“I looked then because of the sound of the great words that the horn was speaking. And as I looked, the beast was killed, and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire.
The prophet watched intently because those blasphemous words of the horn arrested him, and then he saw the fourth beast destroyed utterly and cast into fire. This signifies the end of Roman dominion: once foreigners ruled, Rome ceased to be mistress of the world, and for fifteen centuries she has lain in slavery to foreign princes.
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Three truths comfort the persecuted people of God here: judgment is coming and God is the Judge; the thrones of earthly kingdoms are cast down while Christ's throne stands firm; and though wicked men have their day now, the Lord's day is certain, and He shall reign forever over all.
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Commenting on Daniel 7:9-14
The prophet could not turn away when he heard the horn speak such intolerable blasphemies against God and Christ; he kept watching to see judgment fall. The fourth beast will be wholly abolished with the Papacy that rides upon it, cast down into perdition along with all the antichristian powers.
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