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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 431
look at some of these changes made by Westcott and Hort but now lets take a look at whether
either of these texts fulfills prophecy.
Fulfillment of Prophecy
As we can see we have two Bibles that differ from each other in quite significant ways.
There are also apparently sincere Christians that support each version and this presents a
dilemma. I believe that looking at history and determining whether either of these books fulfills
prophecy can solve this dilemma.
We find in scripture that God's holy word will: “liveth and abideth for ever”;
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it “shall
not pass away”;
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it shall be preserved forever.
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As we discussed before, Daniel says that a
king shall rise up and cast the truth to the ground. See the texts below:
The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be
diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it
down, and break it in pieces…. [A king shall arise] And he shall speak great
words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High…
(Daniel 7:23, 25.)
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[The king] waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some
of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. Yea, he
magnified himself even to the prince of the host… and it cast down the truth to
the ground… And through his policy also he shall cause craft (deceit) to prosper
in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy
many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken
without hand. (Daniel 8:10, 11, 12, 25.)
Daniel also says that this king represented by a little horn shall pluck up three other horns
by the roots (Daniel 7:8). The meaning of this is that the king shall destroy three kingdoms, wipe
them out. Daniel says that the reign of this kingdom shall be 1,260 years (see the endnote for a
description of how a figure of 1,260 years was derived).
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There is only one power in the history of the earth that reigned for 1,260 years and this
power fits every description of Daniel 2, 7 and 8. There would be four world empires in
succession, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. Out of the fourth empire, which is Rome,
a king would rise up and destroy three kingdoms (Daniel 7:7-8).
This prophecy was fulfilled in A.D. 538 when the Roman Papacy rooted out the last of
three opposing Arian Kingdoms and assumed supremacy over the Roman Empire. The three
Arian kingdoms that were rooted out were the Hurls in 493, the Vandals in 534 and the
Ostrogoths in 538.
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The Papacy also rose up from among ten kingdoms as Daniel prophesied
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See Daniel 7:25, “…they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” It is
generally accepted that “a time” represents a year and that “the dividing of time” represents half a year. It is also
understood that in ancient times they went by a 360-day year. Therefore, two and a half years is 1,260 days. In
Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:6 we find the biblical principal that a day can represent a year in prophetic time.
This gives the duration of 1,260 years for the ruthless kingdom that shall destroy the saints and cast the truth to
the ground. Revelation 11:3 and 13:5 give similar time periods of 42 months and 1,260 days.
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