The TEN TOES - JACK VAN IMPE

For centuries Christians have prayed Matthew 6:10: Thy kingdom come.

During the Tribulation hour, the 144,000 Jewish evangelists of

Revelation 7:3-8 will preach the gospel of the kingdom-the good news

that the King is about to return. Can you hear them shouting this

exciting information in the streets? "The King is coming! The King is

coming!" Finally the King is seen returning in chapter 11, verse 15,

and chapter 19, verse 16, and this event of the ages takes place when

a final confederation of ten Western nations has been established upon

earth. Could the present European Union be a part of this picture? I

believe it could be! Oh, Jesus is coming soon!

At this point we need to consider another extremely important fact.

Ireland and Denmark-present Common Market members-were never part of

the old Roman Empire. This apparent problem, however, is quickly

resolved when one considers the information presented in Daniel,

chapter 7. Here we discover that, following the establishment of a

ten-nation confederacy, another world leader arises. He takes control,

ousts three nations, and replaces them with two others and his own.

Specifically, Daniel says, I considered the horns [ten of them], and,

behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom

there were three of the first horns [original members] plucked up by

the roots (7:8). This coincides perfectly with Revelation 13:5.

Daniel continues in verses 24 and 25: And the ten horns out of this

kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after

them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue

three kings. And he shall speak great words against the most High.

Here we not only see the world leader overpowering three kings and

replacing them with original members of the old Roman Empire-we also

observe him fulfilling the prediction of blasphemy described in our

text.

There is no doubt about it. A confederacy of ten Western nations will

be formed. Then another leader will appear, remove three nations,

replace them, and rule as the Antichrist until the King of kings

returns to earth and destroys his evil empire. Thus, the Common Market

will grow to thirteen nations, and these thirteen could eventually

control all nations and finally be reduced to ten at the end when this

ten-toed, ten-horned confederacy is destroyed. This is the event

described by Daniel as a stone cut out without hands [breaking] in

pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold.