Daniel, Revelation, and The Client Kings of The Roman Empire

Daniel 2 speaks about the kingdom of God being established during the time of the kings of the kingdom of iron mixed with clay.

Daniel 7 and Revelation 17 speak about ten kings.

The ten kings were ten client kings of the Roman Empire during the kingdom of iron (Rome) mixed with clay (Christ-rejecting Israel).

A client king was a king appointed by Rome to rule over a specific geographical area of the Roman Empire.

The Bible mentions six client kings.

1. Herod the Great (Matthew 2:1)

2. Herod Antipas (Luke 3:1; 23:6)

3. King Archelaus (Matthew 2:22)

4. Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:1)

5. Herod Grippa II (Acts 25-26)

6. King Aretas IV of Nabataea (2 Corinthians 11:32)

Ten client kings were a part of the Roman Empire when the kingdom of God was established in Daniel 2, 7, and Revelation 17.

This was when Jesus, the stone, crushed the statue of Daniel 2 in AD 70 - destruction of Jerusalem and the temple by the Roman armies.

During the time of the events of Daniel 2, 7, and Revelation 17 (AD 64-70), eight of the ten client kings were:

1. Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus,

2. Antiochus IV of Commagene,

3. Gaius Julius Alexander,

4. Sohaemus of Emesa,

5. Tigranes VI of Armenia,

6. Aristobulus of Chalcis,

7. Herod Agrippa II,

8. Cotys I

(see wikewand, list of client kings)

Why is this important to know?

Today, we are told the kingdom of iron mixed with clay is a future rebuilt Roman Empire (the European Union becoming the United States of Europe) mixed with the Catholic Church.

We are told the ten kings are leaders of the nations of the rebuilt Roman Empire.

This completely ignores the biblical and historical context of Daniel 7, 12, and Revelation 17.

We can never understand the Bible if we ignore the biblical and historical context of the Bible.

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