of this phrase The Time of The End.

Take, for example, this terrible

statement of Ezekiel:

'Remove the mitre, and take off the crown: this shall be no more the

same: exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.  I will

overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until He

come Whose right it is; and I will give it Him' (Ezek. 21:26,27 R.V.).

'Until He come'.  This can refer to none but Christ Himself and His

Second Coming.  Until that takes place, chaos abides, neither Priest (mitre)

nor King (crown) remains, and we are in the atmosphere of Hosea 3, Israel's

lo -ammi condition.  If there is to be a kingdom in the absence of Christ,

before the millennium, Ezekiel evidently had no knowledge of it.  One can be

excused if he fails to see the possibility of about 500 years of

enlightenment anywhere in these two verses.  There is no ambiguity about the

word 'until' (Hebrew ad.).  No interval can be permitted in such a sentence

as, 'Thou shalt eat bread till thou return unto the dust', neither can one be

interpolated here.

We find that Daniel was very concerned to know more about the fourth

beast of chapter 7.  We learn from the vision in that chapter the sequence of

events up to the coming of the Son of Man with the clouds of heaven.  They

can be epitomized as follows:

Four diverse beasts are to arise up from the sea.

The description is that the

First is like a lion

Second is like a bear

Third is like a leopard

Fourth is indescribable.

Now it is obvious that the Beast from the sea in Revelation 13, is none

other than this fourth beast of Daniel 7, and combines in itself the

preceding symbols:

'And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were

as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the

dragon gave him his power, and his seat (throne), and great authority'

(Rev. 13:2).

Thrones were set (cast down as cushions, not overthrown) and the

Ancient of Days did sit, a fiery stream issued and came forth from

before Him, and

The beast was slain, and his body destroyed and given to the

burning flame.  In Revelation 19, at the Apocalypse of Christ, John

'The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought

miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the

mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image.  These both were

cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone' (Rev. 19:20).

By comparing these words with Revelation 13:12 -15 we are in no doubt

but that the Coming of Christ comes immediately after the reign of this

antichristian beast, namely, at the close of a period of forty -two months,

of which more presently.