@OilPainter @Bschneider11 Thanks for talking with me. I plan on doing a video about this. The fourth kingdom can be none other than Rome. According to Scripture, particularly Daniel, it will last until Christ's second coming. This is clear from Scripture and proved by history over the last two millenia. The problem is, there's a lot of fake history out there that says Rome has fallen or is inconsequential.
@Bschneider11 @xixiangdong I'm not one to make guesses at who is what in "end times prophecy". Every guess has been wrong so far.
@OilPainter @Bschneider11 Blessings.. im not guessing because what i got was from God, and it was a real eye-opener.
@xixiangdong I've read Daniel many times. I don't read the prophecy to say that the little stone was Jesus's second coming, but rather His kingdom which He brought to the earth when He came the first time. Jesus talked about that many times. He is the stone cut without hands whose kingdom destroyed those others and is filling the earth.
@OilPainter Well, you need to read it again then, because it doesnt say little stone. And you need to read the part that says that stone put an end to all the other kingdoms because that did not happen when Jesus came the first time.
@xixiangdong It seems a big stretch to me that the statue prophecy jumped way past Jesus's coming to the earth and setting up His kingdom to apply it to Jesus' second coming rather than His first.
I believe that stone cut without hands has toppled that world-conquering empire that spanned from Babylon to Rome and that He is the stone that grew into a great mountain (the rejected rock that became the very cornerstone) and that His kingdom has grown throughout the whole world, just as it said.
@xixiangdong @OilPainter I am not an experienced student of the end times or the Fourth Kingdom. I have been persuaded by Joel Richardson's teachings on the Fourth Kingdom being the Islamic Empire. He has written several books and done a few debates defending his position. He has convinced me it cannot be Rome, but I look forward to watching your video when it comes out and to be a Berean.