these represented

in the European Union.

Rome has never disappeared.

The German leader became the “Kaiser”

and the Russian leader became the

“Czar.”

Both Kaiser and Czar are derived from the

Roman “Caesar.”

The legs of iron depicted Rome's great

strength.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE These legs took up half the height of the

image indicating that the Roman Empire

would outlast all the others.

The Babylonian Empire lasted about 70

years, the Persian about 200 years, the

Greek about 180 years, and the Roman

about 500 years.

Rome in a disunited state has survived to

the present time, only waiting to be united

once more.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE The ten toes of iron and clay indicate that

the final stage before the return of Christ

to set up his kingdom would be a mixture

of strong and weak nations, a revived

Roman Empire in these last days.

Many have attempted to revive Rome,

such as Napoleon and Hitler, but all have

failed.

After World War II the nations set up the

United Nations to unite mankind under a

banner of world government.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Today emphasis is focusing on

establishing power in this body to lead

the world. Europe has formed its

alliances with the various European

nations under the European Union.

The United States is entering into

agreements of cooperation through

treaties like NAFTA and CAFTA to form

open borders in this hemisphere similar

to the European Union, thus creating a

North American Union (NAU).

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Consolidation of Asian countries will

complete the third leg of the goal of the

Trilateral Commission of uniting the world

into three interrelated economic zones

(European, Americas, and Asia)

controlled by a world body.

Control of these merging nations is

proving difficult to manage, as national

sovereignty is difficult for individual

nations to relinquish.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE

David Rockefeller’s Trilateral Commission is

completing their goals of world domination.

Watch the development of the Trans Pacific

Partnership (TTP), ASEAN, and ACFTA (China).

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Senator Barry M. Goldwater in his book,

With No Apologies, wrote:

"What the Trilaterals truly intend is the

creation of a worldwide economic power

superior to the political government of

the nation-states involved. As managers

and creators of the system they will rule

the world."

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In the same book Senator Goldwater went

on:

“In my view, the Trilateral Commission

represents a skillful, coordinated effort to

seize control and consolidate the four

centers of power: political, monetary,

intellectual and ecclesiastical.”

He is referring to control of government

(political), banking (money), education

(intellectual), and religion (ecclesiastical).

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THE BEAST EMPIRE David Rockefeller, founder of The

Trilateral Commission, wrote in his

autobiography, Memoirs, pg. 405:

“Some even believe we are part of a secret

cabal working against the best interests of

the United States, characterizing my family

and me as ‘internationalists’ and of

conspiring with others around the world to

build a more integrated global political and

economic structure – one world, if you will. If

that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I am

proud of it.”

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THE BEAST EMPIRE In speeches before Congress and at the

United Nations during the first Gulf war,

President Bush declared that what they

were after was a “New World Order.”

Nebuchadnezzar's ambition was world-

empire.

Today we are reassembling the nations

again in humanistic defiance to God, who

divided the nations at Babel.

We are assembling a New World Order.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE What is this New World Order that

President Bush alluded to, and President

Clinton hinted at by referring to the book

Tragedy and Hope, and finally Henry

Kissinger said that it was President

Obama’s job to bring it about?

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{{{The New World Order}}}

First - The world political system is

unifying through the United Nations and

Regionalization (One-World Government).

Second - The United Nations and the

leaders of the various religions are

attempting to unify the major religions of

the world (One-World Religion). This

appears to be a goal of Pastor Rick

Warren and his Purpose Driven Church.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Third - The world’s money powers are

attempting to remake the world’s

economic systems (Global Economy,

Globalization).

Fourth - The world’s intellectual

establishment is attempting to mold the

minds of the world’s citizens into a global

allegiance (Anti-Nationalism; Anti-

Patriotism; Globalism; Agenda 21

Sustainability; Technocracy).

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Together these are termed The New World

Order.

The idea of a New World Order is not new.

William Jefferson Clinton in accepting the

nomination of the Democratic Party for

President of the United States made

reference to his “mentor” while he was at

Georgetown University, Carroll Quigley,

and Professor Quigley’s book Tragedy

and Hope.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Tragedy and Hope is a history of

the world that describes a secret

organization of influential men

and groups so arranged with an

inner and outer circle.

Professor Quigley related that

he had studied and had been

permitted to examine the

records of this secret

organization and generally

agreed with their goals.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE It is significant that Bill Clinton mentioned

this book since it essentially describes

the setting up of “Round Table Groups”

throughout the world, as advocated by

Cecil Rhodes, to “federate the English-

speaking peoples and to bring all the

habitable portions of the world under their

control.”

One such round table is the Council on

Foreign Relations here in the United

States.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE According to Quigley this was the

purpose for which Cecil Rhodes

established the Rhodes Scholarships at

Oxford.

William Jefferson Clinton was a Rhodes

Scholar.

Quigley wrote that:

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THE BEAST EMPIRE“[T]he powers of financial capitalism had

another far-reaching aim, nothing less than

to create a world system of financial control

in private hands able to dominate the

political system of each country and the

economy of the world as a whole. This

system was to be controlled in a feudalist

fashion by the central banks of the world

acting in concert, by secret agreements

arrived at in frequent private meetings and

conferences.”

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THE BEAST EMPIRE Tragedy and Hope, originally published by

The Macmillan Company in 1966, was

suppressed shortly after release.

Finally in the 1990s, sometime after being

mentioned by Bill Clinton, the book has

been reprinted.

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THE BEASTS OF

REVELATION 12,

13 & 17

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THE BEAST EMPIRE The Times of the Gentiles ends with the

Second Coming of Christ.

Then, the Messianic Kingdom, the 1000

years rule of Christ, is established.

We will now briefly look at the

progression of these Gentile empires with

the beasts of Revelation 12, 13, and 17:

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THE BEAST EMPIRERev 12:3 And there appeared another

wonder in heaven; and behold a great red

dragon, having seven heads and ten horns,

and seven crowns upon his heads.

Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the

sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,

having seven heads and ten horns, and

upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his

heads the name of blasphemy.

(Continued)

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THE BEAST EMPIRE2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a

leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a

bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion:

and the dragon gave him his power, and his

seat, and great authority.

Rev 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit

into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit

upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names

of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten

horns….(Continued)

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THE BEAST EMPIRE7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore

didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery

of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth

her, which hath the seven heads and ten

horns….

10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,

and one is, and the other is not yet come; and

when he cometh, he must continue a short

space.

11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he

is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth

into perdition.

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THE BEAST EMPIRE

This Beast is more fully described in

Revelation than in Daniel 7.

This type of Beast is first seen in

Revelation in chapter 12 as the dragon

(Satan), and chapter 13 when the

Antichrist comes on the scene.

We learn a little more about this beast

each time we encounter him in the

Scriptures.

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The beast is the system from which the

Antichrist emerges.

The beast is further interpreted in

Revelation 17, where it is destroyed as an

imperial system.

This Beast is representative of the Fourth

Empire of Daniel 2, and is also

representative of the Antichrist.

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The ten horns represent kings of whom

the Antichrist becomes the 11th, then he

removes 3, leaving 7, and then he

becomes the 8th (Daniel 7:24, 25;

Revelation 13:11).

We now need to describe the 7 heads of

this Beast – there are two views

(opinions) regarding the interpretation of

these heads; both involve Rome:

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The seven heads on a single beast may

possibly refer to the First View being the

correct view, although the Second View is

the most popular view.

The seven steps in the First View refer to

the stages of development of the Roman

Government leading toward imperialism.

This government began to become

imperialistic about 63 BC.

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Whichever view is correct, the conclusion

is the same, a revival of the Roman

Empire in the last days.

We will close out chapter two in the next

lesson as we discuss the Righteous

Kingdom

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End of The Study of Daniel

Lesson 06

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Closing Prayer

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Robert & Mary Tozier


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