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 man, and a mouth speaking great things. Dan 7:8
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall
wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and
laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and
the dividing of time. Dan 7:25
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed,
the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that
is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the
temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 2 Th 2:3,4
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 he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,
to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in
heaven. Re 13:5,6
The Roman Empire divided in 376 A.D. and in the seat of the
Caesar's there arose a new power which evolved from Constantine's
merger of church and state. It is obviously the same power referred
to by Daniel, Paul and John in the verses above. These passages have
been consistently interpreted by the reformers and the Protestant
School of interpreters as referring to the Papacy.
The blasphemous pretensions of the little horn through the centuries
are well documented. The Popes exalted themselves above all gods
and their priests were forbidden to marry and thus "did not regard the
desire of women".
