This beast developed ten horns, and one in particular had 'a

mouth that spake very great things':

'He shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out

the saints of the most High ... and they shall be given into his hand

until a time and times and the dividing of time' (Dan 7:25).

In Revelation 13 we read:

'And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and

blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two

months ... And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and

to overcome them' (Rev. 13:5 -7).

We have noted the period denominated forty and two months, and time,

and times and the dividing of time.  In Revelation 11:2,3 we have a similar

period, here given as forty and two months and 1,260 days.  In Revelation

12:6 this number of days is repeated, and is equated in verse 14 with the

cryptic enumeration, 'for a time, and times, and half a time'.  Now, this

period of time is 3.5 years, and the peculiar mode of reckoning links these

chapters once more with the book of Daniel namely in Daniel 7:25 and in 12:7.

The prophecy of Daniel 9 speaks of a period of time as 'the midst of the

week' (9:27), and if in this prophecy a week, or heptad, is a period of seven

years, then here in Daniel 9:27 we reach the same period that we have found

in Revelation 12 and 13 and so, by the other links, with Revelation 19.

The image that formed the basis of Nebuchadnezzar's dream and Daniel's

great prophecy of Gentile dominion extends to the time of the end.  Whatever

difference of opinion there may be as to whether Rome was the fourth in the

list, or whether, owing to the rejection of Christ, the fourth kingdom is the

one at the end, does not for the moment alter the fact that the End of

Gentile dominion, and the Beginning of the kingdom of God upon earth

synchronize, there is no possible room for an interval of 5 Minutes, let

alone 500 Years between the impact of the Stone cut without hands and the

filling of the whole earth.  Here are the inspired words:

'Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote

the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to

pieces.  then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the

gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the

summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place

was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great

mountain, and filled the whole earth.  This is the dream; and we will

tell the interpretation thereof before the king ... .

'And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a

kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be

left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all

these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever' (Dan. 2:34 -36,44).

Another feature that demands attention is 'the time of Jacob's trouble'

or 'the great tribulation'; that too must find its place in the Divine

scheme, and its Scriptural association must be noted:

'I will bring again the captivity of My people Israel and Judah, saith

the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to

their fathers, and they shall possess it ... Alas! for that day is