"Dan.7:20 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."
"And of the ten horns that were in his head" are the nations that emerge from the Roman and Greek empires. We are one of those nations.
"And of the other which came up, and before whom three fell" is the rise of Christianity over idolatry. The three that fell were the combined nations of Assyria, Chaldea, and Persia which practiced idolatry. These were conquered by Alexander the Great and became part of the Greek Empire. Idolatry was eliminated and Christianity arose to take its place in these lands.
"Even of that horn that had eyes" is his church with the all-seeing eyes of God before whom nothing is hidden.
"And a mouth that spake very great things" are the great teachings of God spoken by his servants (his church) down through the ages.
"Whose look was more stout than his fellows" is how the gospel (the church) eliminated idolatrous practices wherever it was introduced.
As an example, think of Paul bringing the gospel of salvation into lands where idolatry was practiced within the Roman Empire. Paul and those like him are servants of the horn (Jesus Christ, the church) that came up within the horn (the Roman Empire). Christianity eventually became the state sponsored religion of the Roman Empire.
"Whose look was more stout than his fellows" is how the church of God eliminated idolatrous practices wherever it was introduced.
As an example, think of Paul bringing the gospel of salvation into lands where idolatry was once practiced within the Roman Empire. Paul and those like him are the servants of the horn (Jesus Christ, the church) that came up within the horn (Roman Empire). Christianity eventually became the state sponsored religion of the Roman Empire.
"And of the ten horns that were in his head" are the nations that emerge from the Roman and Greek empires. We are one of those nations.
"And of the other which came up, and before whom three fell" is the rise of Christianity over idolatry. The three that fell were the combined nations of Assyria, Chaldea, and Persia which practiced idolatry. These were conquered by Alexander the Great and became part of the Greek Empire. Idolatry was eliminated and Christianity arose to take its place in these lands.
"Even of that horn that had eyes" is his church with the all-seeing eyes of God before whom nothing is hidden.
"And a mouth that spake very great things" are the great teachings of God spoken by his servants (his church) down through the ages.
"Whose look was more stout than his fellows" is how the gospel (the church) eliminated idolatrous practices wherever it was introduced.
As an example, think of Paul bringing the gospel of salvation into lands where idolatry was practiced within the Roman Empire. Paul and those like him are servants of the horn (Jesus Christ, the church) that came up within the horn (the Roman Empire). Christianity eventually became the state sponsored religion of the Roman Empire.
"Whose look was more stout than his fellows" is how the church of God eliminated idolatrous practices wherever it was introduced.
As an example, think of Paul bringing the gospel of salvation into lands where idolatry was once practiced within the Roman Empire. Paul and those like him are the servants of the horn (Jesus Christ, the church) that came up within the horn (Roman Empire). Christianity eventually became the state sponsored religion of the Roman Empire.