Dan 7:7 -- Rome
HUGE CHRONOLOGICAL GAP
Dan 7:8 -- the Antichrist
HUGE CHRONOLOGICAL GAP
Dan 7: 9-10 -- the Great White Throne Judgment
There are no chronological gaps in Daniel. Each Kingdom is immediately succeeded by the next in the visions and events, from Daniel 1-12. Daniel 7:9-10 is not the Great White Throne Judgment. It is the judgment that is taking place now, as per Revelation 14:6-7. How do I know? The Chiastic structure (the very bone or foundational structure) of Daniel dictates it to be so:
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It is unbreakable (John 10:35; Psalms 77:13).
Then, in Daniel 7 itself, it is broken into 4 main portions:
Daniel 7:1 (intro_)
Daniel 7:2-14,15-16 the visions. - Daniel
Daniel 7:17-18 the summary and interpretation of the whole vision in 2 verses - Gabriel
Daniel 7:19-22 the visions restated - Daniel
Daniel 7:23-28a the detailed explanation of the vision - Gabriel
Daniel 7:28b (conclusion)
In the Book of Daniel we see this same Judgment going forward at a very specific time.
Daniel 7:9 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment
was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne
was like the fiery flame,
and his wheels
as burning fire.
Daniel 7:10 - A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
We know it is not the Great White Throne Judgment for several reasons, [1] context, [2] timing, [3] individuals present (God and Angels, not saved), [4] books opened (see Dan. 12:1), [5] who is being judged (professed followers, not general wicked who never professed), [6] who is judging (angels and God, not mankind), [7] satan is not present, neither the wicked angels, or wicked in general (as in Rev. 20).
Daniel 7:22b - “ ... the Ancient of days came ...”
This refers to God the Father having moved locations, from the Holy Place (Rev. 4-5) into the Most Holy Place (Rev. 3:7-8).
Daniel 7:26 - “But the judgment shall sit ...”
This refers to a differing judgment, that takes place by the saints, as per Daniel 7:22c, "... judgment was given to the saints of the most high ..." (see also Rev. 20:4).
We can know that a particular Judgment (Daniel 7:9-10), which takes place in Heaven, begins after a certain time, and before the 2nd Coming of Jesus. Notice the context:
[1] The Lion with Eagles wings comes first, [Daniel 7:4], The Kingdom of Babylon, which was from 606 BC – 538/6 BC
[2] The Bear raised up on one side with three ribs, [Daniel 7:5], The Kingdom of Medo-Persia, which was from 538/6 BC – 331 BC.
[3] The Leopard with 4 Heads and 4 Wings, [Daniel 7:6], The Kingdom of Greece and its division, which was from 331 BC – 168 BC.
[4] The Dreadful Terrible Beast with Iron Teeth, Brass Claws, [Daniel 7:7], The Kingdom of Pagan Rome, before its division, which was from 168 BC – AD 476
[5] The Dreadful Terrible Beast with Iron Teeth, Brass Claws, then goes into division, with the Ten Horns, [Daniel 7:7], during the division of the Pagan Roman Empire, which was from AD 476 – AD 508/538.
[6] The Dreadful Terrible Beast with Iron Teeth, Brass Claws, in its division, then another different power arises from the division, an eleventh horn, the Papal Rome, uproots three of the ten, and becomes the 8th. This power was seen in the days of the Apostles, but was withheld by the Caesars in power, until finally it gained the power of the state, taking the place of the Caesars in Rome, 508/538 AD and rules for 1,260 & 1,290 years [Daniel 7:21,25, 12:7; Revelation 11:2,3, 12:6,13, 13:5; Luke 21:22-24] until AD 1798, where it received a deadly wound from the atheistic France [Revelation 11:7-13], under Napoleon and his general Alexander Berthier. Thus the 1,260 [from AD 538] and 1,290 [from AD 508] ended in AD 1798 [Daniel 11:40[a.] KJB], and the 1,335 [from AD 508], ended in AD 1843/44. The 2,300 [Daniel 8:13-14,26; Revelation 9:13-15, 10:6, 11:1, 14:6-7], from 457 BC] was coming to its end... AD 1844 approached [Daniel 7:26].
[7] “I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit … the judgment was set, and the books were opened.” [Daniel 7:9-10], the Judgment was set in Heaven in AD 1844, as was foretold/typified by the Feasts of Leviticus 23 and 16, the Day of Atonement. These books are searched by the angelic hosts, and whosoever name was not "found" [Daniel 12:1] therein, would not be delievered.
[8] We can see that the Judgment is going on in Heaven, while the 4th Beast and its last [revived, Revelation 13 & 17 form is still on earth, and still blaspheming God, [Daniel 7:11]
