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Dan. 7:7 “After this I saw in the night vision, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exeedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beast that were before it; and it had ten horns.”
I started out with v. 7, to be sure you understood, we are dealing with the roman beast/king, and the ten horns are roman kings. A horn stands for a king/ruler.
Dan. 7:8 “I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.”
This little horn/ruler, although a very interesting character, had nothing to do with the uprooting of the three horns/kings, but he was present at the time. The claim is made again in v. 20 and in;
Dan. 7:24 “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.”
In this last verse we can see, that a horn is a metaphor for a king; ten horns, ten kings. It also says, these are the ten kings out of this kingdom, the roman kingdom. Well, from the time of Romes little beginning, to its total demise in the middle of the fifteenth Century, Rome existed over 2000 years. I mention this, so we understand that the ten kings are not ten individuals, rather they are all the kings included, ten is the number of total, of completion.
I also want to make you aware that the three horns/kings, that were uprooted, even so they are counted among the roman kings, are not Roman Kings. They are three kings that either conquered or occupied roman territory, and held it for a while.
By the end of the fourth Century, many Germanic tribes were fleeing west, away from the Huns; crossing over into roman territory. Rome, by this time, was no longer strong enough to hold them back.
One of these tribes were the Vandals; they first settled in Spain. Then in 439 AD, their King Gaiseric captured Carthage, in north Africa, the bread basket of Rome. This was the first horn, none roman king, to occupy roman territory.
From Carthage the Vandals started many raiding parties against Rome. In 455 AD, Gaiseric came against Rome with an enormous fleet. Rome was virtually defenseless. Woman and children fled the City. Pope Leo 1st met with King Gaiseric and negotiated a deal; Rome would not defend it self if he would promise not to kill, the King excepted. For two weeks the Vandals sacked Rome unopposed.
Rome needed protection. It hired the Heruli, another Germanic tribe, as mercenaries. However, there King Odoacer decided to make Italy their kingdom in 476 AD. This was the second horn, none roman king, to occupy roman territory.
Roman Emperor of the east, Zeno, looked for more allies, the Ostrogoth. In 493 AD, Zeno commissioned Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoth, to deal with the Heruli. Theodoric defeated the Heruli; this defeat was the uprooting of the first horn.
However, not long after the defeat of the Heruli, the Ostrogoth declared Italy their kingdom, this made the Ostrogoth the third horn, none roman king, occupying roman territory.
Not until Justinian became Emperor in 527 AD, was anything done about the situation. In 533 AD he send his most trusted and capable General Belisarius to recapture Carthage. The defeat of the Vandals was the uprooting of the second horn.
Two years later, 535 AD, Belisarius marched against Italy, the Ostrogoth. It took Belisarius 18 years to defeat the Ostrogoth. This victory was the uprooting of the third and final horn.There are not many scriptures in this topic, but sometimes you have to look at history, to help understand scripture.
Take your time reading this,
God bless
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