2017/05/13 – “The Fourth Beast” – Stan Roberts sermon

Daniel’s vision interpreting King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream was of four great beasts representing the four world ruling empires of history. The Fourth Beast, is the Roman Empire and it’s many resurrections. Three is yet one more resurrection of the Roman Empire (the Holy Roman Empire) before the return of Jesus Christ. We are on the precipice with the rise of that last iteration of this political/religious empire that will enthral the world. In the Book of Revelation Jesus Christ, Who gave John the Revelation to write down, said,”11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” Rev. 13:11-18