The Great Image of Daniel
by Samson Hutagalung

What Is the Image of Daniel?

What image did Daniel see in a vision in that night? Daniel 2:31-35 says, “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. This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 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. 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 threshing floors; 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.”

The Dream of King Nebuchadnezzar

When Nebuchadnezzar dreamed a dream his spirit was trouble and he required his people to interpret his dream. The following passage is the details of Nebuchadnezzar’s demand from his people. We read in Daniel 2:2-9 says, “Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.” Many students of God’s Word have confused what the king Nebuchadnezzar said to these magicians. Did he really forget what he dreamed? It is surely not. But because that dream was troubled him so much, he desired the Chaldeans magicians to tell him the dream and its interpretation. King Nebuchadnezzar was not absentminded or stupid person. For the word “the things” in verses 5 and 8 in Aramic means ‘decree.’ He knew what the Lord told him and unforgettable but he wanted to know the meaning and interpretation of this dream. And the Chaldeans physicians answered Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 2:10-11, “The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.” As Nebuchadnezzar wanted to kill all the magicians including Daniel for he was one of the magicians, God revealed that dream and its interpretation to Daniel in a vision at a night.

The Interpretation of Daniel on that Dream

Having known the dream and its interpretation Daniel came to the king to tell that message for his God has revealed the dream to him. Daniel 2:19-24 says, “Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter. Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.”

Now this is the meaning of the dream that the Lord told Daniel. Daniel 2:36-38 saying, “This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 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.” We should not undermine king Nebuchadnezzar because he was the head of the gold and he was the number one. Although he was not the king of the whole world but he was a great king that ever known in this world.

King Nebuchadnezzar was so great even before he was a king, because the Lord had predicted about him and his power. As we read in the book of Jeremiah 27:5-7 when God had spoken about Nebuchadnezzar long time before he was born to this world. The Lord said this word saying, “I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.” The land of Philistine was given by God to the Nebuchadnezzar. He was the mighty king with many different cultural and languages. That is why Daniel said that he is the head of the gold.

The Meaning of the Image of Daniel: Man's Perspective

In the dream, Nebuchadnezzar saw the great image as we read in Daniel 2:31-35 says, “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. This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. 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. 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 threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone the smote the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.” What is the meaning of this great image? The followings are a brief interpretation of this great image from man’s perspective.

The First Kingdom: Gold

The description of the part of the image is to tell us about the great kingdom that would happen in this earth right from the time of Nebuchadnezzar onward. Thus Daniel in Daniel 2:38 told Nebuchadnezzar, “Thou art this head of gold” because “Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. 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” (Daniel 2:37-38). King Nebuchadnezzar was the head of gold whose kingdom was one of the greatest kingdoms that ever known and he was the most perfect form of government although he did not rule the whole world. According to the Word of God, the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ will not be democracy but His kingdom will be the most dictator and He will rule the whole world.

The Second Kingdom: Silver

When king Nebuchadnezzar died, he was succeeded by another person whom Nebuchadnezzar did not know as mentioned in Daniel 2:39. This person was not from the same kingdom but from another who defeated the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar after his death. “And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee,” because this was made of silver which was referring to the king of Medo-Persia. This was the second kingdom which was also the great kingdom but inferior to the first kingdom. And it was during this kingdom, the people of God were allowed to return from exile to their own land, to build the city of Jerusalem and the Temple which Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed.

The third kingdom: Brass

After the second kingdom, then arose the third kingdom which was the kingdom of brass, “which shall bear rule over all the earth” (Daniel 2:39). This was the kingdom of Alexandria, whose king was Alexander the great. The kingdom of Alexandria the great was very great in which brought many influences in the whole world in the area of education, cultural and architectural. However after his death, his kingdom was divided into four kingdoms under his four general namely in Egypt, Babylon, Macedonia, and Asia Minor. Because of this division, the kingdom was very week and that is why it was called the kingdom of brass.

The Fourth Kingdom: Iron Mixed with Miry Clay

After the third kingdom, there would be the fourth kingdom which was as strong as iron. We read in Daniel 2:40-43, “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. 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. And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. 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.” What kingdom was this that would conquer the four kingdoms under the generals of Alexander the great? It was the kingdom of Romans. Romans kingdom was the democracy and not dictator, but because of iron mixed with miry clay, it became weak and weaker. However the influence of this kingdom has been shown in many nations in cultural, building and etc.

The Fifth Kingdom: The Stone

After the fourth kingdom, there would be the fifth kingdom that would be last forever. This kingdom would be the greatest of all kingdoms that ever known since the existence of the earth. The question is when will it be happened? Daniel 2:44-45 says, “And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.”

Who is this stone that will break all the kingdoms that ever exist? He is the stone from heaven namely Jesus Christ. He will destroy all the gold, the silver, the brass, and the iron mixed with clay. We may ask this question, when king Medo-Persia defeated the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, Alexander the great defeated Medo-Persia, and Romans defeated the kingdom of Alexandria, did they not destroy their kingdom? The answer was no, because every kingdom absorbed them and did not destroy the kingdom beginning from Babylon to Romans. They did not wipe the empire but they took all the influences. However, the fifth kingdom under Jesus Christ when He comes to set up His kingdom in this world He will wipe out and destroy all the mixed system and satanic of kingdom forever. As mentioned in Psalm 2:7-9 one thousand years before His first coming, “I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” He will not polish, improve them but He will destroy and wipe them out. The Lord Jesus Christ will smash every image between our hearts and Him. As in 2 Corinthians 10:5 says “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” He will be a King forever and ever. Every true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ will bow down and worship Him alone. In this study of the great image of Daniel and its interpretation especially on the fifth, we should not say that is the reason and explanation, but rather we should say, “I thank God for the Lord does not have to smash me because I believe in Him and obey His Word.”

Daniel 2 and 7: God's Perspective

The Similarities of Daniel 2 and 7

Fifty years had passed since the event of Daniel ,2 and king Nebuchadnezzar had already died when the Lord gave a dream to Daniel in Daniel 7. In comparison, Nebuchadnezzar’s dream and Daniel’s, there are great similarities in which we can see in Daniel 2 and 7. On the other hand there are also basic differences in these two chapters.

What are the similarities of these two chapters? The similarities are, firstly, in Daniel 2 there are four kingdoms followed by the fifth great kingdom of Christ, and in Daniel 7 also there are four kingdoms followed by the great kingdom of Christ. We see exactly that it has the same pattern. Secondly, in Daniel 2 we notice the second kingdom has two arms which mean it is a dual kingdom, namely Medo and Persia, and in Daniel 7 happens to be dual kingdom is depicted as a bear with two sides. Thirdly, in Daniel 2 the great fourth kingdom is dividing into ten toes and Daniel 7 the fourth kingdom has ten horns.

The Differences of Daniel 2 and 7

Beside the similarities we notice also the differences which are greater then similarities because in Daniel 7 there is no dream comes to the king anymore but rather directly to Daniel the prophet. Thus on this study we need to see from God’s perspective and not from man’s perspective.

The great image that God shows to Nebuchadnezzar was designed to impress him deeply how brilliant and great Nebuchadnezzar was. However in Daniel 7 there is no as such intention at all because the dream God revealed to His own prophet, Daniel alone. What the Lord has shown to Nebuchadnezzar was man’s perspective in this world empire but to the prophet Daniel God showed His own perspective. Another important difference is that although fifty years had passed, the Lord gave to Daniel more and deeply details of the succession of the empire one after the other with special focus on the fourth empire which depicted with the horrible beast with iron teeth. This beast does not only have ten horns but eleven and the eleventh horn will turn up to Satan’s masterpiece. Absolutely this is not mentioned in Daniel 2.

Daniel's Dream

The Dream

Daniel 7:1-4 says, “In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. 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.” In verse 4 it says, “The first was like a lion.” This was referring to the Babylonian kingdom namely king Nebuchadnezzar. However in the same verse we notice something happened to this lion. The Lord took the power and might of Nebuchadnezzar, to chop his pride to the ground in his final days on this earth. This was the time king Nebuchadnezzar was still an unbeliever. However, before he died, Nebuchadnezzar lifted up his heart and gave praise to the Lord of heaven. He was no longer a beast but a man in God’s image. That might mean that he accepted the Lord as the Saviour and we will meet him in heaven.

In Daniel 7:5 we notice another kingdom which is described as another beast. We read, “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.” “The second, like to a bear” means another kingdom after the lion namely Medo-Persia Empire. This Medo-Persia Empire was powerful and devours one kingdom after another, namely the kingdom of Lydia in Asia Minor, Babylon and Egypt.

In Daniel 7:6 there is another beast which describes another kingdom. “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.” The leopard mentioned here was referring to the third kingdom namely the Greek kingdom which is under the king Alexander the great. He was the fastest of all and he conquered the world in ten years. In this verse also we notice that this beast has four heads. This is to say that after the Alexander the great died, his kingdom would be divided into four kingdoms under his four generals.

Daniel 7:7 says, “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.” The fourth kingdom mentioned here was the Roman kingdom. The Roman Empire was without comparison, it was the greatest empire the world is ever known. This kingdom was the longest kingdom in the world for it lasted one thousand years from 500 BC to AD 500. However though this kingdom was already collapsed, its influence still continues till today. All powerful nations and army in those days were subdued to Roman’s authority including the city of Jerusalem was smashed in AD 70. Millions of Jews were killed and scattered to the f our corners of the earth. Thus the Jews will never forget the Roman army, empire and General Titus who destroyed the city of Jerusalem. And the last phrase of this verse says that the Roman has ten horns. Till today we cannot identify these ten horns although many Bible scholars mention and suggest a lot about these horns but we are not so sure yet.

Daniel 7:8 is a very significant to understand that though we cannot identify who are those ten horns and yet we ask a question, Who is this 'the eleventh horn'? As we read, “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.” Most commentators understand the little horn which is the eleventh horn is referring to the Antichrist that will come up after the ten horns are in power.

The Meaning of Daniel's Dream

Daniel 7:15-20 we see the similar feeling of Daniel and king Nabuchadnezzar when he had a dream. When Nabuchadnezzar saw a dream and he could not sleep for he was disturbed. As for Daniel, he was grieved in spirit but Daniel received the meaning of his dream in the same night. As we read, “I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. 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 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 his nails 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 spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.”

Seventieth Week of Daniel

Daniel 7:23-24, “Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. And the ten horns out of this kingdom 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.” In verse 24 we notice that there will be ten horns, which means ten kings come out from the fourth kingdom. Then we ask this question, is it possible that ten kings will come out from the Roman Empire that was already destroyed? The possible answer is that the Roman Empire will arise again before the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thus when we read Daniel 7:24, it is actually referring to that time in which from that coming Roman Empire will come out ten kings. That is why till today we cannot identify who they are. However when these ten kings are revealed, it will occur during the first half of the last seven years week of Daniel.

The Program of God for Israel

In Daniel 9 is recorded the program of God on what He will do at the end of this world before the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. We see in Daniel 9 the seventy weeks of Daniel which is so significant in knowing what will happen to this world. This “seventy weeks of Daniel” is the decree upon the people of Israel and a week is seven years. Thus 7 times 70 weeks are 490 years are the creed for Israel. By the time of 490 years is done, God will shield the vision and prophecy, and anoint the most holy place, the millennial temple, and followed by the kingdom of righteousness to this earth.

However, according to Daniel 9:25 something will happen at the end of the 69^th weeks of Daniel. As we read, “Knowing therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troubles.” The Messiah was cut off and died exactly at the end of the 69^th year of the week. Israel rejected the Messiah and they crucified Him. Since that time God stopped the time clock of prophecy. This is to say that since the death of Jesus Christ the Lord has not started the seventieth week of Daniel yet. The clock has not been moved even one second. When the people of Israel said in the time they wanted to crucify Christ, “We will not have this man (which is Christ) reign over us” (Luke 19:14) God broke up the branches from the olives tree and Israel has been under defunct in the program of God to save the world. However, the seventieth week of Daniel will begin just seven years before the Lord Jesus set up His kingdom on this earth. This is commonly called the great Tribulation in which God will reveal His plan in this trouble time and Israel will be saved (Romans 11:26).

The Program of God for the Church

After the children of Israel rejected the Messiah as their King and crucified Him, God brought the new body to Himself on the day of Pentecost namely the church. It is important to understand that the church is not Israel. God has a different plan for Israel and the church. The Apostle Paul says that the mystery hidden and now revealed, totally different from Israel. Right now when we worship the Lord we do not have animal sacrifices, neither have any alter, nor have special group of men called ‘priest’ and neither have the Sabbath law as the Israelites had. We are not under the Mosaic Law at all and we are not the nation. We are the special, spiritual body that the Spirit of God is bringing together from all nations. Jew and Gentiles are alike. However, according to Romans 11:25 when the fullness of Gentiles fulfil, God will reveal His plan again to Israel. Everything will be fulfilled as what He has promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The Great Tribulation

The Church

The Israel today is not the friend of the gospel of Christ. Many Jews do not want to hear the name of Jesus because Israel is not in the special redemptive program of God today. However the Bible says that some day (only God knows), the great prophetic clock will start again. Israel will have her last 7 years week, namely her last 7 years period of the 490 years. 483 years had done, and 7 years more are still ahead. When the seven years week comes, what will happen to this world? There will be no Christians in this world anymore because they would have been raptured to heaven to meet the Lord on the air and face the judgement seat of Christ. The spirit of God will have ended His restrain upon the Satanic and demonic forces on the invisible world and the depravity of man.

The Israel and the world

When the church is gone, the light of the world and the salt that prevent future faction will be removed, and the Holy Spirit will continue here with the different relationship to man. The bride, the church has gone and suddenly there will be a spiritual vacuum called the apostasy on this earth. In that time the first thing will happen is the Antichrist which is the beast and the little horn will arrive after the ten kings revealed for who they are. And the Antichrist will make a covenant with Israel for 7 years and he will say, “I protect you if you support me. I will be your king, and protect you from all the great ocean of enemy that surround and deprive you of the security that you deserve. I will be your political, military leader.” The Antichrist will demonstrate his un-comparison power and will pluck out the three of the western kingdoms by the root and cast them down. However the other seven horns or kings will get the message and submit to him. Thus by the end of the three and half years, the Antichrist will have those ten horns.

While Jesus was still in the midst of the people of Israel, Jesus knew what will happen to the nation of Israel. That is why He said, “I have come in my Father’s name and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive”(John 5:43). Jesus was referring to the coming Antichrist who will rule the world and Israel will receive and obey him. Thus 1 John 4:3 says this is the spirit of antichrist, namely he who denies that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. The antichrist will be incomparable blasphemer against the church and Jesus Christ.

One may ask a question, how will the antichrist come to this earth? Jesus Christ will send him. In Revelation 4-6 we notice that the Lord Jesus Christ will open the seven seals. The Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb will open the first seal and the first horseman of the four horsemen in the apocalyptic. So Jesus is the One who says “come and see” in Revelation 6:1 and the antichrist is sent by Him. So the Son of God sends the son of Satan who is riding on the white horse pretending as if he is Christ and he will conquer the world. During that time the apostate churches will achieve its goal of the denial of doctrines and organisation of unity in alliance with the beast.

The Antichrist

Between Daniel 9:24 and 25 there will be a rapid series of events takes place suddenly according to Daniel 7:14, “the king of the south will attack the antichrist,” then the king of the north will attack him and he will swift into the Holy Land and killed the antichrist. He will conquer Egypt his former king of the south earlier. Then he will come back from Egypt to Jerusalem to attack Jerusalem, because Revelation 13 says that the Antichrist is alive again. His deadly wounded healed.

However when the antichrist arises again, he will say he is the one who destroys the entire enemy by bringing fire down from heaven. The antichrist will set up in the temple an image of himself that can speak and live under the jurisdiction of the Jews, and the false prophet and men who do not worship him will be killed. The abomination and desolation as described by Jesus Christ in Matthew 24:15 will happen. The antichrist will force all men to worship him. Israel will be converted through the two witnesses in Jerusalem that God sends. They will flee from Jerusalem and go to the end of the earth and shielded by God from death until their mission is accomplished to carry the message of the gospel of the kingdom to all nations before the end comes.

Daniel 9:25 tells us the story of the last horrible three and half years of the 70th year week of Daniel. “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 dividing of time.” The antichrist will break his covenant with Israel in the midst of the 70th week and will destroy the apostate church in alliance with those ten western kings. He will persecute God’s people, Israel and more than ten thousand and millions of Gentiles converts through the Israelites missionaries. But Satan will know that his time is very short, so his desire is to wipe them from the face of the earth. The Lord will give only time and time namely 42 months (1260 days or 3,5 years) then the antichrist is finished. When those 3,5 years has done, he (Satan) is finished forever.

In Daniel 9:26-27 we read, “But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.” Jesus Christ will come from heaven above and according to 2 Thessalonians 2 that He will destroy the beast with the breath of his mouth and by the brightness of His coming. Isaiah 27:1 describes the beast that “In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.” God will deal with the antichrist. However consider this question; do we know that the antichrist can be alive even today as the scripture says? Why? Because if Christ comes tomorrow, it means the antichrist has already been a grown man and immediately can make a covenant with Israel. He will not be born after the rapture but he will be a man already on this earth, ready to enter to the state of history and begin to do his predestine works. But nobody will be able to identify the antichrist even if he is supposed already in our midst. Thus if we do not know Christ and we will meet the antichrist.

The Great Image of Daniel by Samson Hutagalung